War of Independence

The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion

Decades of conflict, failed negotiations, and the October 7 massacre raise a central question: Is the Palestinian national movement willing to accept Israel?

OCTOBER 25, 2026|ByURI PILICHOWSKI

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.

King Abdullah’s UN attack on Israel overlooks Jordan’s own troubled history - opinion

Standing at the UN podium vilifying Israel, King Abdullah might have borne in mind the adage: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Yohanan Elishuv during the War of Independance.

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.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

The Davidka cannon did not cause much damage, its range was short, and the destruction it caused was limited, but it made an enormous noise. Today's Davidka is named Itamar Ben-Gvir.

AUGUST 25, 2026|ByBEN CASPIT

Rolf Eden, Germany’s leading playboy who fought for Israel, dies at 92

Eden settled in West Berlin in 1956, beginning a career in entertainment that gave him the reputation as an “eternal playboy” and “king of nightlife” in Berlin.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

German Nightclub owner Rolf Eden with two unidentified girls pose on the red carpet before the German Film Prize (Lola) ceremony in Berlin April 27, 2012.

The death of a unique Israeli ethos - opinion

The lofty ethos that motivated thousands of soldiers to risk their lives in the face of the enemy is now clearly dead.

AUGUST 2, 2022ByMAURICE HIRSCH

SIMCHA GOLDIN, father of late IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, stands outside IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, continuing the campaign for the return of the remains of his son and comrade, Oron Shaul.

Israel’s place on the global scale 74 years later - opinion

After almost three-quarters of a century, it’s time for us to recognize that our state is no longer just a local power – we must venture further and consider our impact on the whole world.

MAY 3, 2022ByDR. MICHAEL MIRILASHVILI

A WOMAN holds up a smartphone as the Israel Air Force aerobatic display team fly in formation over the coastline as part of the celebrations for last year’s Independence Day.

The story of the daring pilot Zahara Levitov

Zahara Levitov was a Palmach fighter and among the first women to fly planes in the newly established IDF, but her service was cut short by a tragic crash.

MAY 2, 2022ByAMIT NAOR/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL

Israel Independence: Remembering a failed attack on Jaffa Gate in 1948

It was like somebody watching in a theater when the plot had become complicated and unsolvable, and knowing that now the turn of the deus ex machina had arrived, except I was the one on the stage.

APRIL 28, 2022ByURY EPPSTEIN