Liat Collins

Liat Collins was born and raised in Britain and emigrated to Israel in 1979, when she immediately joined the IDF. After learning Hebrew during her military service, she received a bachelor’s degree in Chinese studies and international relations at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She followed that with a master’s degree (cum laude) in communications.

Liat joined The Jerusalem Post in 1988 and worked in various positions as a reporter, columnist, and editor. She received the Life and Environment Award from the umbrella organization of Israeli green NGOs for her contribution to raising the standards of environmental reporting and won praise for her coverage of the Oslo Accords and diplomatic process as parliamentary reporter. She traveled extensively for work-related stories, including in the Arab world, and has met personalities ranging from Hollywood stars to presidents, prime ministers and royalty.

Liat was editor of The International Jerusalem Post for 21 years until her retirement in November 2023. Her popular "Say What?" spot on Hebrew slang was a longstanding feature in the Post's Magazine. She continues to write a weekly oped column (My Word). She is a regular contributor to radio shows around the world.

THEN-‘INTERNATIONAL Jerusalem Post’ editor Liat Collins holds a bound volume open at the first edition of the paper, with a letter from David Ben-Gurion in the center, on the occasion of its 60th anniversary in September 2019.

International Jerusalem Post publishes final issue: Memories, and the old and new world

MEDIA AFFAIRS: The International Jerusalem Post connected Israel with the Diaspora for generations. Now it's time to say goodbye.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025
REFUGEE IMMIGRANTS to Israel from Yemen pose at their camp site near Ein Shemer in 1950.

My Word: UN Solidarity Day ignores Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries - opinion

Two years after October 7, 2023, to mark International Solidarity with the Palestinians, while ignoring what has been inflicted on Israel and the Jewish world, is particularly jarring.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025
A demonstrator wears a flag that reads ‘Genocidal murderers’ during the commemoration of the United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in Santiago, Chile, last November.

My Word: Palestinian refugees and the global hypocrisy on display - opinion

Refugee images expose the truth and politics behind the Palestinian narrative and the hypocrisy of those who tell it.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025

My Word: Making music amid the noise - opinion

The ideals of Koolulam, “a social-musical initiative aimed at strengthening the fabric of society,” sound lofty but the events are fun and unifying.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025
The entrance to the Jerusalem Theatre is seen in a photo taken May 21, 2024

My Word: Military law and disorder in Israel - opinion

Tomer-Yerushalmi admitted in August 2024 that she approved the leaking of a video that supported the charges in the "Sde Teiman Affair." Netanyahu referred to it as a "public relations attack."

NOVEMBER 7, 2025
IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

My Word: Remembering Israel's assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, 30 years on

Yitzhak Rabin’s legacy has been eroded over the past three decades, but the lesson about the dangers of political extremism must not be allowed to die.

OCTOBER 31, 2025
A RALLY IN 2015 at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv marking 20 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

My Word: Getting kicks from kicking Israel and Jews

Surely it should not take the education secretary wagging a finger to tell university heads that antisemitism is not acceptable.

OCTOBER 24, 2025
DEMONSTRATORS FROM the ‘Palestine Coalition’ hold a large Palestinian flag earlier this month in London, after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect.

My Word: Hopes and fears the day after the war - opinion

I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I’m certain that in Jewish homes in Israel and around the world, candles will continue to be lit on Shabbat and religious holidays.

OCTOBER 17, 2025
MEN CELEBRATE Simchat Torah at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday. There will be light and hope.

My Word: Western leaders recognize a Palestine they can’t even find - opinion

Be warned: The declaration of a borderless State of Palestine creates a Palestinian state of mind that has no boundaries or limits.

OCTOBER 3, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appears on a screen as he addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 25, 2025

My Word: Seeing is not believing in the AI age

May the new year 5786 bring us truly inspirational stories and real good news, and protect us from an AI world that’s sloppy.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
Artificial intelligence

My Word: The boycott culture war on Israel - opinion

The boycotts go beyond the world of sports and culture. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week, Israel is under diplomatic and economic attack.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
POLICE OFFICERS block off anti-Israel protesters ahead of the Vuelta de Espana cycling race, earlier this week

My Word: The lies and libels that kill - opinion

The image of skeletal Gazan children still abounds – although the photos of their near-naked bodies on the front page of multiple newspapers is itself a form of child abuse and exploitation.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
A FOX NEWS report about Palestinian child ‘Amir.’

My Word: Mideast statements and declarations of intent

Why is it that only when it comes to Israel do foreign politicians and bodies routinely decide what can be built where?

SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich walks to attend a press conference last month, announcing the approval of the long-frozen E1 building plans near Ma’aleh Adumim.