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


Politics of war

Is it realistic to expect the security cabinet to function more effectively, given the current system of political rule in Israel?

The sun sets over the northern Gaza Strip as seen from the Israeli border, Israel August 23, 2016

JPost Editorial: Pollard’s time

We are asking Obama to consider one more commutation – that of Jonathan Pollard.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard

JPost Editorial: Full-time foreign minister

Israel is facing major challenges and flux both in the region and in its relations with the US and Russia.

Netanyahu with Azerbaijan President Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev

JPost Editorial: Submarines and advisers

There is discord and instability throughout the region.

A Dolphin-class submarine broaches in the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa.

Muzzling the muezzin

Drafting a new law especially for “religious institutions” – a thinly veiled code word for mosques – is counterproductive.

THE KABABIR MOSQUE in Haifa.

JPost Editorial: The morning after

The day after the election is the time for healing to begin.

Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan

Editorial: UNESCO on the Temple Mount

Palestinians’ preoccupation with ancient history has little to do with culture or science and everything to do with politics.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

JPost Editorial: Beyond partisanship

Ideologically speaking, Israel shares America’s values.

Israeli and American flags.

JPost Editorial: Judaism’s importance

The Jewish people’s yearning to return to their homeland draws its inspiration from the prophets of the Bible.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett meets with pupils at the start school year

Editor's notes: The settlers’ foreign minister

As mayor of Efrat in Gush Etzion, Revivi is used to getting phone calls from his residents. This one though came from a Palestinian.

ODED REVIVI speaks to a group on a recent tour of Efrat.