Menachem Begin

What do the Altalena and the Heritage Ministry have to do with the approaching elections? - opinion

The discovery of the Altalena wreck has revived old political divisions, with the Right using its legacy as a weapon ahead of Israel’s elections.

 Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu attends a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024
The Irgun's dismantled Altalena ship is seen off the coast of Tel Aviv, 1948. (Archive)

The Altalena’s enduring lesson: Israel must choose unity over division - opinion

The search for the remains of the Altalena, published August 24, 2026.

From lost ship to new battleground: Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir using Altalena in election spat - analysis

THE ‘ALTALENA’ burns off Tel Aviv in June 1948. Its wreckage may lie beneath the Mediterranean, but the political battle over what happened aboard it has never been buried.

Middle Israel: Netanyahu is digging up the Altalena to bury his own record - opinion


Begin recording pulled from auction after lawsuit

Children of former prime minister sue to stop sale of 1948 speech, claiming copyright infringement.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv in 2010

Lost Menachem Begin recording to be auctioned

Speech from 1948 was recently discovered in Jerusalem.

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

On This Day: Menachem Begin's 105th birthday

Begin was most noted for signing a peace treaty with Former President of Egypt Anwar Sadat in 1979, which led them to both share a Nobel Pece Prize for their work.

Menachem and Aliza Begin vote in the national election on May 17, 1977

Begin’s marriage synagogue in Ukraine renovated

Begin, a resident of Drohobych, married Aliza Arnold in the synagogue shortly before the Second World War in 1939.

The Drohobych Choral Synagogue, which has been revived through the efforts of Russian businessman Victor Vekselberg

Viewpoint: Zionism and the one-state idea

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

Begin Center furious over revelations of former PM’s mental state

The Begin Heritage Center is preparing a complaint demanding a thorough investigation and considering “personal steps” against him.

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

Overriding democracy

Political realities have forced Netanyahu to recalibrate his party’s position.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to an aide at a cabinet meeting on April 11, 2018

Lessons from Syria

The situation in Iran is more complicated than in either Syria or Iraq. There is no simple military solution to Iran’s aspirations for nuclear weapons.

THEN-SECRETARY of state John Kerry signs the Iran deal in 2016.

Defense Ministry reveals new details on Sadat’s historic visit to Israel

Directive was received to ‘prepare the brigades for war’ following Begin's speech to the Knesset.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stand together at Ben Gurion Airport after Sadat’s arrival on November 19, 1977.

Tradition today: ‘Clean hands and a pure heart’

We did not establish a Jewish state after 2,000 years of exile only to see it turn into a center of corruption.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv in 2010