Opinion

Jerusalem Post's talented team of journalists provides insight into their work presented in the opinion section. This section highlights the beliefs and values that experienced writers who are witnessing the Middle East turmoil unfold. Their first hand encounters with world leaders have shaped their opinions and world views to be shared on this page.

Israel’s foreign policy has lost its moral compass

Supporting far-right parties and Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is the diplomatic equivalent of an illegal order with a black flag flying above it.

17/03/2025
  IDF SOLDIERS operate in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, in November.

It’s time to revise Israel's military doctrine

Today, Israel is paying a staggering price for its delay in mounting a strong military response to previous provocations, which would have instilled fear in its enemies. 

Turning the victim into an aggressor

This antisemitic display will be remembered as a significant attempt by an international body to distort reality and promote the pervasive anti-Israel narrative at the UN.

17/03/2025

Taking from Israel and refusing to serve: Why haredim draft refusal is hard to swallow

Few things are more provocative for non-haredim than haredi rabbis and students gleefully rejecting the government and refusing to defend the state – all while taking its money.

Grapevine March 16, 2025: A yen for Yiddish

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Students and visitors are seen walking around the main campus buildings of University College London

Universities, professors now using antisemitism as a way to bash Israel

King’s College’s Prof. Adam Sutcliffe doesn’t want the Holocaust or antisemitism to be seen as “exceptional” and believes people should pay less attention to it.

By MOSHE PHILLIPS
16/03/2025

Trump administration's trade sanctions harms others and doesn't benefit anyone

US tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China will end up hurting all parties, including the US itself.

By XIAO JUNZHENG
16/03/2025

The Jewish and Amazigh communities have untapped resources for regional integration

The Amazigh people are the indigenous people of North Africa, with tribal populations stretching from Siwa in Egypt to Semara in Morocco.

By CHAMA MECHTALY , AURELE TOBELEM
16/03/2025

Seculars, national-religious Zionists, moderate Right could break up Netanyahu coalition

In an upcoming election, Bennett should run separately, representing the Zionist religious and moderate Right, but Lapid is an exhausted figure who failed miserably in the 2022 election.

16/03/2025

To some, Jews just don't have a right to live

Mahmoud Khalil’s lofty goal of liberation is two-fold – replacing Israel with Palestine and returning America to the indigenous people

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
16/03/2025
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