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Paraguay's president Santiago Pena speaks at the Knesset. December 11, 2024.

Why Paraguay’s stand with Israel matters now more than ever

Shir Siegal, Levi and Varda Ben Baruch, whose family members are being held hostage by Hamas, gather outside the prime minister's residence on October 7, 2024

Movement on hostage deals give rays of hope, slipping through the cracks

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Students and pro-Palestinian supporters occupy a plaza at the City College of New York campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2024

How to preserve free expression on ever-divided campuses

REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

What the new Middle East chessboard means for Israel

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM , Stepan Stepanenko

PEOPLE PROTEST in Berlin outside Humboldt University in support of Israel and against antisemitism, in October. The charge that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is culturally rooted, springing from antisemitic tropes, Cold War politics, and settler-colonial academic theory, insists the writer.

Anti-Zionist rhetoric: Loud but fundamentally flawed

By YISRAEL MEDAD

THEN-LATVIAN PRESIDENT Egils Levits speaks to members of the media at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, in Malmo, Sweden, in 2021. The writer cites that 70,000 – three quarters – of Latvia’s Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

The Holocaust in Latvia: Remembering Simon Dubnow

By JACOB SIVAK

A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2024.

Is France contributing to ongoing problems in the Middle East?

SYRIAN FORCES escape through the border at Al Qaim, Iraq, last Saturday, just before the declared overthrow of the Assad regime. The writer ponders: Imagine renting a car in Tel Aviv and embarking on a scenic road trip through Syria to Iraq.

From fantasy to reality: The vision of an Israel-Iraq highway

By ERIC GALLAGHER

SYRIAN CARETAKER prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir attends a meeting with the transitional cabinet in Damascus yesterday. The demise of the Assad regime will not turn Syria, nor the Middle East as a whole, into a better place, the writer maintains.

The fall of Assad does not mean Syria, the Middle East is a safer place

By EFRAIM INBAR

HEZBOLLAH FLAGS flutter atop a poster depicting Hassan Nasrallah, in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, on October 8, 2023. The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks the end of an era, the writer asserts.

Assad's fall is a turning point for Israel

By KAREN AMOUYAL

Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka look on as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024.

Why Jared Kushner’s return matters for Jews, Arabs, and Muslims alike - opinion

By AHMED CHARAI

US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week.

Kamala Harris is the right choice for Jewish Michiganders

By JEREMY ALLEN MOSS , JORDAN ACKER

Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs

Israel is now the Middle East Strong Horse

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia June 7, 2023

Saudi Arabia must decide if a relationship with Israel is worth its while

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Images from recent ads by, clockwise from top left, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, the Democratic Majority for Israel and the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Jewish partisans amplify mainstream fears in campaign finale

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Blood of murdered and kidnapped victims and disgrace on Tinder of Hamas terrorists on October 7. Israeli citizens deserve to hear the truth from a leader who can also stand behind it.

Israel's war is about religion, and it's headed to the West next

By MEMY PEER

IDF operating in the Gaza Strip on June 4, 2024

Impending Gaza deal: Is Israel ready to make painful concessions?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli and American flags flown near the US Capitol.

Benjamin Netanyahu's 4th of July message to the American people

By Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu