Golda Meir

Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.

|ByEYAL SHAPIRA
In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.
A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion

Our descendants absorb what we choose to do in times of crisis: they act based on what they watched us forgive, defend, and risk for others.

|ByKENNETH BRANDER
THIS TIME, Benjamin Netanyahu’s United Nations General Assembly address was meant to reflect an Israeli prime minister standing up to a hostile world. The question is whether this will reach the voters it was meant to impress, the writer wonders.

Netanyahu's UNGA speech pushed Israel's military prowess over its desire for peace - editorial

Might Netanyahu not have found room for another prop besides a bee that could begin rebranding Israel not only as a formidable war machine, but also as a country dedicated to peace?

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
GOLDA MEIR, 1964.

Golda read right to left. Some still don’t - opinion

Esther risked her own life so that the Jews of Persia would live. She did not instruct her people to accept their own erasure for the sake of the empire, as Nessel clearly stated.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion

Whoever succeeds the current prime minister will need to preserve what he helped build, repair what he broke, and govern with a broad understanding of local and global politics

AUGUST 7, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

Grapevine: Knowing Golda

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 13, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Prime Minister Golda Meir

'Evil Zionist b****': Helen Mirren harassed on London streets over Israel support

The 80-year-old Oscar-winning actress was walking at night with her husband, director Taylor Hackford, a video posted on X/Twitter showed, when she was accosted.

MAY 29, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
DAME HELEN Mirren attends a reception at St James's Palace to mark International Women's Day and the fifteenth year of WOW on March 10, 2026 in London, England.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByBARRY DAVIS
Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Who will save Israel? Lessons from its greatest leaders - opinion

Israel is vibrant but imperfect; history shows that true leaders, despite flaws, can guide the country toward a brighter future.

JANUARY 3, 2026BySTEWART WEISS
Modern day hero Theodor Herzl.

Grapevine, December 14, 2025: Affordable acting

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 13, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Tovah Feldshuh poses on the red carpet for the film "Tuner", as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 8, 2025.

Jerusalem highlights: December 5-11

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN
YMCA Christmas Fair

President Herzog embarks on historic first-ever state visit to Zambia to revive Africa ties

On a state visit to Zambia, Herzog will discuss shared challenges with African counterparts. The trip underscores Israel's commitment to reviving diplomatic ties, as during Golda Meir's time.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli President Issac Herzog at a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin's assassination, at the president's residence in Jerusalem on November 3, 2025.

'38 Londres Street': The dictator and the Nazi who found refuge in Chile - review

Menachem Begin reactivated the search for Nazi war criminals in 1977. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025ByCOLIN SCHINDLER
THEN-US SECRETARY of state Henry Kissinger with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, 1976.

Being silent and listening: A leadership skill no one talks about - opinion

Many great leaders knew that the willingness to be silent long enough to hear something new makes all the difference.

AUGUST 27, 2025ByLOUIS LIBIN, MICHAEL J. SALAMON
AN ALTERCATION breaks out in the Knesset plenum during a debate earlier this year. The best leaders don’t measure themselves by how much they say, but by what happens when they speak, and what they’ve made room for others to say, the writers argue.