Opinion

Jerusalem Post's talented team of journalists provides insight into their work presented in the opinion section. This section highlights the beliefs and values that experienced writers who are witnessing ... Read Morethe Middle East turmoil unfold. Their first hand encounters with world leaders have shaped their opinions and world views to be shared on this page. Less

Rekindling the forgotten exploits, daring of Sephardi-Portuguese in the Caribbean

After the forced expulsions from Spain and Portugal, Sephardi-Portuguese established communities in the Caribbean, which controled trade routes and established strategic outposts.

By NOAM BEDEIN
17/04/2025

Trump betrays Netanyahu with shifting Saudi, Iran priorities

Netanyahu's Washington trip got a surprise gut punch when Trump revealed the United States and Iran were about to begin negotiations on a nuclear agreement without Israel.

Netanyahu's silence leaves truth of Hungary's Holocaust collaboration concealed

On his visit to Budapest, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an official statement on the Holocaust that sounded as though he were addressing listeners in a distant continent.

By TOVA HERZL
17/04/2025

Tehran will offer nuke concessions to satisfy Trump 'victory,' ensure regime lives on

Steve Witkoff said that the US was "open to compromise" within Iran nuclear talks, only to backtrack his comments and call for the elimination of Iran's nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.

Israel-Saudi normalization has been sidelined in favor of more realistic progress

The further Israel sinks into its one-state reality, the more irrelevant we become in key geopolitical considerations and regional diplomacy.

By TEHILA WENGER
17/04/2025

The Educational Choice Act is a breakthrough for Jewish education access in US

Families across the US struggle to pay for their children to receive a Jewish education. The ECCA will help students access the educational support they need.

By KAREN TANDY
17/04/2025

Khomeini's ideological war: Iran uses Palestinian cause as tool in war against West

Pro-Palestine marches, in their desire to see justice for Palestinians, are inadvertently helping to undermine the very freedoms that they believe they are fighting for.

'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen helped Jews to love our faults, not just heroics

The cartoonist, who died on Monday at the age of 87, applied a screwball approach to his view of Israel.

16/04/2025

My ‘mixed multitude’ Passover Seder was a ringing, singing celebration of diversity

During these days when we are experiencing an attack against diversity, the mixed multitude gathered around my seder table felt all the more significant and celebratory.

By RABBI SARAH REINES/ JTA
16/04/2025

How foreign media uses allegations against Israeli officials to justify Hamas atrocities

The most troubling aspect is the attempt to exploit allegations to draw comparisons with the sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7.

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