Editor notes

Editor's Notes: Israel just met the America that comes after Trump - comment

Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.

US VICE President JD Vance and President Donald Trump listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, April 23, 2026, during an earlier round of talks. Trump leads now; Vance and Rubio are next. Israel was in the room as an ambassador, not a principal.
DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

US President Donald Trump and Yakir Gabay.

Editor's Notes: Who is Yakir Gabay, the billionaire on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace?


Letters

1 interesting difference between a bus and a car is that when people reach their bus stop they get off, in a car the person cannot just get out and continue.

Letters 370

Justice for Olmert

One of a politician’s most important roles is to ensure that hard-earned taxpayers’ money and public resources are allocated fairly and honestly.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Editor's Note: Changing perceptions

Our cover story this week highlights five female journalists...reporting from Israel to some of the most influential international news outlets.

Editors Marion Fischel (left) and Laura Kelly at ‘The Jerusalem Post’ offices.

Vigilance in the North

The air force attacked Hezbollah targets on the Lebanon-Syria border on Monday night, according to Lebanese and other Arab media sources. The IDF has declined to comment.

Soldiers in Hebron 370

Zilber’s music

Zilber, who has over the past four decades composed and performed some of Israeli music’s greatest hits, has become known for his extreme right-wing political opinions.

Israeli singer Ariel Zilber