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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France July 20, 2022

PA President Abbas, French President Macron discuss Israel-Hamas ceasefire, reject Gaza plan

The two discussed the possibility of the Palestinian Authority assuming “full responsibility” in Gaza, including security duties.

Green Day's lead-singer Billie Joe Armstrong

Green Day changes lyrics to song, showing pro-Palestine stance at Coachella

Beirut Port, one of the largest and busiest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, shows traces of Beirut 2020 port explosion on October 10, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. The city, which located on the eastern Mediterranean coast, has a population of over 1.5 million.

Iran resumes smuggling arms to Hezbollah via Beirut’s port

(Illustration) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer against a backdrop of posters of missing hostages.

Hostage deal talks stall as Israel, Hamas clash over guarantees to end war

Breaking News

Top US and Turkish diplomats speak about dangers posed by Iran, State Department says

Hamas says it is studying proposal for Gaza ceasefire, to respond soon

Second round of US-Iran talks to be held in Oman, Iranian media says citing foreign ministry

Top News

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

Lebanon supports return to 1949 agreements with Israel, president says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025

Israel's Gaza invasion reduced to a crawl as IDF makes limited progress

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Protesters call for the release of hostages on Begin Street in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 14, 2025

IDF makes fewer gains in Gaza, official says hostage deal gaps remain large

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Trump: Iran issue is easy to solve, they cannot obtain nuclear weapons

By AMICHAI STEIN , REUTERS

Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on superseding charges in front of Judge Arun Subramanian, at the federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to expanded sex trafficking indictment

Israel at War

IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025

Israel's Gaza invasion reduced to a crawl as IDF makes limited progress

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Hamas terrorists in Rafah, in Gaza, February 22, 2025.

Hamas unwilling to lay down arms in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports

By LIRAN HARONI

Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. February 22, 2025.

Hamas agrees to release nine hostages, pressure exerted to release more

Lt. Col. Eyal Zamir will meet with the heads of authorities in the Gaza Envelope

IDF chief tells cabinet: Conquering Gaza a 'fantasy' amid troop deficit

By ELIAV BREUER

View of the Ibn Sina Hospital, in the West Bank city of Jenin on January 30, 2024

IDF soldiers enter Jenin hospital in breach of protocol, arrest suspect

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Time for Trump to show his tough rhetoric on Tehran carries results

By JPOST EDITORIAL

A turbulent time for the Jewish people can be an opportunity to come together

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ

Libya as a model: How to stop Iran - and Tehran's path to survival

By YAAKOV KATZ

Behind the Iran nuclear talks: What Donald Trump needs to tell Tehran

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Yemeni people continue to bear burden of weaponization of Houthis

By NEVILLE TELLER

Israel News

Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan in video address to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday April 12, 2025.

Netanyahu 'imposed death sentence' on abandoned son, hostage mother says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT Ilham Aliyev is flanked by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN’s COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, last November. Israel-Turkey talks were underway in Baku last week, according to sources.

A war between Israel and Turkey can be prevented with Azerbaijan's help

By ROMAN GUREVICH

It's time for Israel to deradicalize and free the hostages

By YARON SCHWARTZ

IDF soldiers in a swearing in ceremony. February 27, 2025.

IDF reservist dismissed after demanding gov't prioritize hostages speaks with 'Post'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dennis Gaitsgory at the award ceremony on April 5, 2025 in Santa Monica.

Israeli-American mathematician Gaitsgory scoops $3m Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Analyses & Features

Yaakov Kirschen.

‘National treasure’ Yaakov Kirschen, Dry Bones cartoonist, dies at 87

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office last week: Israeli officials responsible for trade with the US have no clue how the trade gap with the US can be abolished without damaging Israel’s economic interests, the writer maintains.

The Netanyahu-Trump meeting: Success or embarrassing failure?

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Middle East summits cement Syria's Sharaa as regional leader

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Education and agriculture: Twin pillars of resilience in wartime

By SAUL BURDMAN

Ahmad Muna of the Educational Bookshop.

Educational Bookshop and the cultural institutions of east Jerusalem

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

MILORAD DODIK, president of the Republika of Srpska, addresses his supporters in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February. For Israelis, the strange story of Bosnia’s political turmoil should highlight the vast hypocrisy of European states, says the writer.

Illegitimate lawfare: Bosnia uses Israel as a battleground

By EUGENE KONTOROVICH

Wikipedia homepage on the computer screen under magnifying glass. Wikipedia is a free Internet encyclopedia.

The Internet and AI should not be used to answer questions on Halacha

By URI PILICHOWSKI

An illustration of Herb Keinon saying thank you to using the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.

Say thank you to ChatGPT, even if AI doesn't care about gratitude

A new Israeli startup has begun a new venture that will allow companies to hire an AI agent to join their development teams.

Israeli startup AutonomyAI raises millions turning AI into full-time developers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Crowd gathers at Place Kleber with the call of Strasbourg Palestine Collective and marches to the Place du Chateau with slogans in support of Gaza, in Strasbourg, France on March 22, 2025.

Clash with anti-Israel marchers at Jewish-owned Strasbourg bakery draws outrage

By MICHAEL STARR

French police in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, central France, August 31, 2019. (illustrative)

'Dirty Jew': French Jew beaten on street in latest antisemitic attack in Villeurbanne

By MICHAEL STARR

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during his election campaign tour, in British Columbia, Canada, April 6, 2025

Poilievre: Deport foreign antisemitic lawbreakers, Conservative gov't would protect Jews

By MICHAEL STARR

Hamas terrorists in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.

Jenrick: Disbar Hamas lawyers who appealed to remove group from terrorism list

By MICHAEL STARR

Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri.

Palestinian billionaire resigns from Harvard post after lawsuit alleges he helped finance Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Middle East

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks in Baghdad, Iraq October 13, 2024.

Why is Iran looking forward to a second round of US nuclear talks?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, April 14, 2025

Syria's Sharaa, Lebanese PM discuss border demarcation weeks after ceasefire

EU announces €1.6 billion support package for Palestinian Authority reforms

By REUTERS

A protest against the firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.

Qatargate: A timeline of the scandal plaguing Israel, Netanyahu, and the PMO

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

A letter signed by graduates of the elite IDF Talpiot program.

Thousands of IDF elite intel program grads call for war's end, return of hostages

World News

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025.

Iranian foreign minister to visit Moscow ahead of second Iran-US meeting

Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on superseding charges in front of Judge Arun Subramanian, at the federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to expanded sex trafficking indictment

US President Donald Trump leads a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

Trump: Iran issue is easy to solve, they cannot obtain nuclear weapons

By AMICHAI STEIN , REUTERS

Tariff Day Aftermath: Unpacking the Market Carnage

Trump administration sued over tariffs in US Court of International Trade

Karenna Groff, NCAA Woman of the Year, throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park before the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox play on April 03, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.

'Wonderful family' of Jewish doctors, scientists perish in plane crash

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Environment & Climate Change

An injured forest dormouse being treated at KKL-JNF's Hula Valley Wildlife Acclimatization Center, April 2025.

KKL-JNF rehabilitates injured forest dormouse after rare daytime sighting

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

HAMEGINIM FOREST – The Holiday of Spring comes at just the right time here in Israel.

Hiking the Holy Land: Israel’s outdoors during Passover

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

From crisis to innovation: Doral calls for renewable energy to become Israel’s strategic priority

By LIOR NOVIK , IN COLLABORATION WITH DORAL

An illustrative image of wildfires caused by climate change.

Climate crisis hits women hardest, Tel Aviv conference reveals

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

A wildfire in Israel's north.

Israel launches AI fire prediction tool to protect transportation systems

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

IDF soldiers operate in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 12, 2025

Eyal Zamir's decision to discharge IAF reservists who call for end to Gaza war is rash

The decision gives the message that the IDF and its reservists are forbidden from taking any position on political policies.

Mélanie Laurent, an award-winning French actress who will star in the fifth season of Fauda.

Mélanie Laurent to star in Fauda’s fifth season

Idan Amedi will be returning as a guest after he was wounded while fighting in Gaza.

A scene from 'Alex is Lovesick.'

A tribute to Israeli classics, 'Hacks' returns, and Jon Hamm gets in trouble

Israeli Movie Channel on Yes has a tribute to veteran movie producer Yitzhak Shani, screening several of his films in an all-day program.

A house in Beit Zayit, near Jerusalem.

The most beautiful home in Israel? A look at a new house in Beit Zayit

Designed by architect Yvan Lang, the home actually consists of two houses – the main one at 700 sq.m. and the smaller one at 150 sq.m.

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

Air builds as clear as wine

By OFER PETERSBURG

Taubel Complex, Neighborhood G in Beersheba.

New street and rental apartments for service members in Beersheba

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Tzur Shalom Renewal Project, Kiryat Bialik

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

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

Pope Francis. Vatican announces new guidelines allowing gay men to become priests in Italy under vow of celibacy.

Britain's King Charles makes surprise visit to Pope Francis at Vatican

King Charles and Queen Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest.

Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Pro-Israel evangelical leader calls on Trump to tariff Tucker Carlson for pro-Iran post

"It’s time for the White House to impose a Tariff on Tucker Carlson for illegally importing anti-Semitic Iranian talking points and putting America last,” Cardoza-Moore said.

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.

Health & Wellness

Dr. Rabbi Refael Feuerstein in the office of his late father, Prof. Reuven Feuerstein.

Jerusalem's Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping kids with trauma, disabilities

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

$DR. URI YOEL of the Soroka Medical Center conducted a new study that examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.$

Soroka-University Medical Center saves bones and lives with new special department

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

An illustrative image of two people holding hands.

Is it love? Psychologist shares 10 ways that real love manifests

By DR. MIRIAM ADAHAN

A joint study conducted by Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion has discovered that it’s possible to predict the severity of PTSD by analyzing brain connectivity patterns as early as one month after a traumatic event.

How to predict PTSD severity by brain connectivity patterns: University of Haifa researcher

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Eye-tracking glasses show how dogs perceive human gestures. Illustration.

Hebrew University’s innovation in antibiotic eyedrops offers new hope for dogs and humans

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

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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

Policemen arrest student during students and pro-Palestine activists protest across New York City demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student activist and recent Columbia graduate in the borough of Manhattan.

Authorities changing visas status of students at southern US universities due to Gaza stance

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PEOPLE PROTEST in Berlin outside Humboldt University in support of Israel and against antisemitism, in October. The charge that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is culturally rooted, springing from antisemitic tropes, Cold War politics, and settler-colonial academic theory, insists the writer.

Prosecutors: Assault of non-Jew by Gazan, Lebanese men in Berlin was antisemitic

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judaism

‘The Tenth Plague: Killing the Firstborn Son,’ from a collection by Joseph Mallord and William Turner.

The tragedy of the firstborn: Inherent legal, societal burdens of the eldest child

By HAIM KATZ , SAM KATZ

HARVESTING WHEAT in a field near Rehovot.

Counting the Omer: A journey from Passover to Shavuot

By RONALD EISENBERG

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

Castel wines are seen on a Passover Seder table.

Passover 2025: This is the year to support and buy Israeli wines

By ADAM MONTEFIORE

Culture

Bellamy Bellucci: The pro-Israel advocate breaking every mold and defending every truth.

Bellamy Bellucci: The outspoken activist defying Israel’s critics, antisemites

By BATYA LEVINTHAL

'The Gulag Archipelago, the Revelation.'

Art and life intertwine at Epos film festival

By HANNAH BROWN

Travel

THE WAT Phra Yai, Koh Samui’s Big Buddha Temple.

An experience in Thailand’s Koh Samui before the ‘White Lotus Effect’

By MOTTI VERSES

An El Al plane in Ben-Gurion Airport.

Dominant over 18 months of war, Israel's El Al faces return of foreign carriers

By STEVEN SCHEER/ REUTERS

Podcasts

Tamar Uriel-Beeri is seen interviewing Prof. Shimon Shetreet on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Shimon Shetreet: Israeli gov't wants to change judiciary to give prime minister 'total power'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs alongside a photo of Netanyahu against a backdrop of a stock market chart. (illustration)

Tanking stocks and risk of global recession: What do you need to know about Trump's tariffs?

By EVE YOUNG , REUTERS

US Politics

What will happen to US, Iran relations?

Trump’s Iran talks could backfire, strengthen regime, expert warns

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House last week. Because Trump is so hard to characterize neatly, we should think twice before jumping to conclusions as to where his tariff policies are headed, says the writer.

Don’t panic – yet, despite the chaos caused by Trump’s tariffs

By JONATHAN M. NATHAN

History

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'

SUPPRESSION OF Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 16-19, 1943. In this iconic image, captured Jews are led by Waffen SS soldiers to the assembly point for deportation (Umschlagplatz).

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT

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

The bus that a resident of Shafir overturned in Rehovot on Saturday April 13, 2025.

Man steals a bus in Rehovot 'to get home for the Seder'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

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