Posts Tagged: Menachem Begin
On 40th Anniversary, Israel-Egypt Peace Deal Hailed for Opening ‘New Chapter’ in the Middle East
Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty. The 1979 agreement -- brokered by then-US President Jimmy Carter -- was inked...
New York Times Headline Blames Israel For Murder of Saudi Columnist
“Goyim kill goyim, and they immediately come to hang the Jews,” was Menachem Begin’s memorable remark in 1982 after Lebanese Christians killed Palestinian Arabs in Beirut. Whatever...
Sadat and Begin: The Peacemakers
It has been 38 years since the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, most famously evoked by the three-way handshake on the White House lawn that...
‘Revisionist’ New York Times Suddenly Discovers New Love for Jabotinsky, Begin
The New York Times runs a truly overheated and ridiculous “Memo From Jerusalem” by Isabel Kershner under the headline “Is the End of Israeli Democracy...
New York Times Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Bad’ Journalism About Israeli Politics
Just days after hurling the adjective “nationalist” at the political party of Israel’s defense minister -- and coming in for criticism from The Algemeiner for...
History Repeats Itself, From Begin to Netanyahu
The United Nations Security Council resolution -- which stated that Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, “occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,” have “no legal validity," and...
What Begin and Jabotinsky Would Have Said About the New Israel Fund
As I watch the work of the New Israel Fund and its grantees, such as Breaking the Silence, I recall the words of the late Israeli Prime Minister...
Obama Must Understand Jabotinsky to Understand Netanyahu
There they go again. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren writes a book – and a Wall Street Journal opinion piece – offering...
Alienation Inside and Outside of Israel
Every year when Israel's Independence Day comes round, I always experience delight, pride, and sadness. Delight and pride because after two thousand years of exile, of...
Israeli Elections – Then and Now
The first Israeli election I experienced was in the summer of 1961. I was in Yeshivah in Jerusalem, and heard both Ben Gurion and Begin...
Obama’s Mistaken Assumptions About Israel and Peace
The American Heritage dictionary defines "victory" as the defeat of an enemy or triumph in a struggle against difficulties. "Peace," on the other hand,...
What Would Ze’ev Jabotinsky and Menachem Begin Say About Naftali Bennett?
Inevitably, before every Israeli election, there is political maneuvering and jockeying for votes. As an eternal student of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and the Betar movement, I try...
Israeli MKs Must Vote Their Conscience on Jewish State Bill
I am puzzled. Mainstream headlines in Israel and abroad point to an imminent breakup of the Israel coalition government over what has come to be...
Message to President Obama: Israel is No Banana Republic
This is not the first time in recent history that America and Israel have had strong disagreements. Today, Israel is being criticized for supposedly responding too strongly to constant...
