Jerusalem post opinion

How Sen. Mitch McConnell derailed American democracy – opinion

By creating a super PAC for the rich and powerful, the senator knew the price he needed to pay to advance a self-serving, greedy, corrupt, and ultimately inept US administration.

Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell.
The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.

How Israel’s and America’s enemies weaponize the New York Times’ prestige - opinion

Israelis do yoga at an underground garage, used as a public shelter, in Tel Aviv during the Israel-US war with Iran. March 17. 2026.

We need to stop using the word 'resilience' to describe Israel, here's why

IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.

Why Smotrich’s 82% sovereignty plan over the West Bank is not enough - opinion


We must thank Hagari's resilience and voice in Israel's hardest days - editorial

After October 7, as Israelis' confidence and trust in their leaders and national institutions plummeted to an unprecedented low, Israel acquired the much-needed national comforter Hagari.

 IDF SPOKESMAN Daniel Hagari speaks to the media, displaying an Iranian ballistic missile which was retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel in April. The media must ask the tough questions, demand accountability, and avoid simply amplifying official narratives.

No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback - opinion 

Any talk of negotiating a new nuclear agreement—before Iran meets strict preconditions—is a dangerous mistake.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with defense industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025

The incoming chief of staff has many challenges he'll need to confront - opinion

The relationship between the IDF and society

 THEN-IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony in 2019. The primary mission of the incoming chief of staff is security-related, but it’s not his only mission, the writer argues.

Stakes for Israel’s new ambassador to US have rarely been higher - editorial

Israel's new ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, is optimistic about navigating complex international relationships.

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.

How Kamala Harris ended a political career with just one line - opinion

Her failure to recognize the power of this alliance and the profound moral clarity it represents cost her dearly.

 Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024.

It isn't a hostage 'deal,' it's extortion of Israeli souls - opinion

For more than 10 years, we have warned that appeasement and enabling genocidal terrorists to dictate conduct and equations

 LEFT TO right: Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher were released from captivity last week. Anyone with a heart was moved beyond words at their return home, but for the heartless genocidal Hamas barbarians who kidnapped them, human tragedy is the strategy, the writer asserts.

Grapevine January 29, 2025: Eichmann trial on stage

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 DEPUTY FOREIGN Minister Sharren Haskel with Australian Ambassador Dr. Ralph King at the Australia Day reception that she hosted.

Sinai is the answer: The bold plan to solve Gaza’s crisis - opinion

Trump said the part of the world that encompasses Gaza has “had many, many conflicts” over centuries. He said resettling “could be temporary or long term.”

THE BORDER fence cuts across the arid landscape. Looking north, Egypt and the Sinai Desert are to the left of the fence and Israel and the Negev Desert lie on its right.

The world won't sympathize with Jews, even in our darkest hour - opinion

In an American political climate where meritocracy is the word du jour, it’s not clear if any minority label – for any group – will be an asset or a liability.

American Jews [Illustrative]

Hostages returning home brings a range of emotions for Israelis - opinion

While we are happy that the hostages are returning home, Israelis live with the fear of the next terror attack to come from those released.

 A FREED Palestinian prisoner holds a weapon as he is carried after his release by Israel as part of the hostage deal, in Khan Yunis, last Saturday. We face vile murderers who scorn human life, individuals who planned attacks and killed dozens, including infants, families, young men, and women, the