Jerusalem post opinion

Why Smotrich’s 82% sovereignty plan over the West Bank is not enough - opinion

The fact of the matter is that unless all the Arabs occupying the territories are expelled, say, to Syria, their threat to our people will remain.

|ByJONATHAN POLLARD
IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.
IDF SPOKESMAN Daniel Hagari speaks to the media, displaying an Iranian ballistic missile which was retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel in April. The media must ask the tough questions, demand accountability, and avoid simply amplifying official narratives.

We must thank Hagari's resilience and voice in Israel's hardest days - editorial

After October 7, as Israelis' confidence and trust in their leaders and national institutions plummeted to an unprecedented low, Israel acquired the much-needed national comforter Hagari.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with defense industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025

No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback - opinion 

Any talk of negotiating a new nuclear agreement—before Iran meets strict preconditions—is a dangerous mistake.

|ByMARK DUBOWITZ, JACOB NAGEL
THEN-IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony in 2019. The primary mission of the incoming chief of staff is security-related, but it’s not his only mission, the writer argues.

The incoming chief of staff has many challenges he'll need to confront - opinion

The relationship between the IDF and society

|ByAMICHAI COHEN

The Middle East relies on collaboration to thrive in the future - opinion

Citizens are urged to keep the flame of the Abraham Accords alive

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByDAN ILLOUZ
THE WRITER speaks at a recent OECD conference in France

Netanyahu's legacy will be permanently darkened by corruption - opinion

WASHINGTON WATCH: Is Netanyahu a threat to the Jewish Diaspora?

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
PRIME MINISTER Netanyahu saw US President Joe Biden for an hour in a New York City hotel room, sandwiched between presidential meetings with other foreign leaders in town for the UN General Assembly, the writer notes.

Netanyahu knows Erdogan can’t be trusted - opinion

The Turkish president hopes Netanyahu has a short memory

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByENES KANTER FREEDOM
TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, last week.

There is always room for new traditions in the new year - opinion

Not every Jew in the world celebrates the traditions of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in the same way.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByMICAH HALPERN
APPLE AND honey – two symbols of Rosh Hashanah. It is the nuanced differences between Jews from around the world, that compose the beautiful mosaic called Jewish tradition, says the writer.

Practical measures could relieve the hardship of Assad-ruled Syria - opinion

Assad may believe that grip on power is unshakable.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByNEVILLE TELLER
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad greets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani in Damascus, Syria July 16, 2023.

'Wake up, mate': Fighting antisemitism in Australian education - opinion

The multicultural fabric of Australia is a strength that can be used to combat antisemitism

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByBENJI LEVY
THE WRITER (back row, light blue shirt) poses with Australian students.

The Munich massacre reminds us we can rely only on ourselves - opinion

The Munich Massacre reminds us that Israel and diaspora Jews do not have the luxury to take the security lightly.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
THE ISRAELIS murdered in the massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich: ‘We will never be able to rely on anyone for our safety besides ourselves,’ says the writer.

Why keeping Yad Vashem apolitical is a necessity - editorial

Using political motivations to fire Dayan from his Yad Vashem post would be a mistake.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
CONTEMPLATING THE enormity of the murder of six million Jews at Yad Vashem.

Is Yariv Levin an architect of Israel democracy? - opinion

For decades, he has championed the cause of curbing the unchecked power of the judicial system, thereby reinforcing the separation of powers in Israel.

JULY 27, 2023ByOMER DOSTRI
JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the voting in the Knesset plenum on Monday.

Continue Israel's fight for democracy to avoid dictatorship - opinion

The best of all our sons and daughters have, for years, agreed to put themselves at risk, and sacrifice their lives for the present and future of this country.

JULY 27, 2023BySHARON ROFFE OFIR
ANTI-JUDICIAL reform demonstrators protest in Jerusalem, as the Knesset convened this week.