Yom Kippur War

Expert: Lessons, trauma from October 7 informing new West Bank land registration policy - interview

Israeli leaders are choosing to prioritize physical security, even if it means “taking the risk of being a pariah nation,” foreign policy expert Harley Lippman said.

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.
The former concentration camp Auschwitz

Grapevine: 'I also remember a miracle'

  OneFamily group photo in Cyprus.

Concert unites community with music for OneFamily victims in Ra'anana

A rare shot of Reuven Milon at work.

Reuven Milon: The photographer who captured Jerusalem’s soul, one ordinary moment at a time


Giora Epstein, IAF's top ace and most decorated pilot, passes away at 87

Epstein was also the man who activated the sirens across Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973, when the IAF detected takeoffs from Syrian and Egyptian air force bases.

 Giora Epstein receives rank of Brig.-Gen. by then-IDF chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in 2018.

A quiet protest growing stronger: A push fighting for the return of Israeli hostage

With more people at more local protests, massive protests, perhaps we can change Israel and get the hostages freed. Sitting at home and wringing our hands will not get it done.

 People protest against the proposed judicial reforms to reduce the powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv in 2023.

Haifa Cop indicted for choking protester in anti-gov't demonstration in Caesarea

While judges ruled that police have a difficult job "does not excuse blurring the boundaries of use of force."

 Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Israel needs to regain the confidence to pre-emptively strike threats - comment

In 1967, Israel preempted when its neighbors wanted to destroy it. In 2025, the threat is still there. The Israeli mindset in response should be the same.

 AN IDF soldier walks along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip last month. The writer asks: Is Israel struggling to show the same self-confidence in Gaza that it is willing to show in the skies over Iran?

'A Winning Move': Spy thriller weaves personal drama into Yom Kippur War history - review

"A further nail-biting episode follows as the Mossad tries to discover the date on which Sadat’s attack is planned to take place."

DAVID RUBINGER’S iconic photo of the IDF paratroopers at the Kotel during the Six Day War in 1967.

Jimmy Carter: The best US president Israelis have ever had - opinion

US president Jimmy Carter deserves our nation’s gratitude. May his soul be bound up in the bundle of life.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres meets with former US president Jimmy Carter in Jerusalem, in 2009.

'Post' visits Syria in first Israeli media visit since 1974

Hagari: No advance on Damascus, only buffer zone until Syria becomes more stable.

 IDF soldiers overlook the Golan Heights, along the border between Israel and Syria, December 11, 2024

WATCH: New recordings of Yitzhak Rabin on Arab-Israeli peace talks, role of reservists

Yitzhak Rabin spoke of the importance of manpower and mobilizing reservists following the Yom Kippur War, echoing modern sentiments.

 Ori Or, Yithak Rabin, Moshe Levy, Uri Sagi.

Finding solace in the wisdom of King Solomon: Avner Moriah's work on 'Ecclesiastes'

Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered his eighth decade, the Book of Ecclesiastes took on new meaning for him. 

  KING SOLOMON, traditionally considered the author of ‘Ecclesiastes.’

Letters from the front lines: The echoes of the Yom Kippur War in the Israel-Hamas War

Monica Lamm’s letters from the Yom Kippur War show similarities to our experiences on and after October 7, 2023.

 MEMORIAL FOR IDF soldiers fallen on both banks of the Suez Canal during the war, seen 1974.