Ilan Evyatar

Ilan Evyatar is Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Report and News Editor at The Jerusalem Post. He has worked for The Jerusalem Post since 2008 and has interviewed leading Israeli and international political, business and cultural figures. Born in Israel, Ilan grew up in the UK. He lives outside Jerusalem with his wife and three daughters.

 Avraham Avi-hai at home in Jerusalem in 2020.

Remembering Avraham Avi-hai, the ultimate maven - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 27, 2018

'The Heist': How Israel, Mossad are combatting Iran's nuclear program

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018.

'The Heist:' How the Mossad has been combating Iran's nuclear weapons program


Cause for concern?

The US arms deal with Saudi Arabia is part of an effort to combat Tehran’s expansionism and does not pose a threat to Israel.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walks with US President Donald Trump during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017

Trump in the Promised Land

As the new US president prepares for his first foreign tour, talk of a renewed peace process is heating up and creating political strains on both sides of the Israeli- Palestinian divide.

US President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US April 29, 2017.

The world’s moral failure on Syria

“In the name of human morality, in the name of the six million of my people who were slaughtered, I cannot remain silent. The hour for action has come.”

Satellite images by Stratfor purport to show Islamic State attack on Russian air base in Syria

Meddling in the media

Political meddling in the media must end.

ARIEH O’SULLIVAN, ‘IBA English News’ anchor, plays the blues as the Israel Broadcasting Authority is shut down, in front of the IBA building in the capital’s Romema neighborhood

Peace, the ultimate deal

Four previous US presidents who have tried to clinch a final-status deal have all failed.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures to the press

Le Pen’s toxic vision

France’s Jewish community recognizes the dangers inherent in a victory for Le Pen.

CAMPAIGN POSTERS for candidates Marine Le Pen of the National Front (FN), Jean-Luc Melenchon of the Parti de Gauche, and Benoit Hamon of the Socialist Party who were running in the 2017 French presidential election

La Pologne aux prises avec son passé

Souvent pointé du doigt pour son antisémitisme et sa contribution dans la Shoah, le pays de l’est cherche à redorer son image

Anna Grygiel-Huryn a survécu grâce à la famille Jarosz

Poland’s complex battle for its image decades after the Holocaust

Poland is promoting the stories of the righteous who saved Jews in the Shoah, but critics of the ruling Law and Justice Party charge that it is politicizing memory and stifling a debate.

Jozef Jarosz inside the dugout where his family sheltered 14 Jews for almost two years during WWII

Israel's new tax plan or an act of political revenge?

Israel’s economy is strong now, but how will these steps be funded in the event of an economic slowdown?

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 3, 2015

Syrian scenarios

The only realistic solution is to divide Syria into zones of influence along current battle lines.

US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which US Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017