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


JPost Editorial: Eternal capital

Hundreds of thousands of visitors – schoolchildren, soldiers, VIPs and common citizens – stream annually to see the excavations which prove that here King David established his capital.

A view from the Jerusalem excavation site in the City of David‏

JPost Editorial: Learning from King Hussein

The question is whether King Abdullah is willing or even able as Jordan’s leader to change his people’s perceptions of Israel.

KING ABDULLAH reviews the honor guard during the opening ceremony of the first ordinary session of 18th Parliament in Amman

BDS travel ban: Is Israel sending the wrong message?

Vague legislation that bans BDS activists and gives too much power to government functionaries sends out the mistaken message that we have something to hide. The opposite is true.

Israel Apartheid Week at Columbia University.

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

Hasty conclusions

Jumping to hasty conclusions and making sweeping generalizations against Beduin society only serves to further alienate it.

A Beduin woman from al-Aweida tribe sits next to her tent in north Sinai

Ill-conceived regulation law

It also contradicts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, because it discriminates against Palestinians, whose land can be expropriated to make way for Jewish building.

Deputy Defense Minister, Eli Ben-Dahan (front) and other Israeli lawmakers give a thumbs up gesture as they attend a vote on the settlement bill at the Knesset on Feb. 7, 2017

Enough Jerusalem garbage

Fortunately a citywide strike in Jerusalem does not happen all the time.

Garbage in Jerusalem

JPost Editorial: Pollard’s time

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

Jonathan and Esther Pollard

Smoke signals

It was estimated that about 8,000 died in 2015 from illnesses related to smoking – 800 from passive smoking. The health costs related to smoking were estimated to be NIS 3.7 billion.

Young men smoking near Ashdod