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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.

IRELAND’S ‘TAOISEACH’ (Prime Minister) Simon Harris speaks to the media during Ireland’s general election, in Greystones, Ireland last month.

Israel’s Irish embassy closure: ‘Short-term gestures, long-term losses’

 People gather at the scene of a missile strike that, according to Israel’s military, was launched from Yemen and landed in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21, 2024.

Threat of Iran's proxies isn't gone, Israeli gov't cannot lose focus

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG receives a new Hebrew translation of the Quran from Emir Muhammad Sharif Odeh.

Grapevine December 22, 2024: 100 plus and still counting

THEN-EDUCATION MINISTER Yuli Tamir attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, 2008.

Time to rebuild the economy, education, and emotional health of Israel's citizens

FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS celebrate Hanukkah. While the Hanukkah miracle was an unambiguous victory of good over evil, it is rare to find such clear distinctions in contemporary society, says the writer.

Teaching complexity and nuance: Jewish education is not just black and white

By JEREMY BRUCE
  Some important things to know about conducting business with the authorities

Creatively solving the economic crisis: Supporting small businesses for a stronger future

By VARDIT SHTERENBACH
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivers remarks in Palm Beach, Florida last week.

A travel diary in Jewish communities after the US presidential election

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the Tel Aviv District Court last week. The courtroom has become a battlefield of competing visions for the nation’s future, the writer maintains.

Netanyahu’s trial is Israel's trial

By YARON SCHWARTZ
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a joint news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem earlier this year.

Germany’s divided stance on Israel: Navigating history, demographics, Jewish solidarity

By LYNN DASCHA ENGELHARDT
THEN-SYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad is cheered by deputies on his arrival in parliament, July 2000. He was formally sworn in after taking the office his late father, Hafez, had held for the previous three decades.

The fall of Assad is just the beginning: The struggle for Syria has resumed

 An illustrative image of the biblical prophet Moses leading the Jews out of slavery in Egypt in the Exodus.

Rewriting our prophetic story: A message from this week’s haftarah

By KENNETH BRANDER
 A JOURNALIST – in his PRESS vest – topples a bust of dictator Hafez Assad, in Syria.

Why is journalism in Syria held to a different standard?

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER Anthony Albanese speaks in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra last month. Many Australian Jews view him as, at best, unsympathetic to Israel and, at worst, indifferent to the rise of antisemitism, says the writer.

Gestures won't remedy antisemitism, actions will

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and first lady Michal Herzog, with bar and bat mitzvah youngsters who have lost a parent to terrorism.

Grapevine December 19, 2024: Wanted: A constitution

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court during his testimony in the trial against him, December 10, 2024

The wrong priorities: The absurdity of today's Israel is on full display

PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly have dramatically shifted Canada’s stance away from Israel, the writer argues.

Disgrace in Canada: Despair and hatred for Jews is becoming normalized

 Elderly couple, illustrative

Musings as we attempt to move forward

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN
 A CONFRONTATION takes place between haredim and police at a protest against drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the military, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer.

Israel Police's violence knows no bounds

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen in Ankara this week. Just six months ago, Erdogan vowed: 'Just as we entered Karabakh and Libya, we will do the same in Israel,' the writer notes.

Israel’s got a new neighbor: Turkey's taking over Syria

By David Ben-Basat
 Israelis protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip near Yokneam, northern Israel, November 30, 2024.

Israeli public opinion is at a crossroads, we must pick the right path

By ROBERT SINGER
 IDF SOLDIERS take part in an army stretcher drill. Israel’s population also needs to carry its share of the burden.

My Word: Wide awake in a war

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