Most Influential People

TIME names Netanyahu among 2026 Most Influential, calls his post-Oct. 7 comeback bigger than Trump

TIME editor-at-large Ian Bremmer wrote that the PM "once faced the political wasteland" after Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, but has now engineered a "political comeback" that "may have exceeded Trump's."

|ByJAMES GENN
Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu
Illustrative image of a sad child.

All for the best? Sometimes positive thinking does more harm than good

Recent years have led everyone to attempt positivity at all times. However the reality is that things won't "be ok" if we do nothing - and not everything is for the better.

|ByWALLA!
Taika Waititi arrives for the Time 100 Gala celebrating Time magazine's 100 most influential people people in the world in New York, US, June 8, 2022.

2023 ‘TIME100 Gala and Impact Awards’ to be held in Israel

Previous installments of the TIME100 Impact Awards have recognized architect David Adjaye, musicians Ellie Goulding and other prominent global leaders.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sam Grundwerg, chairman of Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal.

Sam Grundwerg: Diplomat, fundraiser and Zionist leader

No. 45 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal chair Sam Grundwerg.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

These Jews made Time magazine’s new list of ‘rising stars’

The list features an increasing number of non-establishment figures

NOVEMBER 14, 2019ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
Cast member Ezra Miller attends a promotion for the movie “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” in Beijing, China October 28, 2018

Netanyahu again on Time's list of world's 100 most influential people

“Israel is Bibi's nation,” Time Columnist David French wrote in a short piece explaining the choice and noting Netanyahu’s recent re-election to a fifth term.

APRIL 18, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [C] and his wife Sara Netanyahu [L] at an event honoring families who lost relatives during the wars of Israel