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Erdoğan’s Ottoman Ambitions

Turkey's Islamist prime minister seems bent on resurrecting the Ottoman Empire. First, though, he will have to eradicate secularism and nationalism at home.Raising the Altalena

Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision to the sink the Altalena reflected his determination to dominate Begin's Irgun. A new project to raise the ship will also exhume their rivalry. Labor Turns Left

Much like the Likud's primaries moved it to the right, Labor's primaries are set to shift the party to the left. But it is still projected to be the largest opposition party in the Knesset. Is God Happy?

Probably not. The Rise of Sinai’s Bedouin

When attackers in the Sinai killed 16 Egyptian soldiers on Israel’s border, Egypt blamed Hamas.  But Israelis privately say the planners of the attack were Sinai’s resurgent Bedouin.One Family at a Time

The International Tracing Service has helped Holocaust survivors find their families since 1946.  But now its records are open for research on larger questions of the Holocaust.Start-Up Nation, Start-Up Choices

Israel is living up to its hype as the “start-up nation,” a great place to launch a high-tech company.  But exactly where in Israel should an entrepreneur put down roots?Solomon Remembers

The poet Mick Imlah on King Solomon’s efforts to recollect and depict his “world of wives”—700 of them, not to mention the 300 concubines. (Poem)Defeat Hamas. There, I Said It.

Despite Iron Dome’s success, says Roberts, U.S. commentators have, wrongly, “embraced the assumption that there is simply no way to prevail politically or militarily over Hamas.”The Story of Iron Dome

It was opposed by the top brass and dismissed by American officials; but in seven years, Iron Dome went from a pipe dream to Israel's greatest defensive asset.