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

No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback - opinion 

 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.

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

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

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


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 and Israeli 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

The Hamas prisoner release is a justification for death penalty for terrorists - opinion

A death penalty for terrorists won't eliminate terrorism, or even hostage-taking to free other, less wicked, prisoners - but it will minimize the pain of impacted Israelis.

 A freed Palestinian prisoner is carried by people after he was released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 25, 2025.

The western assault on Judaism will have a lasting impact on Congress - opinion

The Palestinian issue has shifted from being discussed in the context of a “solution” to that of a “right” and, since October 7, an “unquestionable right.”

 US SEN. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks at a news conference at the US Capitol last year. His questions last week during the Senate confirmation hearing of Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the UN inadvertently challenged Israel’s right to exist, the writer argues.

The minister who refuses to cooperate will cause the public to suffer - opinion

Since May 2024, the position of Ombudsman of the Judiciary has remained vacant. 

 JUSTICE ISAAC AMIT was lawfully chosen as president of the Supreme Court, as a majority of the members of the Judicial Selection Committee supported his selection as required by law, the writer states.

Kristi Noem: Launching a new era of US Homeland security, a terrorist's worst nightmare - opinion

During her confirmation hearings, Kristi Noem articulated a clear and forceful understanding of the national and international challenges that lie ahead.

 Confirmation hearing for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem

Beware of symbols used by Hamas - comment

Though the Serbian Ballet's performance move may not have been related to the Israel-Hamas War, their red-painted hands spoke volumes.

 Aziz Salha with bloody hands during lynching in Ramallah in 2000.