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IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2023.

'Hezbollah is endangering you': Hagari warns Lebanese near terror targets to evacuate

Hagari's warning was unusual and different from mass evacuation warnings issued to date in Gaza.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, August 5, 2024

Hezbollah's strategic gamble in terrorism: Is it paying off?

Training of IDF forces in the north

'The IDF is ready': Maj.-Gen says Israeli ground forces may enter Lebanon

Hamas leader Yehya Al-Sinwar speaks to the media following a meeting with U.N. mediators, in Gaza City June 21, 2021.

Defense establishment in disagreement on Sinwar's possible death

Breaking News

Tiberias hospital transfers, moves patients underground

Hebron resident convicted of triple murder and of ISIS membership

Rocket hits east of Lebanon's Byblos in area previously not targeted - resident, state media report

Top News

IDF carries out strikes on southern Lebanon, 23 Sept 2024

IDF issues south Lebanon evacuation warning, IAF strikes Hezbollah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(Illustrative) A pager device and a crowd in Lebanon near a site where Hezbollah members' pager devices were attacked.

Iran's Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah, security officials say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a fire cause by Hezbollah rockets.

North Gaza siege: Netanyahu considers plan to starve out Hamas fighters

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sinwar has trapped either Israel or Iran (and Hezbollah)

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Emergency personnel work at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 21, 2024.

Hezbollah beeper blasts: Timing not due to plan being exposed, sources say

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Israel-Hamas War

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah & Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah seen over a flag of Hezbollah

Israel’s current strategy against Hezbollah won’t restore North, Brig.-Gen. says

By PELED ARBELI

Unloading of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, transported via the maritime route from Cyprus to the Port of Ashdod.

IDF to present alternatives for Gaza aid delivery, cites Hamas hijackings

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip. September 21, 2024.

IAF strikes Hamas command center in Gaza's Khaled ibn al-Walid school

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi seen during an exercise in northern Israel, July 31, 2024

IDF Chief Halevi threatens more Hezbollah assassinations, but not explicit invasion

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Netanyahu: Israel will not bow in face of Iranian-guided destruction threats

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Israel is trying to stop terrorism, Hezbollah is trying to kill civilians

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Will Trump's hatred of Taylor Swift be his downfall?

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

A Bnei Menashe soldier died for Israel, but the state won't let his family make aliyah

By MICHAEL FREUND

Canada’s betrayal of Israel: 'Irresponsible and shameful'

By ALAN BAKER

‘To resist the academic intifada’: Letters to my students on defending the Zionist dream

By GIL TROY

Israel News

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

MKs to tour east Jerusalem schools, push Palestinian to Israeli curriculum shift

By BENTZI RUBIN

Israeli forces at the site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit houses and cars in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, Sept. 22, 2024.

Civilian effort to equip Israeli soldiers for war with Hezbollah ratchets up alongside hostilities

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Yair Golan becomes first Israeli leader to meet UK PM Keir Starmer in official visit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during an session in the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2024

'Hezbollah has been significantly harmed,' Gallant says during assessment meeting

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his Sunday address following rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, September 22, 2024

Netanyahu: Israel inflicted strikes on Hezbollah 'it could not imagine'

By KESHET NEEV , MAYA GUR ARIEH

Analysis and Features

A man poses next to a picture of late Hezbollah senior leader Ibrahim Aqil, ahead of the funeral of Ibrahim Aqil and of Hezbollah member Mahmoud Hamad, who were killed in Friday's Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 22, 2024.

Israel is trying to stop terrorism, Hezbollah is trying to kill civilians

By JPOST EDITORIAL

At a mind-body retreat for Supernova survivors, Ied by the writer with yoga master Eitam Baum.

Dead Sea: Healing Israel’s society and nature at the lowest point on Earth

IDF report: Air force crucial in major strikes on key Hezbollah targets

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jews are the indigenous people of the Land of Israel

CANADA’S ANTI-ISLAMOPHOBIA representative Amira Elghawaby speaks to members of the media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, last year.

Canada's immigration system under scrutiny due to Islamic terror

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023

Israel establishes national expert forum to guide AI policy and regulation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks during the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" summit at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, November 10, 2022.

Intel under fire: ADL sues tech giant over rampant workplace antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel flag with stock market finance, economy trend graph digital technology.

Israel's central bank extends war economic aid package

Trekker wheelchairs are seen being used on a hike in Jerusalem.

This is how wheelchair-bound ex-soldiers can still hike in Israel

Market Data

Middle East

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey September 4, 2024.

Turkey seeks to join BRICS in a strategic shift away from the West

By NEVILLE TELLER

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Sharm el-Sheikh, in 2022. ‘The US has leverage with Egypt, as Washington gives Cairo over a billion dollars a year for its military,’ the writer states.

US must reevaluate Mideast ties with terror enabling countries

By ERIC R. MANDEL

Islam’s influence in Jordan presenting significant challenges for the king

By RONEN YITZHAK , ELIE PODEH

Taliban representatives refuse to stand up for Iranian anthem

Iran scolds Taliban representatives for refusing to stand up for Iranian anthem

Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

Israeli forces storm Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

US President Joe Biden (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen at the forefront of a wall of hostage posters seen in the background (illustrative)

US warns Israel to avoid escalating to full-scale war with Hezbollah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rockets being intercepted over northern Israel, 22 September 2024

Iran’s multi-front strategy faces its greatest test

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini attends a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2024.

UN seeks immunity for UNRWA employees complicit in Oct. 7 massacre

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Doug Emhoff attaches mezuzah to his new VP residence. 18 November 2021.

Is Harris antisemitic? Tapper reminds Cotton that her Jewish husband fights antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024.

Ahead of UNGA session, Iran on a diplomatic offensive amid Hezbollah-Israel flare-up

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Antisemitism / BDS

'Instead of saying stop, we said go': Bringing hope to northern Israel through food

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.

Academia’s ‘no comment’ capitulates to terrorism

By SOPHIA TUPOLEV-LUZ

RADICAL HUMANISTS believe so deeply in man’s inherent goodness that they struggle to acknowledge the existence of evil. Pictured: A child.

Israel haters have too much faith in humanity

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gesturing during a rally with his vice presidential running mate US Senator JD Vance in Minnesota, US, July 27, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking as

Donald Trump wants equality for Americans, Kamala Harris does not

By WALTER BINGHAM

AS OF September 2024, 42 countries have signed the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism that Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the US State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, was instrumental in creating.

‘We can’t afford to be silent': US antisemitism envoy tells 'Post'

By DARCIE GRUNBLATT

Environment & Climate Change

Israel, US to innovate clean energy technologies under renewed bipartisan legislation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Water reservoir Agamon Poleg.

Agamon Poleg water reservoir: A brief respite close to home

DR. SARAH SALLON (right) and Dr. Elaine Solowey at Kibbutz Ketura.

Hadassah University Medical Center solves biblical mystery with ancient seed

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A man stands next to submerged vehicles during flooding yesterday in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland/

Central Europe braces for further flooding 'apocalypse' as death toll rises

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille looks on, as an injured victim who was evacuated to receive medical care following a fuel truck explosion exits a helicopter, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 14, 2024.

Haiti fuel truck blast kills 24, survivors suffer severe burns

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

Alone in the Corner

Israeli animation film won first place at International Film Festival

The Israeli short film, directed by Dovi Keich, won Best Animation for Children at the Girona International Film Festival.

DAVID D’OR

David D’Or to appear on Selichot Night in Park Timna

David D’Or will perform a special Selichot Night concert at Solomon’s Pillars in Park Timna on September 26, featuring traditional and contemporary melodies.

Etgar Keret and his wife Shira Geffen speak about their work in Ness Ziona, Israel, Aug. 28, 2024.

Why writer Etgar Keret wants to get back to Israel as soon as he can

Israeli writer Etgar Keret reflects on war's toll, finding solace in small acts of kindness amid chaos.

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice team.

Jerusalem Institute for Justice: Seeking justice for those brutalized by Oct. 7

The work of the Jerusalem Institute for Justice is a testament to the resilience and determination of the Israeli people.

Israel Real Estate

MOMA TEL AVIV project by Hagag Group

The new opportunity: Tel Aviv's prestigious heart expands towards Florentin

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illustration: "Epstein Complex" plan in Kiryat HaYovel

And how is it related to Trump? A new skyscraper will be added to the city skyline

By OFER PETERSBURG

Rising demand: Approximately 70,000 unsold apartments remain on the supply shelf

By OFER PETERSBURG

Towers and buildings in downtown Tel Aviv

A year later: Sharp increase in apartment sales last July

By OFER PETERSBURG

Construction Site.

A major step towards shortening Israel's housing construction process

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

President of Samaritan’s Purse, Reverend Franklin Graham, donates ambulances to Magen David Adom

Evangelical leader donates 28 armored ambulances, including in memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

"The people of Israel are indebted to this great man and organization.”

Pope Francis looks on from a balcony, on the day he delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican March 31, 2024.

Pope Francis: 'I stand with Rachel Goldberg-Polin during this time'

He called for the end of the conflict in Palestine and Israel to cease, the end of violence, and the end of hatred.

Pope Francis reacts during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 20, 2024.

Pope decries Gazan deaths, criticizes both US candidates aboard flight

The pontiff also expressed doubt that either Israel or Hamas, now at war for eleven months, were seeking to end the conflict.

(L-R): Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are seen ahead of the presidential debate (illustrative)

Trump dominates white Christian vote, while Harris ahead with other religious groups - poll

A new survey reveals a stark religious divide in the 2024 presidential race, with white Christians favoring Trump and other groups backing Harris, as economy and immigration emerge as critical issues.

Health & Wellness

Ambulances outside the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on March 30, 2020.

Health services prepare for emergency situation as northern front intensifies

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The interior of a bomb shelter at Kibbutz Mefalsim in which people were killed while they sought refuge during the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists.

Dealing with the Dark Triad: How to cope with people incapable of love

By MIRIAM ADAHAN

Corona outbreak in China

Q&A: New XEC coronavirus variant spreads worldwide

By DR. ITAY GAL

Caption correction (Left to right): Doctoral student Johanna Zerbib & Prof. Uri Ben-David

Israeli study uncovers cancer cell findings that may advance treatment for the disease

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A program for youth at risk supported by KKL-JNF.

October 7 and the war in Gaza severely impact Israel’s youth at risk. KKL-JNF is helping

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Magen David Adom Ambulance

'A severely wounded soldier asked me to say the Shema with him'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Noam and Noa treat Naama after she was wounded at the Nova festival

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Conferences

Top 50 gala

50 Most Influential Jews

The Jerusalem Post Toronto Summit 2024

The Jerusalem Post Takes on Toronto, Canada

Archaeology

An exhibit shows the life of a neanderthal family in a cave in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern town of Krapina February 25, 2010.

New Neanderthal lineage discovered in France

The stone seal found in Jerusalem.

Rare archaeological stone seal uncovered in Jerusalem

US Politics

A cartoon of Donald Trump by Richard Codor.

'President Chaos': A cartoonist's collection of work from Donald Trump's presidency

By RICHARD CODOR

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump raises his fist during a 'Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event' with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, US, September 19, 2024.

IAC spotlights Oct. 7 as Trump dominates summit’s opening night

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Diaspora

A man holds Irish and Palestinian flags as people protest calling for governments around the world to stop arming Israel during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, June 15, 2024

Ireland’s Palestine recognition: How Israel’s diplomatic response missed the mark

By ALAN SHATTER

THE WRITER attends the ceremony awarding the 2015 Genesis Prize to actor Michael Douglas, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands between them. Douglas used the $4 million prize to advance inclusiveness and the unity of the Jewish people.

We must reject Trump’s efforts to divide the Jews

By STAN POLOVETS

Judaism

Oriya (credit: Ricardo family)

'Kaddish for Oriya': a tribute to Hannie Ricardo's daughter killed on Oct 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A WEDDING is conducted by Chuppot Rabbi Chuck Davidson.

Israelis seek alternatives to Chief Rabbinate as elections approach

Food

THE ASO SALON in Jerusalem

Aso Salon: Elegance, creativity, feel at home

By YONATAN VERSTANDIG

300 GRAM – worth the trip.

300 Gram: A meaty haven relocated near Acre

By GLORIA DEUTSCH

Culture

‘Innerscapes on the Move,’ 2008. On the remnants of the round eighth century tower in the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum.

'On the Other Side': Tower of David's new exhibit by Zadok Ben-David

By PENINA HOROWITZ

THE ENSEMBLE MEITAR, with Amit Dolberg (bottom right).

Avant-garde classicalists Ensemble Meitar to commemorate events of October 7

By LIRAN GURKIEWICZ

Travel

THE SHERATON GRAND Hotel – a Tel Aviv institution.

Chic elegance by the coast: The Sheraton Grand Tel Aviv Hotel experience

Jewish men in the street during Tikkun HaKlali near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 15, 2023.

'He who travels puts himself at risk': Rabbi, Ukrainian officials warn of annual Uman pilgrimage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Podcasts

The BBC offices (Illustrative).

BBC is still actively employing Hamas members, Trevor Asserson says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Just one of several images depicting a bygone age in 2 Okna Cafe

Krakow's Jewish Culture Festival is so much more than a Yiddle with a fiddle

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

NAOMI OREN: FROM SIBERIA TO KIBBUTZ GADOT, 2003

Naomi Oren: A journey from Siberia to Israel

MOURNING SGT. GIDEON HANGHAL at his funeral on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, Sept. 12.

A Bnei Menashe soldier died for Israel, but the state won't let his family make aliyah

By MICHAEL FREUND

JPost Shopping

The Best Draining Soap Dishes on Amazon

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Best King Size Bed Frames Review

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Science

Mideast: NASA satellite imagery shows how the Middle East has become a major hotspot for loss of groundwater in recent years.

Israel Meteorological Service to name upcoming storms after hostages

The winners of the third annual hackathon at The Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv held in conjunction with Magen David Adom. September 17, 2024.

Amid war: Afeka college holds third hackathon on emergency medical care

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

Eylon Levy, spokesman for the Israeli Government

Eylon Levy to 'Post': It was a 'mistake' not to focus on Hezbollah in messaging at start of war

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Illustration.

Why did hundreds of Orthodox Jerusalem girls suddenly go barefoot?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Amuta 'Habayta': Providing mutual aid and support to strengthen communities

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Thousands of Israeli schoolchildren are coming to school hungry

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