It’s time for the lesson of the Altalena to be implemented in Lebanon. Only one army can be allowed to operate in Lebanon for peace and prosperity to exist in the Land of the Cedars. The Altalena ...

The Altalena affair has gone down in the annals of Jewish history as the moment a civil war was averted. A mere five weeks after declaring statehood, Jew was fighting Jew. It was Palmach vs. Irgun.

The affair defined and galvanized the ethos of Israel’s right-wing minority. But today it plagues and derails the ethos of the new right-wing majority. After 70 years, it is time to forget. Seventy ...

Malca Fein is a fit, sharp, outspoken, perfectly groomed octogenarian with a just a hint of an accent. But get her talking about the past and the fiery Zionist freedom fighter burns through her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civilians watch as smoke rises from the Altalena following the IDF shelling off the coast of Tel Aviv, June 1948. (photo credit: ...

As the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, tries to stop Palestinian violence with a cease-fire rather than brute force, Israelis and their American supporters keep calling for a “Palestinian ...

Birthday of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, a Portuguese intellectual and one of the wealthiest women in Renaissance Europe. Employing a combination of commercial activities, loans, and bribes to royalty and ...

“There will be no civil war” in Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 18. But he might be wrong. Netanyahu’s statement was made in the context of the growing popular protests ...

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The Altalena ship burns after being shelled near Tel Aviv, June 22, 1948. (Hans Pinn/GPO) Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu told the cabinet yesterday that he is investigating how to recover the ...