Jerusalem post editor

Remembering Ilan Chaim: A man who lived life to the fullest

This tribute to Ilan Chaim cannot properly encapsulate everything this man was, but we can at least pay respect to his legacy at the paper.

Ilan Chaim
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

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.

Returning to Gaza is a big mistake, calls are disturbing - editorial

 TAPPING AWAY on deadline day, Mr. Coffee pot (with all java drunk) at my side. Did I make it into the office?

Editing the news as Israel goes to war - comment


Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht was not an isolated incident. Rather it was a culmination of years of incitement and legal restrictions instituted by the Hitler regime against Germany’s Jews.

Some thousand people hold banners and torches as they gather in the Maria Square in Stockholm on November 9, 2000, to protest against racism on the anniversary of the Kristallnacht

Man of the people

Yitzhak Navon's noble character contributed to the correct impression that Navon was worthy of respect.

Former president Yitzhak Navon

Jerusalem Post Editorial: Immoral labels

This week sources in Jerusalem said they had received signals the Europeans would soon make good on this threat – possibly within days.

MK Michael Oren with Made in Europe sticker

Erdogan’s victory

There might also be a bright side to the AKP’s victory.

Supporters wave flags and hold a portrait of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan outside the AK Party headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey November 1, 2015

Terrorism, not terror

It is part of the price, some have said, for the territories.

Scene of vehicular terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction, October 20, 2015

Jerusalem Post Editorial: The UNESCO bid

No amount of historical negationism and manipulation of the facts will erase Jews’ ties to the Land of Israel.

Jerusalem's Old City and the Temple Mount

Jerusalem Post Editorial: The Arab strike

Doubtless many people were forced to do so but the truth is that many others were willingly swept up in the well-orchestrated volatility.

MOURNERS CARRY the body of a Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli forces in east Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Post Editorial: Kerry and free will

Speaking at Harvard University this week, Kerry presented this radically behaviorist approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Singapore

Prosor’s departure

We must give credit to Prosor for sticking it out on this planet, this parallel universe where the laws of right and wrong, good and bad, are suspended.

Israel's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor

Jerusalem Post Editorial: PA spreadsheets

Normally rows and columns of financial data hardly make for a riveting read. But this case is a striking exception.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses UN General Assembly