Editor notes

Editor's Notes: Israel's election exposes deep political divisions after Gantz withdrawal - comment

Here is my request, the only one I’ll make before the polls open. Give yourself permission to notice one thing that complicates your choice.

Benny Gantz visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026
A SPEAKER addresses the intellectual debate within the Republican Party at the National Conservatism Conference in Jerusalem this week.

Editor's Notes: American Jews are changing after Oct. 7, but we cannot abandon them - comment

Houses in kibbutz Nir Oz, where residents where takedn hostage and later on murdered by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 massacre, southern Israel. September 30, 2025.

Three years later, I still think about the stories we did not tell on October 7- comment

Democratic US presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 US presidential campaign in Washington.

Editor’s Notes: Flydubai crisis shows why we need another major news agency - comment


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

Editorial: Stop the accidents

The high number of Arab children killed in accidents reveals a glaring inequality that must be addressed.

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad