Between India’s new prime minister and Menachem Begin, there are enough parallels to evoke interest, not least the fear that each was an extremist unfit for power.

One of the special talents of the right-wing leader and Israeli prime minister was his ability to connect Zionism with traditional Judaism.

The Camp David Accords, signed between Israel and Egypt 35 years ago, were significantly facilitated by parallels in the life history of the two main protagonists.

Seventy-five years since Kristallnacht, the fact that Jews take for granted the right, the obligation, and the capacity to defend themselves attests to how. . .

Contrary to the claims of some historians, discrimination against Mizrahi Jews in 1950s Israel was real and no myth. What’s a myth? That 1950s Israel. . .

Menachem Begin would be appalled at the acquiescence of his disciple Benjamin Netanyahu in a two-state solution.

Menachem Begin warned against deciding the question of Jerusalem in the US Congress; the second-most powerful American court agrees. But who else can take on the State Department?

Although the Jewish state has been at war since before its creation, internal political violence has blessedly been very rare. But are Israelis really as. . .

After decades of being demonized by his ideological opponents, Ze’ev Jabotinsky has finally been accorded his rightful place among the founders of Zionism and the state.

David Ben-Gurion’s 1948 order to attack and sink an armed Irgun ship marked a watershed, according to Abba Eban, “because you can’t be a government unless. . .