Editor notes

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

There is always noise around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is always noise around US President Donald Trump. Then a war comes, and the static drops.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.
US President Donald Trump and Yakir Gabay.

Editor's Notes: Who is Yakir Gabay, the billionaire on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace?

What comes next for Israel and Gaza in the New Year?

After two years of war, Israelis and Palestinians ask: What comes next?

IDF CHIEF OF STAFF Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir prays at the Western Wall during the ceremony officially swearing him in as the military’s highest-ranking officer.

Editor's Notes: Zamir faces painful reckoning as the IDF confronts failures, fragile leadership


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.

JPost Editorial: Haredi growth

The haredi population is growing at an annual rate of around 4 percent, with the average haredi woman having 6.9 children.

Haredim

JPost Editorial: A handshake’s importance

One of the goals of the Olympic Games is to bring together the nations of the world to compete in an atmosphere of good sportsmanship and mutual respect.

THE SAUDI ARABIAN delegation arrives at the Olympic opening ceremony in Brazil.

JPost Editorial: Mourning Gaza

One inevitable result of the Gaza withdrawal is that it has made a sizable portion of Israelis reluctant to consider a similar withdrawal from PA territories.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addresses the nation on the disengagement from Gaza, August 15, 2005

JPost Editorial: Palestinian elections

It is unlikely that elections held in either Gaza or the West Bank will be particularly free or fair...

Palestinian president Abbas stands between PM Haniyeh and senior Fatah leader Dahlan in Gaza