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.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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

Nobody has to work anything out anymore. The question is whether a single one of Mamdani's Jewish voters will say they were wrong.

JULY 24, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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

Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.

JUNE 19, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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

Women who made history in tanks on Oct. 7 fought in all-female crews. Both camps in the Armored Corps dispute should be claiming that morning as a victory. Instead, both pretend it never happened.

JUNE 12, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Collateral damage

Haftom Zarhum, an Eritrean migrant, was shot by a guard and beaten by a mob during a terrorist attack at the Beersheba Central Bus Station last month.

NOVEMBER 24, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Blood at the scene where terrorist was shot at the Beersheba central bus station on October 18, 2015

Compromised Judaism

The lack of judges has generated a tremendous backlog of cases waiting to be tried, particularly on the High Rabbinical Court where hardly any judges are functioning.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL

The rabbis of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate

The Jenin model

Increased cooperation, particularly when it is supported by Turkey, a country with immense importance to Israel both economically and militarily, should be encouraged.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL

PALESTINIAN WOMEN visit Jerusalem on the eve of Ramadan

Music censor

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev demanded on Wednesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel cancel talks for a planned performance in Tehran by Daniel Barenboim.

AUGUST 29, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL