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Palestinians travel on foot with their belongings as they flee Rafah due to an Israeli military operation, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024.

IDF to ‘Post’ in Rafah: In first, Hamas may have pre-evacuated its own people

Hamas resisted evacuations in all prior fights, but viewing a Rafah operation as inevitable, wanted more time for booby traps.

People walk near the entrance of Beirut International Airport, amid a dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time, in Lebanon March 26, 2023.

Germany and, Netherlands warn their citizens to leave Lebanon, fearing war

Police disperse demonstrators during a protest against haredi IDF conscription, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024

'Internal conflicts explode': Arab world celebrates Supreme Court’s haredi draft decision

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. June 26, 2024.

EU countries tell citizens to leave Lebanon, Hamas may have evacuated Rafah

Breaking News

PM Netanyahu considers appointing project manager for settlements in West Bank - report

Dutch Foreign Ministry calls Israel's ambassador to be reprimanded

Health Ministry announces 48 people have West Nile fever, 36 hospitalized

Top News

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank City of Jericho

Female IDF soldier smuggles Schalit deal prisoner, other Palestinians, into Israel

By SHLOMI HELLER

Moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash speak to the audience before the start of the Republican candidates' presidential debat hosted by CNN at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, US. January 10, 2024.

Jewish journalists to moderate debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

By MARGAUX JUBIN

By FUNDING American universities, small sates, the Qataris are spreading an antisemitic and antidemocratic ideology, which amounts to a strategic threat to democratic societies. Here, a demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest earlier this month.

Explosion of hate: State Department report details global rise in antisemitism post October 7

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Six Jewish youths attacked outside Paris cinema

By MICHAEL STARR

A view of Derbent synagogue following an attack by gunmen and a fire, in Derbent in the region of Dagestan, Russia June 24, 2024.

Jewish group pleads for Israel to help protect diaspora synagogues

By MICHAEL STARR

Israel-Hamas War

(L-R) US President Joe Biden, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Gallant and Netanyahu trade barbs over US-Israel ties, arms delivery

By HANNAH SARISOHN , TOVAH LAZAROFF

Protestors gather in Yakka Square outside the Knesset building in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

'Before its too late': Hostage families demonstrate outside Knesset ahead of day of protest

By IRIT SKULNIK

Workers install 5G telecommunications equipment on a T-Mobile tower in Seabrook, Texas. May 6, 2020

'As war in north looms, Israel must improve cell infrastructure security' - exclusive

IDF soldiers seen operating in the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024

'No alternative but victory': Colonel says IDF nearly finished in Gaza, Lebanon next

By SARI MAKOVER-BALIKOV

Smoke and flames rise during an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024

Check who you're hiring: PIJ terrorist eliminated, MSF decries killing of 'colleague'

Hot Opinion

Deep changes must take place in Israeli society for it to emerge united

By JPOST EDITORIAL

We must work hard to ensure US Jewish community, US-Israel alliance do not break

By GIL TROY

Netanyahu must take responsibility and stop blaming others for his failures

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

While Israel should respect the US, it must do what's best for itself

By BOAZ GOLANY

Countdown to war between Israel and Hezbollah has begun

By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA

Israel News

A female IDF soldier paints a comrade with mud.

IDF to launch gender-specific combat unit for religious women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

PM Netanyahu to Sen. John Fetterman: 'Israel has had no better friend'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Benny Gantz: Israel can destroy Hezbollah’s military in days

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Protestors and hostage families hold posters of hostages held in Gaza calling for their release in Yakka Square outside the Knesset building in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Head of Hostage and Missing Families Forum resigns after sexual harassment allegations

By MATAN WASSERMAN

Dan Sharoni, an IDF officer accused of sexual offenses arrives for a court hearing at a military court in HaKirya base, Tel Aviv, September 22, 2022.

Military court sentences Lt.-Col. Dan Sharoni for secretly filming female IDF soldiers

By SHLOMI GABAI/WALLA!

Analysis and Features

An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

Iran’s multi-front war on Israel has diminishing returns

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the debate and vote on legislation regarding haredi enlistment in the military, in the Knesset plenum, last week.

Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox policies backfired, creating turmoil in Israel

Deep changes must take place in Israeli society for it to emerge united

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Instead of bringing the haredi to the IDF, we should bring the IDF to the haredi

By YONATAN FREEMAN

Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks during a rally at St. Mary's Park on June 22, 2024 in the Bronx, days before he was defeated in the Democratic primary.

AIPAC spent more than $14M to unseat Jamaal Bowman. Did it have to?

By AMI EDEN/JTA

HEROINES OF SWORDS OF IRON

Ono Conversation Corner

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Real Estate Listings

Israel financial companies are stepping up the innovation in digital payments

By ARIEL SHAPIRA

Facile preparation of peptide glass at room temperature using standard lab equipment.

Israeli innovation strikes again: TAU invents self-repairing adhesive glass

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Investment graph

Highlighting stabilization in tech secondary market

By CHAIM SCHIFF

A BUS STOPS outside the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem.

Transportation prices spike before agreed date, surprising Israeli users

Market Data

Middle East

AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Bill to expand 'Al Jazeera Law' passes Knesset preliminary vote

By ELIAV BREUER

Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Knesset defense committee delays vote to extend IDF reservist cutoff age

By ELIAV BREUER

Erdogan says Turkey stands with Lebanon in light of tensions with Israel

By REUTERS

A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

Looting adds to logistical woes of Gaza aid delivery by sea

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

The legal hurdle the IDF faces in killing participants in October 7 massacre

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin receives Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon in Washington, US, June 25, 2024.

Gallant to Austin: This is the moment for US to prevent a nuclear Iran

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan upon arrival at the Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates December 6, 2023

UAE behind successful prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

People attend a demonstration against antisemitism in front of Paris City Hall after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 19, 2024. The slogan reads "Do not sacrifice the French Jews".

French Jews caught between extremes in polarizing snap election

Indonesia's flag (illustrative).

Over 40 Indonesian agencies hit by cyberattack on data centers

Firefighters work at a site of a printing house hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 20, 2024.

Russia drops new deadly glide bomb as hopes for Ukraine ceasefire snag

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , REUTERS

Antisemitism / BDS

The national flags of Australia and Israel are seen outside the building housing the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel

Australia border force questions three citizens suspected of trying to serve with IDF

By MICHAEL STARR

Opened on 22nd June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway and designed by Leslie Green with his house style of an ox-blood faience. Unusual though for a Green inspired build is that the building is set back from the pavement.

Jewish schoolchildren assaulted, pushed toward tracks at London Underground train station

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Enok Groven

Norwegian who volunteered in Israel has Bergen shop repeatedly vandalized

By MICHAEL STARR

People demonstrate in solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism, in Berlin

Antisemitism rose more than 80% in Germany last year, watchdog says

North American students tell of campus antisemitism during Israel fact-finding mission.

North American students tell of campus antisemitism during Israel fact-finding mission

By MICHAEL STARR

Environment & Climate Change

COP29 PRESIDENT Mukhtar Babayev addresses a meeting of climate ministers, in Denmark, in March, ahead of COP29 to take place in Azerbaijan, in November. Climate change looms largest over the Small Island Developing States, says the writer.

The urgency of action: Climate challenges facing Small Island Developing States

Just Stop Oil protesters endanger rare lichen during vandalism attack on Stonehenge

Just Stop Oil protesters endanger rare lichen after vandalizing Stonehenge

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Protesters against fossil fuel hold signs along a road as U.S. President Joe Biden visits Mather, California, U.S., September 13, 2021.

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

Softshell Chinese turtle and other endangered species seen in a photo taken June 18, 2024

Israeli arrested for smuggling, trafficking protected and endangered animals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A jellyfish is seen near a boat by the coast of Haifa at the Mediterranean sea, Israel July 25, 2022.

A look at the jellyfish that swarm the coasts of Israel

By ZIV REINSTEIN

JPost Spotlight

Yohanan Tzoreff: Israel has the opportunity to determine the what hte future of the conflict would look like.

How can we shape the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations?

Following the harrowing events that unfolded on October 7, Israel needs to find a way to look forward in order to the future challenges the conflict will present.

David Ben-Gurion – Israeli politician, Zionist leader, First Prime Minister of israel.

How Ben-Gurion's pragmatic decision led to haredim draft exemption

David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.

REPRESENTATIVES OF families of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 pose in front of the International Criminal Court after submitting legal filings to the ICC, accusing Hamas of war crimes, in The Hague, in February.

How an international trial for Hamas should be conducted

I accuse Hamas of war crimes, of crimes against humanity, genocide, and of depriving Gaza residents of a normal life.

ECE BAGCI in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘About Dry Grasses.’

Trying to love 'About Dry Grasses,' Nuri Bilge Ceylan's new film

The plot threads come together and then unravel as the story moves along slowly through its 197-minute running time.

Israel Real Estate

UTOPIA HOMES Project

The first residential project of its kind built in the United States - With an Israeli touch

By OFER PETERSBURG

Wildfires sparked by rockets in the Kiryat Shmona area. May 27, 2024

40% of apartment owners fear renovations amid northern war threat

By OFER PETERSBURG

Don't trust realtors? New ethics regulations will restore confidence

By OFER PETERSBURG

With a penthouse like this, the sky is not the limit – the sky is home

Romema 40

Israel’s housing market: A unique phenomenon, both challenging and optimistic

Christian World

Pope Francis waves to the faithful gathered at the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 26, 2024.

Pope orders construction of solar farm for Vatican City State

Francis warned of the dangers and challenges of climate change and on the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

National Shrine of the Little Flower was built in two phases in 1931 and 1936. It is an iconic architectural feature located at the corner of 12 Mile Rd and metro Detroit's legendary Woodward Avenue.

Father Coughlin’s Detroit-area church will now teach visitors about his antisemitism

Father Charles Coughlin's church acknowledges his antisemitism and educates visitors about his hateful legacy. This change follows discussions with local Jewish groups.

MEMBERS OF the clergy and the local Catholic community attend a mass for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, led by the Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem’s Old City in January.

Churches in Jerusalem oppose municipal tax decision

The leaders expressed concern over the municipality's move, which they argued contradicted centuries of historical agreements between the churches and civil authorities.

Iran's Ghezel Hesar Prison

Christian converts sentenced to total of 25 years in jail by Iranian judiciary

According to the report, while Christians are recognized in Iran as a religious minority, authorities impose harsh penalties on Christian converts from Islam.

Health & Wellness

A view of a bomb shelter in which people were killed while they sought refuge during the October 7 killing and kidnapping spree by Palestinian Hamas gunmen from Gaza, in Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel, December 22, 2023

'I got to meet the soldiers who I had treated. It made everything worthwhile'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

DEAN ORNISH, president and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and a clinical professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, in 2017.

We must change the prejudices of mainstream medicine against lifestyle intervention

By ALAN FREISHTAT

A woman looks out the window at the Yirmiyahu33 complex, home to Israel's first hotel for women and couples who have experienced stillbirth.

In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA

About Hadassah On Call: New Frontiers in Medicine - Living With PTSD

The Invisible Wound: Living With PTSD

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Transmission electron micrograph of West Nile virus particles (orange/gold) replicating within the cytoplasm of an infected VERO E6 cell (blue). Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

West Nile virus in Israel: Third Israeli dies, concerns over mortality rises

By DR. ITAY GAL

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MDA Heroes

Elor Tawil, volunteer at the Sderot MDA station

'They shot the ambulance, they shot the station, they are shooting everywhere'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA prepares for conflict-related power shortages with training exercises

In case of emergency: Magen David Adom prepares for Hezbollah attacks, possible power outages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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50 Most Influential Jews

Archaeology

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL world was set abuzz by the discovery in Lod of a hoard of coins from the time of the 4th-century Jewish revolt against Roman Emperor Gallus.

Forgotten Jewish revolts show poor historical literacy in Jewish world

A depiction of Sennacherib's Palace in Nineveh

Lost Assyrian camp uncovered: Could it prove the biblical siege of Jerusalem?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

George Latimer speaks during a press conference at the Mount Vernon Democratic headquarters on June 24, 2024.

George Latimer claims victory over Jamaal Bowman in New York Primaries

By LUKE TRESS/JTA

CANDIDATES DONALD TRUMP and Joe Biden face off during the final presidential debate of that election season, Oct. 22, 2020.

Biden vs Trump debate: Where to watch and what to expect

Diaspora

'ON THE Left,' there are people who want to see Biden crack down harder on Israel. That's why people on the Right are calling for Israel to stop relying on the US. Both sides are playing a dangerous game,' says the writer.

We must work hard to ensure US Jewish community, US-Israel alliance do not break

Hundreds rally in the Paris suburb of Courbevoie on in protest of the antisemitic gang-rape of a 12-year-old girl and rising levels of antisemitism in France. June 21, 2024.

'Swear on Allah': French antisemitic rape victim told to convert to Islam

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judaism

Rabbi Dov Lando seen at his home in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.

'Help! They want to destroy the Torah world in Israel,' Israeli haredi leader in US says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Drafting haredim to the army is 'an offense to religion,' says former Shas MK

By YAKI ADAMKER

Food

Bakery of Shalom Kosher, a kosher Jewish grocery store in Kemp Mill, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Patis, New York City's largest and buzziest kosher bakery chain, files for bankruptcy

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

Otoro

Otoro: The best (kosher) Japanese food in Israel?

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

Culture

SERBIAN SWINGMAN Nikola Djurisic – who spent a year in Israel when he was a baby – is hoping to be picked in the first round of tonight’s NBA Draft.

Serbia’s Nikola Djurisic, who has Israel connection, sees pre-NBA draft stock soar

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

THE ISRAEL JAZZ Orchestra will be collaborating with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and vocalists Carolina, Red Orbach (lead singer for the Red Band), Kfir Ben Laish, and Osnat Harel for an evening of Motown hits.

Israel philharmonic's 2024 Motown party: A fusion of classical and funky soul music

Travel

National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).

Canada opens its doors for Israelis due to northern escalation

By ZIV REINSTEIN

SCENES FROM JORDAN: The Al Manara luxury resort, the breathtaking Petra and Wadi Rum.

Three UNESCO world heritage sites worth a visit

Podcasts

A warm welcome for all Israeli visitors at the Sharg restaurant in Baku

A Caspian welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.

Yuval Sasson: ICC arrest warrants have hampered Israel's ability to act in war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

Living and teaching in both the geographical and social periphery, the fellows become an integral part of their local communities.

Building Bridges: MASA's international educators impacting Israeli youth

By RONNIE ROSENMAN

Joel Wolowelsky

Reinventing life in Jerusalem, after 55 years of teaching in Flatbush

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

JPost Shopping

The Best Draining Soap Dishes on Amazon

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Best King Size Bed Frames Review

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Science

An illustrative image of an asteroid passing Earth.

Giant asteroid the size of 770 lions to pass Earth Thursday, June 27 - NASA

The space debris that impacted the home in Naples, Florida on March 8, 2024.

Space debris crashes into Florida home, family sues for damages

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

Illustration depicting Iran gobbling down Lebanon

'Lebanon doesn't want war': Online campaign targets Hezbollah

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US Espionage Act charge

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Israeli Olympic swimmer, Jack Kuba help raise awareness for hostages

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Embracing identity: The empowering essence of the Star of David necklace in today's world

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