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The final frontier: Amotz Asa-El on settling the Negev as a project to unify Israel

It’s a revival of David Ben-Gurion’s dream of “conquering the desert,” though updated within the parameters of the latest technological, environmental, and sociological developments.

Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.

Independence Day 2025: A 'conversation' with great figures of Israeli, Zionist history

My questions, their words – genuine quotes spanning 130 years of vision and anticipation.

Israel Independence Day: 1948 calls out to a broken 2025

We are sailing together on the same ship of history, and without shared purpose and collective effort we will struggle to move forward.

Food that bites: How Israeli cuisine has evolved over the past 77 years

From burekas to MasterChef, the Israeli palate has grown with the country.

By AUDREY LYNN LEINOFF
01/05/2025

The women of the Irgun: The female fighters in the Zionist underground

The Irgun women, often varying in age from teens to young adults, participated in every aspect of the underground organization’s activities.

By FERN ALLEN
01/05/2025

Death of the Führer: Inside Adolf Hitler’s final hours, 80 years on

The suicide of Hitler, long anticipated but shrouded in secrecy and confusion for decades, marked the symbolic end of the Nazi regime.

Hidden History: How pink mold led Emmie Brookman to a 16th- century mystery

The couple discovered that the bones were placed in the walls of their newly purchased home.

Sassoon Codex, world’s oldest Hebrew Bible to date, to join ANU permanent collection

The museum will be hosting a series of events to celebrate the manuscript's new home.

'Prophetic' letter written aboard the Titanic fetches nearly $400,000 USD at auction

The letter was written by Col. Archibald Gracie days before the tragedy.

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