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Israeli soldiers operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023

IDF strikes drone operators in Gaza's Beit Lahiya, at least nine killed

The Israeli military fired at two Palestinians who were "operating a drone that posed a threat to IDF troops," it said.

Daniel Kahneman.

Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American Nobel Prize winner, died by assisted suicide

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with US President Donald Trump by phone, earlier this month. In his first weeks in office, Trump dramatically reversed US policy on Ukraine, even falsely accusing Zelensky of starting the war with Russia, the writer notes.

Zelensky refutes Trump, Putin's claim that soldiers are surrounded in Kursk

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reacts as he meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2025.

Rubio says South Africa's ambassador no longer welcomed in US

Breaking News

IDF targets Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon town

Tornadoes strike US south leaving three dead amid rising risk

UK’s Starmer says ‘coalition of willing’ will help Ukraine in event of peace

Top News

A Palestinian child rides a tricycle infront of a rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025.

IDF strike in Gaza kills nine, Adam Boehler withdraws as US hostage envoy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli man spat on in Dublin restaurant.

‘Zionists are not welcome in Ireland’: Israeli man spat on in Dublin restaurant

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israel police arrests a terror suspect in east Jerusalem

Hamburg woman on trial for attacking Jewish woman at university

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PA official secretly meets Lebanese Armed Forces head to discuss Palestinians in Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hostage posters seen at the Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Hamas official to Al Jazeera: Israel demanded 11 living hostages for ceasefire continuation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel at War

Hostage deal negotiators (L) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and (R) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Witkoff warns time is not on Hamas's side as terror org. makes impractical demands

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern West Bank on Friday, March 14, 2025

Terrorist infiltration sirens sound in Harasha in West Bank, manhunt for suspects conducted by IDF

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Three women – Neomi, Shani, Nastia – who all survived the Supernova Music Festival massacre on October 7 are seen in the IDF reserves, their faces blurred as they are on active duty.

‘We will serve again’: Three women who survived the Nova massacre and joined the IDF reserves

The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Kibbutz Nir Oz says results of Oct. 7 probe are 'harrowing, deeply unsettling'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023

IDF only arrived in Nir Oz after Hamas terrorists left because it was 'too far away'

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Hot Opinion

Purim then and now: Israel's fight against modern-day Haman

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Where’s the Jewish Beyoncé? We’re winning the fight, but losing the culture war

By ZVIKA KLEIN

The IDF needs soldiers but Israel is paying yeshivas to dodge the draft

By YAAKOV KATZ

From Haman to Khamenei: The Jewish people remember their enemies

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

From King Saul to today: The Gilboa’s role in Israel’s past and present

By LIAT COLLINS

Israel News

Israel Police seize lion cub from residence in Kfar Kassem, March 15, 2025.

Police seize ninth monkey, fourth lion cub, as part of crackdown on illegal wildlife

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli students who built the satellites for the Tevel 2 project.

Israeli high school students launch nine miniature satellites into space in 'Tevel 2' project

Israeli government employee arrested for smuggling women into country

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A man looks at destroyed vehicles, as Palestinians assess damage at the scene after what they said was an Israeli settler attack, at their village of Um Safa near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 11, 2025.

Hilltop Youth allegedly torch vehicles, vandalize garage near Ramallah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar criticizes predecessor Argaman after threat to disclose information on PM

By MAARIV ONLINE

Analyses & Features

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (R) and Leonid Brezhnev wave from Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow after announcing that Khrushchev was resigning as first secretary of the Communist Party and Brezhnev was taking over the role, 1964.

The enigma of Nikita Khrushchev: Unravelling the Soviet leader's views on Israel, Zionism

By ALEX WINSTON

A tattoo depicting an outline of Israel, shattered like glass, with the epicenter in Sderot, is seen being tattooed onto the leg of an IDF soldier by artist Zohar Volkenfeld of the Highlight studio in Tel Aviv.

Tattooed Jews: The experiences of Jews who got their first tattoos late in life

By RIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER

Terra Uma: The Israeli start-up treating PTSD through therapeutic wine-making

By ADAM MONTEFIORE

Albania's secret Jewish history, how its population saved Jews during the Holocaust

By HAREL KOPELMAN

Michal Herzog speaks during a ceremony for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh haShana (Jewish New Year) at the president's house with representatives of the diplomatic delegations to Israel in Jerusalem. September 20, 2022.

Inspiring women in business: Next-Gen Award amplifies female founders

By NAOMI BEN-DAVID

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

A seating area in Jerusalem's Givat Massuah neighborhood.

Givat Massuah: Jerusalem’s quiet, scenic neighborhood

By ALEX WINSTON

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs on aluminum imports, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump's trade war is 'wake-up call' for Europe, Lagarde says

A gavel and the scales of justice.

Meitar reclaims title of Israel's biggest law firm

By NITSAN SHAFIR/GLOBES/TNS

The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Leading Israel’s Future: The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

People, holding banners and flags, gather to show solidarity with Palestinians, December 21, 2024 in Paris, France.

Jewish students face growing threats in French schools, testimonies reveal

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

Faiz Shah, 23, Mohammad Comrie, 23, and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime, 20,

Justice served for trio that abducted, and assaulted Jewish music producer

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Stickers posted by pro-Palestinian groups on the Columbia campus.

US Justice Dept probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations, official says

Police officers detain a protester inside Trump Tower during a rally against the ICE detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2025.

Indian doctoral candidate leaves US after student visa revoked over alleged pro-Hamas activities

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

UFC announcer Joe Rogan during UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Apr 13, 2024.

Joe Rogan hosts Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper on his podcast and complains of ‘paranoid’ Jews

By BEN SALES/JTA

Middle East

ISIS fighters.

Trump: ISIS leader’s 'miserable life' ended in US strike in Iraq

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Buses carrying senior figures from the Syrian Druze community welcomed by members of the Druze community in Israel, March 14, 2025

One wounded in gathering held by Syrian Druze sheikhs at Tiberias shrine during historic visit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel attacks Hamas manipulation as terror group says it will free Edan Alexander

By AMICHAI STEIN , SARAH MOSKOWITZ

An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump and Prime Miniser Benjamin Netanyahu speak at the White House, Washington DC., February 4, 2025

Voices from the Arab press: The beginning of Israeli concern about Trump

By THE MEDIA LINE

World News

Adam S. Boehler speaks at an event with Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Mexico City, Mexico November 8, 2019.

Adam Boehler withdraws nomination as US envoy for hostage affairs after direct talks with Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign that reads "glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance", on the campus of Columbia University, on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in New York City, US, October 7, 2024.

Columbia revokes degrees, expels, suspends multiple anti-Israel protesters

By MICHAEL STARR

US-Präsident Donald Trump spricht zu Reportern an Bord der Air Force One vor der Ankunft auf der Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, USA, 27. Januar 2025.

Trump administration weighs travel ban on dozens of countries, memo says

Steve Witkoff seen over flags of Israel and Azerbaijan (illustrative)

Trump envoy Witkoff in Azerbaijan for talks after Netanyahu, rabbis' involvement

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

Miami Beach mayor moves to evict theater operator for showing Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Environment & Climate Change

With 800 square meters of solar collectors spanning across the Sano factory roof and an estimated investment cost of 1.5 million shekels, the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 68%.

Does it pay for homes to install rooftop solar panels?

By IDAN ERETZ/GLOBES/TNS

A crane that was found injured in the Galilee was released back into the wild.

Rescued crane returns to the wild just in time for migration

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A close-up view of the wooly devil, a new species and genus identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Rare new sunflower species discovered in Texas national park

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The gull which traveled from Portugal to Israel was tagged, allowing researchers to trace its path.

From Portugal to Israel: The gull that traveled the longest distance ever

By ZIV REINSTEIN

Dusky Shark swiming in the sea

Ultrasound performed on sandbar shark reveals advanced pregnancy stage in historic Israeli first

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

Amichai Chikli speaks at Conference of Presidents, February 16, 2025.

Amichai Chikli invites politicians from European far-right parties to Israel, in a first

Also on the docket are figures who have criticized the far right, including the Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt and Armin Laschet of Germany’s center-right leading party.

Former US clothing manufacturer Mordechai Saxon is seen snorkling in Eilat with wife, Shulammis, after his aliyah.

Retired US clothing exec. thrives in Israel as martial artist, scuba diver, matchmaker, and more

Multitalented oleh Mordechai Saxon transforms life in Israel: from clothing exec to martial arts instructor, matchmaker, and more.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2025.

Is Iran’s regime on the brink? Khamenei’s dialogue suggests so

Khamenei’s bluffs and threats show Iran’s growing desperation to maintain control.

EGYPT’S FOREIGN MINISTER Badr Abdelatty (right) meets with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on details of a Gaza reconstruction plan, in Cairo last week, ahead of an emergency Arab summit.

Arab leaders unite on paper, but who will rebuild Gaza?

The Arab League’s Gaza summit issued strong statements but offered no clear path forward. With no funding commitments or concrete plans, who will take responsibility for Gaza’s future?

Israel Real Estate

A young couple is debating whether to buy an investment property

Million-dollar question: Is now the time to buy an investment apartment?

By OFER PETERSBURG

Sample Apartment: Rent 2 Stay Long-Term Rental Project in Yavne

Surprising city: 80+ long-term rental contracts signed quickly

By OFER PETERSBURG

MY ADERET: Everything you need just a short walk away.

Carmei Gat: A growing hub with exceptional potential

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Economic Attaché of the Portuguese Embassy in Israel, Irit Gabriela Freudenheim-Levy.

Strengthening ties: Officials & diplomats at Portuguese investors event

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Damages Caused to the Homes of Metula, December 9, 2024

Roadmap for rehabilitation: From disaster to economic boost for cities

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Christian World

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, showing plans to continue on, starts new process for Catholic reforms

Pope Francis approved a new three-year Vatican reform plan, pushing forward with change despite his ongoing health battle.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1948-2020.

Former Archbishop addresses 'resurgence of antisemitism' in speech to honor Rabbi Sacks

“The desperate plight of the hostages is a bitterly vivid symbol of the way that so many lives – Jewish and non-Jewish – are held hostage by a climate of terror,” he said.

US AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE to Israel Mike Huckabee attends a ceremony in 2018 marking the construction of a new housing complex in Efrat.

Evangelical leader urges senators to confirm Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

Huckabee 'brings moral clarity, unwavering support for Israel, and will serve as the greatest US ambassador to Israel in history,' Friends of Zion Museum founder Mike Evans said.

Pastor Luke Moon (left) and Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein (right) in the Jerusalem Post Podcast Studio, March 6, 2025.

Evangelical Pastor to 'Post': Christians do not show up enough for Israel

Pastor Luke Moon describes new initiatives bringing together Christians across the United States to support Israel.

Health & Wellness

Aviv Asher, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz Asher, 4.5 years old, and mother Doron, react as they step off an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after their arrival in Israel on November 24, after being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Freed hostage held by Hamas Doron Katz-Asher gives birth to daughter

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of a person dealing with severe anxiety.

Reducing sensory overload – relieving our stressed nervous system

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

An illustrative image of two people talking at an Aroma cafe.

ESRA: A lifeline for English speakers facing emotional struggles in Israel

By BRENDA KATTEN

BiVACOR CEO Dr Daniel Timms pictured with the artificial heart.

World’s first artificial heart recipient discharged, marking medical breakthrough

Illustrative image of scientific research.

TAU researchers use CRISPR to shrink cancer cells

By JERUSALEM POST 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

Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative)

130,000-year-old clues from Israel’s Tinshemet Cave point to shared Homo behaviors

By JOANIE MARGULIES

How King Tutankhamun's era saw the fading of the pyramids' lustrous cladding.

How King Tutankhamun's era saw the fading of the pyramids' lustrous cladding

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

WITH HIS wife, Peri.

Alex and Peri Sinclair: A Masorti power couple like no other

By LEAH HAKIMIAN

KEEPOLIM’S BABUSHKA & Dedushka program provides monthly food deliveries to nine Russian immigrants with mobility issues.

Aliyah and accessibility: The reality for disabled immigrants in Israel

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Diaspora

US sends Columbia letter with required 'next steps' in addressing campus antisemitism before canceling federal funding.

US hands Columbia list with 'next steps' to combat antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.

Anti-Israel activists turn Mahmoud Khalil's arrest into a free speech issue

By MICHAEL STARR

Judaism

People wearing costumes celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in Holon, March 14, 2025

Parades, dancers, and superheroes: Israel's children celebrate Purim

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘Esther and Mordechai Writing the First Purim Letter’ by Aert de Gelder, c. 1685

Purim: Asking without logic

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Food

Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh. (Jackie Hajdenberg)

Taboonia, a new Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC, is run by a Nova music festival survivor

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

SOME OF the writer’s Purim wines from last year, on display at his home. It is fine to again celebrate Jewish redemption and Zionist renaissance by focusing on good (and kosher) Israeli wine, he says.

Raising a glass to Israel: Wine, war, and the spirit of Purim

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

Culture

Artwork by Joseph Hirsch.

Israel Museum honors late Jerusalem artist Joseph Hirsch

British conductor Andrew Parrott

Ninth annual Bach Festival kicks off throughout Israel

Travel

An El Al flight takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024.

El Al almost quintuples profit

By NETANEL ARIEL/GLOBES/TNS

View of the Light rail on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem. March 5, 2025.

Light rail, heavy costs: Jerusalem commuters protest transportation price hikes

Podcasts

Sarah Ben-Nun is seen interviewing Dr. Menahem Merhavy of Hebrew University of Jerusalem on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

From ancient pagans to the Islamic Republic: The shaping of Iranian civilization

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yaky Yanay, CEO and President of Pluri.

Using cell science to fight nuclear weapons: How is Pluri revolutionizing health and food tech?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House last month. While past US presidents have prioritized Israel’s safety, Trump has positioned himself as one of the most pro-Israel leaders in modern history, the writer maintains.

Will geopolitical tensions escalate further under Trump in the coming years?

By DAVID BEN-BASAT

President Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of education, Linda McMahon, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing, Feb. 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump cuts funding to office that handles campus antisemitism complaints

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

History

'Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther' by Rembrandt, 1660, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum

This week in Jewish history: Purim story, mass suicide, killing of York's Jews

By STEVEN DRUCKER

Sun Yat-sen expressed his support for Zionism in a letter sent to N.E.B. Ezra, 24 April 1920.

Sun Yat-sen at 100: The revolutionary who shaped modern China

By ALEX WINSTON

Science

Whispering Woman Illustration.

Smooth talker: Hebrew University study gives insight into brain's role in linguistic interaction

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

ELAD INBAR with one of his security robots. ‘Robots are not here to take away jobs. They are here to make jobs more meaningful and revolutionize the way we work, helping business owners operate more profitably.’

The Israeli who is looking to build the robots of the future

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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 ISSUE of haredi conscription into the IDF has once again been brought into the spotlight this week, even as the Knesset continues its inability to legislate the matter. If elections come soon, the haredi parties could be in danger of losing their place in government, and their reality may change

Dancing on the brink: Haredi draft dodging video triggers national backlash

Saleh Al Jafarawi.

Gazan influencer raises 10 million dollars in fake charity campaign

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