War of Attrition

Former IDF chief: Israel's situation is worse today than it was during Yom Kippur War

Former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz: Politicians 'spat in the faces' of bereaved families on Remembrance Day

 FORMER IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz addresses a rally outside the Knesset against the proposed judicial overhaul, last month. He describes the protests as a ‘war of liberation for the State of Israel.’
 IDF Artillery Corps soldiers commemorate 50 years to the War of Attrition

IDF Artillery Corps pays respects to casualties of the War of Attrition

A helicopter waits to fly troops and equipment back after the completion of military action on Egypt’s Shadwan Island in 1970 during the War of Attrition

Remembering the Rogers Plan and Israel’s forgotten war

Rivlin in Isfiya

President Reuven Rivlin visits War of Attrition monument


Netanyahu: Israel does not rush to war, but will guarantee its existence

Netanyahu spoke a day after he agreed to a ceasefire in the south, instead of a much wider military campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking during events for Memorial Day

Honoring the man behind the war

With ‘In Our Hands,’ a film about the battle for Jerusalem during the Six Day War, Arik Achmon discusses the sacrifices he and his comrades made in order for Israel to survive.

From left: a still of present-day Arik Achmon from the movie ‘In Our Hands’; Achmon in uniform during the Six Day War; Idan Barkai, the actor who plays him

To sanction Russia or to make a deal?

Article image

It is serious – it is an American (cold) civil war

Article image

This Week in Israeli History: The Bombing of the King David Hotel, SS Exodus and Operation Boxer

Article image

Crazy plans, daring men

Everything you want in a rip-roaring derring-do narrative of Israel’s combat operations.

A helicopter waits to fly troops and equipment back after the completion of military action on Egypt’s Shadwan Island in 1970 during the War of Attrition

The only way to win the war against Islamists in Paris and elsewhere is to strengthen our Judeo-Christian spirituality

Article image

This Week in Israeli History: Axis Bombing of Tel Aviv and Haifa, Nasser’s IDF-Induced Heart Attack, and Mr. Armor

Article image

This Week in Israeli History: SS Exodus, Operation Boxer and the Bombing of the King David Hotel

Article image

Netanyahu: The knock on the door after my brother was killed was the worst moment of my life

“To receive the ‘knock on the door’ about my brother and then to be the one who knocked on my parents door, made it seem as if Yoni had died twice.”

Last known picture of Yoni Netanyahu

Israel's wars as told through the headlines

The fight for Israel's existence, as told by the pages of 'The Jerusalem Post.'

War of Independence