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


Editor's Notes: Behind the lines of jihad

Europe, Souad Mekhennet explained, continues to live in a state of denial.

JOURNALIST SOUAD MEKHENNET interviews jihadists on assignment

Editor's Notes: A pre-storm bear hug

The general assessment in Jerusalem is that this is just the beginning.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem May 22, 2017

JPost Editorial: Trump’s vision of peace

Will Palestinian leaders take Trump’s advice and stop glorifying terrorists?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport

JPost Editorial: Triumph of debate

The packed day brought into focus the fact that Israel and American Jewry don’t always see eye to eye.

The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference

Editor's Notes: A war or an operation?

It will be interesting to see what the courts decide on this issue, mostly because Israel itself had trouble deciding what to call the fighting through the summer of 2014.

IDF FORCES operate inside the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge

The cost of freedom on Israel's 69th birthday

There was a time not too long ago when we knew what it meant to be helpless.

Mount Herzl military cemetery

Editor's Notes: Why we are hosting Sebastian Gorka

The role of a newspaper is not to shy away from tough issues. It is to embrace them.

Sebastian Gorka

Is Tikkun Olam the right Jewish national narrative?

Tikkun olam is an important piece of our national story, but we should not forget the core of the Jewish people’s narrative – an ancient nation that returned to its historic homeland.

Volunteers giving back to the community on Good Deeds Day

JPost Editorial: Construction safety

Contractors resist change, claiming that strengthening safety measures on building sites would cut into their bottom line.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

Why can't Israel's PM say 'God bless Israel'?

Politics need to be stripped of religion. When that happens, people will be able to enjoy the basic rights every democracy is meant to provide its citizens.

US President Donald Trump.