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Golda Meir

Actress Tovah Feldshuh in the 2026 documentary "Tovah." (Courtesy)
August 31, 2026, 3:06 pm
From ‘Yentl’ to Netflix: 50 years into her career, actress Tovah Feldshuh gets a close-up
Jewish performer has played Golda Meir, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dr. Ruth. Now, with a new documentary exploring her ongoing work, she says she’s gearing up for her fourth act
By ryan torok
Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford are seen in a video of a man accosting and insulting the actress as an "evil Zionist bitch." (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 28, 2026, 11:45 pm
‘Evil Zionist bitch’: UK police probe resurfaced clip of man accosting Helen Mirren
Metropolitan Police looking into video, filmed last year, as possible hate crime targeting Oscar-winning actress who portrayed former Israeli PM Golda Meir in 2023 biopic
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) laughs with Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joe Biden (R), during a meeting at the US Capitol, June 11, 2002. (STEPHEN JAFFE / AFP)
July 22, 2024, 8:02 am
Biden withdrawal marks end of era of Democrat presidents with personal Israel attachment
Throughout his political career, the US president has considered himself a Zionist and expressed unwavering support for Israel, no longer mainstream views in his party
By Ron Kampeas
'Golda' director Guy Nattiv at the Cinema for Peace ceremony in Berlin on February 19, 2024. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2024, 6:55 pm
Director Guy Nattiv calls for new Israeli and Palestinian leadership
Oscar-winner and ‘Golda’ lead actress Helen Mirren accept special award at Berlin’s Cinema for Peace Foundation
By Jessica Steinberg
Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:07 am
Zvi Zamir, the man who sounded the alarm in 1973, is dead at 98
As Mossad chief, Zamir spearheaded the post-Munich campaign against Palestinian terror in Europe and warned, at the midnight hour, that the Yom Kippur War was breaking out
By Mitch Ginsburg
An 'Eretz Nehederet' skit on November 21, 2023, with Mariano Idelman as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Yuval Semo as former prime minister Golda Meir (Courtesy)
November 24, 2023, 8:30 am
‘Your debacle has eclipsed mine’: Golda’s ghost haunts PM in satire skit
‘Eretz Nehederet’ depicts ex-PM, seen as responsible for Yom Kippur War, thanking Netanyahu for replacing her as premier most associated with worst intel failure in Israeli history
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of British actress Dame Helen Mirren during an interview with the BBC broadcast on October 1, 2023. (Daily Mail. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2023, 12:49 pm
Helen Mirren defends Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’
‘Golda’ actress says there is a ‘delicate’ balance between being racially offensive and accurately portraying a historical figure
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Director Guy Nattiv, second from right, with the actors in 'Tatami,' filmed in Georgia in 2022, his latest film about an Iranian athlete forced to make an impossible decision (Courtesy Guy Nattiv)
September 19, 2023, 3:44 am
After tackling Golda, director Guy Nattiv goes to the mat for Iran’s exiled athletes
The Israeli filmmaker discusses his new film, ‘Tatami,’ which grapples with anti-Israel pressure on Iranian judokas, and blames jeers for his Meir biopic on the political climate
By Jessica Steinberg
The Mossad's Egyptian agent Ashraf Marwan, known as 'the Angel' with his handler in an undated photo released by the Mossad on September 7, 2023. (State Archives)
September 8, 2023, 9:22 am
Mossad reveals photo of ‘the Angel,’ Egyptian agent who warned of Yom Kippur war
Spy organization also releases transcript of Ashraf Marwan warning then-Mossad chief Zvi Zamir of a ’99 percent’ chance of war breaking out in 1973
By ToI Staff
An IDF soldier looks at a Skyhawk warplane in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, October 1973. (State Archives)
September 7, 2023, 12:23 pm
‘We had wrong assessments’: Almost all remaining Yom Kippur War files declassified
Ahead of 50th anniversary, State Archives reveals thousands of documents and records of the intelligence failure that preceded the war, debates on a preemptive strike, and more
By Michael Bachner
Screen capture from video of actress Helen Mirren talking about playing Israeli leader Gold Meir in the film 'Golda' during an interview with Channel 12 broadcast August 28, 2023. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 28, 2023, 1:11 pm
Helen Mirren: Israel must exist ‘for eternity’ because of the Holocaust
Speaking to Israeli TV about her film role as PM Golda Meir, star actress declares she would join anti-government protest movement if she had the chance
By ToI Staff
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in a scene from. the film 'Golda.' (Bleecker Street via AP)
August 26, 2023, 12:09 pm
‘Golda’ biopic aims to counter notion that PM was chiefly to blame for Yom Kippur War
‘She was the scapegoat,’ argues director Guy Nattiv about the former prime minister, whose leadership during 1973 conflict is focus of freshly released drama starring Helen Mirren
By Shira Li Bartov
Director Guy Nattiv poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Golda' during the International Film Festival 'Berlinale', in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
August 25, 2023, 12:44 pm
Director of ‘Golda’: Criticism against Israel’s first female PM was misogynism
In interview, director Guy Nattiv explains how he sought to soften, deepen the memory of Golda Meir and why Helen Mirren is great for the part of Meir
By Jocelyn Noveck
Helen Mirren and Camille Cottin in 'Golda.' (Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures)
August 24, 2023, 4:34 pm
Not your standard biopic, ‘Golda’ is a gritty warning about the cost of victory
Out Friday, director Guy Nattiv’s latest film, starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir, skips the broader history lesson and focuses on her humanity as she navigated the Yom Kippur War
By Matt Goldberg
Police at the scene where four men were shot dead in the Arab Town of Abu Snan, northern Israel, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
August 23, 2023, 1:09 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 23: Are rising murders and terrorism exposing a double standard?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on violence against Arabs and Jews, and the government’s response; news editor Amy Spiro on new attention to Golda Meir, and Adam Sandler on Netflix
By ToI Staff
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