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Jerusalem Post's talented team of journalists provides insight into their work presented in the opinion section. This section highlights the beliefs and values that experienced writers who are witnessing the Middle East turmoil unfold. Their first hand encounters with world leaders have shaped their opinions and world views to be shared on this page.

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, July 2020

Israeli retaliation at Iran should hit regime targets

 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a campaign rally with vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, in Atlanta, last weekend.

Trump is running scared and looking for an excuse to avoid debating Harris

 THE WRITER speaks at a conference organized by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, in Sderot.

Promoting a pro-Israel sentiment requires a multifaceted approach

By ASHLEY  WAXMAN BAKSHI
 An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

A new type of cyber attack: Iran's attack on Israel's consciousness

By Lia Tsur
 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei performs a prayer at the funeral of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, last week.

Iran's intelligence community fearful of Mossad

By ERFAN FARD
 PALESTINIAN FARMER Youssef Abu Rabie works in a field growing seedlings to combat food shortages, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, last month.

What can be learned from the famine myth in Gaza

By SHEREE TROTTER
 DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of sexually assaulting a Hamas terrorist, outside the Beit Lid Military Court, this week.

The importance of a judicial process against soldiers suspected of torturing terrorists

By SUZIE NAVOT , Sapir Paz
 THE DAMAGED site where top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on July 30 is seen in one of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers is indispensable to justice, says the writer.

Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers is indispensable to justice

 Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters in central London, Britain / Keir Starmer speaks during the Labour leadership hustings

The new Labour government reverts back to antisemitism and anti-Israel policies - Opinion

By NATASHA HAUSDORFF
Yahya Sinwar attends a rally organized by the representatives of prominent families (mokhtar) in support of "the Palestinian resistance" in Gaza City, on June 20, 2021.

Sinwar replacing Haniyeh may help advance hostage negotiations and end the war

By KOBI MICHAEL
 Depressed woman (Illustrative).

Surge in postpartum depression among Jewish women in war-torn Israel

By Bella Savitsky , Rachel Shvartsur
 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog is flanked by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at an event for outstanding soldiers at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Independence Day.

Israel ready anywhere, anytime: President Herzog's speech channelled the Zionist spirit

 Letters

Letters to the Editor, August 6, 2024: Another terrorist front?

 OR SASSON of Israel (right) takes on Islam El Shehaby of Egypt in the 2016 Rio Olympics judo competition. El Shehaby refused to shake hands with Sasson after the Israeli defeated him.

Judo’s Olympic betrayal: Forfeiting to avoid Israeli opponents

By Patrick Mascoe
 THE LION statue in the Tel Hai cemetery, above the mass grave of fallen pioneers, is a symbol of the courage and strength that the pioneers possessed in 1920, and which we need today in order to return to Galilee, the writer states.

Upper Galilee: A modern crisis echoes 1920's struggles

By Amitan Leitner
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan (L) hold a joint press conference following their meeting at Sadabad Complex in Tehran, Iran on February 27, 2019

Iran-Armenia $500M arms deal: Global security risks

 A STUDENT holds a Palestinian scarf at the NYU graduation ceremony in May. A monetary settlement was reached with Jewish students over the failure to secure them from antisemitism, but it’s not clear how it will be prevented in the future, says the writer.

Demanding real change: How Global Jewry can hold institutions accountable

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM
 DURING THE early hours of April 14, Iranian projectiles are intercepted in Israeli skies. The writer asserts that President Joe Biden should have knocked out Iranian drone factories, some nuclear infrastructure, key missile launching sites, and some oil fields.

Why misunderstanding Israel fuels conflict

 IRANIAN ATOMIC Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami (right) and IAEA head Rafael Grossi shake hands after a joint news conference in Isfahan, Iran, in May.

Lessons from the Cold War on nuclear strategy as tensions escalate

By GERALD M. STEINBERG
 AMBULANCES ARE parked at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital emergency room. It’s enough to visit any Israeli hospital ER in the evening to see the exhausted doctors doing their best through 24-hour shifts and more to provide supportive care, says the writer.

Israel’s healthcare crisis: The severe doctor shortage and the path to reform

By MOSHE COHEN
 Relatives of Israeli hostage Ariel Bibas and supporters mark his 5th birthday in Hamas captivity, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, August 5, 2024.

Israelis deserve answers as to who - or what - is holding up a hostage deal

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