Alleged Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram linked to pro-Islamic State network

REPORT

The extent of alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram’s associations with pro-ISIS clerics has raised several questions in Australia's investigation.

Australia police charge alleged Bondi Beach attacker with 59 offenses, including terror

Wisam Haddad, a cleric associated with multiple generations of Australian jihadists.

Jewish man hospitalized after stabbing near Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights

Officials said the victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released from Kings County Hospital.

A New York City Police (NYPD) vehicle drives on the corner where a 13-year-old boy was found after being shot and killed, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, US, March 1, 2024.
IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024.

Israeli forces kill Hezbollah operative gathering intelligence on soldiers

The terrorist was working to gather intelligence on Israeli forces and was engaged in attempts to rebuild the terror group’s infrastructure in violation of the ceasefire.

WATCH
WATCH

Israeli forces kill Hezbollah operative gathering intelligence on soldiers

ANALYSIS

How will Trump's Venezuela oil tanker ban affect the Islamic Republic?

Iranian mural threatening Nahariya in Palestine Square.

‘Nahariya get ready’: Banner displaying Hezbollah threat mounted in Tehran’s Palestine Square

WATCH

Israeli forces kill Hezbollah operative gathering intelligence on soldiers

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024.
WATCH

Israeli forces kill Hezbollah operative gathering intelligence on soldiers

Iran arrests Swedish citizen, accuses him of spying for Israel during 12-Day War

Australia police charge alleged Bondi Beach attacker with 59 offenses, including terror

An ultra orthodox jewish man carrying his rifle outside a wedding of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024.

Ex-Haredim experience isolation and anxiety similar to immigrants, study finds

STUDY
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and PA head Mahmoud Abbas pose at the world summit on ending the Israel-Hamas War, in Sharm el-Sheikh, in October 2025.

The US must push Palestinians with sanctions, ostracizations instead of coddling

OPINION
People passing through MIT's campus stop to take pictures of a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was placed on top of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Great Dome by unknown pranksters, December 17, 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro killed inside Brookline home

MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan reacts ahead of a speech by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 30, 2025.

London mayor tried to block London vigil for Bondi victims, Hanukkah event, says CAA Gideon Falter

Driving innovation at the frontiers of genomic medicine

Rambam Health Care Campus to sponsor the Beutler Symposium.

AERIAL VIEW of the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. (Totem Imaging and Animation Ltd.)

Israel's next steps in Gaza: Give Palestinians the choice to leave without chaos and confusion

EDITORIAL

If foreign governments want more people to leave safely, they must do the unglamorous work: issue visas, arrange onward travel, accept evacuees, and fund logistics.

Turkey not invited to Gaza peacekeeping force talks in Qatar, source tells 'Post'

A displaced Palestinian walks through a flooded street on a rainy day in Gaza City, December 15, 2025

IDF kills terrorists posing threats to troops along Yellow Line in two separate incidents

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

'War is not over': Detailed diagrams of prisons found in cells of Oct. 7 terrorists

REPORT
Designated head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director David Zini seen with Ultra orthodox jewish soldiers from the Hasmonean Brigade after completing their beret march, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city on August 6, 2025.

Shin Bet Chief Zini: In wake of war, Israelis, Jews face heightened danger of kidnapping

Canadian MPs, Muslim delegates, denied entry to West Bank by Israel

The delegation was set to meet with Palestinian Authority officials and Palestinian refugees, as well as Jewish, Muslim, and Christian advocates.

'A prank': Israel Police detain suspect for shooting rubber bullets at Ashkelon kindergarten

A man walks at a barrier, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.
REPORT

Police arrest Hilltop Youth for 'racist attack' on pregnant Arab woman, family in Jaffa

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.
OPINION

Israel needs to change its US strategy with Trump, Hegseth in charge

US DEFENSE SECRETARY Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, in December 2025.
ByZAKI SHALOM

Police probe possible link between Haymanot Kasau’s case and attempted abduction in Beersheba

Spotlight

Mourners follow the casket of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim of a mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, during the funeral at Chabad of Bondi synagogue, in Sydney, Australia, December 17, 2025.

As funerals begin, New South Wales rushes gun law reforms after Bondi attack

Turkish soldiers march during a military parade to mark the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus in response to a short-lived Greek-inspired coup, in the Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus, in the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus July 20, 2023.

Too obvious to conceal: Ankara’s threats herald a northern Syria operation

OPINION
Fourteen-year-old Chaya is pictured with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma & Crisis unit while in the hospital receiving treatment for injuries sustained during Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hannukkah event in Bondi Beach, Australia.

Extraordinary bravery: Fourteen-year-old old girl shielded, saved two children during Bondi attack

U.S. President Donald Trump is reflected on the glasses of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as he speaks to the media, before he departs en route to Norfolk, Virginia, October 5, 2025.

Wiles says Trump has 'an alcoholic’s personality', claims Musk is microdosing, Vance conspiracist

Trump bars Palestinians from entering US on PA-issued travel docs

The US has imposed full restrictions and entry limitations on nationals from five countries - Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria - in addition to the initial list of 12 countries.

Israel enables Palestinian departure from Gaza, continues to facilitate humanitarian aid

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.

SDF blames Damascus-linked groups for deadly drone attack in Syria

The West Bank security barrier near Abu Dis, pictured in February 2020; illustrative.

Israeli settler kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, mayor says

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a meeting onboard Air Force One during its refueling stop at Al Udeid Air Base near Doha, in October.

Trump’s Gaza plan blocks the creation of a Palestinian state

OPINION

Hundreds of mourners gather to remember slain rabbi at Bondi Beach funeral

"You were my son, my friend, my confidant...to go a day without you seems impossible," Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, Schlanger's father-in-law, said during funeral services.

‘I’d rather be envied than erased’: Rabbi says Israel gives Jews power

INTERVIEW
The coffin of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, is escorted out of a synagogue after his funeral service in Bondi on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Sydney, Australia.
OPINION

The protesters that proved antisemitism is alive and real

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are seen protesting against the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans, in early December.
ByLISA KATZ
OPINION

From Nuremberg to podcasts: How denial became mainstream

Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
ByDANIEL GOLDMAN

Mamdani reportedly taps anti-Israel lawyer who defended 9/11 for Chief Counsel

Violence, silence, and the need for healing

OPINION

When Jewish and Arab facilitators sit together, something subtle but essential happens.

Cynicism after horror: Netanyahu exploits Bondi attack for his own agenda

OPINION
HEALING ON display at an Army of Healers workshop in November 2025.
OPINION

Make terrorism backfire: Rescinding recognition of ‘Palestine’

PRIME MINISTER Anthony Albanese speaks to the media at Parliament House Canberra on December 14, 2025.
ByGIL TROY
OPINION

Harassment is not protest: The law that can protect America’s synagogues

A confrontation between pro-Palestinian protestors and Jewish congregants at Congregation Ohr Torah on Nov. 13, 2024
ByDANIEL M. ROSEN

'We cannot mislead ourselves': IDF cyber chief warns cyber threats far greater than publicly known

Drone Dystopia: War-torn Ukrainian towns exist as shells of themselves amid Russian assualt

War-torn Dnipro looks like it is straight out of a dystopian movie after Russian drones have pockmarked its landscape.

IRGC reveals new stealth suicide drone, fastest in Iran's history

Communal workers clean an area near an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 23, 2025.

Rafael delivers Spyder air defense system to Georgia

A LORA quasi-ballistic missile by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exhibited at the DEFEA Defence Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

Israeli's defense technology playing a key role in Greece's military modernization - analysis

ANALYSIS
People stand in front of the Arrow 3 system during an event of the German Air Force at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025

Ex-IDF air defense chief: Arrow-3 protecting Germany defies imagination after Holocaust

UK charges two men with belonging to Hezbollah, attending terrorist training camps

The two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court and were charged with belonging to Hezbollah, with one of the two also accused of helping procure parts for drones.

Poland arrests student suspected of planning ISIS-inspired attack on Christmas market

Hezbollah supporters attend a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of their late leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025

Trump designates Venezuelan 'regime' foreign terrorist organization, orders blockade of oil tankers

US President Donald Trump reacts while preparing to sign an executive order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction' during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 15, 2025.

Boris, Sofia Gurman identified as couple murdered trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers

Community members gather outside of Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Muslim father who tackled Bondi attacker praised by Netanyahu, Albanese as donations soar

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2025.

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Adding Light: New Life Delivered by MDA Under Fire

Yasmin and Yaniv Mittelberg with paramedics Adel Hamias, Yarin Benita, and Dvir Malul who helped deliver their baby boy.

Small patients, big emergencies

Small Patients, Big Emergencies

From vision to action

SHABBOS KESTENBAUM has become a sought-after speaker and advocate

TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges

NOYB said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

German business giants led by DHL chief visit Israel to strengthen economic ties

A person looks at the Grindr app in the App Store on a phone in Los Angeles on March 27, 2019. A Chinese firm has been ordered by American national security officials to sell popular gay dating app Grindr, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 27.

Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to reality

Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California

X Corp sues social media startup over bid to claim 'Twitter' brand

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023.

Rising Israeli exports approach pre-war peak, Economy Ministry predicts $160 billion

Israeli scientists use AI to improve irrigation and spot plant stress early

STUDY

A Hebrew University study suggests AI tools could help growers better manage water use by predicting healthy plant behavior and flagging early signs of stress.

Storm Byron brings relief to Israel’s farmers, ending year of drought with substantial rain

Crop irrigation illustrative.

Advanced pollution monitoring begins in the Yarkon River

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Dozens rescued in severe flooding as Storm Byron wreaks havoc on Israel

WATCH
Rain-flooded street in Gaza City, December 12, 2025.

Heavy rains flood Gaza shelters, killing 12 and displacing thousands

'I wanted to serve fully': NGO support program enables young deaf adults to serve in the IDF

Kivunim's program is designed for young adults ages 16-26, and provides ongoing support from high school through enlistment, screening, and placement.

Study shows more walking during commutes can improve health, without increasing travel time

A DEAF PARTICIPANT in Kivunim's program serving in the IDF's Engineering and Construction Directorate.

Israeli firm receives FDA approval to begin clinical trial of chronic corneal edema treatment

ADHD study uncovers measurable, modifiable brain activity patterns in children

New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Dr. Norman Bloom.

Aliyah and Integration Ministry director-general speaks at 'Post' Washington Conference

Adv. Avichai Kahana, Director General of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration

Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Bonnie and Meir Chasan: Senior citizens giving back through volunteering

Bonnie and Meir Chasan.

SEA ONE: A new standard of resort-living for English speakers in Israel

Opening in Spring 2026, SEA ONE welcomes English speakers and Olim into a vibrant Mediterranean community of premium resort living where art, design, and wellness converge.

Conditional Aliyah: Jews are ready - Israel much less so

SEA ONE Outdoor Pool

Data reveals: housing demand in Kiryat Malakhi is on the rise

Master Plan Agreement Signing.

The growing city in Israel: 17,000 additional apartments in Dimona

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How long does urban renewal take to launch? 'Only' 16 years

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The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion Museum, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025

LIVE: The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

MDA Heroes   

Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

Podcasts   

HAREDIM SCUFFLE with police outside Jerusalem’s IDF Recruitment Center..

Will Israel go back to Gaza fighting, draft haredi men? MK's weigh in

Layers of Nuremberg: shadow and light

Netanyahu requests for pardon in trial as one hostage remains in Gaza

US Politics   

US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is seen in Statuary Hall ahead of US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address in Washington, US, February 7, 2023.

Ilhan Omar's claim son was pulled over by ICE is 'PR stunt,' DHS claims

Trump looking into whether Israel violated ceasefire by killing Hamas leader

JD Vance says stopping immigration key to eliminating US antisemitism

Diaspora   

Some Chabad chapters shared the photo of Mamdani at the Lubavitcher Rebbe's gravesite, known as the Ohel.

NYC mayor elect Zohran Mamdani visits Chabad Ohel after Sydney Hanukkah attack

'Misguided obfuscation': IAC calls out Oprah’s post after Bondi Beach antisemitic massacre

Eve Barlow on backlash and reclaiming Jewish identity

Judaism   

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit the Western Wall to light the second candle of Hanukkah, 15 December 2025.

PM Netanyahu visits Western Wall to light second Hanukkah candle, speaks to IDF soldiers

Reopened Aleh care facility makes menorah as symbol of hope from Iranian missile fragments

Menorah of spears and the deeper meaning of Hanukkah

Christian World   

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno at The Jerusalem Post Conference in DC

Sen. Bernie Moreno urges Israel to fight ‘propaganda war,’ highlights Christian solidarity

German police foil allegedly 'Islamist-motivated' Christmas market attack, arrest five suspects

New York Catholic Church agrees to mediation for 1,300 sexual abuse claims

Food   

Scenes from Daliyat al-Karmel - Illustrative photo

Nurah’s Kitchen: Kosher Druze food in Daliyat al-Karmel

Salta revisited: Inside the Ra’anana dairy gem celebrating 20 flavorful years

Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel gets 'soupersized' for winter's Soup Festival

Archaeology   

160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils.

160-million-year-old dinosaur fossils reshape scientists' understanding of evolution of flight

Hanukkah discovery: Rare Hasmonean lamp, Second Temple stylus found near Jerusalem

Ancient lead menorah pendant sheds light on Jewish presence in Byzantine Jerusalem

Science   

Artificial intelligence

Americans tune out news as social media becomes main source of information, Pew finds

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research

Culture   

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a flag and a banner outside the RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) Irish public service broadcaster television studios as demonstrators call for an Irish boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if there is Israeli participation, in Dublin, Ireland, November 1, 2025.

Eurovision host says it won't ban Palestinian flags, drown out boos during Israel's performance

Futsal’s ‘Shefel Cup’ returns to Jaffa Port

Last-minute soccer drama, big wins shake up table

History   

Shlomo Shamir (L) with 2nd battalion commander, on the way to secure horses for post-war agricultural training.

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem

'Jewish Roots of American Liberty': Explaining the Jewish connection to the American story

OMG   

A couple share a romantic glass of champagne in the Golan Heights

Cuddle up for winter: OkCupid reveals data on Israeli's dating habits

'First, go Bills!': Chuck Schumer makes tone-deaf remark before addressing deadly Bondi shooting

Mazal tov! Donald Trump Jr. engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, NYT reports

Consumerism   

Paris Hilton

Meet the Israeli beauty device that stole Paris Hilton’s heart

Alpine A290: How to launch a rocket without waking the neighbors

Entered the business world with a bang: Deni Avdija launches a new protein brand

Astrology   

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