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
The POSTman Knocks Twice: Yitzhak Rabin, man of contradictions
On the outside, this was a gruff and dour man, without a saving social grace; Rabin I see with a cigarette and a scotch and soda and a grim, closed face.
Through their sights
Steven Pressfield’s latest book offers a front-row seat from which to observe the Six Day War.
Celebrating Jerusalem: Why Hallel is not enough
How much longer can we wait to begin incorporating the watershed political and religious events of our time into our calendar?
Candidly Speaking: Jerusalem Day
Jerusalem must return to its old destiny as “ir shalem,” meaning both "the city of peace" and "the city of completion."
Recalling the Nazi parallel
Eban was not equating Israel’s Arab enemies with the Nazis. Let us review what he actually told his German interviewer nearly 45 years ago.
Sharon: The life of a lion
“He was on the threshold of the promised land, he already took the step, he was about to place his foot on the promised land, and then he fell.”
Veterans: Escape from England
Yonatan Shaked knew he needed to get away and eventually ended up here, where he has been living a colorful life ever since.
Liberating discoveries
Yossi Klein Halevi discusses why the story of the paratroopers in the Six Day War is key to understanding the present State of Israel.
