Occupation

Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion

Occupation does not begin at a border. It begins inside the human mind. That is why sexual violence has remained such an effective weapon across centuries.

|ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.
JEWS AND Arabs take part in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War in Haifa, northern Israel, June 6, 2026.

Man arrested for waving Palestine flag at joint Jewish-Arab anti-government protest

The protest set out on Thursday afternoon, initiated by “Partnership for Peace” and dozens of other organizations and parties, marking 59 years since the Six Day War.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Exterior view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

The EU-ICC assault - opinion

Reports surfaced that the International Criminal Court is planning arrest warrants against elected leaders of Israel, and the EU announced new sanctions against Israeli civic organizations.

|ByGOL KALEV
Palestinians throw stones at Jewish settlers as they establish a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Sherman was murdered, near the village of Beit Mirin north of Nablus in the West Bank.

‘Settler violence’: A buzzword used to single out Israel - opinion

Settler violence is frequently deployed as a label that implies state responsibility.

|ByALAN BAKER

Israel-Hamas war: Did Oct. 7 change Israeli left-wing views on peace?

36% of Israelis have gone farther Right, as opposed to only 6% who reported going farther Left, following Hamas's October 7 massacre.

NOVEMBER 24, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
UPDATED PRIORITIES: The papered-over bulletin board outside the Knesset reflects the shift in focus.

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

The most profound and fundamental cause of the failures we are reckoning with today is the “concept” of maintaining the occupation as if we can contain its harmful implications.

NOVEMBER 18, 2023ByAVI GIL
Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Israel does not intend to 'reoccupy' Gaza or control it for long, official says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News earlier this week that Israel would seek to have security responsibility for Gaza "for an indefinite period."

NOVEMBER 8, 2023ByREUTERS
An Israeli APC and a military vehicle drive along a road, near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

Gaza should be occupied by the US, UK, France, Germany - opinion

The US, UK, France, and Germany should be the bodies that shall bear the responsibility of governing the Gaza Strip and stabilizing it so there can be elections after a decade.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
A satellite image shows northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, October 28, 2023

Israeli teens to refuse IDF service due to 'occupation,' judicial reform

The group expects to send a formal letter to the IDF and has already posted publicly about the move on its X (formerly Twitter) account.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Young Israelis line up as they arrive to an Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2018

Qatar: We don’t have a war with Israel, the issue is the 'occupation'

Qatar's prime minister said the country backed the Arab Peace Initiative in respect to Israel and pushed for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, on July 28, 2023.

Ukraine launches 'special operation' in Russian-occupied Crimea

Brief and dark video footage posted alongside the statement showed a small motorboat moving through water at night near a coastline.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian national flag flies with backdrop of the Kerch bridge after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022

Letters to the Editor August 16, 2023: An errant child

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

AUGUST 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Australia's government has taken an anti-Israel stance - opinion

The new announcement is just the latest in a number of steps the Australian government has taken to distance itself from Israel since its election in May last year. 

AUGUST 16, 2023By JAMIE HYAMS
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull hold a news conference in Jerusalem, in 2017. No previous Australian government has made a habit of using the term ‘occupied Palestinian territories,’ says the writer.

Letters to the Editor August 14, 2023: Concrete jungle

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

AUGUST 14, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters