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Amotz Asa-El’s “Middle Israel” is The Jerusalem Post's most veteran column, and also one of the earliest online columns in the world, having run consistently since the launch of Jpost.com in 1995 as one of the world’s first 10 news sites. 

“Middle Israel” is a unique effort to voice mainstream Israelis’ view on anything, from politics, culture and foreign affairs to business, religion and sport. 

Having joined The Jerusalem Post as its business editor and later served as news editor, editor of the International Jerusalem Post, and executive editor of The Jerusalem Post, Amotz Asa-El is the only senior editor in the Post’s 91 years to have never held a non-Israeli passport.

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 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks on Saturday during a campaign rally in Novi, Michigan.

There’s no question, everyone should vote Trump

By Aryeh Lightstone , SHMUEL WINIARZ
 A VEHICLE carrying the coffin of a commander from Iraq’s Ktaeb Hezbollah  armed group, who was killed in what the militia called a ‘Zionist attack’ in Damascus on Friday, is seen during a funeral in Baghdad on Sunday.

Farewell Baghdad? Iran shifts to consolidate its power in Iraq

 THE FAMILIES OF Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov, and  Almog Sarusi meet in Tel Aviv in September.

Netanyahu faces backlash at hostage shiva, signaling political isolation

 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

 ISRAELIS GATHER to hear the annual reading of ‘Lamentations’ on the eve of Tisha B’Av outside of Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, last year.

For Jerusalem, Armageddon is part of life

 Recep Tayyip Erdogan (seated) attends a meeting of the heads of state of the North Atlantic Council, Indo-Pacifc Partners, and the European Union at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC, last month.

Erdogan's rule crushes freedom, incites unnecessary escalation

 DESPITE THE IDF’s calculation that it needs 7,000 new troops, Monday’s vote to revive an older haredi draft bill was approved by the majority of the Knesset members.

Draft evasion is not God’s will, and shouldn't be treated as such

 Snapshots illustrating the relationship between Israel and Iran

Israel-Iran alliance: Jerusalem's arm sales to the Islamic Republic during Iran-Iraq War

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

Hamas can be defeated by rendering it insignificant in Palestinian arena

 A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION and riot at Columbia University in New York, in 1968.

Columbia riots’ masterminds are after the free world and the West

 A DEMONSTRATION in support of the Palestinians in Gaza is held near the Israel Embassy in Amman, last weekend. Incitement against Israel and the US spurs the Jordanian public to attack the Jordanian regime, if it adopts a policy that reflects cooperation with one of them, says the writer.

Unity is more than just a naïve cliché, it's a matter of national security

 PALESTINIANS WALK past the ruins of houses destroyed during the Gaza war, in Gaza City, last month.

Gaza's day after: A roadmap

 PROTESTERS ATTEND a solidarity rally in Dublin, Ireland, for Palestinians in Gaza late last year.

Ireland's hostility towards Israel must be stopped

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference about the Gaza war late last year

Netanyahu’s last opportunity: It's not too late for Israel's PM

 IRAN’S ARMY chief Maj.-Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani walk near Iranian drones that are inducted into Iran’s Army, in Tehran.

Don't invade Iran, attack its regime and utilize its populace

AMNON RUBINSTEIN (right) with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Shulamit Aloni, in 1994.

An ode to Amnon Rubenstein: The best politician Israel ever had

Israeli soldiers stand as they operate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, January 8, 2024.

Israel must draw a red line in Gaza - opinion

 SOUTH AFRICA’S President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a statement at the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, last month.

South Africa goes to war against Israel at the ICJ - opinion