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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.

 THE WRITER attends an event to encourage teen diplomatic envoys.

Including Taiwan in the UN system will lead towards securing peace in the Indo-Pacific

Depression (illustrative)

Grapevine September 8, 2024: To save a life

 Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) stand guard during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon April 14, 2023.

Former PFLP hostage reveals what 1970 hijacking really looked like

By MOSHE RAAB
 A PALESTINIAN CHILD is vaccinated against polio, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip last week.

Vaccine pauses are not a political matter amid Gaza’s polio outbreak

By ORA PALTIEL , NADAV DAVIDOVITCH , RONIT CALDERON MARGALIT
 TWO JEWISH students hold up signs which read ‘Bring them home now’ and ‘Let us grieve,’ as they counter pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Columbia University, in New York City, on the first day of the new semester, last Tuesday.

Jew-hatred and Hamas support: US antisemitism is becoming normalized

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
 US ATTORNEY-GENERAL Merrick Garland makes remarks last week at the Justice Department in Washington. The writer asks: ‘Why has it taken so long for the Justice Department to act? Hamas was designated as a terrorist organization by the US in 1997.’

Too little, too late: Why the US delayed charging Hamas for decades

By ELI FEDERMAN
 PROTESTERS WEAR blindfolds, calling for the release of the hostages, last week in Jerusalem. Instead of the absolute imperative to free them, the notion of a ceasefire introduces the idea that the hostages don’t necessarily deserve freedom, the writer argues.

Hostages deserve unconditional freedom, not political negotiations

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
 YEHUDA POLIKER in concert at Jerusalem’s Sultan’s Pool, with the images of hostages projected behind him.

Can you still feel joy? Trying to enjoy vacation as sad news from Israel comes in

 ‘THE EVACUATION Scheme in Britain, 1940’: London schoolchildren off to England’s West Country.

My war years: A British Jew remembers living during World War II

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin sits in the Knesset plenum in July.

Yariv Levin and his judicial reform have failed. Here's why

 BRITAIN’S FOREIGN SECRETARY David Lammy arrives to attend a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in July. ‘Please God, look at us and help us... we certainly can’t rely on anyone else,’ says the writer.

Protesters and counter-protesters in Israel are acting like children

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
 RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN interviews in Jerusalem, May 29.

Dear Rachel: A bereaved mother's letter to the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By HEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ
 PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS stand outside Columbia University in New York City as people arrived for the first day of the new semester, this past Tuesday.

Jewish students deserve protection

By William C. Daroff
 IDF TROOPS in Cyprus this week simulate a military campaign deep inside Lebanese territory against Hezbollah.

The IDF reflects Israeli society: Ethical through and through

Coffin march joins protest at Begin Gate.

Unity isn't the priority. Balanced, truthful reporting is

 A BATHTUB is not exactly the place in which to wear a Valentino business suit, but when Factory 54 wanted to attract attention, Yuval Segal obliged.

Grapevine, September 6, 2024: The dream and the reality

 Roman Marble Statue of Empress Livia Represented as Goddess Ceres

Why security guard's quick action at the NYC gallery makes him a true hero

By JACK BAXTER/THE MEDIA LINE
 RACHEL AND JON Goldberg-Polin attend the funeral of their son, Hersh, on Tuesday, in Jerusalem.

Weeping with Rachel: The plight of the Goldberg-Polin matriarch

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shows a map of the Gaza Strip and the nearby Israeli localities, with the arrows pointing to the Philadelphi Corridor (top) and the Rafah crossing, at a news conference in Jerusalem on Monday.

Netanyahu hasn't cared about Philadelphi Corridor for 16 years

 MOURNERS MARCH during the funeral of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Terrorism thrives while the world watches

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Meta’s decision is senseless and dangerous

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