State of Israel

Israel votes like it's 1920. Should it still?

Could changing how voters choose their representatives make elections better suited to the country today?

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByCHANI KAPLAN

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.

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Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.

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Keeping Jews Jewish isn't enough. We must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion

I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

The awakening: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about more than borders - opinion

For decades, a simple explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took hold across broad segments of Israel’s Left and Center: at its core, the conflict was territorial.

AUGUST 15, 2026|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

There is a patriotic awakening in Israel right now, we need to make the most of it - opinion

These so-called Post-Zionists either never left Zionism or they have re-found it and are now embracing the uniqueness of Israel.

MARCH 31, 2023ByYAAKOV KATZ

THERE IS a Zionist awakening in Israel. Let’s leverage it

The solution to Israel-Palestine - Opinion

The writer reflects on the various shortcomings of previous philosophies on the land division between Israelis and Palestinians.

JANUARY 25, 2023ByGERSHON BASKIN

A MAP in the Palestinian pavilion showing Palestine as including the State of Israel.

Israel’s growing intermarriage problem

Some observers might be tempted to dismiss the significance of such intermarriages. But a deeper dive into the data leaves no room for doubt, we have a problem.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByMICHAEL FREUND

A deep dive into the writings of visionary Theodor Herzl

CENTER FIELD: If there was one thing Herzl was famous for, it was for giving up on Europe and the Diaspora, and recognizing Palestine as their only viable long-term option.

AUGUST 3, 2021ByGIL TROY

A man dressed as Theodor Herzl reinacts his famous pose in New York City's Times Square

Women of the Palmah: Hear their stories

The Palmah was the elite fighting unit of the Hagana, the underground army of the Jewish community in Israel during pre-state times.

JUNE 4, 2021ByYAAKOV BAR-ON

Online event marks 101 years since San Remo Conference

Pro-Israel advocacy groups Im Tirtzu, Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights and the Zionist Organization of America hosted the event which included discussions and greetings from leading Jewish figures

APRIL 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Delegates to the San Remo Conference of 1920.

US Embassy in Israel has 15,000 passport backlog due to COVID rules

Even in a normal year, the embassy in Israel is one of the busiest places in the world for US passports and reports of birth. Then, the coronavirus pandemic came along.

APRIL 19, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV