Zvika Klein

Zvika Klein is the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post , where he writes the Editor's Notes column. An Israeli-American journalist, columnist, speaker, and moderator, he covers Israel, the Jewish world, antisemitism, and relations between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Before becoming editor-in-chief, he was the paper's Jewish World analyst. He has interviewed heads of state, senior officials, diplomats, business leaders, and philanthropists, among them Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Isaac Herzog, and former US vice president Mike Pence. He appears regularly on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, NewsNation, and Sky News, as well as on Hebrew-language outlets. His reporting has taken him to Jewish communities across Europe and North America, with a focus on Jewish identity, antisemitism, Israeli society, and the changing relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. He was previously a correspondent for the Israeli newspapers Makor Rishon and Maariv . In 2015, his report "10 hours of fear and loathing in Paris" followed him through the city for 10 hours while he wore a kippah (skullcap). The accompanying video drew millions of views. Born in Chicago, Klein made aliyah as a child. He served as an adviser on Israel-Diaspora relations to the Office of the President of Israel. His journalism has received the B'nai B'rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage, in 2013 and 2019, and the 2014 Smolar Award from JDC. His personal website is zvikaklein.com .

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How I would spend $1 billion on the future of Israel and world Jewry - comment

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.

To oust Netanyahu, Liberman needs the parties he promised to keep out - analysis

 US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 3, 2026.

Editor's Notes: Why JD Vance is beginning to sound more like Rahm Emanuel on Israel - comment


'Yom Kippur for most pollsters': What Israel’s election taught us about certainty - comment

Israel’s election forced us to rethink the pollsters we trusted and the assumptions we brought into the newsroom

Placards are seen on the floor after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to supporters at the Likud party election night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Center in Jerusalem in October.
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Editor's Notes: Any unity deal must start with the leaders who are here, including Netanyahu

Many Likud voters chose Netanyahu personally, so any serious unity proposal has to start with him rather than wish him away.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, reacts as he tours Mahane Yehuda market, ahead of Israel's national election, in Jerusalem, October 23, 2026

Israel's pollsters and editors owe an explanation after failing voters - comment

Three major broadcasters missed Likud by five to seven seats. The disagreement among pollsters was there to report all along, and newsrooms, ours included, failed to make it the story.

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media after casting his ballot in Israel’s general elections at a polling station in Jerusalem, October 27, 2026

After elections, Israeli Arabs now have political power - will their leaders use it? - analysis

Arab political power reveals a country more complicated than its slogans, with consequential choices for the parties on both sides of the coalition table.

MK Mansour Abbas attends a plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

Form a government, you can hate each other on your own time - comment

After October 7, Israel needs a stable government for several years. A broad Zionist coalition should agree on the work and get it done.

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.

Editor's Notes: Israel's election exposes deep political divisions after Gantz withdrawal - comment

Here is my request, the only one I’ll make before the polls open. Give yourself permission to notice one thing that complicates your choice.

Benny Gantz visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026

WATCH: Fueled by a life's mission, Netanyahu asks Israelis for time to 'finish the job' in Iran

Netanyahu to 'Post': I want five more terms • 'I'll form gov't with current coalition partners; Eisenkot ruled me out' • Trump's support 'surprised' PM, Israel must capitalize before tide turns in US

In a birthday interview beginning after 2 a.m.,  the prime minister made his case for another term.  We pressed him on Qatar, his trial, and the question  outlasting this election: What happens after Trump?

'Not Ben-Gvir': Next defense minister should come from Likud, Netanyahu tells ‘Post’

"It's gonna be our government. We decide what the policy is,” Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post. He did not name a candidate for defense minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

'All the enemies of Israel want me to lose,' Netanyahu tells 'Post' in pre-election day interview

PM threatens to respond with force and might if Iran makes a “big mistake,” claims Tehran was “on the verge of atomic bombs” • Full interview to be published Thursday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

Mamdani, Paris already knows where 'globalize the Intifada' ends up - comment

A Jew in France or New York should be able to hold any opinion about Israel, or none, without being tested on it before walking into a synagogue.

A destroyed car near the Marianne statue at the Place de la Republique, with a yellow vest put on it, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026.