Golda Meir

Golda read right to left. Some still don’t - opinion

Esther risked her own life so that the Jews of Persia would live. She did not instruct her people to accept their own erasure for the sake of the empire, as Nessel clearly stated.

 GOLDA MEIR, 1964.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion

Prime Minister Golda Meir

Grapevine: Knowing Golda

DAME HELEN Mirren attends a reception at St James's Palace to mark International Women's Day and the fifteenth year of WOW on March 10, 2026 in London, England.

'Evil Zionist b****': Helen Mirren harassed on London streets over Israel support


AI brings Golda Meir back to life at University of Haifa

Artificial intelligence was able to recreate a speech made by Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, and experts now wonder how the use of AI will change how we study history.

 GOLDA MEIR, 1964.

Golda’s grit and Nixon’s ambivalence - opinion

A proud Nixon boasted, “Christ, if it weren’t for me, there wouldn’t be any Israel. They know that in Israel. Golda knows that, even though they may not know it over here.”

 PRIME MINISTER Golda Meir stands with US president Richard Nixon and secretary of state Henry Kissinger, outside the White House, in November 1973.

Good as ‘Golda’: Nattiv on directing Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren was attached to the project before Guy Nattiv came on board, he said, but he has no regrets whatsoever about her casting as Golda Meir.

 HELEN MIRREN in Guy Nattiv’s ‘Golda.’

One Palestinian, one Jew, and two very different impressions of ‘Golda’

Finding common ground on the framing of the Yom Kippur War, the focus of the film’s narrative proved hard.

Helen Mirren as Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir in ‘Golda.’

Grapevine August 30, 2023: He knew her well

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Howard Zeimer, president, Caulfield Hebrew Congregation; Ambassador Amir Maimon; and Doron Eldar, partner in SIBF.

Smart, sneaky, deeply flawed: Ben-Gurion’s grandson interviews Golda director

Academy Award ® Winning filmmaker and director of 'Golda', Guy Nattiv, in conversation with Alon Ben-Gurion, the grandson of Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.  

 Helen Miren as Golda

'Golda:' What the movie doesn't tell you about the Israeli prime minister

Biographer Pnina Lahav answers questions about Golda Meir, whose life is fleshed out in Lahav's new book.

Helen Mirren as Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir in ‘Golda.’

Did Golda Meir let the Yom Kippur War happen?

‘Golda’ biopic aims to rehabilitate her image.

 HELEN MIRREN as Gold Meir in ‘Golda.’

My Word: Facing the music and stereotypes - comment

The Jewface controversy has grown out of all proportion to the proboscis in question.

 HELEN MIRREN plays the Israeli prime minister in ‘Golda.’

‘Golda’: Helen Mirren triumphs as Israel’s late prime minister - review

Helen Mirren delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and is unrecognizable as the barrier-shattering politician.

 HELEN MIRREN as Israel’s prime minister Golda Meir in ‘Golda.’