Napoleon

Archaeology under fire: Political protests threaten Israel’s heritage - opinion

The claims hurled at the conference and in general against the Heritage Ministry’s plans for historical sites in Judea and Samaria are rather baseless.

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon on the day it departs, heading to the Eastern Mediterranean to bolster British defences in the region, in Portsmouth, Britain, March 10, 2026.

Too little, too late: Starmer’s failure in the Iran war - opinion

Servicemen of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 24, 2026.

Why the future of war belongs to the improvers, not the inventors - opinion

ALMOST FOUR years into the Ukraine-Russia war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has proved the adage that Russia was not as weak as some thought, but not as strong as some assumed. Here, Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin, in Moscow last month.

Middle Israel: What Putin’s war on Ukraine revealed about Russia, four years later - opinion


Napoleon, Hitler, Vatican: All collectors - opinion

We have all been collectors at one time or another, whether it was baseball cards, dolls, stamps, coins, art, etc. Napoleon, Hitler, and the Vatican were three of the most infamous collectors.

 POPE FRANCIS meets with members of the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican in 2019

The story of Napoléon, the Jews and Israel

Revolutionary France famously advocated equality, and this manifested itself in “emancipating” the Jews of France, elevating them to be equal citizens with other Frenchmen.

An 1806 French print depicts Napoleon Bonaparte emancipating the Jews

Was Napoleon murdered? A 200-year-old mystery put to rest

With the 200th anniversary of Napoléon’s death – or assassination – which was marked on May 5, the life and baffling death of the controversial Corsican (1769-1821) is being revisited.

Napoleon Bonaparte

On Napoleon’s bicentenary, remembering his battles in Israel

Emerging from the Enlightenment era, Napoleon shook the Middle East through his military expedition in Egypt and Syria.

‘SIEGE OF Acre,’ 1799

Napoleon's bicentenary: Stocking, bloodied cloth among items up for auction

The former French emperor died on May 5, 1821, aged 51, on the southern Atlantic Ocean island of Saint Helena.

 A bronze bust named "The First Consul Bonaparte" according to Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809) is displayed at Osenat auction house, before being put on auction for the bicentenary of Napoleon's death, in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France, April 30, 2021

Napoleon was crowned on this day, revolutionizing Jews future in Europe

Thanks to Napoleon, Jews that had been economically and politically marginalized and physically confined in European ghettoes, became free to enter European society.

An 1806 French print depicts Napoleon Bonaparte emancipating the Jews