Jewish state

Israel’s strategic independence: The transformation of Middle East politics - opinion

The supreme leader thought he was invincible, but he was lazy in his thinking. He did not do his homework; Israel, on the other hand, did.

A DEMONSTRATOR holds an image of deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside City Hall in Los Angeles, last week. The supreme leader thought he was invincible, but he was a lazy thinker, the writer notes.
Armenian Orthodox worshippers arrive at the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to celebrate Christmas and Epiphany, January 18, 2026

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care - opinon

San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener comments on a pilot program to permit private commuter buses to use public bus stops in San Francisco, California, January 21, 2014

After debate backlash, California Democrat Scott Wiener says Israel carried out 'genocide' in Gaza

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Railway to nowhere: How Miri Regev, Likud politics stalled Israel’s role in IMEC corridor - opinion


Letters to the editor April 13, 2022: Still here, alive and thriving

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Passover: Hametz on IDF bases is a threat to Jewish Israel - opinion

If the Supreme Court cannot be counted on to defend the Jewish character of Israel, it will put itself into firm opposition with their own citizenry.

 A SOLDIER is armed with his weapon and matzah and glass of wine for Passover.

The hametz conflict requires common sense, not theocracy - editorial

While Israel is a Jewish state, it is not a theocracy, meaning the state cannot force its citizens to follow Jewish law.

Hametz is covered at a store in Israel

Rabbi Kanievsky's funeral a moment of truth for the Jewish state - opinion

The funeral of rabbi Kanievsky was a moment of revelation of the profound essence of the Jewish nation.

 RABBI CHAIM KANIEVSKY studies and ponders at his home in Bnei Brak, last year

My Word: Gut feelings on Amnesty International

When it comes to the Jewish state, Amnesty International’s US director Paul O’Brien doesn’t have healthy gut feelings so much as hateful Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

 JEWS AND ARABS wait for a tram at a Jerusalem light rail stop.

All 25 Jewish House Democrats blast Amnesty head’s comments on Israel

Paul O’Brien defended Amnesty’s recent report designating Israel as an “apartheid” state.

House impeachment manager and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) sits in his seat reading a pocket copy of the US Constitution as he waits for the start of US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capito

Prof. Boehm's new book is latest in the two-state fantasy - opinion

In his new book, Prof. Omri Boehm claims that a Jewish state is not the answer to Jews' rights to self-determination.

 HAIFA, 1930s.

US Jewish convert ends hunger strike after gov’t promises citizenship by 2023

David Ben Moshe has ended his hunger strike to be recognized as an Israeli citizen after being assured he will receive full citizenship by January 2023.

 David Ben Moshe hunger strike.

Mansour Abbas crossed the Rubicon, more need to follow - opinion

This conflict will not end until the rejectionists accept defeat and recognize the legitimacy and permanency of the Jewish State.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and Ra’am Chairman Mansour Abbas confer in the Knesset last month.

Celebrating New Year's in Israel? Why not? - opinion

As far as the Torah is concerned, we’re in the middle of Year 5782, but for the better part of our daily lives, we’re about to bid welcome to Year 2022.

 RINGING IN the New Year in Tel Aviv: I doubt any other religious or ethnic group has two calendars hanging on the refrigerator.