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The passing of Rafi Eitan, the man who led the 1960 Mossad operation to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, renewed interest in one of the boldest and most controversial intelligence missions ever mounted. Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, was kidnapped in Argentina and spirited back to Israel to stand trial for war crimes. He was hanged in 1962. Browse this gallery and find out more about Eitan and the former SS officer who never expressed remorse for the crimes he committed.

BBC News Published image copyrightAFP image captionNaftali Bennetts support became crucial for the formation of a coalition government after the last election Naftali Bennett has long held ambitions to be Israels prime minister, but his expected nomination is remarkable given his party, Yamina, won only a handful of seats in the last general election. Despite his faction coming joint fifth with seven seats, Mr Bennett was propelled into the position of kingmaker, with his support vital if eithe...

Perhaps you saw the letter. The one in which 175 Jewish studies and Israel studies scholars wrote, “we condemn the state violence that the Israeli government and its security forces have been carrying out in Gaza.” In the same letter, they wrote, “We also denounce expressions of antisemitism or Islamophobia in connection with ongoing events in Israel/Palestine.” Or perhaps you read the Instagram post by the account “Progressive Jews,” backing Palestinian rights and safety, freedom a...

         Justice Gavriel Bach relives his prosecution of Adolf Eichmann It was May of 1960, and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion has just made the shocking announcement that Nazi arch-criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured by the Mossad and brought to Israel for trial. Days later, a young jurist named Gavriel Bach was given an assignment that would forever change his life. Bach was a lawyer in the State Prosecutor’s office when the chief architect of Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution�...

Print this article It has now been almost 50 years since Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram gathered a small group of New Haven, Connecticut, residents in the basement of Yale University’s Linsly-Chittenden Hall. Milgram, a specialist on obedience, designed his experiment against the backdrop of the Adolf Eichmann trial. In the experiment, Milgram tricked volunteer "teachers" into administering what they believed to be increasingly severe electric shocks to actors whom they though...

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“There is No Evil,” is a profound and uncomfortable exploration of the blurry lines between personal morality and right and wrong, by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad…

Frances dark role in rounding up Jews: Previously-unseen pictures show men boarding a train in Paris watched by SS Final Solution chief after thousands were lured to routine registrations then arrested by French officials The green ticket round-up saw Jews in Paris invited for a status review which appeared to be a formality When they arrived, the Jews were immediately arrested and sent away to internment camps in France They were held for as long as a year in the camps before they were sent to...

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 11, 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. On May 11:                          In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days later. In...