JPost Editorial

Had Israel absorbed Iran's latest missile attack without responding, a new and dangerous equation in the region would have begun to emerge.

If the Europeans hope their sanctions will bend Israel’s will, they are deeply misreading the Israeli public. Such actions will be used in the upcoming election campaign to bolster the Right.

A coalition run like a mafia, based on fear, personal loyalty, and proof of allegiance, cannot properly serve the public interest because its first priority is protecting the leader, not the country.

The moment every sector claims the right to determine which laws are binding and which are optional, citizenship becomes tribal membership, and the state becomes a collection of competing exceptions.

When an American president reduces the miraculous survival of the Jewish state to a personal favor, it demands an immediate and principled rejection from Israel’s leadership.

Sometimes the wisest diplomatic investments are not made where support is weakest but where friendship has already been proven. This is one of those times.

The ceasefire is dead. Israel should stop pretending otherwise before more Israelis pay the price for this diplomatic fiction.

Major media outlets must distinguish between verified facts, contested claims, advocacy material, and opinion. The higher the stakes, the greater the obligation to be precise.

A mayor who will not stand with his Jewish constituents on their proudest public day, because standing there would tie him to the existence of Israel, has told them plainly what he thinks of them.

In placing Israeli institutions alongside Hamas, the UN has practically collapsed the distinction between isolated criminal allegations and systematic sexual violence deployed as a weapon of war.