JPost Editorial

The Jerusalem Post's daily editorial brings readers our editorial staff's stance on the most important and interesting issues of the day in Israel and the Jewish world. The Jerusalem Post, founded as the Palestine Post by Gershon Agron in 1932, is Israel's best selling English newspaper and its most read website.

Consul General of Israel in New York Dani Dayan

Morality of Gaza war is a sensitive topic, but must be discussed - editorial

Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks head to the Kerem Shalom crossing to collect limited humanitarian aid and fuel, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025

Israeli public deserves to know the gov't's plan for Gaza - editorial

 MK Boaz Bismuth leads the lobby for releasing the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 9, 2024.

MK Boaz Bismuth must choose whether to be coalition pawn or public servant - editorial


Macron's mistake: Thinking a Palestinian state will bring peace - editorial

In light of the Hamas massacre of October 7, and ongoing rampant terrorism and terror cells metastasizing in the West Bank, now is clearly not the time for the birth of a Palestinian state.

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.

Lessons from Rabin to Netanyahu: Political assassinations destroy democracies - editorial

We must choose a different path. One of principled dissent, not destruction. Of passionate disagreement, not dehumanization.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

Greece situation shows caution is important, shouldn't deny right to see the world - editorial

The images of 1,600 Israelis stranded off the Greek island of Syros were a reminder that Israeli tourists can face hostility simply for their passports.

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

Church of St. George burning shows justice demands honesty before all else - editorial

Newsrooms blasted out bulletins that settlers had torched Taybeh’s 1,500-year-old Church of St. George, but independent reporting told a different story.

 Ancient church in Taybeh set on fire by Israeli settlers

Our soldiers must not be left to deal with trauma alone - editorial

The IDF has said that 21 soldiers took their own lives in 2024 – most of them in reserves – while 2023 saw 17 suicides. These are the highest figures since 2011.

 Israelis in unity, amidst terror attacks

Yuli Edelstein stands on principle for crafting conscription law for haredi population - editorial

Yosef’s words reveal the ugly truth behind the ultra-Orthodox parties’ opposition to military service: Is it actually about Torah study or religious obligation?

 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Yuli Edelstein speaks at the Muni Expo 2025 conference in Tel Aviv, on July 15, 2025.

National healing begins with a much needed change in politics - editorial

We may be naive, but at the same time truly believe that there is a small and important opportunity for change.

Even as Shas followed United Torah Judaism’s lead and declared on Wednesday it was leaving the government, it did so with a major caveat: ‘We are leaving the government, but we are not quitting the coalition.’ Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits alongside Shas chairman Arye Deri in 2023.

Israel's strike on Syria: Defending the Druze and standing up for justice - editorial

The decisive action in Syria this week is an example to the rest of the world that it is possible to intervene when a massacre or genocide is taking place.

 Druze residents protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with their community in Syria, July 16, 2025.

Israel's Druze have sacrificed so much, and their families in Syria deserve safety - editorial

The Israeli Druze have given everything for Israel, even when they didn't have to, and now they deserve Israel's helping hand in their time of need.

A Druze boy holds a flag as he looks at the ceasefire line between Golan Heights and Syria, on the day of first visit by Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war in Israel, March 14, 2025.

As Israel grieves, Netanyahu puts coalition deals ahead of national sacrifice - editorial

The IDF does not belong to one segment of society. The physical defense of the state cannot rest on the shoulders of some while others stand apart and watch.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in the plenum of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025