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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.

DECEMBER 16, 2025|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

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

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

NOVEMBER 29, 2025|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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

Editor's Notes: The story of Israel’s new celebrities is, in the end, the story of a society that refuses to look away from its trauma, yet also cannot bear to stare at it directly for too long.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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

After two years of counting days, names, and faces, I am ready to be surprised by good news, a celebration, a new country joining the Abraham Accords, or the rebuilding of this country.

OCTOBER 17, 2025|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Editorial: UNESCO on the Temple Mount

Palestinians’ preoccupation with ancient history has little to do with culture or science and everything to do with politics.

OCTOBER 13, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

JPost Editorial: Beyond partisanship

Ideologically speaking, Israel shares America’s values.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

JPost Editorial: Judaism’s importance

The Jewish people’s yearning to return to their homeland draws its inspiration from the prophets of the Bible.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Education Minister Naftali Bennett meets with pupils at the start school year

Editor's notes: The settlers’ foreign minister

As mayor of Efrat in Gush Etzion, Revivi is used to getting phone calls from his residents. This one though came from a Palestinian.

AUGUST 26, 2016ByYAAKOV KATZ

ODED REVIVI speaks to a group on a recent tour of Efrat.

JPost Editorial: Haredi growth

The haredi population is growing at an annual rate of around 4 percent, with the average haredi woman having 6.9 children.

AUGUST 16, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

JPost Editorial: A handshake’s importance

One of the goals of the Olympic Games is to bring together the nations of the world to compete in an atmosphere of good sportsmanship and mutual respect.

AUGUST 14, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

THE SAUDI ARABIAN delegation arrives at the Olympic opening ceremony in Brazil.

JPost Editorial: Mourning Gaza

One inevitable result of the Gaza withdrawal is that it has made a sizable portion of Israelis reluctant to consider a similar withdrawal from PA territories.

AUGUST 13, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL