Menachem Begin

Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.

In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir holds a press conference with new Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv, in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026

Israel’s next political upheaval will come from the Right - opinion

SARA NETANYAHU has implied that Democrats Party leader Yair Golan had prior knowledge of Hamas’s invasion plans. Although he might be ill-informed about his party’s history and agenda, Golan is neither a villain nor a turncoat, the writer maintains.

Middle Israel: Why is Sara Netanyahu going to war against Yair Golan? - opinion

 Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu attends a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024

What do the Altalena and the Heritage Ministry have to do with the approaching elections? - opinion


Is the ‘Begin Doctrine’ still relevant for Israel against Iran?

Even if the “Begin Doctrine” exists, it does not mean that Israel will always be able to implement it.

 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin holds a special press conference to announce the Osirak reactor bombing, June 9, 1981. Also present: Uri Porat, PM media adviser (L) and IDF Chief of Staff Rafael ‘Raful’ Eitan (R).

Menachem Begin was from another league of historic proportions - top aide

Begin’s top aide Dan Meridor discusses how the premier laid the basis for the Abraham Accords, Iraq-Iran nuke comparisons, compassion for refugees.

 THEN-CABINET SECRETARY Dan Meridor (L) accompanies Prime Minister Menachem Begin before his testimony to the inquiry commission on the Sabra and Shatila massacres, Jerusalem, 1982.

Remembering Menachem Begin with his GPO director

Ze’ev Chafets, head of the Government Press Office during Begin’s tenure, reveals why no one ever impressed him as much as the prime minister.

 HE ‘WAS very charismatic in a strange way’: The young revolutionary speaks in 1949, in front of a likeness of his mentor, Revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky.

On This Day: Israel and Egypt sign a historic peace treaty

The Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty was the first between Israel and its surrounding Arab nations.

Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

Menachem Begin's legacy and the security of Israel - opinion

His legacy sheds light on Israel’s responsibility as a nation-state to Jews worldwide, particularly in times of crisis.

 FAMILIES OF Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu pose at a news conference in 2018 where they called for the release of the two Israeli civilians from Hamas captivity.

Dublin’s Jewish lord mayor recalls meeting Zionist leaders

Ben Briscoe reminisces about meeting his father’s old comrade Menachem Begin, and his Jewish roots.

 BEN BRISCOE, Dublin’s second Jewish mayor, today 88.

Pastor John Hagee: Israel must never allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb

CUFI founder receives "Support of Israel Award" at annual Begin Symposium

 Pastor John Hagee speaks at the Menachem Begin Center on March 13, 2022

The Begin Symposium 2022 – 'Securing the Nation'

 The Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Letters to the editor March 9, 2022: Still holding out

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Menachem Begin continues to shape Israel's Zionist vision - opinion

Menachem Begin became prime minister in 1977 and died 30 years ago.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin (left) sits at the head of the government table in the Knesset plenum in 1983.