Politics

Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling

Although Takaichi has pledged to increase the number of female cabinet ministers, an area where Japan has lagged its G7 peers, polls show her conservative positions chime more with men than women.

 Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on October 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the announcement of the new government

French PM Sebastien Lecornu has resigned, BFM TV says

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid delivers a press conference speech at Yesh Atid Party meeting, Sunday, October 5, 2025

Yair Lapid offers safety net for PM Benjamin Netanyahu to implement Trump's Gaza deal

Shin Bet director David Zini attends a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 5, 2025

Netanyahu holds first working meeting with new Shin Bet chief David Zini


Three ex-Shin Bet chiefs to High Court: Cancel Netanyahu's appointment of David Zini

Multiple government officials oppose Netanyahu's appointment of Zini.

 Maj.-Gen. (Res.) David Zini and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rabbi runs for Syrian parliament, ending 58-year ban on Jewish candidates

Rabbi Henry Yosef Hamra is running for parliment in a step towards reintegrating a long-marginalized religious and cultural group into Syrian public life.  

Members of the subcommittees for Syrian parliament elections sit at the Syrian parliament on the day they take an oath before the Higher Judicial Committee for Elections, in Damascus, Syria September 3, 2025.

Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis, poll finds

For the first time, a US poll finds more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis, with support dropping across age and party lines.

A man holds an Israeli flag as Pro-Palestinian protesters march through Manhattan near the United Nations as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26.

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

From geopolitics to community leadership, the Miami Conference brings together top voices to shape the conversation on Israel and the Jewish Diaspora.

Miami Summit 2026

Annexation and isolation: Does the Right have a vision for Israel's future? - opinion

Does the Right believe that the Palestinians will go along with the annexation of the West Bank?

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich announces plans to approve housing between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim last month. The decision precludes the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian entity, says the writer.

True friends never remain silent: Why J Street is wrong about the Democratic Party - opinion

Nadav Tamir, executive director of J Street-Israel, characterized the Democratic Party as "our true friends."

US REP. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, holds a sign that reads ‘Guilty of Genocide’ as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress last year. Even before October 7, 2023, the progressive wing of the Democratic Party was trash-talking Israel, says the writer.

Yad Vashem director condemns Ukraine ambassador's use of Holocaust comparison

Dani Dayan, director of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem museum, decried the widespread use of the Holocaust as a political tool.

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan seen during a visit of Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial's museum in Jerusalem on September 11, 2023.

At least 39 dead, over 51 injured in stampede at Indian actor-politician Vijay's rally

Indian lawmaker Senthil Balaji told reporters that 58 people were hospitalized after what he said was a stampede.

Activists of the youth wing of India's main opposition congress party shout slogans during a protest demanding resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over what he termed an act of "collusion" in the case of Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya, in New Delhi, India, September 14, 2018.

Naftali Bennett to impose limit on prime minister's tenure if elected

The law is part of the stabilization plan for Israel that Bennett is currently formulating.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022.

A-G to Ben-Gvir: Police directive on protests illegal, baseless, act of political intervention

Ben-Gvir vowed to refrain from specific interventions in police work.  Baharav-Miara wrote that he has breached these understandings. 

 LEFT: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara RIGHT: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion

The courts are staffed by judges who rule on momentous matters within a system that lacks proper training, transparency, and oversight.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef attend a ceremony inaugurating new judges in the rabbinical courts at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in June.