Tag: Jabotinsky
Shindler’s Listless Op-Ed in the NYT
If anyone can claim that what Prof. Shindler asserted and what Netanyahu said are similar, I guess there is something wrong with their reading glasses.
Countdown to Israeli Independence Day!
In order to understand today's State of Israel we must remember the awful, disgraceful side, too.
Jabotinsky Understood, 102 Years Ago
Over a century ago, Jabotinsky argued that apologizing too much practically means accusing one's self.
Equating Zionist Pioneers With Arab Terrorists
As a teenager growing up in Russia in the late 1800s, Trumpeldor was attracted to Zionism as well as the pacifism and communalism of the philosopher Leo Tolstoy.
A Holocaust Pageant that Was too ‘Political’ for FDR
Shattering the wall of silence surrounding the Holocaust was the first crucial step in the process of mobilizing the American public against the slaughter.
The Palestinians Reveal the Jewish Connection to Palestine
The Palestinians have asked the World Heritage Committee (WHC) of UNESCO to recognize Battir, a village about 5 miles west of Bethlehem, as a World Heritage Site and add it to the 936 sites already maintained by UNESCO. The city's original name was Betar, the last fortress of Bar Kochba and the name of Jabotinsky's Zionist youth movement.
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: Civil Rights Champion
The popular image of the Jews who took part in battles for black civil rights is of liberal activists and idealistic college students. Yet several important early civil rights efforts in the United States and South Africa were undertaken by officers of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Jewish underground militia in British Mandatory Palestine.
Prime Minister to Israelis: ‘You Touched My Heart’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu penned a letter to the people of the State of Israel, thanking them for coming to console him after the...
Where Persecuted Jews May Go: In Memoriam, Benzion Netanyahu (1910-2012)
Whatever the different formulations of Zionism, all proponents share the view that the area is the birthplace and the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, linked by historical ties and by religious and cultural traditions.
Update: Details on Funeral of Benzion Netanyahu, Father of Prime Minister
Professor Benzion Netanyahu will be laid to rest at 5pm on Monday at the Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood.
Benzion Netanyahu, Father of Prime Minister Benjamin, Dies at 102
Benzion Netanyahu, father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Entebbe hero Yoni Netanyahu, died Monday at his Jerusalem home at the age of 102.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Father, Benzion, Dies at 102
The father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Benzion, died at the age of 102 on Monday morning in Jerusalem. Benzion was an active supporter of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and worked closely with him.
Herbert Zweibon, Zion’s Champion
Herbert Zweibon, founder and chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI, died on Jan. 19 at the age of 84. It was Tu B'Shevat, holiday of the trees, which only seems fitting because Herb was someone who spread his branches wide, sheltering not only his beloved family but an array of people and causes, planting seeds of wisdom and truth.
AFSI Founder Herb Zweibon Dies At 84
Veteran pro-Israel activist Herbert Zweibon, founder and chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI, passed away in New York on Jan. 20 at age 84.
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: 70 Years Since The Passing Of An Exceptional Zionist
A portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky may still adorn Likud conventions in Israel, but the ideas of this great Zionist leader - who passed away 70 years ago this week - are essentially forgotten and/or ignored.
Author Resurrects ‘Patterson of Palestine’
He was Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu's godfather. President Teddy Roosevelt counted him as a friend.