Editor notes

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.

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.
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

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

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

US President Donald Trump and Yakir Gabay.

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


Polish ethics

Birkenau concentration camp in Poland in the snow

Editor's Notes: Setting immigration policy

The overall situation is not black and white – it is a complicated and delicate attempt to balance policy and values.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Editor's Notes: Standing in spaces

Anyone who claims that this country promotes apartheid needs to simply spend a day in a hospital and any of its wards.

The entrance to the Hemato Oncology Pediatric Ward is seen at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.

Ex-Mossad chief tells Jpost why Netanyahu is wrong fighting the Iran deal

In a volatile region like the Middle East, every day of quiet is a blessing.

Efraim Halevy at JPost Annual Conference

Editor's Notes: A year to decide

The new year 5778 can be the year of change. It can be a year of decisions.

Man blowing the shofar at the Western Wall before Rosh Hashana

Hands off women conscripts

Just this past week activists posted a large billboard- looking ad alongside the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, which claims that Israel is stronger without mixed units.

IDF female soldiers training

Editor's Note: Next Steps

Kushner should be applauded for his honesty.

PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas meets with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in Ramallah in June. (

Editor's Notes: It's time people realize there are alternatives to Netanyahu

Israel existed (and even thrived) before Netanyahu, and will continue to do so after him.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Editor's Notes: Behind the lines of jihad

Europe, Souad Mekhennet explained, continues to live in a state of denial.

JOURNALIST SOUAD MEKHENNET interviews jihadists on assignment

Editor's Notes: A pre-storm bear hug

The general assessment in Jerusalem is that this is just the beginning.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem May 22, 2017