Can't lie. Seeing this trio together on the pitch is still just really exciting.
Alain Jocardi/AFP
29.9.21
Messi PSG
Champion's League nights are now feeling a little bit different in Paris.
Ian Langson/EPA via Shutterstock
22.9.21
48 Years On
Leonard Cohen performs for IDF troops in the Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur War of October 1973. After the initial surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar by the combined Arab armies of Egypt and Syria, IDF forces struck back on both the northern and southern fronts to turn the tide of the war. After heavy initial losses, Israeli forces crossed the Suez Canal and had reached within 100 km of Cairo. On the northern front, after advancing past the Golan Heights, the IDF also reached within 30 km of Damascus and had begun to shell the outskirts of the Syrian capital.
Ron Ilan/IDF
20.9.21
12.9.21
Never Forget
Twenty years on. Still at a loss of words to describe my feelings from that day when I woke up as a teenager in the suburbs New York to a world that would be forever changed. We will never forgot.
Ruth Fremson/NYT
Game Over
Four out of the six escaped terrorists who escaped from Gilboa prison in Israel this week have now been captured, this includes the notorious Zakaria Zubeidi. Israeli security forces have concluded that they did not receive outside assistance in their escape from prison.
Israel Police/AP
10.9.21
The Manhunt Continues
Just by chance, I have been thinking a lot about the Second Intifada lately and the traumatic collective memory it has left on countless Israelis who lived through it, myself included. I chalk this up to having finished one of the last chapters in Ronen Bergmen's Rise and Kill First about the IDF and Shabak's efforts to destroy the Palestinian terror infrastructure during the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. The events since the beginning of this week have demonstrated that even old memories are still never far behind.
The prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison in Northern Israel on Monday are still on the run. The connection to the Second Intifada is direct. The incident is hugely embarrassing for Israel's security services, especially considering that there are rumors of complicity among prison staff at Gilboa.
Zakaria Zubeidi in the West Bank in 2004. AP/Nasser Nasser
Among the escapees are Zakaria Zubeidi, the former leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group. The remaining six suspects are members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. All have been convicted of leading and taking part in terror attacks that murdered innocent Israeli women, children, and men.
Zubeidi was an infamous figure during the Second Intifada, but his name has long faded from the headlines. Until now. If anyone can be considered a folk hero among Palestinians, it is him. It's too early to say how the rest of this incident will unfold and what may happen in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza over the coming days and weeks. However, one thing is clear, support for popular Palestinian resistance is strong. The PA is being forced to walk a very tight line between standing in solidarity with the escapees and refusing to work with Israel to help capture them. This is at risk of upsetting the Palestinian street, who are strongly behind the escaped fugitives. However, as much as the PA does not want to be seen as collaborating with Israel, any widespread unrest or increase in violence in the West Bank will likely not work to their favor. For the Israeli government, they can only hope to recapture the escapees as soon as possible.
9.9.21
Old City Walls
A view from outside of the Old City walls along the way towards Jaffa Gate.
Sharon Gabay
8.9.21
Magav Officers in Nu'ara 9/7/21
Israeli Magav officers take part in the search for six Palestinian prisoners in the village of Na'ura in northern Israeli. The prisoners escaped from Gilboa prison on Monday, which has resulted in the largest manhunt in the country in recent years. Among the escaped prisoners are convicted terrorists including Zakaria Zubeidi, the former leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Magav officers in Nu'ara. Flash 90
Operation Defensive Shield 2002
IDF soldiers operate in the back alleys of Tulkarem during Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002. The operation was launched to in the aftermath of a series of horrific Palestinian suicide terror attacks aimed to destroy terror networks and infrastructure in the West Bank.
רענן כהן/דובר צה"ל
4.9.21
Romain Gary
Romain Gary, novelist and former fighter pilot, is pictured in the uniform of the Free French Air Forces during the Second World War.
2.9.21
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