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Editor's Notes: Zamir faces painful reckoning as the IDF confronts failures, fragile leadership

A rare look inside the emotional and moral struggle facing IDF leaders after October 7 and the cost of true accountability.

IDF CHIEF OF STAFF Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir prays at the Western Wall during the ceremony officially swearing him in as the military’s highest-ranking officer.
Taking control of the narrative is, for many survivors a form of therapy and a form of revenge. Hamas tried to erase them. Standing on a stage and saying “this is what they did to me and this is why we must bring the others home” is the opposite of erasure. 

The rise of the hostage influencer and the price of public trauma - comment

IF A leader who thrives on attention can be nudged to keep doing the right thing for Israel, then a powerful front page is a small price to pay. Special ‘Jerusalem Post’ front pages from the past two years of war.

Editor's Notes: Why these covers helped push a moment we needed

 Activists march down Pearl Street during the 30th annual Boulder Jewish Festival, a week after an attack that injured multiple people in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 8, 2025.

It’s time to break the old conception of the US Jewish ‘minority mindset’


Editor's Notes: Israel’s media landscape has changed, and so has the country - comment

After October 7, Israelis moved from TV bulletins to social feeds, with Channel 14 gaining ground.

Many Israelis will base all of their information on these news-aggregating WhatsApp groups.

Editor's Notes: This is how the IDF ghost army wires Iran for destruction - comment

The same ingenuity and resolve that carried us through eight months of clandestine planning will carry us through whatever comes next.

 PEOPLE WATCH from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise on the Sharan Oil depot in Tehran earlier this week.

Editor's notes: Data can measure opinions – but only action can save hostages

We will press the war – because October 7 taught us that evil unchecked becomes genocide. And we will bring the hostages home – because a Jewish state that abandons its children is no state at all.

Ohad Ben Ami, Or Levy, and Eli Sharabi reunite with family members in Israel, February 8, 2025.

Editor's notes: Your ideas for solving the Israeli Palestinian conflict

Whether it’s a two-state solution with new governance models, a regional confederation, or grassroots initiatives, these ideas remind us that creativity and courage are not in short supply.

A MODEL of a ‘United Nations of Jerusalem’ invites us to envision a binational entity where Israelis and Palestinians share voting rights while maintaining distinct national identities.

Editor's Notes: These are our values

As I take the helm of this remarkable paper, I would like to take the opportunity to share our values with you.

 THE TOP headline in The Palestine Post of February 2, 1948, tells of the bombing of the newspaper’s offices.

The battle for public opinion in the media is crucial -editorial

The lackluster response to the events over the weekend in Huwara show: Israel has to catch up in responding to terror in the media.

 IDF soldiers secure the scene after a Border Police officer was stabbed in Huwara, December 2, 2022.

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

An evening in Jaffa

We are living in tough times, but we have to venture out, while taking the proper precautions.

JAFFA BY THE SEA. ‘No difference between Jews and Arabs.’

Iran’s not waiting

The approval process for Momentum needs to be above the fray of politics and electioneering.

KOCHAVI – WITH newly appointed Defense Minister Naftali Bennett – is known as a perfectionist and reformer who employs creative thinking.

Is IDF deception against Israeli citizens okay?

The September Hezbollah attack first appeared to be a success – the cell that fired the missiles scored direct hits against the base and the jeep.

Smoke rises along the border with Lebanon during fighting in September 2019

Selective barring

The major aim of the trip was to distribute $5 million to approximately 150 Satmar institutions in Israel, which do not receive funding from the state due to their anti-Zionist ideology.

Grand Rabbi of the Satmar hassidic dynasty Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum pictured bottom row, fifth from the right