Opinion

About a third (one million) of the patients are admitted to the various departments of the hospitals, and the rest are discharged to either go home or to various institutions.

Take President Biden’s advice on both counts. Let’s together engage in a moment of unity.

How to cope from the coronavirus crisis and emerge even stronger.

Etzel is most famously known for the bombing of the King David Hotel on July 22, 1946

Isn’t it time to combine the monumental struggle against Iran with this blossoming Arab-Israeli partnership?

What may leave Bennett in the status of kingmaker is the fact that as long as Netanyahu’s only chance to form the next government rests on the possibility that Bennett will join the coalition.

Lapid’s answer is a positive sea-change in the political discourse surrounding the Joint Arab List.

The Weltoffenheit campaign is well-financed, in order to gain wide publicity and impact, although the list of funders, as is often the case, particularly in Germany, is not transparent.

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Public trust in the government is shockingly low, and why shouldn’t it be, with how our government officials behave?

Protektzia has long been a fixture of Israeli life, but not a constructive fixture contributing to equality or fairness.

The banning of public transport to one city alone on Sunday served as a collective punishment and led to a situation in which soldiers could not return home from base to visit their families.

The state’s current policy allows adoption by same-sex couples but raises a number of hurdles that cause substantial delays and awkward transition periods.

Having the rare quality of being both an honest and courageous politician, Merav Michaeli has become a hot favorite on the international Zoom circuit.

President Bashar Assad remains ruler of a shattered nation. Assad’s party – the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party (ASBP) – continues to assert dominance over 60% of the country.

During my time working alongside Shimon Peres, I often heard him say that despair was not a work plan.

What is not well known is the role of some Polish diplomats in trying to stem the German genocide of Jews, by applying some unorthodox diplomatic means to save them.

Think about what we are all grappling with at the moment: the pervading sense we have is of living in a world of uncertainty.

Our body movements, our small and big gestures to salute someone deserve close attention, and even more so during these absurd times in which we have been stuck for the last 12 months.

Why are Jews attracted to this place? A better question might be: How the hell did we end up in the Middle East?!

It seem like Gantz is a set of brakes and Netanyahu is the gas pedal – and who would you prefer?

While we might assume that these garments are ceremonial and exist for the purpose of honoring the priests, we learn at the end of the chapter that this clothing is, in fact, protective.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

US President Joe Biden signals a backslide to the tired, old, false paradigms relating to the Middle East.

The public needs to know that if we are being kept at home and not allowed to travel, others are properly quarantining and properly being tested and tracked

While basketball has gone small, the investing world has gone the opposite direction.

Battery anxiety when your phone is about to run out has become a thing. Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about.

What does Yellen stand for? How will it affect US olim and international business?

If we examine Trump’s policies through an Israeli filter, we will see that his actions have helped to stabilize the Middle East and correct past mistakes.

The old Iran nuclear deal had other serious defects that needed to be fixed, but it did not appear that these changes were going to happen.

What would we have done if we had not had responsible leaders like Gantz and Ashkenazi in our government?

Assuming a KKL-JNF vote will lead to the changes feared by Jacobs, including the endangerment of a two-state solution, then my response would be a resounding “Hallelujah!”

The contrast between this Purim and last couldn’t be more pronounced.

A guide to superb Israeli wines for Purim and Passover, each of which I have been privileged to taste recently.

While this is true every Purim, it is more necessitated this year due to the coronavirus crisis.

This spill should serve as a wake-up call also about the potential hazards to the delicate environment of the Red Sea and the coral reefs.

For the Jewish people, Purim is the day of the salvation of the Jews of Persia.

In the past two decades, Gerstenfeld became a leading expert on antisemitism – particularly the European resurgence, and warning of the “new” manifestations such as the BDS movement.

Although the decision to compensate the families is a commendable one, it does not go far enough in acknowledging the government’s culpability.

Women need a safe and clear exit strategy from a broken marriage; whether abusive or not.

The “squeeze Hamas policy” of the past 13 and half years has not worked at all. Perhaps it is time to try something new.

The social and emotional well-being of our children is in great danger, and as a country, we need to do something about it.

It’s crucial that the government provides adequate access to research data

In choosing to prosecute Israel, the United States no longer has any guarantee that it can escape the grasp of the ICC’s grip.

How best to enjoy the traditions as well as fulfill the commandments associated with Purim in this plague-filled year.

Allowing this kind of intrusion into our personal lives without our permission is a clear manifestation of George Orwell’s predictions in his novel '1984.'

Trump wants revenge, but McConnell may get the last laugh and Judge Garland may be the one to deliver it.

Before COVID, people were choosing to “detox” from social media to help their mental and physical health, but in the last year, 346 million new users came online.

The executive committee of KKL-JNF has the right to approve the purchase of private Palestinian land in Area C, which comprises parts of the West Bank controlled by Israel.

It should not be so difficult to abhor Trump’s anti-democratic demagoguery yet applaud his toughness toward Iran.

This story could have ended in tragedy but because of the unity over self-defense, it did not.

Defending against terrorism and fighting the calls for the destruction of the West from outside elements loudly contrast with the acceptance of caustic elements from within.

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

How to cope with the financial crisis and emerge from it even stronger.

The 'Cyrus Mercy Mission' would mean putting hostilities aside to cooperate during this mutual health crisis.

For God’s sake, Israelis deserve a government, let alone a better one.

If everything is antisemitic, then nothing is, so the appellation must be used sparingly.

For Hezbollah, mainland Europe has proven to be a serene staging ground for future bloodshed.

We may not imbibe as much wine this year, but we may finally imbibe the true meaning of Purim.

How can we have failed to inform mainstream African-American personalities like Michael Che of these truths about Israel?

Only a superpower like the United States can initiate change within the body.

Iran is more patient than the West, willing to wait years for the right opportunity to pounce, and American policy-makers underestimate this desire to export its revolutionary message.

It is respectable that the IOC does what they can to keep politics out of sport. Yet there are limits, and the situations in China and Iran are most certainly beyond politics.

Benny Gantz was personally involved in all of our lives.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

New Kibbutzim College Art Gallery exhibition in TA opens on Tuesday

Persian scholar explains how Purim was shaped by Near Eastern myths

Government agencies have not geared up to effectively address the phenomenon of marginalized ultra-Orthodox youth, which carries with it the risk of more serious problems.

President Reuven Rivlin, who also thanked the volunteers, said: “Now is the time for an urgent national plan before we face an unprecedented ecological disaster.”

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Can the 43 Republican senators who voted for acquittal be accused of hypocrisy, and do they pose a threat to democracy in the US?

In a democracy, the people are the sovereign power and they have the right to know what decisions their government is making.

For those of us in Bahrain, this marks an important milestone as we will now have access to a rabbi who can come to Bahrain to officiate at Jewish life cycle events.

The Sheikh has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but unaccountably his daughters keep trying to escape.

UAE’s work environment is defined as multicultural since only a small percentage of the workforce is local.

We need new categories that faithfully reflect the way American Jewish life is actually lived.

Mostly that’s a good thing. We didn’t always enjoy freedom of speech as a people and perhaps now we’re making up for lost time.

A-liberal leaders and political parties have tightened their hold on power over the past two decades in many countries, Israel included.

On the surface, the phone call was not really that important.

The exchange of diplomats is an important step in the right direction.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted. –Jayne Mansfield

Web accessibility is both a legal requirement and a moral obligation for companies with online presence.

This updates earlier OECD comments in April 2020, when we all thought the pandemic would soon disappear

We need to break this cycle, for the sake of Israel and our relationships with our friends and partners around the world.

In the new administration’s view, building kindergartens for Jewish children in Judea is just as big of a peace deterrent as the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay for Slay” program.

I’m much more optimistic than others who only foresee a bleak future.

The three took part in the work of settling and building the country, laying the foundations and pillars upon which Israeli society was built.

I think we will defeat COVID-19. But I think it is premature to believe that we have already beaten the beast.

Moshe ‘Moshko’ Moskowitz lived to see many of his far-reaching plans fulfilled

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The world is a very different place today than it was when Biden started his bid for the US presidency and when Netanyahu failed to create a viable government coalition in April 2019.

“If someone had said two months ago that in [such a] situation we would open the economy, I would have called [him] crazy.”

The reality is that the mullahs are not able to read the signals of the new US administration. They continue to deal with President Biden as an extension of former president Barack Obama.