Opinion The Gift That Never Stops Letting Israel Avoid Peace

Nukes, Planes and Champagne: How Israeli Prime Ministers Have Worked for Billionaire Arnon Milchan

The story of the Hollywood producer is the story of how money, charm and connections get things done in Israel

Meshulam Riklis, Israeli-American Billionaire and 'Corporate Takeover Artist,' Dies at 95

Former Wall Street tycoon and one of Forbes' wealthiest people worldwide of 1988, U.S.-based Riklis had sponsored former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon

Memorial Wall for Israeli PMs Ignores Rabin's Assassination, Olmert's Premiership

Defense officials were responsible for photo captions that appear to spin history in Netanyahu's favor, overlooking Peres's presidency and leaving out former prime ministers altogether

Opinion The Shameful Deal That Haaretz Is Offering Netanyahu

The leftist justice system is drawing up its get-out-of-jail card for the prime minister, just as it did over 20 years ago with Ariel Sharon

The Israeli Army Papers That Show What Ariel Sharon Hid From the Cabinet in the First Lebanon War

Shimon Golan’s book on the military and political decisions in 1982 offers no major revelations but sheds light on the war’s goals and the leaders who stood behind them

Analysis Four Israeli Prime Ministers, 20 Years of Corruption. Why?

The answer lies with Israel’s widespread use of political appointments: Studies show they lead to bad government, but ministers seemed determined to make the situation worse

The Israeli Police Recommended Indicting Netanyahu, So What Happens Now?

Judging by past cases that plagued prime ministers Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert and Netanyahu himself, the attorney general may take some time to decided on indicting the prime minister

Opinion How a Mossad Plot to Kill Yasser Arafat Nearly Cost Me My Life

According to Ronen Bergman's new book, it's a miracle I'm still alive. Here’s my recollection of the fateful day I met the PLO leader in Beirut and lived to tell the tale

Opinion Israel Must Reexamine Why Northern Samaria Was Included in the 2005 Disengagement

What rationale or logic caused Ariel Sharon, the architect and patron of much of the Israeli settlements beyond the 1949 armistice lines, to reverse course and decide on the disengagement plan?

With Ariel Sharon Gone, Israel Reveals the Truth About the 1982 Lebanon War

After 35 years, with the leading figures of the 1982 Lebanon War gone, the IDF is issuing its official history of the conflict

'Racist, Homophobe, Bully, Fascist': Sons of Israeli Leaders Trade Barbs on Facebook

After Yair Netanyahu claimed he was being unfairly targeted while the sons of other prime ministers get a pass, Ehud Olmert's two sons take him to task

Executive Privilege Ehud Olmert Was Not the First Israeli PM to Get in Trouble for Taking Classified Documents Home

The most notable example was Ariel Sharon, who maintained a large private archive in his private farm home

CIA Warned in '85: Jewish Extremists May Attack Israeli Leaders to Thwart Peace With Palestinians

U.S. spy agency marked Sharon as the next prime minister, forecast the Palestinian uprising and believed the settlements were reversible

Opinion Remembering Israel's Blood-sucking War

As the Day of Remembrance for Israel’s fallen soldiers approaches, let us acknowledge that since the futile, 18-year war in Lebanon, Israeli society has made it a point not to engage in national soul-searching about what it did.

Analysis If Netanyahu Can Accept Gifts From a Friend

This is gang war, in which each camp sees corruption only when political rivals are doing it.

Settlements and 'The Ultimate Deal': Trump's Surprising Statement on Israel in Context

What's new – and what isn't – in Trump's statement on Israel's settlement building.

Commemoration of Israeli Leaders Highly Disorganized, Unequal

Despite four leaders dying in the past decade, the commemoration budget hasn't risen in ten years.

Opinion Netanyahu's Gifts: Suddenly the Israeli Right Is Quiet

Are there no reporters from the right who have anything to say about a prime minister who gets hundreds of thousands of shekels in benefits from tycoons?

Israel to Invest More Than $6 Million in Public Buildings for Former Gaza Settlers

Funds earmarked for erecting and completing communal structures in fast-growing Be'er Ganim and Nitzan.

Sara Netanyahu's Lawyer Had an Unfortunate Moment of Honesty

How the Netanyahus run their homes is important, but the media should be paying attention to serious improprieties in another realm.

If His Wife Sara Is Indicted, Netanyahu Will Face His Greatest Political Dilemma

The prime minister has a legacy to choose from: Will he resign like Yitzhak Rabin or let his beloved take the rap like Ariel Sharon?

We Fear Lieberman Because He Embodies Israel’s Darker Side

Democracy and freedom are not just measured on a fixed scale, but also against our expectations, and Israeli democracy has been exemplary.

Lieberman's First Battle as Defense Minister Will Be Against the IDF

The generals didn't see it coming, and if Avigdor Lieberman does become defense minister he can expect a rough ride unless he reins in his most extreme tendencies.

Right Wing Ideologue Aryeh Eldad Refuses to Believe a Word Netanyahu Says

Do right wing leaders in Israel break left once in power? The former MK questions studied the issue in depth and sat down with Haaretz to share the results, published in his latest book.

Netanyahu Deserves Credit for Drop in Palestinian Attacks, if Only for Not Interfering

The prime minister takes pride in bringing about the current, relatively calm security situation – but the defense minister, IDF chief and the Palestinians have also done their part. Moreover, it may not last.

Panama Papers: Hundreds of Israeli Companies, Shareholders Listed in Leaked Documents Detailing Offshore Holdings

Leaked documents of Panamanian law firm reveal shell companies linked to prominent Israeli lawyers and business persons.

Falashmura Aliyah as a Cautionary Tale

We can absorb people in distress from all kinds of countries. Some we wouldn't even have to airlift; all we'd need to do is give those here citizenship.

To Understand Ariel Sharon, Look to His Mother

David Landau's biography of Ariel Sharon is essential reading for anyone who wants to get to know the man who believed it was his destiny to save the Jewish people.