State of Israel

Hatred of Jews so often fixates on the Land of Israel - opinion

Hatred of Jews has taken many forms, but it has always returned to one target: the Jewish people’s bond to the Land of Israel.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER attends the 2016 Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on March 15, 2016 in New York City.

‘I’d rather be envied than erased’: NY Rabbi says Israel gives Jews power - interview

HAREDIM SCUFFLE with police outside Jerusalem’s IDF Recruitment Center, Nov. 12.

A defense of Israel's ultra-Orthodox - and a plea to their leadership - opinion

CARS SHOT at and burned in the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, are later piled high at Tkuma, a moshav in the South. It was barbaric, evil, and without justification, but it was not the Holocaust, states the writer.

October 7 was atrocious, but it wasn't the Holocaust - opinion


TAU archaeology prof. faces calls to be dropped from nat'l conf. for West Bank dig stance - report

After publicly boycotting an archaeological conference in Judea and Samaria, a TAU professor finds himself at the center of an argument on his role as a lecturer at a national archaeology conference.

The first building ever discovered in Yavne from the Sanhedrin era. It contained fragments of ‘measuring cups’ identified with a Jewish population.

Youth are the key to rebuilding Israeli society - opinion

Over the past year, the power of our youth has been revealed – how resilient, capable, and determined they are in the face of any difficulty.

An Israeli flag flutters outside the embassy of Israel in Dublin, Ireland, December 16, 2024

New education initiative will teach students Druze history in Israel

The course designed for grades 7-9, aims to help younger generations gain an understanding of Druze history, traditions, and partnership with Israel.

 Druze have been serving in the IDF since the state was born.

Light sentences expected for 4 Jews convicted of endangering Palestinians in Ahuvia Sandak

Had the defendants been only convicted of less dangerous rock throwing, lighter sentences might have been less surprising.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

People are quickly forgetting history and labeling Israel as the oppressor - opinion

Apparently, the realization of self-determination and the desire to rise above the ashes of their horrific past is seen as too much of a threat to a world that prefers the outcast.

 A torn Israeli flag is seen near the northern border with Lebanon, July 21, 2024

Israel's path to unity in the Sukkah - opinion

We must remember the spirit of Sukkot in the midst of burgeoning tensions in and outside of Israel.

 A man is seen constructing a sukkah for the Sukkot holiday.

Are we living in Messianic times? Only time will tell - opinion

Many religious Zionists believe Israel's growth signals the messianic era, but others remain skeptical. Is Israel truly a sign of redemption?

 Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, June 5, 2024.

Mystical rabbi warns: Gog and Magog war begins, nations opposing Israel will die

Ben Artzi pointed to a series of impending disasters as divine punishment for nations that oppose Israel. "Their countries will be destroyed by floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fire."

 Israeli Kabbalah Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi.

Letters to the Editor, June 23, 2024: Look in the mirror

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Unraveling the false branding of Israel as a settler-colonial state - opinion

This platform is built on two fundamental falsehoods to justify atrocities, at least against Jews, and suspends justice and morality that has corrupted many liberation movements in recent centuries.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN students from various Turkish universities demonstrate outside the main campus of Istanbul University last month. The mantra of the campus activists is that Israel is a settler and colonialist regime, says the writer.