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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.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits alongside then-director-general of the Foreign Ministry Dore Gold at a Knesset committee meeting in 2016. Gold understood that the Jewish state’s enemies sought to strip justice and authenticity from Israel’s very existence, says the writer.

Remembering Dore Gold as the diplomat who defended Israel's borders and history

 (FROM L-R) Gil Haskel, Yehuda Lancry, Ly Duc Trung, Yaakov Levy, and Yitzhak Eldan.

Grapevine March 7, 2025: Mistakes people make

 FROM LEFT, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham hold their Oscars for Best Documentary Feature Film for ‘No Other Land’ at the Academy Awards in Hollywood,  on Sunday.

My Word: When cameras call the shots

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York in 2017. A peace treaty that has been a pillar of regional stability for 45 years is suddenly being questioned, says the writer.

Is the Camp David peace at risk?

US President Donald Trump meets with a delegation of former hostages in the Oval Office, and shows off a plaque of gratitude from Hostage Families Forum, March 5, 2025.

Trump's hostage diplomacy: Strategy or empty threat?

President Isaac Herzog

A unity council with big dreams, a finance minister with new friends in DC

 KETER GROUP employees at the factory in Karmiel: We must  combat outdated stereotypes that still prevail – suggesting  that technological and managerial positions are predominantly  suited for men, the writer affirms.

Achieving true gender equality

By Udi Sagi
 Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A shameful display of disorganization and rage, we can do better

 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Jewish learning forced underground, again

By Lilian Brasch
 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

An investment in national resilience: Strengthening Israeli engineering education

By AMI MOYAL
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo on Tuesday. The Egyptian plan on rebuilding Gaza threatens Israel’s security, strengthens Hamas, and undermines US strategic interests, the writer maintains.

The Egyptian Gaza plan: A deadly trap for Israel and the US

By AMINE AYOUB
Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the son of a senior Hamas official, who narrated the BBC documentary.

Propaganda without boundaries: How Hamas exploits, abuses, weaponizes children

By Amotz Eyal
US President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in late February, 2025.

The art of the raw deal: How Zelensky failed to learn how to deal with Trump's ego

 An illustrative image of skyscrapers in the city of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Gaza and Abu Dhabi: Comparing a society of 'destroyers' to Emirati 'builders'

By DAN FEFERMAN
 A pro-Palestinian demonstration takes place at Columbia University, in New York City, last October, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.

Heideggerian philosophy, Identity Synthesis: The ideologies behind campus antisemitism

By Sabrina Soffer
 German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz attends a press conference following the German general election in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2025.

Unpacking Germany’s election results and what they mean for Israel

 Israeli director Yuval Abraham (l) and Palestinian director Basel Adra speak on stage after having received the documentary award for "No Other Land" during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival, Feb. 24, 2024 in Berlin.

In No Other Land, the villain is always Israel

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

IDF’s social media ban is way overdue

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Women’s leadership: Key to addressing Israel’s crises

By SIVAN KOREN
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Birthright event held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem in 2011. ‘Strategically – and ideologically – I focus on Generation Birthright, not the Bibi-bashers,’ says the writer.

Fearless Zionism: American Jews need to reshape their view of Israel

 THEN-IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony in 2019. The primary mission of the incoming chief of staff is security-related, but it’s not his only mission, the writer argues.

The incoming chief of staff has many challenges he'll need to confront

By AMICHAI COHEN
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