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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.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump appears on a congratulatory billboard for the 2024 U.S Presidential Election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 6, 2024.

Trump's win should prompt some soul-searching within the Democratic Party

 NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, earlier this year. At this point in history, the right place for Jews is to be in Israel, the writer maintains.

It's time for all Jews to consider coming home to Israel

By STEVEN BURG
 THE ANIÈRES MECHINA scholarship program creates pathways for young, Jewish olim from challenging economic backgrounds to become leading engineers in Israel.

New immigrants aren't statistics: They're an essential part of Israel's growth

By ROBERT SINGER
 Big tech (illustrative).

Recent tech layoffs reflect not just economic realities but cultural truths

 The last voter of the polling station casts their vote, in Kalamazzoo, Michigan, U.S., November 5, 2024.

Even though we're 1,464 days away from 2028, the next campaign begins today

 A torn Israeli flag is seen near the northern border with Lebanon, July 21, 2024

People are quickly forgetting history and labeling Israel as the oppressor

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
 HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS, explosives, and military gear are found in a secret underground storehouse by the writer and his unit during the current Lebanon war.

Restoring the honor of Avivim's synagogue and the dignity of those who lived in fear

By BENJAMIN SIPZNER
 DONALD TRUMP is joined by his wife, Melania, and son Barron during his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday morning.

To bring change to the US, Trump must garner the public's broad trust

By RONY HERSCH
 IDF SOLDIERS pray during a break in a haredi unit’s training exercise. If haredi parents and rabbinic leaders could be assured that their sons would complete their service as they entered – as observant, ultra-Orthodox Jews – there would be more grassroots support, the writer maintains.

Be careful what you wish for: The haredi draft is a societal challenge the IDF can solve

By AVI ABELOW

Saudi, Gulf investors quietly back Israeli tech, encouraged by Trump’s return

By Dovi Frances
 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks at an event commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel on Monday in Doral, Florida.

A 10 point plan for Trump from someone who worked to defeat him

By STAN POLOVETS
 Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania after an assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Did assassination attempt help Trump to victory in the US Election?

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, flanked by Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef (left) and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber.

Grapevine November 6, 2024: Rabbinic quotes

 Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024.

Qatar is an enabler of the Taliban’s oppression on their citizens

By ARIEL ADMONI , YAHEL TAMIR
 THE WRITER is flanked (from left) by Sharon Vanek of the California-Israel Chamber of Commerce, David Yaari, then-of the Texas Association of Business, Sima Amir of the Georgia Department of Commerce, and Michael Calvert of the US Commercial Service, as they attend the US-Israel Business Summit.

What is Israel’s economic tipping point?

 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after signing bilateral agreements in Ankara, in September.

Israel should look towards Mediterranean horizon to build stronger alliances with allies

 The flag of Israel in the blue sky stock image.

Israel must change her story as one of repatriation and restoration to combat propaganda

 SOCIAL EQUALITY and Women’s Advancement Minister May Golan attends a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this year. Recently, she delivered an address in which she sought to defend Michael Ben-Ari, an avowed Meir Kahane supporter who was disqualified from running for the Knesset.

'Enough': How we must stand against Kahanism in the Israeli Knesset

 Letters

Letters to the Editor, November 6, 2024: A real genocide

Hostages square Tel Aviv

No matter who becomes US president, please help the hostages in Gaza

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami speaks during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran last year.

Islamic Republic is in a Solomon-sized dilemma after Israel's retaliation

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