Menachem Begin

Under Netanyahu, Meir Kahane’s doctrine has contaminated Likud - opinion

The Left convinced themselves and others that the gun tucked into Arafat's belt would no longer be used for killing, that he now carried an olive branch, and that he had abandoned his grand vision...

 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.
 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

What would Menachem Begin say about democracy’s state in today’s Likud? - editorial

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the IDF's 192nd pilot course graduation ceremony.

Israel's next election is a chance to end politics of division - opinion

Gadi Taub sits down with Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein to retrace the defection that took him from Peace Now demonstrations to the front line of the fight over Israel's Supreme Court, its media and its national identity.

Who is Gadi Taub , the Labor prince who became the Israeli Left’s fiercest critic?


Original copy of infamous 1939 British White Paper to be auctioned

An original copy of the 'White Paper' which restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine during the Holocaust is one of three rare pamphlets to be auctioned in Los Angeles

Palestine Police Force wanted poster of Irgun and Lehi members. Menachem Begin appears at the top left.

How it really was! - An unusual trio – Jabotinsky, Ben-Gurion and Begin

If we can look dispassionately at Vladimir Jabotinsky and David Ben-Gurion’s principles, we find something there is a marked similarity in ideals, albeit due to differences of place and time.

Postage stamps of Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky

Think About It: Has hatred for Netanyahu gone out of control?

From the start, I did not like his neoliberal ideology, and noticed his flimsiness with and manipulation of historical facts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 30, 2018

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

Begin recording pulled from auction after lawsuit

Children of former prime minister sue to stop sale of 1948 speech, claiming copyright infringement.

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

Lost Menachem Begin recording to be auctioned

Speech from 1948 was recently discovered in Jerusalem.

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

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