JPost Editorial

The Jerusalem Post's daily editorial brings readers our editorial staff's stance on the most important and interesting issues of the day in Israel and the Jewish world. The Jerusalem Post, founded as the Palestine Post by Gershon Agron in 1932, is Israel's best selling English newspaper and its most read website.

Israelis vote for a party list, but have no say on Election Day over which of its candidates will ultimately represent them in the Knesset.

Israel does not need politicians to always agree, but it needs a unity government - editorial

Workers hang a Likud party election campaign billboard featuring Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders, with the slogan “Right or Palestine,” on a building in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026.

Israeli election campaigns must move past political gimmicks to tackle critical issues - editorial

Injured students and teachers arrive at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel, following an explosion of suspected unexploded ordnance during a school trip near the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026.

Field trip tragedy shows Israel needs answers, not a blame game - editorial


Netanyahu must agree to debate Eisenkot as it's only way for voters to get answers - editorial

Israel needs those answers to understand how its leaders would prevent another catastrophe. Accountability also requires examining the decisions of the military and intelligence establishments.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.

Saudi Arabia, Israel have shared interests at stake, Houthi escalation highlights - editorial

Saudi Arabia's defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan faces growing scrutiny as the Houthi conflict escalates, with questions remaining over military deployments and the allies' roles.

Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Palestinians deserve accountable leadership, not further delays to democracy - editorial

Palestinians have gone two decades without national elections. Abbas must deliver genuine political reform while ensuring Hamas cannot use the ballot box to legitimize its terrorist infrastructure.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Examining NYT report alleging top US Embassy aide in Jerusalem suppressed Israel cables - editorial

Such an allegation deserves scrutiny, as does the way a newspaper presents the evidence and the response of those it accuses.

David Milstein

Israel must follow through on British consulate closure after Miliband sanctions - editorial

Sa’ar should ensure that the measures he announced are carried out, despite British threats to expel an Israeli diplomat from London for every diplomat expelled from the consulate.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

Three years later, October 7 is still not in the past for Israelis - editorial

The war that began on the morning of October 7 remains unresolved. Hamas has not been disarmed; its future in Gaza remains unsettled, and the question of who will govern Gaza remains unanswered.

A woman cries at the Nova music festival memorial site on October 6, 2026.

Israel must be ready for any threat, no matter how unthinkable it may seem - editorial

October 7 should have permanently lowered Israel’s tolerance for vulnerabilities whose consequences could be catastrophic.

A Knesset guard lowers the Israeli flags to half-mast to commemorate the National Remembrance Day for October 7 massacre and the Iron Swords war, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024.

We are all grateful to the flydubai plane heroes but who is taking accountability? - editorial

It’s now incumbent on the relevant authorities to examine how the events leading to the attempted hijacking were allowed to materialize in the first place.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets "heroes" who intervened on a flydubai flight bound to Israel from the United Arab Emirates, in Jerusalem Thursday, 1st October 2026

As elections loom, voters must choose the right pilot to navigate political turbulence - editorial

The passengers aboard the flydubai flight did not have the luxury of leaving the cockpit unresolved. Israeli voters will have their own chance to take control and choose who sits in the cockpit.

Passengers from Flydubai flight FZ1073 walk with their family members through the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after their original flight from Dubai to Israel was diverted to Saudi Arabia following a suspected terror attack, September 30, 2026.

Governments cannot stay silent on the threat against Israel after flydubai hijacking - editorial

The flydubai incident does not become any less worthy of condemnation because the involved prevented its worst possible consequences.

PM Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayoun, Or Pardilov, and Dr. Shota Musayev and his wife, Sigalit on October 1, 2026.