Editor notes

After two years of war, Israelis and Palestinians ask: What comes next?

After Trump’s Gaza ceasefire, a new governance plan takes shape. From Israel’s mourning to Gaza’s rebuilding and the PA leadership race, The Jerusalem Report explores what comes next.

What comes next for Israel and Gaza in the New Year?
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.

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

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


Editor's Notes: Why we are hosting Sebastian Gorka

The role of a newspaper is not to shy away from tough issues. It is to embrace them.

Sebastian Gorka

Is Tikkun Olam the right Jewish national narrative?

Tikkun olam is an important piece of our national story, but we should not forget the core of the Jewish people’s narrative – an ancient nation that returned to its historic homeland.

Volunteers giving back to the community on Good Deeds Day

JPost Editorial: Construction safety

Contractors resist change, claiming that strengthening safety measures on building sites would cut into their bottom line.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

Why can't Israel's PM say 'God bless Israel'?

Politics need to be stripped of religion. When that happens, people will be able to enjoy the basic rights every democracy is meant to provide its citizens.

US President Donald Trump.

Politics of war

Is it realistic to expect the security cabinet to function more effectively, given the current system of political rule in Israel?

The sun sets over the northern Gaza Strip as seen from the Israeli border, Israel August 23, 2016

JPost Editorial: Pollard’s time

We are asking Obama to consider one more commutation – that of Jonathan Pollard.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard

JPost Editorial: Full-time foreign minister

Israel is facing major challenges and flux both in the region and in its relations with the US and Russia.

Netanyahu with Azerbaijan President Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev

JPost Editorial: Submarines and advisers

There is discord and instability throughout the region.

A Dolphin-class submarine broaches in the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa.

Muzzling the muezzin

Drafting a new law especially for “religious institutions” – a thinly veiled code word for mosques – is counterproductive.

THE KABABIR MOSQUE in Haifa.

JPost Editorial: The morning after

The day after the election is the time for healing to begin.

Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan