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'While Israel Slept': A look at the leadup to the Oct 7. massacre - excerpt

An excerpt from the new book by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot about the lead-up to the October 7 massacre.

PALESTINIANS USE explosive devices amid clashes with Israeli security forces in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 27, 2023, following a protest near the border fence.
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the MEAD summit on September 9, 2024.

MEAD summit opens in Washington amid Doha fallout and sensitive hostage talks

MK Tally Gotliv seen during a court hearing of Yonatan Urich, at the court in Lod, August 19, 2025

Grapevine, August 22, 2025: Brains betrayed...

 An illustrative image of a microphone and soundwaves.

8 essential English-language podcasts to understand Israel's war - opinion


Trump’s missing moral clarity

"Trump’s remarks embolden and empower neo-Nazis and white supremacists."

US President Donald Trump pauses during a statement at the White House

Editor's Notes: It's time people realize there are alternatives to Netanyahu

Israel existed (and even thrived) before Netanyahu, and will continue to do so after him.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

WATCH: JPost experts discuss Modi visit ahead of Indian PM arrival

Jerusalem Post experts were interviewed on Indian NewsX TV to discuss the significance of Modi's three-day trip to Israel.

Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz is interviewed on Indian TV channel NewsX ahead of Modi's visit, June 3 2017.

Editor's Notes: A pre-storm bear hug

The general assessment in Jerusalem is that this is just the beginning.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem May 22, 2017

Editor's Notes: A war or an operation?

It will be interesting to see what the courts decide on this issue, mostly because Israel itself had trouble deciding what to call the fighting through the summer of 2014.

IDF FORCES operate inside the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge

Editor's Notes: What Trump can do to renew peace talks

Diaspora Jewry has a responsibility for Israel, but Israelis have no less a responsibility for the Jews of the Diaspora.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations NIkki Haley speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, US

Comment: Policy or anarchy

When there is no policy there is no direction, and when there is no direction, there is stagnation. Israel succeeds despite lacking a clear strategic vision.

Amona resident with Ofra background

Jerusalem Mayor Barkat to JPost: Freezing construction is unconstitutional, nonsensical

In an exclusive interview with the Jerusalem Post Magazine, Nir Barkat lambasts international condemnation of Jewish construction in capital.

Nir Barkat

Editor's notes: The settlers’ foreign minister

As mayor of Efrat in Gush Etzion, Revivi is used to getting phone calls from his residents. This one though came from a Palestinian.

ODED REVIVI speaks to a group on a recent tour of Efrat.

Jeffrey Goldberg – Meet The Jerusalem Post

Some papers in this country lean to the far left, others to the far right. But in The Jerusalem Post, we report the news as straight as possible and in a way that is a rare commodity these days.

The Jerusalem Post