The October 7 Massacre

No more excuses: Israel cannot move forward without a state probe into October 7 - opinion

A proper inquiry is not about assigning blame to a single leader or party. It’s about exposing the policies that helped entrench a terror organization we mistakenly believed we could “manage.”

|ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu votes during the election for the Likud Central Committee, in Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Israel cannot move forward without an immediate, independent state commission of inquiry, the writer asserts.
‘THE PHONY draft law about to be introduced by the new chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Boaz Bismuth, certainly won’t do the job,’ the writer argues.

Israel must stop pretending there is a workable haredi draft fix - opinion

Despite October 7, despite the near-existential threat situation Israel finds itself in across seven fronts, haredi leaders remain adamant that “yeshiva boys” cannot be drafted in any minimal way.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
A supporter of Defend Our Juries attends a protest as part of the group's campaign to lift the ban on Palestine Action, ahead of a judicial review in London next week, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 22, 2025.

Over 100 lawyers pen support for solicitor asking UK to de-proscribe Hamas

The signatories claim that Ansari’s defense of Hamas led his offices to be “inundated with threats of violence and death.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Australian Jewry has been confronted by the reality that antisemitism never went away, Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler told the ‘Post.’ Here, protesters hold placards and flags during a rally against antisemitism at The Domain in 2024, in Sydney.

Australia’s Jews face lurking antisemitism after October 7 in a once 'goldene medina'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler on how Australian Jews were shocked by both the wave of antisemitism post-October 7 and the silence that followed.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

The Deep Dive: Assassination conspiracy, Muslim Brotherhood, and regional flare-ups - podcast

On this week’s episode of “The Deep Dive,” Jacob Laznik tackles a whirlwind of headline-grabbing developments, from Gaza to Tel Aviv to Washington, D.C.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Episode three of The Deep Dive discusses mass conspiracy on X, Trump desginating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and whether Israel is going back to war in the North.

Ireland’s new president is a troubling ally of Hamas and a danger for Israel - opinion

During Connolly's campaign she even told BBC News that Hamas was "part of the fabric of Palestinian people" legitimately elected to lead Gaza.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025ByASHER MAOZ
Ireland's new President Catherine Connolly takes part in an inspection of an Honour Guard following her inauguration ceremony, at Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland November 11, 2025.

In Israel's clash of politicians and generals, IDF holds the upper hand over government

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The defense minister's feud with his military chief reveals a distinctly Israeli tendency to take the military’s side when it clashes with the political echelon.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025ByHERB KEINON
DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir feuded this week in a bruising confrontation that spilled into the open, dominated headlines, and led to public questions about whether the defense establishment is losing its focus, says the writer.

‘Stay Forte’ tells the human story behind the Gaza hostage escape - review

Stay Forte, which was made using classic prison-break movie tropes, manages to keep some suspense throughout, and the drama is not so much about what they did but how they managed to do it. 

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
TOMER MACHLOOF, Shahar Tavoch, and Wael Hamdun in ‘Stay Forte.’

New haredi draft bill grants 'amnesty' for haredim called-up since 2023 - explainer

The new haredi draft bill softens personal sanctions, allowing draft evaders to regularize their status around age 26. This flexibility draws sharp criticism from the opposition.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByZVIKA KLEIN
Haredi soldier

Preparing for the worst case scenario: Israeli gov't holds wargame for emergency aliyah

The Aliyah Ministry conducted a war game simulating the emergency immigration of 45,000 Jews fleeing a collapsing country, testing plans for 800 arrivals daily for two months.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Aliyah Ministry in meeting.

Jewish group urges halt to ‘Nakba’ exhibit at Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Introducing the exhibit just two years after the October 7 Hamas attacks "raises further alarm," says AGPI, warning the display risks emboldening extremist rhetoric.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
People rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023.

Israel's killing of Hezbollah's Tabatabai won't slow Iran's march toward next war - opinion

Israel after October 7 is no longer governed by the old culture of “containment.” However, it is also not prepared to “break the rules” over Hezbollah’s renewed force buildup.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByYARON BUSKILA
PEOPLE ATTEND the funeral on Monday of top Hezbollah military official Haytham Ali Tabatabai and others killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hezbollah never left the battlefield, states the writer.

Freed Gaza hostage Eitan Mor shoots image of Hamas arch-terrorist Sinwar at gun range

Freed hostage Eitan Mor shares gun range footage, aiming at an image of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who orchestrated the October 7 massacre.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Illustrative image of then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in front of an image depicting smoke rising after Israeli strikes in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

‘Hineni': Thanksgiving’s answer to Jewish tradition's sacred question - opinion

May we remember that gratitude is not the result of a perfect life, but the practice that fills every life with meaning, purpose, and hope.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025ByYAEL ECKSTEIN
AN IDF reserve soldier reports for a military drill along the border with Lebanon and Syria this week. Perhaps the ultimate ‘hineni’ are the soldiers who have put their lives on the line to save our precious Holy Land, says the writer.

‘Time to end the Oslo illusion’: Minister Strock says Israel must scrap PA security apparatus

Strock reserved some of her sharpest criticism for the PA security forces, which Western governments – including the US – have long supported as a stabilizing partner.

NOVEMBER 26, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.