Occupation

‘Settler violence’: A buzzword used to single out Israel - opinion

Settler violence is frequently deployed as a label that implies state responsibility.

Palestinians throw stones at Jewish settlers as they establish a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Sherman was murdered, near the village of Beit Mirin north of Nablus in the West Bank.
FILE PHOTO: Activists of the pro-democracy youth movement Vesna (Spring in Russian),  stand in a defendants' box during their verdicts announcement at the Saint Petersburg city court in Saint Petersburg on April 8, 2026.

Woman in occupied Ukraine jailed 14 years for buying Kyiv war bonds

A PALESTINIAN man walks past Hebrew graffiti that reads, ‘Death to Arabs,’ on the wall of a home allegedly damaged house by Israeli settlers in the village of Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank, in March 2026.

Impunity by design: How the IDF, settlers repress Palestinians in the West Bank - opinion

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'


The US State Department’s occupied territory - opinion

In the eyes of the State Department, granting a group of Jews permission to study Torah in a yeshiva in Samaria raises the same level of concern as the murder of Nigerian children.

 JEWISH MEN work in Homesh, May 29.

Celebrating the end of occupation on Jerusalem Day - opinion

There are some who claim that the Six Day War marked the beginning of the “occupation,” but their opinion is unsubstantiated.

A group of paratroopers stands on the Temple Mount after Israel captured the area in the 1967 war.

Palestinian historical revisionism: Shock and deception - opinion

According to the Palestinians, it was they, not the Zionists, who made the desert bloom. And of course, no human being ever walked on the surface of the moon.

 A HI-TECH center in Herzliya Pituah: You may picture Israel’s sunny beaches or marvel at its hi-tech successes, but the Palestinian narrative would prefer you think of the occupation.

Voices from the Arab press: A Black Cleopatra?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 COULD BRAD PITT – seen at the Cesar Awards in Paris, Feb. 24 – play Nelson Mandela?

Israel's persecution of Palestinians is wrong and has to end - opinion

No moral human being can look at what we as Israelis are doing to the Palestinian people and not feel outrage.

 MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Palestinians should learn from Israeli judicial reform protests - opinion

Israelis are right to rebel against a government bent on altering the laws for the expediency of forming a ruthless coalition government.

 ISRAELI FORCES detain a Palestinian, during a protest in Huwara, last week. Maybe now that Israelis fear for their democracy, they might start thinking about what their government has done to the Palestinians, says the writer.

Israel, Palestinians never intended to follow Sharm el-Sheikh agreement - opinion

I have spoken to some senior officials on both sides, and it seems clear that there is no real intention of actually implementing the communiqué that was agreed on in Sharm el-Sheikh.

 A MAN holds a Palestinian flag and tires are burned at the Israel-Gaza border fence, during a protest against the Israeli-Palestinian meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, on Sunday.

Letters to the Editor March 1, 2023: The very concept of democracy

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Moral idiocy: Academics fuel Palestinian terror against Israel - opinion

Jews have often been blamed for their enemies’ enmity. This Palestinian addiction to violence, however, reveals more about the killers than those killed. 

 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of Asher Menachem Pally on Saturday night, after he died of injuries sustained in Friday’s car-ramming terror attack in Jerusalem.

Israel's Right lied about the court, lust for despotic rule - opinion

Israel's legal system has managed to preserve our right to not be arrested in the middle of the night by an elected dictatorship’s political militia.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut flanked by justices Uzi Vogelman (left) and Isaac Amit. The court has, in fact, not dared to decisively impact the burning issues rending Israeli society, says the writer.