Six-day war
Yohanan Elishuv, last surviving fighter who raised Eilat's Ink Flag in 1948, dies at 95
During the first truce in June 1948, Elishuv was transferred to the southern front under Uzi Narkiss. He was wounded after driving over a mine, but returned to combat after recovering.
Middle Israel: How Jews and Palestinians became masters of historical denial
Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99
Herzl Budinger, architect of Israel’s air power in Lebanon, passes away at 82
Israel must reject territorial expansion after the war - opinion
Israel’s rehabilitation after the war requires us to reject this broader vision and prefer the norm prohibiting territorial conquest.
Jewish law tells us IDF soldiers must grant divorce before going to war - opinion
JEWISH LAW LIVE: Authorizing a rabbinic court to protect the welfare of the spouses of IDF soldiers and reservists is very much needed.
Israel to check reports of Egyptian soldiers mass grave at Sisi's request
Newspapers Yedioth Ahronoth and Haaretz published archival material and interviews with residents recounting how dozens of Egyptian soldiers killed in the Six-Day War may be buried in a mass grave.
‘You seek out danger to feel alive,’ Micha Bar-Am says of photographing Israel’s history
Legendary Israeli photographer Micha Bar-Am reflected on a new documentary film and Tel Aviv exhibit chronicling his life's work.
Post six-day war footage of Egyptian Monastery made public by Israel's national library
The collection includes texts from as early as the 1100s, written in Arabic, Syriac, Greek, Armenian and Georgian and relating to early Christian religion and Church Fathers.
Body of Jordanian soldier uncovered in dig of Jerusalem's light rail train
"He waited for us 54 years," Ammunition Hill Director-General Katri Maoz said. "Stationed at his post with all of his equipment, determined to fight."
Is preemptive warfare allowed in Jewish law?
Getting these decisions right can be the difference between triumph and travail.
Fabled Diaspora Yeshiva celebrates milestone
Reminiscing about 50 years of the ‘musical yeshiva,’ a part of the fabric of the Old City.
How three men on a New York floor helped Israel win the Six Day War
He had immediately set the tone. Egypt and Syria were the aggressors, Israel was resisting. And Israel had stood alone – “by its independent effort and sacrifice.”
Israel and US Jewry - the proverbial couple
The Six Day War made identification with Israel intrinsic to Diaspora Jewish identity. Fifty years on, are differences over the West Bank changing the relationship?