Menachem Begin

Israel's next election is a chance to end politics of division - opinion

The election campaign should focus on fixing Israel's biggest challenges instead of fueling political polarization.

|ByGIL TROY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the IDF's 192nd pilot course graduation ceremony.
Gadi Taub sits down with Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein to retrace the defection that took him from Peace Now demonstrations to the front line of the fight over Israel's Supreme Court, its media and its national identity.

Who is Gadi Taub , the Labor prince who became the Israeli Left’s fiercest critic?

The historian, author and podcaster on his political journey, why he still backs Netanyahu, and what he calls the Left's "license to fabricate narratives".

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, last year.

How Ze'ev Jabotinsky shaped Israel's Right and liberal democracy - opinion

Jabotinsky represented the core Right wing of the pre-state political battles and campaigns ever since the turn of the 20th century. He stood in opposition to Chaim Weizmann and Ben-Gurion.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Night view of Prague’s rotating ‘Head of Franz Kafka’ sculpture.

This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble

From Joseph’s birth to Entebbe’s rescue, discover the defining Jewish milestones, heroes, tragedies, and triumphs of Tammuz.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

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.

FEBRUARY 25, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.

JANUARY 18, 2018ByREUVEN HAMMER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv in 2010

Menachem Begin's son refuses to leave Knesset, vows to block contentious laws

MK Bennie Begin sounds off to 'The Jerusalem Post' about current Knesset legislation.

JANUARY 12, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Bennie Begin

No holds barred: Jewish groups’ disgraceful rejection of Jerusalem recognition

Israel has shown it is willing to make tough, even irresponsible sacrifices, as it did giving up the Sinai to Egypt and withdrawing from Gaza.

DECEMBER 11, 2017BySHMULEY BOTEACH
After signing, US President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017.

How it really was: To be Begin and Peres on the same weekend

As a speaker I did not have the courage of Abba Eban, who as Israel ambassador to the US and the UN in the 1950s was universally recognized as one of the great orators of the last century.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

Grapevine: Into retirement

The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel will hold its annual international policy conference on November 20 at Mishkenot Sha’ananim.

OCTOBER 26, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat

How it really was: Spit and polish!

‘I will not have Dayan speaking for me’.

OCTOBER 20, 2017ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
Sadat chatting with foreign minister Moshe Dayan during a dinner at the King David Hotel

Bennett takes credit for pushing Netanyahu to the right

Education minister Naftali Bennett told his party that leadership has a price and called for Bayit Yehudi to be more accepting of a broader segment of Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Naftali Bennett speaking at the Bayit Yehudi central committee.

Refugees/asylum seekers: Begin vs Netanyahu

Would Menachem Begin have supported Prime Minister Netanyahu's hard line on asylum seekers?

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017BySHELDON GELLAR
An African asylum seeker in Tel Aviv. ‘Most of Israel’s approximately 40,000 African asylum seekers chose Israel as their destination because that they knew that Israel was ademocracy and believed Israel would accept them because the Jewish People had gone through similar experiences.’

Haredi MK Gafni recalls party's historic support of evacuating settlements

The letter is dated April 18, 1978, when Begin was negotiating peace with Egypt, which involved returning Sinai to Egypt and evacuating Yamit.

AUGUST 9, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Moshe Gafni