JPost Editorial

The Jerusalem Post's daily editorial brings readers our editorial staff's stance on the most important and interesting issues of the day in Israel and the Jewish world. The Jerusalem Post, founded as the Palestine Post by Gershon Agron in 1932, is Israel's best selling English newspaper and its most read website.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in the plenum of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

As Israel grieves, Netanyahu puts coalition deals ahead of national sacrifice - editorial

IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

Syria must demonstrate capacity to govern effectively if seeking peace with Israel - editorial

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Israel must fund national space strategy that balances defense, scientific goals - editorial


Fiction faster than fact: Time for legacy media to confront its role in antisemitism - editorial

Legacy media has failed to treat antisemitism as a system of prejudice with its own logic and history.

 Hand holding sieve to filter truth from lies, facts from fakes. Concept of media literacy, fake news detection, and critical thinking in digital age (illustrative).

War doesn't end on the battlefield: Israel must better support veterans with PTSD - editorial

Daniel Edri's recent death by suicide is not an isolated tragedy, but rather part of a deeper national mental health crisis.

 Daneil Edri, an IDF soldier.

Israel must act now and end Gaza war or lose Arab support for peace - editorial

If moderate Muslim states keep looking over their shoulders while Tehran empties the table, then Israel could miss its golden opportunity to expand the Abraham Accords.

 SIGNING THE Abraham Accords (from L): Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; US president Donald Trump; and the UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the White House, Sept. 15,

'Time has run out': Netanyahu should not return from Washington without a hostage deal - editorial

Fifty hostages remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza, and no regional win can overshadow that. If there is, do not leave Washington and Doha without it.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hands over a letter to US President Donald Trump as they meets at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 7, 2025

Shin Bet charade: It's time to approve Netanyahu's Zini appt - editorial

Talk about Chelm. It’s time to get on with the business of safeguarding the citizens of Israel.

 Maj. Gen. David Zini visits families of fallen Israeli soldiers during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.

Why Australia's antisemitism problem can't be ignored any longer - editorial

When antisemitism is tolerated – or dressed up as political critique – it doesn’t stay in the abstract. It sets fires to synagogues. It vandalizes restaurants. And it kills.

 MELBOURNE 2025/02/08 Police force a protester away as they attempt to cross a police line.

Lights, camera, diplomacy: How Netanyahu's performative US visit can make change - editorial

Netanyahu’s Washington trip is less a mid-war strategy session and more a staging event – a showcase of the US–Israel alliance reborn through conflict.

  US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office in April 2025.

In Washington, Netanyahu must prioritize bringing home hostages before Iran - editorial

If Netanyahu’s belated pilgrimage to the Gaza periphery communities means anything, it must be that those voices now shape his agenda, not just his social-media feed.

 Israelis protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, July 3, 2025.

Frustration with our leadership must not lead to our annihilation - editorial

The anger, hurt, disappointment, and frustration in our country are more than valid, but we cannot afford to call for institutional annihilation.

Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.

Eisenkot's exit: Reflective of Israel's antiquated politics that need to change - editorial

While that setup may serve the party leader well, it weakens and dilutes democracy by reducing transparency, participation, competition, and accountability.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.