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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.

 MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather ahead of a rally in Sydney, in May.

Australia's changed landscape post-October 7

A WOMAN shows a $100 bill she received as aid from Qatar, during a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak in Gaza City in September.

How October 7 reshaped Israel's fiscal priorities

 The felafel guy at Shula on October 1st, 2024, in Tel Aviv after the Islamic Republic’s attack on Israel.

Finding comfort in shawarma amid chaos in Tel Aviv

By SOPHIA TUPOLEV-LUZ
 A HUSBAND signs the document in front of two witnesses, ensuring that his wife will not be chained to marriage – she looks on.

Israel's 'chained wives' are the hidden victims of war

 IDF reserve soldiers and Orthodox Jews reading from a Torah scroll at dawn.

Torah project marks Israel's journey since October 7 atrocities

By HAIM TAIB
 MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes.

We must never forget the hostages

By William C. Daroff
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 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

Israeli deterrence is limited against terrorist organizations

By Dan Sagir
 DESTRUCTION CAUSED by Hamas terrorists at Kibbutz Be’eri, near the Israel-Gaza border, on October 7 last year: ‘As with every Israeli, I had people around me affected by the massacre. My sister-in-law’s family was slaughtered in Kibbutz Be’eri,’ the writer mourns.

Inside Israel's fight for survival one year later

By CAROLE NURIEL
 YEVGEN KORNIYCHUK, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel: ‘It is with a heavy heart that I join the people of Israel in commemorating the tragic events of October 7, when innocent lives were lost following the brutal attack by Hamas,’ he says.

A letter to Israel from Ukraine

By Yevgen Korniychuk
 THE WRITER addresses a rally at Columbia University by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum-New York, at the height of pro-Palestinian encampments on campus.

How October 7 transformed an Emmy winning actress into an activist

By PATRICIA HEATON
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Yearly average levels of trust in all institutions as a whole, compared with overall multi-year average

Israeli, US gov'ts ignore that they have lost the trust of the public

By SHLOMO MAITAL
 A view shows an Israeli tank as smoke rises over buildings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.

Where do we go from here? 7 new realities post-Oct. 7

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT
 Israeli soldiers during the Yom Kippur War.

October's defining dates

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 IDF vehicles transport a group of soldiers and journalists inside the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2024.

A year after October 7: Where does Israel go from here?

By Doni Fogel
 French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference about the priorities of his Renaissance party and its allies ahead of the early legislative elections in Paris, France, June 12, 2024.

The assault on Judaism: France takes the lead

 An illustrative image of a Torah scroll and a shofar for Yom Kippur.

A Torah scroll of unity: In memory of the victims and fallen of October 7

By HAIM TAIB
 Captain Eitan Oster, 22, from Modiin, who fell in Lebanon.

Capt. Eitan Oster's heroism will inspire future generations

 US HOUSE SPEAKER Mike Johnson speaks to the media following the passage of a stopgap bill to keep the federal government funded for another three months and avert a month-end partial shutdown, at the Capitol.

American voters, this current failed Congress wants your votes

 AIMING FOR the strengthening of Israeli unity, people gather with Israeli flags at one of some 100 locations around the country, in Hispin, Golan Heights, in August.

Religious introspection in Israel comes with political challenges

 CHAIM SASSI.

Grapevine October 6, 2024: Heavy week for Israelis, Diaspora communities

THE WRITER, serving as an MK and deputy chairperson of the Knesset Health Committee, presides over a committee meeting, in 2022.

October 7 saw political shifts among repatriates from former USSR

By ELINA BARDACH-YALOV
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