State of Israel

Israel is sliding into tribal politics, and we’re letting it happen - opinion

In an election year defined by contempt, I saw in a Gesher retreat in Paphos how dialogue can still hold Israeli society together.

|ByMOSHIK AVIV
Participants at the Gesher Syms Leadership Institute retreat in Paphos, Cyprus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2026.

How Netanyahu's Israel is a betrayal of early Zionism - opinion

The contrast between Ahad Ha’am and Netanyahu is not between idealism and realism. It is between moral realism and political cynicism.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Hatred of Jews so often fixates on the Land of Israel - opinion

Hatred of Jews has taken many forms, but it has always returned to one target: the Jewish people’s bond to the Land of Israel.

|ByURI PILICHOWSKI
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER attends the 2016 Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on March 15, 2016 in New York City.

‘I’d rather be envied than erased’: NY Rabbi says Israel gives Jews power - interview

Rabbi Marc Schneier sat down with The Media Line to discuss antisemitism, Israel’s changing place in the world, and the political shifts reshaping Jewish life in New York and beyond.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

Women of the Palmah: Hear their stories

The Palmah was the elite fighting unit of the Hagana, the underground army of the Jewish community in Israel during pre-state times.

JUNE 4, 2021ByYAAKOV BAR-ON
YOCHEVED BEN-SHMUEL

Online event marks 101 years since San Remo Conference

Pro-Israel advocacy groups Im Tirtzu, Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights and the Zionist Organization of America hosted the event which included discussions and greetings from leading Jewish figures

APRIL 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Delegates to the San Remo Conference of 1920.

US Embassy in Israel has 15,000 passport backlog due to COVID rules

Even in a normal year, the embassy in Israel is one of the busiest places in the world for US passports and reports of birth. Then, the coronavirus pandemic came along.

APRIL 19, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Embassy Jerusalem

Book Review: Conflicting visions for the State of Israel

As we celebrate Israel’s 73rd Independence Day, we are mindful that the State of Israel in 1948 was a dream fulfilled for Jews all over the world.

APRIL 8, 2021ByRABBI RON KRONISH
Rabbi Marc Rosenstein

Rivlin hosts 90th anniversary of founding Irgun Zvai Leumi (Etzel)

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

MARCH 1, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Reuven Rivlin is seen at the 90th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Etzel.

Is Israel the most important Jewish project of our lifetime?

If so, then no Jew is excluded from a seat at the table.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021ByANAT HOFFMAN
WOMEN OF THE WALL chairwoman Anat Hoffman addresses a press conference at the Western Wall in 2016.

Dr. Yossi Vardi receives Chaim Herzog Prize

The Chaim Herzog Prize is awarded individuals for their unique contributions to the State of Israel.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog (left), President Reuven Rivlin, and Dr. Yossi Vardi (right).

Remembering Herzl on his 116th yahrzeit

Herzl's most famous quote stands as a testament to his tenacity: 'If you will it, it is no dream.'

JULY 12, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Harry Truman and the cause of Jewish statehood

Truman acted on behalf of the Jews in the creation of the State of Israel decisively at critical moments when his action made all the difference.

JUNE 14, 2020BySHLOMO SLONIM
ISRAEL’S FIRST president Chaim Weizmann presents US president Harry Truman with a Torah in 1948.

President Truman was not a saint

It is shocking to consider how Jews have beatified Truman.

MAY 31, 2020ByELI KAVON
HARRY S. TRUMAN.