Menachem Begin Heritage Center
The weapon used to fire on the Irgun vessel was nicknamed the “holy cannon” by Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.
“Start with Jews,” insists Natan Sharansky. “Try to convince them it is very important to their own survival. Then it is easy to move to non-Jews the moment you have Jews on your side.”
He also discussed young evangelicals, the battle against anti-Semitism, the right for Israeli sovereignty and the arrival of Ukrainian refugees while he was in the country to receive multiple awards for his longtime work on behalf of Israel and Diaspora Jews.
American-Israeli historian to Bennett: ‘Give us some vision’
“What we need today are muscular moderates who speak for the silenced majority,” says professor Gil Troy.
“Both [Yitzhak] Rabin and [Menachem] Begin proved time and time again that when it came to issues of security they took action,” said Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Begin Symposium kicks off in Jerusalem • Pastor John Hagee is awarded the Menachem Begin Support of Israel Award.
Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata was honored for her work in the struggle for social equality and against injustices for disadvantaged communities with a focus on the Ethiopian community.
“Upheaval” is part of a larger effort to tell the story of the Jewish nation’s founding to young Jews, many of whom have barely a passing knowledge of the country, its accomplishments and its continuing struggles to survive.
The group of eight musicians with some degree of disability is receiving a special citation by B’nai B’rith World Center for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts.