Yom Kippur War

Netanyahu's UNGA speech pushed Israel's military prowess over its desire for peace - editorial

Might Netanyahu not have found room for another prop besides a bee that could begin rebranding Israel not only as a formidable war machine, but also as a country dedicated to peace?

THIS TIME, Benjamin Netanyahu’s United Nations General Assembly address was meant to reflect an Israeli prime minister standing up to a hostile world. The question is whether this will reach the voters it was meant to impress, the writer wonders.
Then-prime minister Golda Meir (R) accompanied by then-defense minister Moshe Dayan, meets with Israeli soldiers at a base on the Golan Heights after intense fighting during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

The Yom Kippur War: How Israel missed the warning signs before the surprise attack - opinion

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

 THE THREE Netanyahu brothers (from L): Benjamin, Yoni and Iddo.

50 years after Operation Entebbe, Israel honors fallen commander Yoni Netanyahu


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.

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

The most profound and fundamental cause of the failures we are reckoning with today is the “concept” of maintaining the occupation as if we can contain its harmful implications.

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Israeli society has shown enormous resilience in response to Hamas massacre - opinion

We can be confident that Israeli society will be dramatically different after October 7. What we cannot know is what change is going to look like.

 SOLDIERS DANCE at a concert by singer Idan Raichel at an army base in the South, last month. In these days of trauma and war there may be room for optimism, says the writer.

These cookies cheered up Israeli soldiers in 1973. Now they are back

Try Ruth Sirkis' recipe, simple but delicious.


Hamas planned for massacre during Passover, Iran forced delay - report

The report noted that the information was uncovered during the interrogation of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

 Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023

'Eighteen Days in October': Strategy, diplomacy in the Yom Kippur War - review

Primarily a history of military tactics and strategy, Eighteen Days in October also addresses diplomacy, albeit briefly.

 PM MENACHEM BEGIN (R) and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shake hands in the presence of a beaming US president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, 1978. The peace treaty was signed March 26, 1979, and went into effect in January 1980.

Israeli POW from Yom Kippur War says Hamas hostages have it worse

Menachem Barkai was captured by an army during the Yom Kippur War. The Hamas hostages in Gaza now, though, were taken by a terrorist group.

 MENACHEM BARKAI with his parents in 1974, after his release.