Editor notes

Editor's Notes: We asked the IDF about two Gaza strikes. We’re still waiting

I believe the IDF is the most humane army in the world. We should challenge it with the fullest record we can provide, accepting that some of what we publish will be painful.

Journalist and director Rachel Szor and Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham attend the "Naza" Photocall during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 10, 2026 in Venice, Italy.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an unknown location, in this still image taken from handout video released July 21, 2026.

Editor's Notes: Germany’s ‘good Jews’ thought they were safe, New York should pay attention

US VICE President JD Vance and President Donald Trump listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, April 23, 2026, during an earlier round of talks. Trump leads now; Vance and Rubio are next. Israel was in the room as an ambassador, not a principal.

Editor's Notes: Israel just met the America that comes after Trump - comment

DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment


Letters to the Editor July 1, 2019: Droning on

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Editor's notes: The ‘new’ defense minister Liberman

It was like any other defense minister’s visit before him – except for what Liberman was wearing.

Avigdor Liberman, Defense Ministerspeaking at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

March 4, 2019: Educate for peace

Letters

Playing with fire

Palestinians along the border with Gaza began using kites attached to incendiary devices as a simple but devastating weapon.

Palestinian children swing at a park in Gaza City November 9, 2018

Real talk

The JFNA GA may say they want to talk, but there are some parts of Israel which have the feeling that this American Jewish organization is not really interested in hearing what they have to say.

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora?

Putting treason into perspective

As far as solidarity goes, it is a slim platform – but it’s an important start.

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran, Iran.

No Iran in Syria

Israel must demand a full accounting of the Iranian forces in Syria and that any agreements made on the south be based on verification.

Hama, Syria [file photo]

Stopping the S-300

It is in Israel's interest that Syria be stabilized, but it is in the world’s interest that weapons do not proliferate to terrorist groups and terrorist regimes.

The self-launching component of the S300 surface-to-air missile

Yogev’s diatribe

As long as Israel has no constitution that clearly protects individual basic rights, it is important that Israel maintain a strong, outspoken judiciary.

MK MOTI YOGEV listens to a colonel during a tour of Judea and Samaria last month.

A day for agunot

For well over a decade now Jewish women’s rights organizations have marked the Fast of Esther, which proceeds Purim and falls this year on Wednesday, as International Agunah Day.

THE AUTHOR has created tales of religious and personal conflict in the 15th century and today.