The Iranians are currently focused on damage control, hunting down collaborators with Israel – real or imagined,” Dr. Merhavi said.

Now, in a move that has sparked both disbelief and debate, US President Donald Trump is aggressively lobbying for the Nobel ...

In ordering a preemptive strike aimed at significantly setting back Iran’s nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was following in the footsteps of two of his predecessors. Menachem Begin ...

In 1948, Begin refused to allow followers of his Irgun militia to fire back at forces loyal to prime minister David Ben Gurion during the sinking of the Altalena, an Irgun arms ship, instead ...

Begin’s friend and fellow Betar leader, Yosef Glazman (1913-1943), joined Betar in his early teens and served as the central organizer of the movement in Lithuania (1937-1940).

The Irgun’s strategy had been rejected by the mainstream Zionist elite force, the Palmach. But in the scramble of the guerrilla war to create Israel, the Palmach began to take up Irgun tactics.

According to President Carter, Begin, who served in the Free Polish Anders' Army from 1941-1942 and led the paramilitary Irgun organization before the founding of the State of Israel, was the only ...

“The film is a candid and frank portrayal of Menachem Begin’s life with a particular focus on his early years, his leadership of the Irgun, and his years as Prime Minister.” ...

Herzl Makov is CEO of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, a national center to commemorate Israel’s sixth prime minister. Serving as a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, obtaining the rank ...