JPost Editorial

The Jerusalem Post's daily editorial brings readers our editorial staff's stance on the most important and interesting issues of the day in Israel and the Jewish world. The Jerusalem Post, founded as the Palestine Post by Gershon Agron in 1932, is Israel's best selling English newspaper and its most read website.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference in Berlin, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

Why can't Hamas's crimes be in the spotlight without Israel also being condemned? - editorial

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits among his ministers in the Knesset plenum. As long as the executive dominates the Knesset unchecked, the chamber will remain what it too often is: performative, loud, and largely hollow, says the writer.

With Israel under siege, gov't leaders must prioritize national unity over politics - editorial

Anas Al-Sharif with killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.

Human rights orgs. should demand Al Jazeera stop hiring terrorists, not condemn Israel - editorial


Boaz Bismuth must introduce bill to formalize equal draft to include all haredim - editorial

Edelstein’s draft framework, which he and his team left as an inheritance of sorts, outlines agreements reached with the haredim throughout the war, as well as the gaps that remain.

MK Boaz Bismuth attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 8, 2025

Gaza fault line: Netanyahu's plan threatens to rip Israel apart - editorial

Without a unifying vision that addresses both security and conscience, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Gaza plan risks becoming not a path forward, but rather a fault line.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses principles for ending the war in a press confernce with foreign media in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025.

Expanding military operations in Gaza, but at what cost? - editorial

The security cabinet's decision to approve Netanyahu's plan to expand military operations in Gaza presents a turning point in Israel's approach to the war, and a possibly steep cost alongside it.

Israelis attend a protest calling for the end of the war in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages, in Jerusalem, August 7, 2025

IDF head Zamir has noticed soldiers' mental toll, the Security Cabinet needs to as well - editorial

The mental health of IDF soldiers has severely declined over the course of the war, and the government and IDF must act accordingly and not take them for granted.

Israeli soldiers return from an IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, affected by the mental toll they have faced, October 17, 2007; illustrative.

Netanyahu should heed warnings, avoid the Gaza occupation swamp - editorial

Occupation would worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis and give Hamas a propaganda win, portraying Israel as an occupier and inspiring resistance.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a debate in the Knesset last month on a resolution to apply sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley. The resolution, nonbinding, passed.

Pushback against Israeli artists' petition criticizing IDF conduct in Gaza matters - editorial

The petition may have been cloaked in moral language, but the substance – particularly its tone and framing – was anything but constructive.

IDF soldiers operating throughout the Gaza Strip, August 5, 2025.

Republican recognition grants Israel historic chance to cement West Bank sovereignty - editorial

Today, America’s conservatives stand beside us, urging the same resolve. It is an invitation Israel should embrace with confidence.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

'Never again is today': We must not allow the world to forget starving hostages - editorial

Human rights activism can indeed be a wonderful thing. But when it’s selective, it’s not worth the megaphone the slogans are being shouted through.

Israeli hostage Evyatar David as he appears in a Hamas propaganda video, August 2, 2025.

Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial

Our sages taught that the Second Temple was consumed by sinat chinam – baseless hatred among Jews. On this Tisha B’Av, Jewish Israeli society must admit that the disease has returned.

Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

Israel does not bear sole responsibility for starvation in Gaza - editorial

Is there a famine or starvation taking place in Gaza? It depends on whom you ask.

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025