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People walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on April 18, 2025.

Sixteen ISIS suspects found in sprawling detainee camp in Syria

This is a result of their surrender in 2019 when they surrendered to the US-backed SDF and ended up in prisons.

View of an Iranian flag at an undisclosed location in Iran.

Rift between Israel, US benefits Iran, expert says

Uncle of hostage Elkana Bohbot at the Gaza border. April 20, 2025.

Hostage families decry PM's Saturday statement: 'Netanyahu has no plan'

Sylvia, mother of brothers David and Ariel Cunio, who are still being held captive in Gaza, at the Gazan border, April 20, 2025.

Hostage families demonstrate at Gaza border, father of Edan Alexander hopeful son is alive

Breaking News

Al Qaeda affiliate says it killed 70 soldiers in Benin, SITE reports

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett admitted to hospital

Sinkhole gapes open on Herbert Samuel street in Tel Aviv

Top News

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 reportedly strikes 50 Houthi targets in Yemen in overnight op.

By AMICHAI STEIN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) gives a joint press conference with the Iraqi foreign minister in Baghdad on March 14, 2025.

Syria’s FM meets US Congressman Mills to discuss Syria sanctions

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Essex March for Palestine, 19 April 2025

'Deliberately antagonistic': Jewish community condemns Essex pro-Palestine march

By MATHILDA HELLER

Hezbollah won’t be disarmed easily despite Israel's progress

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025.

Harvard says Trump admin. is doubling down on demands after sending letter

Israel at War

A female IDF soldier stands in front of a tank.

Two female IDF soldiers wounded in Gaza incident in which CWO Alnasasra was killed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A photograph of hostage Edan Alexander, outside a Jewish community center in Alexander’s home town of Tenafly, New Jersey, US. December 14, 2024.

Father of Edan Alexander: We should engage with Hamas directly

CWO G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra.

IDF soldier G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra killed by Hamas ambush in northern Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot in a video published by Hamas.

Elkana Bohbot to family, IDF: 'I urge everyone, the IDF, and gov't, to release us'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘OUR GOAL is for Hamas to no longer be in Gaza.’ Omer Dostri, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman, sat exclusively with the ‘Post’ ahead of the prime minister’s trip next week to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump.

'Impossible to bring back all hostages at once,' Netanyahu spox. says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

As Trump's eyes and ears in Israel, Huckabee’s role as ambassador will be vital

By JPOST EDITORIAL

The Western world wants to keep Israel weak

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

The Israeli gov't ‘gatekeepers’ have stolen the ‘afikoman’ from its citizens

By YISRAEL MEDAD

Shuki's message: A Druze soldier’s story and a Passover journey

By BARBARA SOFER

The importance of God's name in the story of Passover

By DAVID GOLINKIN

Israel News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a recorded message to Israel, April 19, 2025.

'We will not surrender': Netanyahu addresses Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Screenshot of hostage Edan Alexander from the propaganda video Hamas published on April 12, 2025.

Hamas armed wing says fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander unknown

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to submit affidavit to High Court amid clash with Netanyahu

By AVRAHAM BLOCH

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Smotrich: Israel must have full occupation of Gaza, military government if needed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nachal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025.

Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA

Analyses & Features

ISRAEL MUST not be allowed to win so much, Western diplomatic discourse says, according to the writer, because this would be bad for American and Western interests. President Macron of France said that Israel ‘has the right to defend itself, but within proportion.’

The Western world wants to keep Israel weak

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025.

As Trump's eyes and ears in Israel, Huckabee’s role as ambassador will be vital

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Why Kurds and Israel must align on combatting Turkey

By MEM HUSEDIN

Looking back on 30 years: Remembering Alisa Flatow, beloved daughter

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW

Crowds gathered this evening at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to commemorate Passover Seder together and to show support for the families of the hostages.

The Israeli gov't ‘gatekeepers’ have stolen the ‘afikoman’ from its citizens

By YISRAEL MEDAD

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

ADM. (RET.) MICHAEL S. Rogers served in the US security establishment, including in senior positions as head of the National Security Agency and commander of the US Army Cyber Command. Here, he speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center, in 2019 in SF.

Former NSA agent becomes venture capital partner in Israel

By ARIEL WHITMAN/GLOBES/TNS

A campus view of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on February 19, 2019.

Technion Institute of Technology uncovers dopamine’s role in learning new motor skills

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

DR. OREN GLICKMAN.

Bar-Ilan University researchers develop AI model to predict lightning-induced wildfires

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

ChatGPT direct entry.

OpenAI CEO: Being courteous to ChatGPT is an expensive waste

By DR. ITAY GAL

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Demonstrators attend a protest in Timers Square, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, March 15, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil criticizes ICE detention in op-ed on Palestinian rights

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A sign at an entrance to the Free University in Berlin, Nov. 13, 2023.

Man sentenced to 3 years in prison over antisemitic attack on Munich massacre victim’s grandson

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to Michael Benz, a Jewish former Trump official with a Hitler-praising online alter ego, in a video posted by the US State Department, April 16, 2025.

Marco Rubio sits with Michael Benz, Jewish former Trump official with antisemitic online persona

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Pro-Palestinian students celebrate reaching a deal with the administration at Brown University, bringing an end to their encampment, in Providence, Rhode Island on April 30, 2024.

American Jewish students, alumni decry ‘weaponization of antisemitism’ across country

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Liberal Leader Mark Carney shakes hands with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre following the French-language federal leaders' debate, in Montreal, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Poilievre vows UNRWA funding cut over Hamas ties, Carney wants to maintain it

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends an interview with Reuters, in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2025.

Turkish officials condemn Israeli actions, host high-level Hamas talks

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are seen next to buses after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine April 19, 2025.

UAE mediates largest Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange of war

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

WATCH: IDF strikes over 150 Hamas terror targets throughout weekend operations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meet in Rome, Italy, April 19, 2025.

Second round of US-Iran nuclear talks conclude in Rome, third round to take place in few days

By REUTERS , AMICHAI STEIN

Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Iran envisions a path to an agreement following the second round of talks

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin attend the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia April 20, 2025.

Zelensky says Russia 'trying to create impression' of Easter ceasefire

Russian President Vladimir Putin at his office in Moscow, April 9, 2025.

Russia's Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

People take part in a protest against US President Donald Trump, tariffs, deportations, a variety of other policies, and Elon Musk at the White House in one of many demonstrations taking place nationwide, in Washington on April 19, 2025.

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US, including over arming Israel, Gaza concerns

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives to a court hearing of the Shin Bet official arrested in suspicion of leaking classified information to a journalist and a Minister at the court in Lod, April 15, 2025.

Brooklyn event with Itamar Ben-Gvir cancelled days before his US trip

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

People leave a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and against student visas being revoked, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 17, 2025.

Trump admin. letter to Harvard on admissions, hiring, mistakenly sent - NYT

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Environment & Climate Change

With transition to springtime, Israel can expect to see more of the fiery copper butterfly.

With transition to springtime, Israel can expect to see more of the fiery copper butterfly

A free-diver swims next to Sandbar sharks in the Mediterranean sea near the northern Israeli coastal city of Hadera, on December 30, 2022.

Two sharks spotted at Beit Yanai Beach

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

More than 1.5 million people visited forests and parks across Israel managed by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael–Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) during the Passover holiday.

KKL-JNF parks draw 1.5 million visitors over Passover despite security concerns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An artist's depiction of a planet and its host star with a misaligned disk of material, and a binary companion in the background, is shown in this undated handout image.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

US health chief Kennedy targets 'environmental toxins' as cause of autism

JPost Spotlight

A couple are seen kissing in against the window of Jerusalem's Clal Building in this art exhibit photo.

No Despair at Clal: A photography exhibit on the inhabitants of Jerusalem's infamous building

The bad, the good, and the downright ugly coalesce and pulsate there with an obstinacy and determination to survive, and some improbably thrive, despite all the very real existential challenges.

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall this past Tuesday, during Passover, for the Priestly Blessing.

'Next year in Jerusalem': From a prayer to a call for action

Modern Zionism, whether the Herzl or Alkalai version, inspired Jews to no longer think of “Next Year in Jerusalem” as just a prayer but rather as a call to action.

Rabbi Meir Mazuz.

Rabbi Meir Mazuz, renowned Torah scholar and spiritual leader, passes away at 80

Rabbi Meir Mazuz, leader of Kisse Rahamim Yeshiva and a key figure in Israeli politics, has passed away at 80, leaving a lasting impact on Torah study and the Jewish community.

THE WRITER and fellow activists attend the March for Israel event at the National Mall in Washington, in November 2023.

Why I chose to run under Kol Israel in the WZC elections

I am often asked why I decided to run. The reason is because of how deeply disappointed I felt after the horrendous October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Israel Real Estate

"Utopia" Project, Sde Dov Tel Aviv-Yafo

30 years in tower construction: Nachmias Group conquers Tel Aviv

By IN COOPERATION WITH NACHMIAS GROUP

The awakening phase: How real estate developers should prepare for the new era

Urban Renewal project by Almog Group in Bat Yam.

After a decade of waiting: Bat Yam’s mega urban renewal project finally set to begin

By OFER PETERSBURG

Urban renewal project in the Hachi"m complex in the Tel HaGiborim neighborhood.

Holon’s Tel HaGiborim neighborhood set for major transformation with tow

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illustration: Pisgat Ramot neighborhood

The IDF Is moving South – and Beersheba prepares with a variety of housing options

By THE BEERSHEBA MUNICIPALITY & THE CONSTRUCTION , HOUSING

Christian World

Pope Francis looks on as he leaves Regina Coeli prison after a visit, in Rome, Italy April 17, 2025.

Pope Francis, still recovering, skips Rome's annual Good Friday procession

The 88-year-old pontiff, who is limiting his public appearances on doctors' orders, skipped an outdoor ceremony for Good Friday, the day Christians mark Jesus' crucifixion.

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 thanks doctors who saved his life in meeting at Vatican

The 88-year-old pontiff is gradually making more public appearances as he recovers from the biggest health crisis in his 12 years in the role.

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law

To understand how the Roman authorities would have treated a dissident like Jesus, Andrade turned to a historical account of a trial that occurred 30 years after Jesus.

Christian monks and friars walk in procession around the Stone of Anointing during the Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 17, 2025.

Jerusalem celebrates Holy Thursday with ritual feet washing commemorating Last Supper

Members of the Church believe that the act is also symbolic of selflessness and compassion, commemorating the Last Supper.

Health & Wellness

Israelis are seen surfing in Sri Lanka at a OneFamily healing retreat.

Riding the wave: OneFamily brings Israelis on a healing journey in Sri Lanka

By LIAM FORBERG

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Lena Solomon with a patient at Bnai Zion Hospital in Haifa.

Bnai Zion Hospital: Where specialists help rehabilitate Israelis amid wartime

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI

Man Watching TV

Indulging in TV: A cancer patient's escape

Yona Brief with parents, David and Hazel.

IDF soldier Yona Brief’s life and death: 417-day miracle defying all medical expectations

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Sheba Medical Center

IDF soldier walks again with help of cutting-edge exoskeleton after Gaza injury

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Store

Ivrit magazine

Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language.

Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition

Feel close to Israel with The Jerusalem Post International Edition

The International Jerusalem Post, a weekly digest, publishes the best of the Jerusalem Post's news for the readers abroad.

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

A synagogue mosaic at the Huqoq site depicts an elephant alongside other soldiers and war animals, as well as an elder holding a scroll surrounded by young men with sheathed swords.

Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions

Soviet M-class submarine Malyutka VI series.

Modern tech unveils WWII submarine 'M-49' lost for 82 years in Russian waters

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

World Betar leaders calls on diaspora Jews to immigrate to Israel amid rising antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer welcomes immigrants from France at Ben-Gurion Airport in August. The writer asks: Isn’t it time to welcome immigrants the way we would embrace a long-lost friend who has finally come home?

More families with young children making aliyah, Sofer tells 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

Diaspora

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) speaks with Shin Bet head Ronen Bar at a state ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem last October, marking the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack.

Liberal Jews in the diaspora should also take part in shaping Israel's identity

Ari Siegel pitched his business History By Mail on "Shark Tank."

How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Judaism

ISRAELI FLAGS adorn food that is served at a Mimouna celebration in Modi’in last year.

Jewish Moroccan holiday of Mimouna is an answer to polarization and division

By AVI NACHMANI

MESSAGES IN support of the hostages and calling for the destruction of Hamas are posted on a makeshift tunnel symbolizing the Hamas tunnels in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. ‘This year, my freedom lies deep, so deep within the tunnels,’ says the writer.

Now more than ever, we must see ourselves as if we left Egypt

By ZEHAVIT GROSS

Food

THE VERANDA AT Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel – a worthy stop for meat lovers.

The meat of the matter: Biting into the Veranda at Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel

By CALEV BEN-DAVID

Casa Lavi.

Casa Lavi: A perfect la merienda experience in Jerusalem

By MARION FISCHEL

Culture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes

Jews from Yemen are seen heading to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet.

'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society

By JANICE WEIZMAN

Travel

Illustration of Israeli passport against backdrop of Maldives Islands.

Maldives: A destination that bans Israelis, would you book a vacation there?

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

CASA 1800 Hotel in Cerro Verde overlooks the volcanoes in El Salvador.

Healing through hospitality: A look at the tourism revolution in El Salvador

Podcasts

Tomer Perry

Cyber arms race: Can Israel stay ahead of the increased threats of the Israel-Hamas War?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ronya Rubinstein CEO of Endospot

How EndoSpot’s CEO is pioneering a pain-free future for women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Senator Robert F. Kennedy

Trump declassifies files on RFK’s Palestinian killer

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025.

War Diary: Trump's 'Midas touch' delusions will fail to solve the Gaza crisis

By MORDECHAI BECK

History

A cloud is seen over Hiroshima made by the firestorm formed following the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on the Japanese city in what is the first use of nuclear weapons in war, on August 6, 1945.

This week in Jewish history: Atomic bombs and Masada under siege

By STEVEN DRUCKER

YACOV LIVNE (left) had to contend with diplomatic issues between Israel and Poland, Israeli political infighting, and the Ukraine-Russia war, during his term. Here, the former ambassador meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

'History is central to Israel-Poland ties,' former ambassador to Poland tells 'Post'

Science

Artist's impression of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star

(Left to right): Prof. Asaf Madi, Prof. Roded Sharan & PhD student Ron Sheinin.

TAU develops AI tool to decode cell responses to cancer treatments

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Humanoid robot "Tiangong" participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025.

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

Sperm.

Forget the egg and spoon! Los Angeles prepares for first ever sperm racing competition

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sponsored Content

A heartwarming women’s gathering

Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

By HADASSAH BAY

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