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The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion

Decades of conflict, failed negotiations, and the October 7 massacre raise a central question: Is the Palestinian national movement willing to accept Israel?

|ByURI PILICHOWSKI
Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.
FOUR DAYS to the election of a new Knesset.

Israel has not invested enough resources into hasbara, and now we are paying the price - opinion

We need to find a way to project the factual reality of the one Jewish state; currently, we are paying the price of not recognizing the significance of the battle of the word.

|ByBRENDA KATTEN
A Jewish man blows a shofar in the northern Israeli city of Safed, a day before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, September 10, 2026.

This Rosh Hashanah, Israel must remember that we are all partners amid the election - editorial

The test is whether, a year from now, we will still recognize one another as partners in the same extraordinary enterprise: building and defending the Jewish state.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AVI STUDENTS and stakeholders join for a flag-planting ceremony outside AVI headquarters in October 2024.

If these flags could talk - opinion

There is a prevailing narrative that Israel is alone, but that is not true.

|ByDANIEL KOREN

Israel’s strategic independence: The transformation of Middle East politics - opinion

The supreme leader thought he was invincible, but he was lazy in his thinking. He did not do his homework; Israel, on the other hand, did.

MARCH 8, 2026ByLEV STESIN
A DEMONSTRATOR holds an image of deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside City Hall in Los Angeles, last week. The supreme leader thought he was invincible, but he was a lazy thinker, the writer notes.

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care - opinon

Church leaders’ January 17 message prioritizes jurisdiction and control over empathy, dialogue, and guidance for local believers.

JANUARY 26, 2026ByREV. DR. PETRA HELDT/THE MEDIA LINE
Armenian Orthodox worshippers arrive at the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to celebrate Christmas and Epiphany, January 18, 2026

After debate backlash, California Democrat Scott Wiener says Israel carried out 'genocide' in Gaza

The California State Senator explained that he had been reluctant to call the war between Israel and Hamas a genocide because of the term's creation in response to the Holocaust.

JANUARY 12, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener comments on a pilot program to permit private commuter buses to use public bus stops in San Francisco, California, January 21, 2014

Railway to nowhere: How Miri Regev, Likud politics stalled Israel’s role in IMEC corridor - opinion

A regional rail project that could generate billions has been stalled by a narrow Likud power struggle.

JANUARY 5, 2026ByNIMROD DWECK
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Israel-Diaspora relations are fracturing - both sides must invest in repair - opinion

After October 7, as Israel examines its internal failures, it must also look at the damage to its relationship with Jewish communities worldwide.

DECEMBER 16, 2025ByNACHMAN SHAI
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Moriah War Memorial College in Sydney, Australia on February 23, 2017.

The World Zionist Congress must reflect reality across the Jewish Diaspora - opinion

As the 39th World Zionist Congress approaches, American Zionists call for greater Diaspora representation to strengthen global leadership.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDEBORAH ISAAC , MICHAEL H. LAUFER
The Zionist Congress meeting in April 2023 in Jerusalem.

When leadership forgets what we’re fighting for - opinion

These rabbis, some of whom I know and respect, issued a public statement criticizing Israel’s conduct in the war against Hamas, while echoing talking points used by our enemies.  

AUGUST 27, 2025ByAVI ABELOW
An illustrative photo of Hamas terrorists with hostage demonstrations in the background.

What if there were no Jewish Diaspora? - opinion

Some claim that a strong Jewish Diaspora is an important adjunct to a Jewish state, since Diaspora Jews can lobby their governments.

AUGUST 25, 2025ByJACOB SIVAK
ON A SYNAGOGUE in Victoria, British Columbia, slogans, earlier this month, include: ‘Jews are evil! Stop genocide, stop the Jews!’ Violent attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions have reached pandemic proportions, says the writer.

Living the vision: To be a free people in our land, even now - opinion

This Independence Day, we are called to make a choice – not necessarily between political views but rather between voices that narrow Judaism and those that expand it.

APRIL 28, 2025ByOFEK MEIR
INDEPENDENCE DAY is celebrated in the center of Jerusalem last year. In moments like these, the Declaration of Independence must once again serve as our moral, cultural, and Zionist compass, says the writer.

For Israel’s Jewish future, we must retain the power of the people - opinion

All who believe in a more inclusive, compassionate halachic Jewish future for the State of Israel, respecting traditions and sensitivities of all Jews, deserve to celebrate this decision.

MARCH 22, 2025ByDAVID STAV
RELIGIOUS SERVICES MINISTER Michael Malkieli speaks at a swearing-in ceremony for new chief rabbis, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last year.