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

IDF kills Nukhba terrorist, foils weapons smuggling attempt from Egypt

Golani rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7 • Sa'ar discusses Iranian nuclear issue, Gaza hostages with UK counterpart

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Trump's plan provides needed solution to combat campus antisemitism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Gaza Strip. April 16, 2025.

Shin Bet official excluded from Netanyahu's Gaza visit

Smoke rises following a strike in the Gaza Strip. April 2, 2025.

IDF kills senior aide to Hamas Gaza Brigade cmdr. in Gaza strike

Breaking News

Border Police officers arrest Palestinian who hurled stones at security forces

Biden slams Trump's social security policy in first major speech since leaving office

Trump says cost of almost all products including gasoline going down

Top News

Aviad Shapira, the Golani reservist who found Billy.

Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A soldier from the US-led coalition holds the hand of a boy during a joint US- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, February 8, 2024.

US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say

The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Could Mossad kill IRGC air force chief to open up striking Iran nuke program?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Trump's Israel tariffs: What was left unsaid in Netanyahu-Trump meeting?

By MICHAEL J. SALAMON

AT A protest in support of Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil, demonstrators call for a halt to all US funding of ‘Israeli apartheid,’ in Times Square. It’s not our job as Jews, currently the most maligned and imperiled minority group in America, to advocate on behalf of Khalil, the writer argues.

Jews are not obligated to defend Mahmoud Khalil or his civil liberties

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN

Israel at War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a situational assessment in northern Gaza, April 15, 2025.

Iran's goal to destroy Israel is why we're fighting in Gaza, Netanyahu says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Released hostage Eliya Cohen and his girlfriend Ziv Abud prayed for the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza at a visit to the Western Wall.

Former hostage Eliya Cohen makes first visit to Western Wall after release

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustrative image of Israeli demonstrators advocating for deal to release hostages, including Edan Alexander next to Hamas terrorists.

Hamas claims it lost contact with group holding Edan Alexander hostage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, conducted a tour of the field in the Gaza Strip

IDF chief of staff: 'Military will not allow internal divisions to infiltrate IDF'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Israel at War, Day 556 | Latest on US-Iran talks, Gaza war, Syria

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Trump's plan provides needed solution to combat campus antisemitism

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

SUPREME COURT President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing last Tuesday on petitions against the cabinet’s firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.

How has Israel reached its lowest point through its High Court

By AKIVA SPIEGELMAN

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not forget Israel was created by a UN resolution.

Netanyahu slams Macron’s push for Palestinian statehood in phone call

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shin Bet official arrested for leaking classified info to journalist, minister

By ELIAV BREUER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

What are Israel's next steps after new Shin Bet leak rocks tensions with the gov't?

By ELIAV BREUER

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

Chikli hails Shin Bet leaker as 'hero of Israel' as scandal erupts

By ELIAV BREUER

Analyses & Features

THE WRITER gives a brief explanation on the history of Jerusalem to a mixed crowd of Jews, Christians, and Muslims on the rooftop of the Dan Family Aish World Center in Jerusalem.

Could AI be the solution to Israel's ongoing conflicts and division?

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Visiting Mauritius is worth every minute of travel

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

45th Acco Festival kicks off with dynamic line-up of performances

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

British singer Robbie Williams performs in Berlin

Robbie Williams reveals he contracted scurvy, a rare 17th century pirate disease

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Ronya Rubinstein CEO of Endospot

How EndoSpot’s CEO is pioneering a pain-free future for women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

An illustrative image of Telegram.

The new battleground: How Oct. 7 set a new standard, challenges for the media

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Vancouver city councillor Sean Orr.

Vancouver city councillor faces backlash over antisemitic tweet

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Signs are displayed in front of Deering Meadow, where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, US. April 25, 2024

'Death to Israel': Northwestern University vandalized with graffiti amid Trump crackdown

By MICHAEL STARR

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Columbia will not surrender independence in face of federal demands, acting president says

By MICHAEL STARR

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Israel look on as the Eiffel Tower is seen from aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony.

French ministers decry Nanterre graffiti calling for Jewish union 'out of our universities'

By MICHAEL STARR

View of a gate to Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After Harvard defies Trump antisemitism demands, $2 billion grants frozen

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron visit a medical ward for Palestinian patients last week. To many Egyptians, Sisi is not doing enough to challenge Israel’s actions in Gaza, says the writer.

Sisi’s political theater: Protests as a strategic performance in Egypt

By MARIAM WAHBA

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024.

Turkish president: Whoever prevents Syria from peace will have Turkey against them

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover, UN agency says

By REUTERS

An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Int'l Atomic Energy Agency head to visit Tehran amid flurry of nuke talks

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends an interview after participating in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, February 18, 2025.

Iran must stop and eliminate enrichment, weaponization program, Witkoff says

By REUTERS , AMICHAI STEIN

World News

Illustration of Israeli passport against backdrop of Maldives Islands.

Maldives bans Israelis from entering the country over Gaza war

By MICHAEL STARR

A view of the damage inside the Governor's Residence on the day Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania State Police provide an update on the act of arson that took place at the residence, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 13, 2025.

MK Gilad Kariv sends letter of support to Josh Shapiro after arson attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein (C) appears in court for his retrial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, New York, USA, 15 April 2025. Weinstein is now being re-tried on the charges.

Jury selection opens in Harvey Weinstein's new sex crimes trial in NY

NYPD are searching for a man accused of performing sexual acts on a corpse while traveling on the Manhattan subway last week.

NYPD search for man accused of sexually violating a corpse on Manhattan subway

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Environment & Climate Change

Stenella frontalis.

Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins

By DR. ITAY GAL

Antennarius pictus - Painted FrogFish

Masters of camouflage: Rare sighting of frogfish spotted in Gulf of Eilat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

JPost Spotlight

Elliot Jager and Calev Ben David, in Episode 3 of The Jerusalem Dispatch.

Iran deal fears: Will a Trump-backed deal be a repeat of Obama's?

This week, Calev and Elliot discuss whether Trump is going to force an Iran deal on Israel that is only cosmetically different from the Obama version and much more.

Casa Lavi.

Casa Lavi: A perfect la merienda experience in Jerusalem

At Casa Lavi, there are all sorts of sweet treats: muffins, brownies, cookies, and pastries – something for everyone.

Yona Brief with parents, David and Hazel.

IDF soldier Yona Brief’s life and death: 417-day miracle defying all medical expectations

One of the essential questions that impacts whether Yona might have survived is why he was not evacuated on the first helicopter instead of the second one.

Yom Kippur War: Israeli infantry battles in the Golan Heights, October 1973.

Only the dead see the end: Reflection on the devastation of war

The motto of war is “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”

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

Urban renewal project in the Hachi"m complex in the Tel HaGiborim neighborhood.

Holon’s Tel HaGiborim neighborhood set for major transformation with tow

By OFER PETERSBURG

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

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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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

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

Emmanuelle Chriqui expresses support for the hostages, in January 2025.

Sowing seeds of Jewish advocacy: Evolution of actress Emmanuelle Chriqui

Judaism

Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

The cost of chosenness: Lessons from Moses, Ibn Naghrillah this Passover

By SABRINA SOFFER

Castel wines are seen on a Passover Seder table.

Building bridges at the Seder table: An enduring message of the four children

By EVAN BERNSTEIN

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

Israeli artist Haim Sokol.

Wild and creative: A look at the new two-person exhibition at Jerusalem's Wild Gallery

Billie Joe Armstrong and Greenday perform during I-Day Song Festival at Park of Monza in Italy on June 15, 2017.

Green Day makes pro-Palestinian lyric change at Coachella, sparking controversy

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

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

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 Politics

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

Why Trump nuke deal could be ‘better’ than Obama’s, yet be still more dangerous

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

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

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.

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