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A report of a fall in Kfar Baruch, a fire broke out there

Hezbollah fires 85 rockets to Israel overnight, targets Ramat David base near Haifa

Across four separate barrages throughout the early hours of Sunday morning, the IDF detected over 40 rockets.

Israel's Air Force strikes Lebanon, 22 September 2024

Three rocket barrages launched into Jezreel Valley, Hezbollah targets Ramat David base

Demonstrators protest for a hostage deal in Tel Aviv on September 21, 2024.

Amid escalation in North, hostages in Gaza are fading into memory

People and members of the military inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 20, 2024.

Hezbollah's Radwan Force chooses its new lead commander

Breaking News

At least 19 dead in coal mine blast in Iran, state TV says

Drone from the east intercepted outside Israeli territory, sirens sound in Arava

Kiryat Bialik faces direct his following fourth wave of rockets from Lebanon, three wounded

Top News

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses top IDF officials after the Israeli military eliminated Hezbollah Operations Division Head and Radwan Force Commander Ibrahim Aqil. September 20, 2024.

IDF: Possible attacks on Israel within 24 hours, new restrictions on Haifa and North

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

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

Hezbollah commanders in the Radwan Force killed in the IDF September 20 strike on Beirut, September 21, 2024.

IDF confirms assassination of Ibrahim Aqil, names 15 Hezbollah commanders killed in strike

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

We must reject Trump’s efforts to divide the Jews

By STAN POLOVETS

IDF SOLDIERS stand guard near damaged buildings in Gaza earlier this month. Though Israel’s bombardments of Gaza produce Palestinian casualties, legal responsibility for these harms lies entirely with Hamas and Iran, the writer asserts.

Israel vs. its mortal enemies: Deeper meanings of terror, violence against the Jewish state

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES

Israel-Hamas War

Rockets being intercepted over northern Israel, 22 September 2024

Iran’s multi-front strategy faces its greatest test

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Armed terrorists attempt to loot an aid truck in Gaza, September 21, 2024.

IDF thwarts attempt by Gaza terrorists to loot aid truck

By JOANIE MARGULIES , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The two terrorists the IDF killed that were guarding six hostages who were murdered by Hamas in August, September 21, 2024. (illustration)

IDF eliminates Hamas terrorists who held Hersh Goldberg-Polin, other hostages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Fire near Yaara in the northern Galilee started by a Hezbollah rocket on September 12, 2024.

Fires ignited in northern Israel by Hezbollah rockets, IDF strikes terrorist targets in Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldier operating in the Gaza Strip on September 21, 2024.

IDF eliminates Hamas tech expert Muhammad Mansour

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Amid escalation in North, hostages in Gaza are fading into memory

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

FACING OFF: US presidential candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

Post-debate dilemma: Who's better for Israel – Harris or Trump?

A pro-Palestinian protester holds a ‘From the river to the sea’ sign in Columbus, Ohio. (Paul Becker)

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris must define Israel's 'occupation' of West Bank

By ERIC R. MANDEL

Former chief of staff forcibly removed from Caesarea protest, fires lit on TLV streets

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a civil investigative committee hearing on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024

Gideon Sa'ar announces he will not become defense minister

By ELIAV BREUER

Demonstrators protest for a hostage release deal in Tel Aviv on September 21, 2024.

'The gov't has given up on them': Protesters gather calling to bring hostages home

By EVE YOUNG , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Analysis and Features

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

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

By LIRAN GURKIEWICZ

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024

Lessons from history: Jews cannot ignore parallels to rumours spread of Haitian Americans

By JENNIFER BARENHOLTZ

Observe the High Holy Days shouldn't be just for God, but also for our fellow human being

By BENJY MORGAN

Many universities in the US have changed their policies, but now they must enforce them

By GADI DOTZ

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

Ono Conversation Corner

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Real Estate Listings

Sixth-grade volunteers joyfully thread the cards with yellow ribbons and tie them to the bears in honor of the children of hostage families, soldiers, evacuees, and first responders who will receive them.

Oct7KIDS: A nonprofit helping kids manage emotions amid wartime trauma

By YESHARA GOLD

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

Mlamdovsky Somech (right) and Shmilo (left): “We’re adjusting the world for the new battlefield.”

Generative AI takes center stage in the fight against hate: Insights from the ‘Hack the Hate’

By RONNIE ROSENMAN

Market Data

Middle East

ILLUSTRATION - MENA collage - from top left clockwise Bar-On, Bichara, Otaibi, El-Haite.

'We must coexist': MENA2050 build peace in the Middle East through shared vision

Smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon September 20, 2024.

Arab states see Hezbollah’s deterrence weaken as Israel’s returns

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

PM Netanyahu's advisor to Arab media: 'Previous red lines with Hezbollah no longer exist'

By MAARIV ONLINE

Plane flies as smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 20, 2024 (illustration).

Hezbollah confirms Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil killed by IDF strike in Beirut

By SAM HALPERN , YONAH JEREMY BOB

The remains of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023

Reporter's Notebook: October 7 and the hopelessness that followed

World News

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

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in July. US Jews and non-Jews have every right to prioritize US-Israel ties in deciding for whom to vote in this election, the writer maintains.

This is what pro-Israel Americans need from the next US president

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI

International Criminal Court, The Hague

Israel challenges ICC jurisdiction, submits objection to arrest warrants

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

The BBC offices (Illustrative).

BBC is still actively employing Hamas members, Trevor Asserson says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Antisemitism / BDS

Protesters embrace as they leave a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto after an Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 3, 2024.

Toronto students forced to wear ‘Colonizers’ shirts at anti-Israel protest

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Columbia's Armstrong apology for Pro-Palestinian action draws Jewish criticism

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

PROTESTERS GATHER behind barricades to protect an encampment in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at the University of Washington in Seattle, this week, as a pro-Israel rally march took place nearby.

Massive increase in anti-Israel activity on campuses, ADL report highlights

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024

Donald Trump targets Kamala Harris again in latest initiative against antisemitism

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Environment & Climate Change

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

An Israeli self-propelled Howitzer artillery gun fires towards the Gaza Strip from a position close to the border on November 23, 2023 in southern Israel.

Israel's scorched earth tactics aim to paralyze Hezbollah in Lebanon

By MAARIV ONLINE

JPost Spotlight

A SCENE FROM ‘She Wanted to Dance.’

Oct. 7 Supernova survivors take to the stage in a new production that promises healing

Having begun at the Beit Zvi acting school as a theatrical exercise, the October "She Wanted to Dance" premiere will begin a tour with shows planned well into next year.

Mental health first aid, illustrative

The Hebrew month of Elul should be a period of healing

The hatred of Jews in America’s universities and our streets, the harassment of Jews, and the boycott of Jewish businesses take us back to Germany and Austria 90 years ago.

THE SHERATON GRAND Hotel – a Tel Aviv institution.

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

The Sheraton Grand Tel Aviv offers an exceptional experience that combines luxury, comfort, and convenience, making it a perfect choice for anyone looking to enjoy the best of this vibrant city.

ALEX DANCYG

Remembering Alex Dancyg: A bridge between Poland and Israel, killed by Hamas

Alex Dancyg was a man deeply committed to peace, yet tragically his life came to an end as a Hamas hostage.

Israel Real Estate

MOMA TEL AVIV project by Hagag Group

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

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

Ramat Gan and Givatayim, an Aerial View

Maybe also in your city: 4,000 new apartments approved in Gush Dan

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

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

Wolt drivers learn first aid from MDA

Meals and CPR on wheels: MDA trains Wolt drivers in life-saving first aid

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Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language.

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Feel close to Israel with The Jerusalem Post International Edition

The International Jerusalem Post, a weekly digest, publishes the best of the Jerusalem Post's news for the readers abroad.

MDA Heroes

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24.

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a rally last week. Earlier this month, he told the Republican Jewish Coalition that if Kamala Harris were to win the election, Israel would cease to exist.

Rhetoric with substance: What Trump, Netanyahu deliver that Harris does not

By ROBERT HERSOWITZ

Diaspora

Los Angeles, United States. Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate, and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, gives a speech at "Live For Liberty", a benefit concert in support of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran.

Pahlavi: Israel can't just react, it's time to act against Iran’s proxies

By HANNAH SARISOHN

US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024. 'There is one ‘righteous man in his generation’ – Biden is the Noah of our story, contributing from his experience to our doctrine of poverty, fundamentalism, and terror,”

Biden: Northern Israelis, southern Lebanese must be able to return home safely

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Judaism

STUDENTS LEARN at the Seattle Jewish Community School.

Community benchmarking beneficial for Jewish schools, yeshivas to create culture of trust

By ODELIA EPSTEIN

STUDENTS PARTICIPATE in Chabad on Campus Israel’s day of solidarity and volunteering with Gaza area communities, visiting the Nova festival site.

Chabad on Campus in Israel: Lending a helping hand to students seeking their Jewish identity

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

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

MIRI ZOHAR (right) stars in ‘Chilbot’ with Maya Landsman.

Cameri Theater celebrates 80th anniversary with plans for new production season

By HAGAY HACOHEN

NUREMBERG TRIALS: The judges’ bench at the International Military Tribunal in Allied-occupied Germany c. 1945-1946.

'Hitler's People': Pathological personalities in a morally twisted universe

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

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

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

South Africa's Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein

SA Chief Rabbi: Ceasefire with Hamas dangerous, urges unconditional surrender and hostage release

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

Israeli security forces try to disperse Palestinian, left-wing Israeli and foreign activists, during a protest near the West Bank Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Yair in Masafer Yatta near Hebron on June 10, 2022.

Israel expels British Jewish activist who tried to immigrate under Law of Return

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Ibrahim Aqil (illustrative)

Who is Ibrahim Aqil, target of Israel's Beirut strike?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sponsored Content

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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