Jerusalem post opinion

We need to stop using the word 'resilience' to describe Israel, here's why

We are one of the most resilient nations on the planet, but after the years of emotional and physical hell we have endured, that word feels like a cop-out and does not accurately describe how we feel.

|ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
Israelis do yoga at an underground garage, used as a public shelter, in Tel Aviv during the Israel-US war with Iran. March 17. 2026.
IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.

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 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

The minister who refuses to cooperate will cause the public to suffer - opinion

Since May 2024, the position of Ombudsman of the Judiciary has remained vacant. 

JANUARY 29, 2025ByGUY LURIE
JUSTICE ISAAC AMIT was lawfully chosen as president of the Supreme Court, as a majority of the members of the Judicial Selection Committee supported his selection as required by law, the writer states.

Kristi Noem: Launching a new era of US Homeland security, a terrorist's worst nightmare - opinion

During her confirmation hearings, Kristi Noem articulated a clear and forceful understanding of the national and international challenges that lie ahead.

JANUARY 26, 2025ByERFAN FARD
Confirmation hearing for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem

Beware of symbols used by Hamas - comment

Though the Serbian Ballet's performance move may not have been related to the Israel-Hamas War, their red-painted hands spoke volumes.

JANUARY 13, 2025ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
Aziz Salha with bloody hands during lynching in Ramallah in 2000.

A tale of two Knessets: unity or chaos? - opinion

True leadership doesn’t shy away from difficult conversations or avoid painful realities.

JANUARY 12, 2025ByTOVA DORFMAN
Einav Zangauker, mother of Gaza Hostage Matan Zangauker, and protesters mark Matan's 25th birthday and his second birthday in Hamas captivity, December 18, 2024.

Celebrating Shabbat in Los Angeles: Amid the fires, a still, small voice - opinion

How should we prioritize when everything feels so uncertain, so urgent?

JANUARY 12, 2025ByRABBI PAUL KIPNES / JTA
A firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025.

Why Paraguay’s support for Israel matters now more than ever - opinion 

Reestablishing the embassy in Jerusalem is more than a symbolic act.

DECEMBER 13, 2024ByMARAM STERN
Paraguay's president Santiago Pena speaks at the Knesset. December 11, 2024.

Movement on hostage deals give rays of hope, slipping through the cracks - editorial

While the exact contours of the proposed deal are vague, the agreement under discussion would be a partial one.

DECEMBER 12, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Shir Siegal, Levi and Varda Ben Baruch, whose family members are being held hostage by Hamas, gather outside the prime minister's residence on October 7, 2024

How to preserve free expression on ever-divided campuses - opinion

Those who seek communal healing from the chaos that antisemitism has brought upon university campuses should call for administrations to follow Brandeis’s lead.

DECEMBER 12, 2024ByJOSEF KAY
Students and pro-Palestinian supporters occupy a plaza at the City College of New York campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2024

What the new Middle East chessboard means for Israel - opinion

The collapse of Assad’s regime marks the start of a new and volatile chapter.

DECEMBER 12, 2024ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM, STEPAN STEPANENKO
REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

Anti-Zionist rhetoric: Loud but fundamentally flawed - opinion

Why do educated Jews turn so against their own people while an Italian Catholic sees the same matter with a totally different clarity?

DECEMBER 12, 2024ByYISRAEL MEDAD
PEOPLE PROTEST in Berlin outside Humboldt University in support of Israel and against antisemitism, in October. The charge that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is culturally rooted, springing from antisemitic tropes, Cold War politics, and settler-colonial academic theory, insists the writer.