Menachem Begin

From lost ship to new battleground: Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir using Altalena in election spat - analysis

Ben-Gvir publicized the find without informing Netanyahu or Defense Minister Israel Katz, surprising both men, a detail that quickly fed speculation about tensions between the coalition partners.

The search for the remains of the Altalena, published August 24, 2026.
THE ‘ALTALENA’ burns off Tel Aviv in June 1948. Its wreckage may lie beneath the Mediterranean, but the political battle over what happened aboard it has never been buried.

Middle Israel: Netanyahu is digging up the Altalena to bury his own record - opinion

The search for the remains of the Altalena, published August 24, 2026.

As Israel heads to elections, the Altalena offers a lesson in unity - opinion

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a press conference at the Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, following the announcement that the wreck of the Altalena had been located intact at a depth of 503 meters off Israel’s coast. August 24, 2026.

Ben-Gvir took one of Likud's strongest symbols and turned it against Netanyahu - opinion


On This Day: Menachem Begin's 105th birthday

Begin was most noted for signing a peace treaty with Former President of Egypt Anwar Sadat in 1979, which led them to both share a Nobel Pece Prize for their work.

Menachem and Aliza Begin vote in the national election on May 17, 1977

Begin’s marriage synagogue in Ukraine renovated

Begin, a resident of Drohobych, married Aliza Arnold in the synagogue shortly before the Second World War in 1939.

The Drohobych Choral Synagogue, which has been revived through the efforts of Russian businessman Victor Vekselberg

Viewpoint: Zionism and the one-state idea

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

Begin Center furious over revelations of former PM’s mental state

The Begin Heritage Center is preparing a complaint demanding a thorough investigation and considering “personal steps” against him.

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

Overriding democracy

Political realities have forced Netanyahu to recalibrate his party’s position.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to an aide at a cabinet meeting on April 11, 2018

Lessons from Syria

The situation in Iran is more complicated than in either Syria or Iraq. There is no simple military solution to Iran’s aspirations for nuclear weapons.

THEN-SECRETARY of state John Kerry signs the Iran deal in 2016.

Defense Ministry reveals new details on Sadat’s historic visit to Israel

Directive was received to ‘prepare the brigades for war’ following Begin's speech to the Knesset.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stand together at Ben Gurion Airport after Sadat’s arrival on November 19, 1977.

Tradition today: ‘Clean hands and a pure heart’

We did not establish a Jewish state after 2,000 years of exile only to see it turn into a center of corruption.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv in 2010

Menachem Begin's son refuses to leave Knesset, vows to block contentious laws

MK Bennie Begin sounds off to 'The Jerusalem Post' about current Knesset legislation.

Bennie Begin

No holds barred: Jewish groups’ disgraceful rejection of Jerusalem recognition

Israel has shown it is willing to make tough, even irresponsible sacrifices, as it did giving up the Sinai to Egypt and withdrawing from Gaza.

After signing, US President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017.