Editor notes

Editor's Notes: Israel just met the America that comes after Trump - comment

Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.

US VICE President JD Vance and President Donald Trump listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, April 23, 2026, during an earlier round of talks. Trump leads now; Vance and Rubio are next. Israel was in the room as an ambassador, not a principal.
DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

US President Donald Trump and Yakir Gabay.

Editor's Notes: Who is Yakir Gabay, the billionaire on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace?


The battle for public opinion in the media is crucial -editorial

The lackluster response to the events over the weekend in Huwara show: Israel has to catch up in responding to terror in the media.

 IDF soldiers secure the scene after a Border Police officer was stabbed in Huwara, December 2, 2022.

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

An evening in Jaffa

We are living in tough times, but we have to venture out, while taking the proper precautions.

JAFFA BY THE SEA. ‘No difference between Jews and Arabs.’

Iran’s not waiting

The approval process for Momentum needs to be above the fray of politics and electioneering.

KOCHAVI – WITH newly appointed Defense Minister Naftali Bennett – is known as a perfectionist and reformer who employs creative thinking.

Is IDF deception against Israeli citizens okay?

The September Hezbollah attack first appeared to be a success – the cell that fired the missiles scored direct hits against the base and the jeep.

Smoke rises along the border with Lebanon during fighting in September 2019

Selective barring

The major aim of the trip was to distribute $5 million to approximately 150 Satmar institutions in Israel, which do not receive funding from the state due to their anti-Zionist ideology.

Grand Rabbi of the Satmar hassidic dynasty Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum pictured bottom row, fifth from the right

Us and them

By posting this, Netanyahu tried to deliver a message: I am with you, the people, the soldiers; but Gantz, he is with them.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz greets Likud leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two days after Israel’s Election Day

Law, no order

In January, Erdan decided to extend Cohen’s term for another four months, saying that a permanent appointment will come “when a coalition will be established, after the election.”

DAVID ELHAIINI, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, signs a resolution to fight BDS as Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan looks on.

Letters to the Editor July 1, 2019: Droning on

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Editor's notes: The ‘new’ defense minister Liberman

It was like any other defense minister’s visit before him – except for what Liberman was wearing.

Avigdor Liberman, Defense Ministerspeaking at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY