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

IDF tries to reset mistaken killing of 14 Red Cross workers

After killing the Red Cross workers, the IDF still believed them to be Hamas based on examining six of the bodies.

A screenshot of a video obtained by the New York Times depicting Palestinian medics being fired upon in the Gaza Strip.

New video contradicts IDF version of killing of aid workers in Gaza

Released hostage Omer Wenkert speaks at a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2025.

Freed hostage Omer Wenkert to PM: 'Invite me to the cabinet, look me in the eyes'

(L-R) Hostages Bar Kupershtein and Maxim Herkin.

Hamas hostage video shows first sign of life of Maxim Herkin, family confirms

Breaking News

Court cancels Netanyahu's Monday testimony over trip to White House

France, Britain to coordinate in tariff talks with Trump, Macron says

Police interrogate Israeli businessman over suspected connection to "Qatargate"

Top News

Ahmed Alagha on BBC News in Arabic.

BBC Arabic freelance journalist describes Jews as ‘devils,’ defended Oct. 7 during massacre

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

UN renews Albanese's mandate until 2028 despite history of antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian exchange documents at a partnership agreement signing ceremony in Moscow in January.

Russia hoping for diplomacy to broker Iran nuclear deal

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

‘I want to leave Gaza,’ Palestinians tell BBC Arabic

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view shows the DHL robotic package processing site, which the company claims is the largest and most advanced of its kind in the Middle East, in Lod, Israel, January 11, 2022.

Explosives sex toys: Russian-run sabotage plot targets depots across Europe

Israel at War

IDF operates in southern Syria, April 5, 2025.

Hamas publishes hostage video, Netanyahu to meet Trump in US

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF Paratrooper Brigade operates in southern Syria, April 5, 2025.

IDF raids Syrian outpost, dismantles Assad-era military supplies

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.

IDF expands ground operations in Gaza in North and South

A drone flying above the tank in the background (illustrative)

Hamas paying Negev Bedouins to smuggle drones into Gaza Strip

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019

Hamas: Half of living hostages in areas IDF is trying to operate in

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

After release of probes, state commission of inquiry in all angles of Oct. 7 essential

By JPOST EDITORIAL

'Post' editor Zvika Klein speaks out for first time after release from arrest

By ZVIKA KLEIN

Does anyone remember phase two of the Gaza hostage deal?

By DAVID BRINN

Dysfunction has taken root at the highest levels of Israel's government

By YAAKOV KATZ

My Word: A Passover lesson to be learned

By LIAT COLLINS

Israel News

US President Donald Trump seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (illustrative)

Netanyahu expected to visit White House on Monday to discuss tariffs with Trump

Two criminals seen in the gunfight in Afula in northern Israel on April 4, 2025.

'We were sure it was terrorists': Gunfight breaks out in Afula, six arrested

By ELIA FARJOUN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Trump in touch with India, Israel and Vietnam over trade deal talks, CNN reports

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IT SEEMS that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar understands the immense challenge, as public diplomacy today is not merely a budget line item but an entire system of thinking, creativity, and a deep understanding of the new rules of the international game, says the writer.

Israeli public diplomacy struggles to adapt to new social media landscape

By DAVID BEN-BASAT

AN ACTIVITY shows how important it is to support the one who seems different, because when we strengthen them, the whole chain stays strong.

How one teenager in northern Israel learned to fight the stigma around autism

Analyses & Features

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran.

Israel, US must strike Iran's nuclear programs multiple times, new JINSA head tells ‘Post’

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A SCENE from 'Journeys of Redemption.'

Samaria Theater: A look at West Bank's first repertory theater's debut performance

The sounds of young Zionism: Listening to the International Jewish Teen Choir

By BARBARA SOFER

‘Until the last soldier is home’: The women nurturing IDF troops with homemade food

By JUDITH SEGALOFF

MONETTE MALEWSKI, chair of Canadian Friends.

Doing the dance of life: Trailblazing leader advancing philanthropy, and the power of education

By ALAN ROSENBAUM , IN COLLBORATIONS WITH CANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched, carrying four commercial astronauts into a 90-degree inclination polar orbit on the Fram2 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2025.

SpaceX, ULA clinch contract in key Pentagon launch program

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2025.

Fed's Powell says larger-than-expected tariffs likely to boost inflation, slow growth

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures in Cassiopeia A supernova light echo.

US seeks ideas for Golden Dome's missile interceptors in space

Israeli Tech

Grit nation: Despite all odds, Israel's high tech ecosystem keeps growing

By NATHAN KLABIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Over 60% of hate crimes in New York City targeted Jews, NYPD reports

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Senator John Fetterman and wife Gisele Barreto Fetterman meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.

Pennsylvania Jewish groups condemn ‘genocide’ slogan on Gisele Fetterman’s charity

By BEN SALES/JTA

Tessa Veksler, an interviewee in the documentary "October 8."

These new documentaries illuminate the post-Oct. 7 American experience

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

UC Santa Barbara students on campus, Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.

UC Santa Barbara to create campus antisemitism committee to improve campus climate

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A man inspects the damages as protesters from Palestine Action and Extinction Rebellion occupy the Elbit-Ferranti factory, where they say weapons are being made, in Waterhead, Oldham, Britain February 1, 2021.

UK Pro-Palestinian protestors charged with conspiracy to damage property of Elbit Systems

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

Middle East

Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel outside a protest tent calling for the release of the hostages outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

IDF kills Gazan terrorist that abducted, likely murdered Bibas family

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on March 15, 2025.

Iran scales back its support of proxies to focus on Trump's threat, Iranian officials say

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran paid $200,000 for failed assassination of Azerbaijani rabbi

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar

Shin Bet chief: Netanyahu fired me for refusing to delay his trial

By AVRAHAM BLOCH , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A fighter plane takes off for an operation against the Houthi group in an unknown location in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 17, 2025.

With mounting costs, ineffectual strikes, US having little impact on Houthi threat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

Signage and flowers are placed on a tree next to where ICE agents apprehended Tuft University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on March 27, 2025 in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Jews at Tufts furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student, cautious to join protests

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Alexander Pichushkin sits behind steel bars after he arrived for preliminary hearings at a Moscow court August 13, 2007. Investigators now believe the "Bitsa maniac," who claims he killed to fill squares on an imaginary chessboard, may have murdered 62 people, 10 more than previously thought, an Int

Russia's 'chessboard killer' ready to confess to 11 more murders, penal service says

Impact on a residential building from a Russian strike in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, April 4, 2025.

Russian missile kills 19 in residential area, Moscow claims was targeting military

By REUTERS , CORINNE BAUM

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer delivers a statement at 10 Downing Street earlier this year. Starmer stood staunchly by Israel’s side after the October 7 atrocities, the writer attests.

Labour lawmakers fearing violent reprisals demanded a ceasefire in Gaza

By YOTAM GIVOLI

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the London Tech Week in London, Britain, June 12, 2023.

London mayor accused of spreading 'Hamas propaganda' in Ramadan message

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Environment & Climate Change

An illustrative image of wildfires caused by climate change.

Climate crisis hits women hardest, Tel Aviv conference reveals

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

Footage captured by diver Menashe Pinhas.

Eilat dive reveals rare Yago shark species, surprising the diving world

Wood Owl and 11 lizards found in latest wildlife rescue operations

Wood owl, 11 lizards found in latest wildlife rescue operations

Stookey, an Eclectus parrot - one of the parrots that was stolen

Thieves steal rare, valuable parrots in Israeli zoo break-in

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , MEITAL SHARABI

An octopus rests on the seafloor at a depth of 1,150 meters in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, in an area where the edge of the shelf and the slope are carved by several underwater channels.

Ancient ecosystem uncovered beneath Antarctic glacier collapse

JPost Spotlight

Victor Politis took this aerial photo of the Jaffa coastline, displayed on a wall opposite his home.

A globetrotting journey from Greece to Israel: The journey of Victor Politis

Since the 1970s, Politis has photo-documented street life in some 80 countries and won prizes. After travelling the world, the only place Politis wanted to live in Israel was Old Jaffa.

IDO LEWINSOHN, Master of Wine, owner-winemaker of Lewinsohn Winery.

From garage to greatness: The rise of Israel's Lewinsohn Winery

Lewinsohn Winery has changed from a rather shy, bashful, secretive winery into one of the most active, sought-after wine venues, producing 40,000 to 50,000 bottles a year – but it is still 'family'.

Fruits and vegetables

Fruits of Eretz Yisrael: A gateway to spiritual connection and growth

The Land’s beauty lies not only in its breathtaking landscapes, but also in its ability to elevate every aspect of life, turning even a simple piece of fruit into a connection with God.

Salon Yevani

Salon Yevani: Greeks bearing gifts in Herzliya - review

The brains behind Salon Yevani, situated in the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya Pituah, belong to renowned chef Guy Peretz, so we knew the food would be creative and inspired.

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

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

Tzur Shalom Renewal Project, Kiryat Bialik

From suburbs to towers: Kiryat Bialik's old neighborhood transforms

By OFER PETERSBURG

The "Kinneret City" project in Tiberias, Av-Gad Ltd

First permit granted: Ambitious project on Kinneret shores begins

By OFER PETERSBURG

Rendering for illustration only

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

By MIRIT MASHIAH

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

Sperm tubes are placed in bank to store genetic code, reproduction clones.

Suspected fertility mix-up leads father to learn he isn't daughter's biological parent

By AVIHAI CHIIM

(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

A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters on February 01, 2024 in Sunnyvale, California. Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing the possibility of delisting from NASDAQ as the company navigates numerous class action lawsuits.

Jewish genetic data in danger again as 23andMe goes up for sale

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , REUTERS

The Lotus Center - acute care room at Kaplan medical center

What happens after sexual assault? A guide to immediate care in Israel

An IDF soldier sits on a beach in Tel Aviv

IDF soldier with PTSD imprisoned despite psychiatric warnings, says military defender

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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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.

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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

Ancient 'Hunger Games'? Brutal youth sacrifice rituals found in Bronze Age Turkey.

Ancient 'Hunger Games'? Brutal youth sacrifice rituals found in Bronze Age Turkey

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of the main entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem.

New archaeological evidence could confirm the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Jesus' crucifixion an

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

NEW RUSSIAN-SPEAKING olim celebrate Independence Day in the Jerusalem Hills this past year.

Wars on two fronts: Russian-speaking olim on making aliyah during wartime

By LINDA PARDES FRIEDBURG

Nikita Ben Ami is seen playing Japanese Taiko drums.

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

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Diaspora

Israeli flag in Panajachel. A bold statement of friendship between Guatemala and Israel, it flies proudly on the shores of Lake Atitlán.

Between cultures and craters: Exploring Jewish life in Guatemala

Holocaust survivor Rudi Jocobsen, left, takes a bag of food from Uriel Rauff, who works for Jewish Family Service Colorado as a driver for the kosher Meals on Wheels Program in Denver, Colorado, on December 19, 2017.

Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels deliveries

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

Judaism

An illustrative AI-generated image of a Torah scroll opened in an undisclosed location in outer space.

Do aliens keep kosher? Judaism and the possibility of life beyond Earth

By AHARON WEXLER

Hare-hunting as seen in the Prague Haggadah is reflects the themes of Passover and is tied to a ritual reordering for Saturday night seders.

Passover haggadahs have long included pictures of rabbit hunts. This year shows us why

By BENJAMIN RESNICK/JTA

Food

Soups from Rak Marak.

Rak Marak: Seriously sensational soups

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Auschwitz-Birkenau

80 years after Auschwitz, kosher food will be sold in its town of Oświęcim

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Culture

Val Kilmer in "Top Secret!"

‘That’s Simchas Torah’: The Jewish Val Kilmer moment you might have missed

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

‘LETTER TO DAVID,’ a documentary about David Cunio, one of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

'Letter to David' documentary takes a look at Gaza hostage behind the headlines

By HANNAH BROWN

Travel

The inauguration of the Eilat airport's name.

El Al set to resume flights to Eilat from Ben-Gurion after 12 years

By WALLA! TOURISM

Terminal 1

Netanyahu removes Nevatim Airport bill from agenda after opposition from security forces

Podcasts

Tamar Uriel-Beeri (L) and Sarah Ben-Nun are seen recording The Jerusalem Post Podcast, on April 2, 2025.

Netanyahu trial and Qatargate: The legal storms raging through Israel today

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Celebrity Cruises' Apex brings travelers to Florida's Everglades.

Cruising Special IV - China, Celebrity and Crew Life

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

THE US CAPITOL BUILDING in Washington: The first order of business should be the old business which Congress failed to finish last year; Congress and the Trump administration need to be more aggressive in addressing antisemitism, states the writer.

Congress members push to strengthen Abraham Accords

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

THE SUPREME leaders loom over daily life in Tehran.

Averting ayatollah's atomic Auschwitz: The US, Israel should bomb Iran now

By MICHAEL FREUND

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

15 Million year old fish fossil with preserved stomach contents.

Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach

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

UK police charge Russell Brand with rape

Prof Josef Hanna demonstrates the process he and his team of scientists used to develop models of early-stage human embryos without using an egg, sperm or womb, offering a glimpse into the first weeks of embryonic development, in a laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel S

Authorities investigate after Thai women held prisoner on human egg surrogacy farm

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

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