Rami Dotan, Disgraced Israel Air Force General Who Embezzled Millions in U.S. Aid, Dies
Dotan, an Air Force supply chief, spent 12 years in prison for what was considered the biggest corruption case in Israeli military history
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This Founding Father of the Jewish State Was a Serial Cheater Who Hated Israel
The most comprehensive study ever conducted on Chaim Weizmann casts a new light on Israel’s first president
Israel's State Archives to Use Artificial Intelligence to Release Millions of Documents
The technology will locate classified information and enable archives to examine documents quickly – without it, the process would take thousands of years
‘The Day the Earth Shook’ When Tel Aviv Was Bombed From the Air, by the Italians
Survivors recall when WWII reached the shores of Mandatory Palestine
The Polish Women Who Saved Jews in WWII, Only to Be Called 'Russian Prostitutes' in Israel
Israel's Law of Return, now 70 years old, allowed thousands of non-Jewish Polish women to come over with their Jewish husbands. Some wished they had never come
The Iranian Jews Who Joined the Islamic Revolution
Thousands flocked from Tehran's synagogues to protests, led by their rabbis. Jewish delegates met with Khomeini to express support for his struggle. A groundbreaking study sheds light on the life of Iranian Jews, their complex view of Zionism and their surprising stance on the Islamic Revolution
Hezbollah Procured Hundreds of Tons of Ammonium Nitrate From Iran, Report Says
Qassem Soleimani oversaw three sales of the explosive chemical to Hezbollah in 2013 and 2014. However, there is no information linking the smuggled goods to the Beirut blast
Centuries-old Bibles Mossad Smuggled From Syria to Remain in Israel's National Library
Books smuggled into Israel in the 1990s are 'for the benefit of the entire public, on behalf of future generations and to perpetuate the heritage of the Syrian Jewish community,' court rules
1927-2020 Former Israeli Legislator and Prominent Settlement Leader Gershon Shafat Dies
One of the founders of the far-right Tehiya paty, he was dubbed ‘foreign minister’ of settler group Gush Emunim
Israeli Legal Scholar, Rights Activist, Prof. Ruth Gavison Passes Away at Age 75
Gavison was an Israel Prize winner and legal expert whose work dealt with the right to privacy, protection of human rights, freedom and equality
Coronavirus Hasn’t Increased Overall Death Rate in Israel So Far, Figures Show
Expert stresses data cannot discount unusual lethality of COVID-19
Lithuanian Who Destroyed Memorial to Nazi War Criminal Receives Prison Sentence – and Flees the Country
Stanislav Tomas destroyed a plaque dedicated to Jonas Noreika, a known Nazi war criminal seen as a national hero by some Lithuanians for his fight against the Communist regime
For Glory and Matchmaking: The Very Lively History of Jewish Tombstones in Turkey
A new online database of 61,000 graves reveals that, for Jews in Turkey, investing in death was also investing in life
40-year-old Document Reveals Ariel Sharon's Plan to Evict 1,000 Palestinians From Their Homes
Minutes of an 1981 ministerial meeting indicate that Sharon, who would later become Israel's prime minister, proposed allocating West Bank land to the Israeli army for the sole purpose of forcing Palestinians out of their homes
150 Jewish Gravestones Uprooted by the Nazis Found in Polish Town
Construction work in Lezajsk leads to what could be largest discovery in years of tombstones stolen to build roads
From Rabin's Assassination to Eichmann Trial: Thousands of Files Missing From Israel's State Archive
Loss of the files, which include documents relating to major events in the country’s history was revealed in response to a freedom of information request
The Story of Israel's Other Secret Agent Cohen
A tribute to Eliyahu Cohen, a founder of intel Unit 8200 and Mossad spy who posed as an Iraqi officer
Collection of Old Letters Tell of Love and Longing in Israel's Early Years
Hoping to let ordinary people reclaim part of history, archives release hundreds of letters from the time of Israel's independence war online
16th-century Bible 'Photoshopped' to Suit King Henry VIII's Interests, Researcher Finds
Israeli researcher reveals how Thomas Cromwell manipulated a copy of the scriptures he gave to King Henry VIII
When Social Distancing Worked: How Warsaw Ghetto Beat Typhus
According to new study, doctors showed other residents how to avoid the epidemic, but they couldn’t save the survivors from being murdered in the death camps
Auschwitz Museum Finds Six-year-old Holocaust Victim's Name Inscribed in Shoes
Name of Amos Steinberg, whose mother was murdered along with him and whose father survived and lives in Israel, uncovered during conservation work
Israel's Top Court Rejects Petition to Ban War Criminals From Visiting Yad Vashem
Court rules it cannot interfere in official diplomatic visits of controversial leaders to Israel's Jewish Holocaust memorial
Bombshell: Fake News From Pre-state Days of Jewish Underground Militias
For years, a special report gathered dust in the archives alleging that the forerunner to the Israeli army paid the Irgun to blow up the King David Hotel
Israel’s Attorney General Wants to Rescue a Holocaust Relic From Public Auction
A notebook with rabbinical rulings from the Bergen-Belsen refugee camp is considered primary evidence detailing victims' fate
‘Fences Are Insulting’: Israel’s Government Once Opposed Gender Segregation at the Western Wall
Israeli cabinet members expressed rage during a 1967 meeting about the ultra-Orthodox monopoly at the holy site. 'Regretfully, they are behaving as if it belonged to only one section'
Archivists Turn to Crowdsourcing to Decode Early Israel’s Documents
'The catalog of these documents will allow us to deepen our research and publish new material,' research institute Akevot’s director Lior Yavne said
A 70-year-old Letter Will Make You Hopeful About the Future of Jewish-Arab Coexistence
The text reveals personal ties between Jews and Arabs that persist despite the fraught history of their peoples in this land
Mystery Solved: This Is the Harvard Prof. of Jewish Descent Who Shaped Nazis' Legal Ideology
Who was Josef Redlich, and what exactly did he say in a 1932 meeting with the Nazis’ leading jurist, who would later construct Nazi legal theory?
In Israel, Controversial Memorials Are Everywhere but Not One Has Been Toppled
The country has its own Edward Colstons, but it seems people are too busy with their day-to-day problems to take to the streets just yet
The True Story Behind This Iconic Photo That Became a Symbol of Gender Equality in the Zionist Movement
The granddaughter of female pioneer seen in shorts in a quarry in Mandatory Palestine reveals that the 'propaganda' scene was in fact staged