Yom Kippur War

The lost Leonard Cohen concerts in Israel may finally see the light of day

A court ruling could clear the way for the release of Leonard Cohen’s long-hidden Israel concerts and archives.

Cohen performs in Ramat Gan, 2009.
To wake up tomorrow morning with a new song in my heart/To sing it with strength, to sing it with pain - Naomi Shemer.

After Independence Day, Israel faces its biggest test: Unity - opinion

Yaakov Erez and Yitzhak Rabin

Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026.

Roaring Lion: From Berlin to London, Europe stands by Israel in war with Iran - opinion


These cookies cheered up Israeli soldiers in 1973. Now they are back

Try Ruth Sirkis' recipe, simple but delicious.


Hamas planned for massacre during Passover, Iran forced delay - report

The report noted that the information was uncovered during the interrogation of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

 Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023

'Eighteen Days in October': Strategy, diplomacy in the Yom Kippur War - review

Primarily a history of military tactics and strategy, Eighteen Days in October also addresses diplomacy, albeit briefly.

 PM MENACHEM BEGIN (R) and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shake hands in the presence of a beaming US president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, 1978. The peace treaty was signed March 26, 1979, and went into effect in January 1980.

Israeli POW from Yom Kippur War says Hamas hostages have it worse

Menachem Barkai was captured by an army during the Yom Kippur War. The Hamas hostages in Gaza now, though, were taken by a terrorist group.

 MENACHEM BARKAI with his parents in 1974, after his release.

Yom Kippur War veteran revisits old collection 50 years later

73-year-old internationally acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's exhibition of works fueled by wartime angst and post-trauma boosted by another local round of violence.

 ‘KIPPUR: WAR Requiem’ features a powerful cinematic installation.

'The Stronghold': A story of IDF soldiers feeling abandoned at war - review

Besides the graphic violence that is an integral part of The Stronghold, this series could prove difficult for some viewers right now because of the emotions it might arouse.

 SCENES FROM the mini-series ‘The Stronghold.’

Yom Kippur veterans beseech: ‘Treat this whole country for trauma’

Those who fought in Israel’s most devastating war and suffered severe trauma ask authorities not to wait before they treat soldiers and civilians alike for psychological damage.

RAMI GERSHON as a soldier (right) and today.

Letter from Jerusalem, October 2023 - opinion

Write down your feelings, where you are every day and what is happening to you and your loved ones, dear readers. This time will be remembered forever, and we are living it.

 UNLIKE MANY households today, we still have a radio. Pictured: A 1937 family crowds around for updates.

Rows of tanks, closed shops: Israel's North prepares for war

“It feels exactly like the Yom Kippur War,” one man said to The Jerusalem Post. “There’s nothing to feel.”

 Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center prepared to receive the wounded

The largest rehabilitation hospital in Israel is coordinating with the relevant state agencies to receive an influx of war patients

 An Israeli, one of three wounded in what an Israeli military spokesperson said was a shooting attack at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank, is evacuated to a hospital in Jerusalem January 31, 2016.