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Israelis demonstrate for the return of the hostages remaining in Gaza, March 29, 2025.

Israel conveys counter-proposal to Gaza deal mediators

Hamas reportedly agreed to release five hostages in exchange for renewing the ceasefire in Gaza.

Faye Hall, who has been released from Taliban custody and is with Qatari diplomats, is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan March 29, 2025.

Taliban release detained US citizen Faye Hall

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Malaysia-Turkey Business Forum during his working visit to Malaysia, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 11, 2025.

Israel's Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan for condemning Israel's Beirut strike

IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian and his cabinet in Tehran, last month.

Iran warns US against strikes, slams Israel's strikes on Beirut

Breaking News

Hezbollah chief: Hezbollah has fully adhered to ceasefire deal, Israel has not

Red Cross gravely concerned for nine missing medics in Gaza

Iraq agrees to supply Lebanon with fuel for six months

Top News

Khalil al-Hayya pictured in 2022.

Hamas agrees to ceasefire proposal it received from mediators, group's chief says

Hostage families call on US President Donald Trump to return their loves ones home from captivity, March 29, 2025.

Hostage families rally in support of deal as reports indicate progress

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, March 26, 2025

Security Cabinet to meet Saturday evening to discuss Gaza protests, hostage talks

IDF locates some remains of murdered hostage Meny Godard

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hamas releases video of hostage Elkana Bohbot, March 29, 2025.

'Deliver my screams': Hamas publishes video of Elkana Bohbot begging for release

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israel at War

Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker addresses demonstrators, March 29, 2025.

Hostage families 'held captive by Netanyahu,' Einav Zangauker claims in fiery address

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers in the Tel Sultan area of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, March 23, 2025.

IDF strikes mortar launch site in Khan Yunis, following launch of three mortars at IDF troops

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

HUNDREDS OF Gazans chant anti-Hamas slogans, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, last week. There was no holding back as they screamed, ‘Hamas, get out,’ the writer reports.

Anti-Hamas Gaza protests face uphill battle with no leadership, allies, or leverage

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Missiles are fired into the sky for an alleged operation against Yemen's Houthis at an unidentified location in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 18, 2025.

US launches strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, CENTCOM confirms

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli strike after issuing an evacuation warning for the area, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 28, 2025.

IDF strikes Beirut building after two rockets launched at northern Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Reviving the judicial reform: Israeli leadership sows divisions and refuses to learn

By JPOST EDITORIAL

The exploitation of academic discourse: A gateway to the spread of extremism

By SALEM ALKETBI

Beware: Trump’s Middle Eastern rhetoric echoes Obama

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

The erosion of Israel-Egypt relations and what went wrong

By YAAKOV KATZ

My Word: Between strikes and striking back

By LIAT COLLINS

Israel News

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold weapons to mark the annual al-Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sana'a, Yemen, March 28, 2025

Israeli officials angered by Signal leak on Yemen intel involving Trump officials

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘BRING THEM Light’ temporary installation at Habima Square, Tel Aviv.

1,400 lights, 1,400 souls: Shining a light on the victims of October 7

By BATSHEVA SHULMAN

Over 10% of government coalition currently under criminal investigation

By YUVAL BARNEA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of background of a site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 28, 2025 (illustration.

Netanyahu: Israel will not allow any fire on our communities

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK AMICHAI CHIKLI attends the House Committee meeting in the Knesset last week at which he was declared a defector.

Kudos to Chikli for his leadership in battling antisemitism, breaking taboos

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

Analysis & Features

Jerusalem Post Breaking News Desk Editor Corinne Baum (L) and News Editor Alex Winston.

Who is Vladimir Putin? A look at the man who's ruled Russia for 25 years

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Photos of Bar-Ilan University campus, March, 2025.

Bar-Ilan University to recruit research students in scientific fields using NIS 1b. gift

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Under Keir Starmer, Britain is a friend of Israel

By JON PEARCE

Nikita Ben Ami: An unexpected Zionist's journey from Uzbekistan to Israel

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Israel and United Kingdom flags waving together.

How a Jewish quiz team brought hope to the UK amid rising antisemitism

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025.

Elon Musk sells X to his own AI company for $33 billion

DRONE PILOT and trainer Shai Spetgang, COO of STEM-Up Israel and the Israel Drone Incubator, teaches youth to operate drones in Hasmonaim.

Demystifying drones: Looking to the future of the new military revolution

By JUDITH SEGALOFF

PROMOTIONAL IMAGE of platforming gameplay featured in ‘Rabbiman Adventures.’

Rabbiman Adventures: A Jewish adventure of magic and wonder

Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing down in an illustrative featuring credit agency Moody's.

Israel's economic resilience comes despite gov't policy, expert tells TML

By NATHAN KLABIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

IDF operating in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, March 27, 2025.

Hind Rajab Foundation files new complaint in Germany against IDF soldier

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Columbia University protester Khalil remains jailed while judge weighs case transfer

JAPAN’S EMPRESS Masako leaves the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford after receiving an honorary degree, accompanied by Emperor Naruhito and academics, last year. The jargon used against Israel today was created in British universities, the writers inform.

Why the academy matters: Combatting antisemitism on university campuses

By DAVID BARAK-GORODETSKY , JACOB DALLAL

Anti-Israel demonstration at Harvard University. Time for the local Jewish community and Jewish Harvard alumni to show our strength

How US college campuses became playgrounds for radical Islam

By ADAM MILSTEIN

Tense exchanges take place between pro-Israel protesters and pro-Palestinian protesters in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 10, 2023.

In UK and Australia, lawmakers are trying to curb protests outside of synagogues

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Middle East

FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

How Iran spies and how women activists stay one step ahead

By GIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE

Masked men armed with clubs and guns approach a village in Masafer Yatta in the south-eastern West Bank, March 29, 2025.

Masked settlers attack Masafer Yatta, leaving several seriously injured

By YUVAL BARNEA

US says it expects Lebanese government to disarm terrorist groups

By REUTERS

US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus gives a statement after a meeting with the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 7, 2025.

US deputy Middle East envoy: Lebanese gov't must eliminate groups firing on Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranians hold banners during the annual al-Quds Day in Tehran, Iran, March 28, 2025

Middle East will 'blow up like a spark': Iran speaker warns Trump against attack

World News

Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police while taking part in a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024.

What is known about the Amsterdam attacker?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pro-Palestinian protesters and Class of 2024 graduates demonstrate outside of the Tufts University commencement.

US judge halts deportation of pro-Palestinian Turkish student at Tufts

People wave Turkish flags during a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2025.

Large crowds rally in Istanbul over jailing of Erdogan's main rival

A worker carries a casualty on his back after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, which affected Bangkok, Thailand. March 28, 2025.

Myanmar quake death toll hits 1,644 as international aid starts to arrive

Rescue personnel rest in an ambulance after an overnight operation, following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 29, 2025.

Israelis in Thailand: All recommendations from the Foreign Ministry following earthquake

By MEITAL SHARABI , MOSHE COHEN

Environment & Climate Change

People gather on a street after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025.

Chabad in Bangkok confirmed safe after devastating earthquake kills nine in Thai capital

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

A worker carries a casualty on his back after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, which affected Bangkok, Thailand. March 28, 2025.

Myanmar quake death toll hits 1,644 as international aid starts to arrive

Molly Myers and Auda Al-Zaidat pet Auda’s new camel in Ramat Ztiporim, Israel on Monday, July 29, 2024.

Negev residents say police are covering up attacks on livestock by IDF soldiers

By YUVAL BARNEA

A rare Mediterranean monk seal was discovered dead on Ma'agan Michael Beach near Haifa, March 22, 2025.

Rangers discover carcass of rare Mediterranean monk seal on Israeli shore

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Trash and recycling bins in Jerusalem.

The trash of Jerusalem: Who sorts the garbage of Israel's capital?

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

JPost Spotlight

RALLYING AGAINST the Israeli government and demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv in March 2025.

Israel in turmoil: Your guide to the internal conflicts shaking up the Jewish state

The Jerusalem Post delves into the key issues shaping Israel’s current turmoil, presenting perspectives from both sides of the argument.

HOLDING SIGNS with photos of Attorney-General Baharav Miara and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar during a protest against the government outside the Prime Minister’s Office, in Jerusalem in March 2025.

Israel's never-ending protests: Why anti-gov't demonstrations should surprise no one

Israel has been gripped by protests since 2021, and it’s stayed that way since then. Unless the core issues behind them - distrust in Benjamin Netanyahu - are dealt with, the protests will continue.

ALMA GERSHUNI.

Three artists, three questions: Israeli female artists for Int'l Women's Month

With International Women’s Day on March 8, I have chosen for this column female artists whose solo exhibitions have caught my attention and can be seen in Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, and Bat Yam.

GRAND RABBI Yaakov Aryeh Alter of Gur, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and others celebrate at a wedding in 2023. When it comes to honoring elders, the Orthodox world gets it right, the writer says, but it must not become a tool for political exploitation and social stagnation.

How the Jewish virtue of respecting elders can become a vice

Age may indeed bring wisdom, but it does not guarantee it. When tradition is used to prevent education, economic participation, and basic civic equality, it becomes not a virtue but a vice.

Israel Real Estate

Rendering for illustration only

From American suburbia to Beit Shemesh Israel - Eden community is redefining Aliyah

By MIRIT MASHIAH

Neighborhood of the future in Jerusalem to begin with major investment

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Kinneret City Project by Av-Gad

7 projects in 1 month: The company driving northern renewal

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Hila Korach and Shabi Shemer

It's already a tradition: Mizrahi Tefahot's leading women in real estate conference

By OFER PETERSBURG

Psagot Ayala, Rosh HaAyin

The move signaling the rise of purchase groups: A record financing deal

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis was so close to death, doctors considered ending treatment

The pope's official nurse pleaded with doctors to ensure that they did not stop his treatment despite significant risks.

istoric St Mary’s City, Town Center, St Mary’s County, Maryland.

After 300 Years, Maryland's 1667 brick chapel reopens to the public

On April 12, Maryland’s Historic St. Mary's City will open the doors of its reconstructed Brick Chapel.

MIKE HUCKABEE speaks during a ceremony marking the construction of a new housing complex in Efrat, in 2018.

The World Zionist Congress and the Christian bogeyman

The active participation of Bible-believing gentiles in the Zionist project is not only politically expedient, it is part and parcel of the way the redemption of Israel is meant to play out.

American Jews and their supporters participate in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

Trauma is universal, persecution of the Jews is inexcusable

Israel is not a political issue; Israel is a Biblical issue - because this is God's nation, and the Jewish people are His people.

Health & Wellness

An illustrative image of a medic using Artificial Intelligence.

AI use by doctors poses risks to patient safety, warns Israeli health org.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Britain's King Charles looks on during a reception at Buckingham Palace for delegates of the Overseas Territories Ministerial Council, London, Britain,November 15, 2023.

King Charles temporarily hospitalized after side effects from cancer treatment, Palace says

A Jewish woman and a Muslim one hugging in the Ramallah Muqata'a

Jews and Arabs in Israel offer emotional support amid ongoing war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)

Israel’s healthcare workforce lags behind OECD averages despite growth in doctors and nurses

By AVIHAI CHIIM

IDF troops operating and concluding the encirclement of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, March 23, 2025.

Killing in warzone not harmful to soldiers' mental health if 'circumstances are justified'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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MDA Heroes

MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Leading Israel’s Future: The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

The Maariv and Walla 2025 Economic Conference

Senior Government and Business Leaders to attend Maariv-Walla Economic Conference

Archaeology

The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king, discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and Egyptian archeologists, is seen in Abydos, Egypt, in this undated handout image released on March 27, 2025.

Tomb of unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh discovered

Pottery pieces uncovered in an excavation.

A 1,200-year-old jar with camel decorations discovered in southern Israel

By ZIV REINSTEIN

Aliyah

Over 4,000 new immigrants have joined Israel since the start of 2025.

Aliyah made easier: Israel opens fast-track absorption service at airport

By AVIHAI CHIIM

HANNA BEN ELIEZER CURTIS

‘Optimistic & full of light’ - The creative child of survivors

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Diaspora

ON OAHU: View at sunrise from Lanikai Pillbox Trail.

Shalom & Aloha: Volcanoes, beaches, sunsets – and Jews – in Hawaii

By HOWARD BLAS , NATAN ROTHSTEIN

Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy painting by Henry Gibbs, 1654, is seen in this handout image obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2025.

Britain to return artwork stolen by Nazis to Jewish family

Judaism

MOSES PROVIDED a meticulous accounting of every donation collected for the Mishkan.

Parashat Pekudei: Don’t walk away

By MICHAEL TARAGIN

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Food

The opening of Keith Siegel pancake house, a former Israeli hostage, at Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2025.

Israelis flock to Keith Siegel’s Pancake House for the former hostage’s signature hotcakes

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA

The Coca-Cola pop-up diner in Tel Aviv.

Retro American diner pops up in Tel Aviv

By YUVAL LEVY , ABIGAIL RUBINSTEIN

Culture

Jack Thorpe Baker is seen performing with the Jerusalem Ballet in 'Houdini: The Other Side of Magic.'

Jack Thorpe Baker: A British ballet sensation finds his second chance in Jerusalem

Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Maya Rudolph among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Travel

Breakfast at the David Kempinski hotel in Tel Aviv.

Kempinski: Topnotch breakfast at a Tel Aviv hotel

By GLORIA DEUTSCH

This historic building in the heart of Vlora will soon house the Jewish Museum of Albania.

Albania the best-kept vacation secret for Israelis?

By HAREL KOPELMAN

Podcasts

A person carries an image depicting Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as people take part in a protest against the arrest of Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 25, 2025.

Erdogan's mistake: Israeli professor explains the spark of Turkey's anti-regime protests

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jerusalem Post Breaking News Desk Editor Corinne Baum (L) and News Editor Alex Winston.

Who is Vladimir Putin? A look at the man who's ruled Russia for 25 years

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Ann Skinner (L) and her wife Sheila Belka wait for the beginning of the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 8, 2014. A Utah federal judge overturned the state's ban on gay marriage last December, promoting a cascade of similar rulings in more than a dozen other states. An appeal of the r

Politically neutral: Utah bans LGBTQ+, Trump flags from schools and gov't buildings

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, in this handout image released on March 15.

Beware: Trump’s Middle Eastern rhetoric echoes Obama

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

History

THE HEBREW University of Jerusalem opens, 1925.

This week in Jewish history: Birth of Hebrew University

By STEVEN DRUCKER

THE AMSTERDAM trams played a crucial role in transporting the city’s Jews to the death camps.

'Lost City': A look at the trains of Amsterdam that sent off Jews during the Holocaust

Science

an illustration of a shark being eaten by an even larger shark Scientists have long assumed megalodons looked like big great white sharks, but new research suggests this is not the case

Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aloe vera (illustrative).

Aloe vera can be used to help cultured meat production, Israeli scientists find

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

boys bedroom 02 - A Christmas Story House - 2014-11-28

Child complains of 'monster' under bed, babysitter finds hiding man

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Alina Habba as interim US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 28, 2025.

US needs Greenland for international security, says Trump

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