Opinion

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.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden holds an event at the White House, this week. On Wednesday, Biden urged for a ‘pause’ in the conflict, and other White House officials are said to be asking the president to take a tougher stance with Israel.

People stand with Israel under Hamas fire, not Israel striking Gaza - opinion

 Co-chairman of Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Rabbi Marvin Hier.

Another double standard - Opinion

By RABBI MARVIN HIER
 A LONDON UNDERGROUND train bridge daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti near Brent Cross Shopping Centre in north London last month.

World leaders must come together against Hamas, antisemitism - opinion

By ROBERT SINGER
 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion on the state budget, at the Knesset Finance Committee, in July. The state budget for 2024 and the next few years must be fundamentally redrafted, say the writers.

The war from an economic perspective - opinion

By KARNIT FLUG , JACOB FRENKEL
 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023.

Stop likening Hamas to Nazis - editorial

 Flags, candles, flowers in memory of the more than 1500 slaughtered when hamas infiltrated Israel on Oct 7, and 239 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas terrorists into Gaza,  on Dizengoff Square. October 29, 2023.

Resilience is the only way to win, and thrive - opinion

By OFER HAVIV
 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. When the individual leading a body as influential as the UN lacks precision in his comments, it reflects a broader failure in our collective moral and intellectual compass, says the writer.

Israel-Palestine policy is a minefield of unintended consequences - opinion

 Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes his oath of office after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023.

If you want Jewish votes, don't pander to the far-right while you cheer for Israel - opinion

 View of a new Intensive care unit built in the underground parking lot of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023.

In war as in peace, Arab Israeli physicians' contribution to Israel is essential - opinion

By fahima abbas
 Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

After October 7, we must finally build Jabotinsky's 'Iron Wall' - opinion

By NAVEH DROMI
 A red alert siren is sounded at the funeral of IDF Sgt.-First Class (res.) Yinon Fleishman, on Monday, at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem. At any given moment, we have to be ready to either run into bomb shelters or shelter in place.

All we want to do is be left alone to serve God in peace - opinion

By HAYIM LEITER
 IRANIAN CLERICS set fire to American flags on February 11, 2022, the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran.

Iran is no mere adversary, it is America's mortal enemy

 Letters

Letters to the Editor, November 1, 2023, Hypocritical remarks

IDF's picture of the year: Exercise by the IAF's Airborne Combat Rescue And Evacuation Unit 669

The rescue of Private Megidish shows the multi-pronged approach Israel must take

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Tel Aviv, last Saturday night. Replacing a suit, white shirt, and tie with a black open-necked shirt is a political act, meant to convey a message, according to the writer.

War is not the time for slogans - opinion

By TOVA HERZL
 NIR GOLDSTEIN addresses the 51st Annual Conference for Science and the Environment, in Tel Aviv earlier this year.

Will war with Hamas harm Israel's food supply? - opinion

By NIR GOLDSTEIN , EYAL MALIS
 PHOTO: IRAN’S FOREIGN Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, last month.

The Qatari dilemma will haunt Israel after the war with Hamas - opinion

By YOEL GUZANSKY
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu in his black attire with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Grapevine November 1, 2023: Power dressing

 Demonstrators protest against the lack of police action during pro-Palestinian demonstrations and to condemn the increase of antisemitic hate crimes in London, Britain, October 25, 2023.

Yes, anti-Zionism is antisemitism - editorial

 Building workers pouring concrete on the first floor of a new gas station in the Industrial zone of the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on September 9, 2023.

How can Israel maintain its gas flow during the war? - opinion

 A PRESS photographer examines damage from a Hamas attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya on Passover Seder night in 2002, in which 29 people were murdered and hundreds were injured. Hamas has long tried to sabotage peace.

What are key goals in the war for Hamas? - opinion

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