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Israel State Archive Clears Materials to Mark 50 Years Since Yom Kippur War

The materials are being offered to the public in sections that are designed to assist in locating information more easily.

National Library of Israel Releases Rare Photographs of Sukkot During 1973 War

Many forget that the holiday, which begins a few days after Yom Kippur, also fell during the height of the fighting.

Helen Mirren to portray Golda Meir in new Yom Kippur War film

The movie focuses on the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the challenges it presented Meir, also known as the “Iron Lady” of Israeli politics.

Revealed: A Young Senator Biden Delivered Egyptian Disinformation to Israel Ahead of Yom Kippur...

Biden told Golda that all the Egyptian VIPs he had met reassured him that it would be impossible for Egypt to go to war against Israel.

Ancient ‘Kfar Nafah’ Boundary Stone Uncovered on the Golan

"It's amazing that the name of the place has been preserved for so many years, even when no signs of continuous settlement in the area."

Citing 1973 War, Netanyahu Stresses Importance of Preemptive Strike

By 5 AM on October 6, Chief of Staff Davis Elazar recommended a full, immediate mobilization of forces and a preemptive air strike. He was overruled by Prime Minister Golda Meir.

President to Air Force Special Forces: ‘The Public Knows Little of What You Do’

In 2007, Shaldag was involved in Operation Orchard, the destruction of a Syrian nuclear reactor.

Russians, UN, in First Joint Patrol of Israeli-Syrian Border

"In the future, we plan to carry out a joint patrolling mission directly to the southernmost end of the demilitarized zone."

IDF Ombudsman Issues Dire Warning on State Of Readiness For War

The ombudsman recommended that commission be established to fundamentally restore the organizational culture in the IDF.

Watch: The Six Day War

By June 10, Israel had completed its final offensive in the Golan Heights, and a ceasefire was signed the day after.

Egypt vs. ISIS: Victory or Death

IDF okays Egypt's heavy arms in Sinai. Al-Sisi claims it is in total control over the Sinai.

UN Peacekeepers Wounded by Syrian Shelling — Will UN Probe This One?

Will the UN rush to investigate an attack leaving two UN peacekeepers wounded in the Golan Heights, as it did when a UNIFIL soldier was shot in January?

Why We are Here: Israel at 66

Israel is so much more than a refuge for persecuted Jews.

Egypt Kills 28 Morsi Backers ‘Celebrating’ Yom Kippur War

Egyptian military forces killed at least 28 supporters of Mohammed Morsi Sunday and would dozens of others after they crowded the streets of Cairo...

BBC Claimed Egyptian Yom Kippur War Was ‘Pre-Emptive Arab Attack’

No Arab in his right mind could claim Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War as a pre-emptive” attack, but leave it to the BBC to come up with the unbelievable idea and believe it could get away with it.

Netanyahu Expects ‘Full Destruction’ of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he expects “the full destruction of the stocks of chemical weapons that the Syrian regime has used...

Numerous Reasons for Fear, One Reason for Joy this New Year

Israel has one life support. It starts with Yom Kippur.

Former Military Intelligence Chief: ‘Iran Has Crossed the Red Line’

But the head of the research division at Military Intelligence does not believe an all out war is imminent.

The Brave Soldier from Auschwitz

As time went on, as would be expected of me, I lost more and more of my equipment—but not my gun or my tefillin.

A Soldier Remembered in His ‘Letters to Talia’

Everything Dov Indig, killed in action during the Yom Kippur War, said about the secular kibbutz movement has happened.

Matana’s Gift

It was the Thursday before her daughter's wedding and Chana Bendiner had so much to do, so many minute details to attend to. Yet here she was in her attic, blowing the dust off a photo album that had remained buried, but not forgotten, for over 20 years. She stared at the leather-bound cover, gently caressing the embossed gold lettering, unable to open it, yet unable to put it down.

How America Facilitated the Yom Kippur War

There is certainly much to be learned from the events of 1970 and the nightmare that followed in 1973. Much that is extremely relevant to our own times. Israel paid dearly in 1973 for accepting the Egyptian violation of the 1970 agreement. And the Jewish State may yet again pay dearly if it continues to accept the ongoing security violations of Oslo in the Gaza Strip.

The ‘Israel Wins’ Headline

This week's The Way We Were feature (page 75) takes a look at the issue of The Jewish Press published during the first week of the Yom Kippur War. The headline on that week's front page became something of a legend - and not in a positive way.

Waiting For The Nixonphobes

Five years ago this week, the Monitor learned firsthand just how the mere mention of Richard Nixon is enough to turn even the most mild-mannered of liberals into screaming viragos. In that particular case, the words about Nixon that so provoked them - their tortured heads no doubt filled with the sounds of werewolves howling and fingernails scratching blackboards - appeared not in this column but in a front-page essay for this paper penned by your humble scribbler.

An Unlikely Yom Kippur Hero

This week marks the 36th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, so it seemed appropriate to revisit Richard Nixon’s role in enabling Israel to recover from the staggering setbacks it suffered in the first week of fighting.

That Infamous Jewish Press Headline

The Monitor’s rumination last week on unjustified criticism directed against The Jewish Press brought a note from a longtime reader who raised the now infamous “Israel Wins” headline that appeared on the front page of The Jewish Press during the first week of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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