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David Ben-Gurion
Screenshot: JPR
February 4, 2025, 2:40 pm
OPINION: Israel’s population reaches 10 million, but its Jewish demography is changing
As Israel is officially no longer a ‘small nation,’ its responsibilities are growing
By Professor Sergio Della Pergola
An aerial view of Midreshet Sde Boker in Israel's Negev desert region
December 4, 2023, 1:59 pm
Canadian-Israeli Sylvan Adams pledges $100m ‘to strengthen Israel’s south’
Gift will go to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which has a significant presence in a region badly shaken by the attacks of 7 October
By Jewish News Reporter
Israel quest for Peace. Pic: BICOM
April 24, 2023, 3:03 pm
OPINION: Despite stalemate with the Palestinians, Israel at 75 is more successful than ever
Pragmatism has brought Israel many rewards, but a deal with the Palestinians eludes her, writes Richard Pater
By Richard Pater
Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele
April 19, 2021, 12:17 pm
Revealed: Mossad cell that snatched Eichmann was stopped from capturing Mengele
Israel’s PM David Ben-Gurion refused to allow Mengele to be brought to the Jewish state 'as he did not want the fledgling country to become a dumping ground for war criminals'.
By Jenni Frazer
British and Israeli flags waved in Trafalgar Square
April 28, 2020, 11:48 am
UK-Israel: 70 years of relations
From the Suez crisis and Gaza conflicts to tech collaboration and booming bilateral trade, we pick out some of the peaks and troughs of the UK-Israel relationship over the years
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Professor David Newman voting in March
March 4, 2020, 10:05 am
Analysis: The left loses touch with the Israeli electorate
Ben Gurion University professor David Newman says the once great Israeli Labour Party is now all but extinct
By professor David Newman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
August 29, 2019, 12:47 pm
Special Report: Does Bibi still have the upper hand? Israel decides, again
With just under three weeks until the second Israeli election of 2019, we take a look at the major players seeking power and whether the incumbent PM Bibi Netanyahu can hang on
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 22, 2019, 12:33 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu is now Israel’s longest-serving prime minister
Incumbent surpassed the number of days at the helm, previously held by the Jewish state's first leader, David Ben-Gurion
By JTA
Benny Gantz votes in the election. (Credit: Sraya Diamant, Blue and White campaign)
April 9, 2019, 8:20 am
Israeli Election 2019: Polls open as Netanyahu-Gantz run-off in focus
Netanyahu still appears to have the best chance of forming a coalition, with a smattering of small nationalist parties backing him, as ex-IDF general challenges incumbent PM
By Jewish News Reporter
Israel's first - and only female Prime Minister
May 3, 2018, 1:24 pm
Golda Meir: The first lady of Israel
On what would have been her 120th birthday, the role of Israel's first female prime minister in founding the Jewish state is detailed in this extract from Elinor Burkett's riveting biography, published for the first time in paperback
March in Plonsk. Credit - Yossi Zeliger
April 19, 2018, 5:05 pm
Limmud FSU Warsaw: Poles celebrate Israel 70
Residents of the small Polish town of Plonsk took part in an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence.
Get your independence bottles, featuring Golda Meir, Theodor Herzl and David Ben Gurion
April 17, 2018, 5:09 pm
SodaStream celebrates Israel at 70 with limited edition bottles
Two Israeli prime ministers and the founder of modern Zionism feature on a special line of products to mark Yom Ha'atzmaut
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas
January 16, 2018, 12:53 pm
Mahmoud Abbas denies Jewish ties to Israel in speech to Palestinian leadership
Palestinian president says Israel is a 'colonial project that has nothing to do with Jews' during two-hour address in Ramallah
By JTA
Barbara Winton, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, - compared the “dehumanising language” of the Nazis to that seen in 2018 (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
December 20, 2017, 11:28 am
Daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton to attend Limmud festival
Revellers at the annual Jewish event can hear Barbara Winton's father's story of saving children from the Nazis
An Israeli bus
September 12, 2017, 11:36 am
Israeli Supreme Court dismisses case calling for public transport on Shabbat
Highest authority in the Jewish state strikes down lawsuit by left-wing groups calling for buses to run on Saturday
By JTA
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