An undated photo taken in recent weeks by the Israeli army at Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit'Beaufort is in our hands!' a government minister exulted, when Israel captured a Crusader fortress it once occupied for 18 years. For Joseph Cedar, who directed an Oscar-nominated film about the last days of the IDF outpost there, it is a cursed mountain – but for Netanyahu, it is an opportunity to rewrite history05:21 PM • June 01 2026 IDT"You can feel fresh mountain air here. Divine," rhapsodized Menachem Begin to Ariel Sharon, his defense minister, as the then-prime minister stood beneath the newly conquered Beaufort fortress in southern Lebanon in June 1982.In the NewsThe Empty Triumph of Israel's Latest Conquest in LebanonIran Cuts Talks With U.S. Amid Israeli Strikes on Lebanon, Iranian Report SaysGroundhog's Day in Lebanon: Waking Up in 1982Why the Bank of Israel Isn't Fighting the Dollar's Sharp Decline: TrumpIsrael's Top Judge Warns Against Efforts to Undermine Election ResultsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Orders Unprecedented Seizure of Religious Site From Palestinian AuthorityIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsUN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Pentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran WarAfter October 7, More and More Americans and Britons Are Choosing Judaism. Why?