Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe03:18 PM • August 09 2026 IDTIn July 1976, just days after Operation Entebbe, Israel was back in the headlines around the world. This time, it wasn't because of an impressive military feat, but thanks to a 20-year-old woman from the small northern town of Tivon who had been crowned Miss Universe.In the News50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldThe Israeli Bladesmith Who Elevated Kitchen Knife Forging to an Art FormShe Never Served in the Israeli Army. Her Heroine Is an Angry SoldierThe Buried History of Tel Aviv's Hilton Hotel, Told Through Its Vintage ChinaLike We Did in the Summer of '62: The Year the Twist Took Over Tel AvivRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesHow a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel's Gaza 'Voluntary Emigration' Plan'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'Former Mossad Chief Appointed to Lead U.S. Defense Technology Company