Menachem Begin

Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era - opinion

How long this transition will last is anyone’s guess, but for an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early.

For an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early,’ the writer argues. Here, Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September.
MENACHEM BEGIN addresses the Knesset, 1974.

'The Prime Ministers': New book covers Begin, the ‘Altalena,’ and the October 27 election - review

In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.

Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir holds a press conference with new Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv, in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026

Israel’s next political upheaval will come from the Right - opinion


Gantz slams Netanyahu on memorial day for Begin

Gantz later attacked the prime minister on Facebook saying that "Begin would have ousted Netanyahu from the Likud.”

Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Gantz (R)

Original copy of infamous 1939 British White Paper to be auctioned

An original copy of the 'White Paper' which restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine during the Holocaust is one of three rare pamphlets to be auctioned in Los Angeles

Palestine Police Force wanted poster of Irgun and Lehi members. Menachem Begin appears at the top left.

How it really was! - An unusual trio – Jabotinsky, Ben-Gurion and Begin

If we can look dispassionately at Vladimir Jabotinsky and David Ben-Gurion’s principles, we find something there is a marked similarity in ideals, albeit due to differences of place and time.

Postage stamps of Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky

Think About It: Has hatred for Netanyahu gone out of control?

From the start, I did not like his neoliberal ideology, and noticed his flimsiness with and manipulation of historical facts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 30, 2018

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

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