Yom Kippur War

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99

Having moved from the horrors of the Holocaust to dedicating his life to the revival of the Jewish state, his experiences are the essence of the story of the Jewish people in the 20th century.

Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.
Playwright Art Feinglass ahead of the premiere of his new play, Jacob's Stepladder

New comedy-drama Jacob’s Stepladder to premiere at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater

Cohen performs in Ramat Gan, 2009.

The lost Leonard Cohen concerts in Israel may finally see the light of day

To wake up tomorrow morning with a new song in my heart/To sing it with strength, to sing it with pain - Naomi Shemer.

After Independence Day, Israel faces its biggest test: Unity - opinion


The True conception: We continue to be endangered by our own assumptions

Let's at least be honest with ourselves: the conception is still here. We already know its price. See, we've been warned.

 Israeli soldiers guard the bodies of victims of an attack following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Yom Kippur War: Newly released archives detail Israel's POW deal with Syria

As part of its collection marking fifty years since the Yom Kippur War, the National Archives of Israel has detailed the role of US Sec. of State Henry Kissinger in the Israel-Syria negotiations.

 Long-range 175mm artillery in action on the Syrian Front, Yom Kippur War

Collapse of the ‘conceptzia’ has far-reaching societal implications beyond Oct. 7 - analysis

Conceptzia - a word coined by the Agranat Commission of Inquiry into the failures of the Yom Kippur War to describe the groupthink that paralyzed Israel before the war.

 Israeli soldiers during the Yom Kippur War.

An ode to Amnon Rubenstein: The best politician Israel ever had

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Amnon Rubinstein passed away while Israel grapples with the worst crisis in its history; and craves a new political dawn that will replace a departing era’s surplus of divisive leaders

AMNON RUBINSTEIN (right) with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Shulamit Aloni, in 1994.

War with Hamas may trigger the end of Israel's political alignment

After the Yom Kippur War, the burning anger at Israel's leadership led to the downfall of Labor's hegemony. After the October 7 massacre, it is reasonable this could happen again.

 ARGANAT COMMISSION into Yom Kippur War.

Zionism: Still helping Jews to save themselves - opinion

Jewish history’s ongoing tragedy is that too many hate us; Zionism’s enduring success is that we have a citizens’ army to protect us and a new mentality that will never, ever surrender again.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, last week. ‘Israel’s government failed systemically, flamboyantly, from the coalition’s inception. Yet, Zionism did not fail on October 7,’ says the writer.

Zvi Zamir, Mossad director during Yom Kippur War, dies at 98

He is remembered as having warned of an attack before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, but was ignored by military intelligence.

 Zvi Zamir, Mossad chief from 1968-1974, who died January 2, 2024, at age 98.

'Eighteen days in October': How Israel failed to stop an Arab invasion - review

Israel’s two greatest national traumas were failures of Israeli vigilance and intelligence analysis, abetted by complacency.

 Israeli soldiers during the Yom Kippur War.

Henry Kissinger - The first Jewish secretary of state

Dr. Henry Kissinger was a controversial figure in modern history, but no one can deny his contribution to humanity.

 Former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, U.S., April 11, 2019.

Kissinger stood with Israel when it mattered the most - editorial

After leaving office in 1977, Kissinger became more outspoken in favor of Israel, publicly declaring in a speech that year: “The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.”

 Former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, U.S., April 11, 2019.