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CENTCOM strikes Houthis in Yemen, 15 March 2025

US carries out second wave of strikes on Houthis, Israel prepares for continuing talks

Tal Shoham gives first interview about Gaza captivity • IAF strikes terrorist cell in the Beit Lahiya

CENTCOM operations against Iran-backed Houthis continue.

'Message to Iran': US launches large-scale strikes on Houthis in Yemen

Freed hostage Tal Shoham reunited with his family after his return from Gaza, February 22, 2025

'You will not execute me like ISIS': Former hostage Tal Shoham describes Gaza captivity

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about an investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 3, 2025.

'Hell will rain down': Trump's message behind the strikes on the Houthis

Breaking News

Top US diplomat informs Russia about Yemen strikes, State Department says

Two people stabbed, another wounded, at Purim party

PM tells hostage negotiators to prepare to continue talks

Top News

Yael Alexander, mother of hostage Edan Alexander, at the address to the press at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

What's behind the Hamas offer to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Amazigh people celebrate their new year outside the parliament with calls on the government to recognize the day as an official holiday and put more effort into supporting their language in Rabat, Morocco January 13, 2023.

The Jewish and Amazigh communities have untapped resources for regional integration

By CHAMA MECHTALY , AURELE TOBELEM

A gun with bullets on table

Medically discharged combat soldiers now eligible for firearm licenses

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Trump’s administration poses danger to academic freedom

By DAVID HAREL

Daniel Kahneman.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel at War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen over a wall of hostage posters in an illustrative.

Netanyahu to hold consultations as Hamas officials say Gaza talks have 'failed'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The IAF struck a terrorist cell in the Beit Lahia area, among them was a terrorist who infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre.

IDF strikes in Gaza kill terrorist released in hostage deal, five others

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

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

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

Screenshot from the video of the IDF reservists that was shared on social media on March 14, 2025

IDF pulls fighters from Gaza for firing shots during Purim scroll reading

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

LUIS HAR (far left) and Fernando Marman (center), two hostages rescued in a special forces operation in Rafah, Gaza, in February 2024, reunite with loved ones later in the day at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.

'Returning to Life' program provides holistic support for Gaza hostages and families

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 12, 2025.

Netanyahu dismisses Herzog, supreme court chief's state probe agreement

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Seculars, national-religious Zionists, moderate Right could break up Netanyahu coalition

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

Nir Oz kibbutz calls IDF probe findings 'harrowing, deeply unsettling'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz appears before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last month.

Israel Katz says 'unilateral' IDF draft letters to haredim have failed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Analyses & Features

CHIANG RAI’S stunning Wat Rong Khun – the White Temple.

Exploring the majestic Buddhist temples and heritage sites in northern Thailand

By MOTTI VERSES

A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

To some, Jews just don't have a right to live

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Israel needs its own DOGE, but not like what the US has

By TOMER LOTAN

In a dark period for Israel, Jews must find at least the smallest light to have hope

By URI PILICHOWSKI

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

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

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

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 28, 2023.

Jewish students forced to take workshops to prepare for antisemitism on UK campuses

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Students and visitors are seen walking around the main campus buildings of University College London (UCL), part of the University of London, Britain, April 24, 2017.

Universities, professors now using antisemitism as a way to bash Israel

By MOSHE PHILLIPS

Israeli man spat on in Dublin restaurant.

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

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Palestinians hold a posters of US President Donald Trump and Arthur James Balfour during a protest on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 4, 2020.

Cambridge police halt probe into Balfour painting vandalism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Middle East

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

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

Wasted potential: The urgent need to close Israel’s Arab employment gap

By HUSSAM ABU BAKER

Putting ISIS on the ropes: Did the US dent terrorism in Iraq?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iranian police force stands on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, July 16, 2023

Iran uses drones, surveillance to repress women's rights, UN finds

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

(R-L) Senior Fatah leader Azzam Al-Ahmed, Head of Palestinian Intelligence Majed Faraj, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein Al-Sheikh, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Ramallah, August 18, 2018.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

CHINA’S PRESIDENT Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump appear before business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2017.

Trump administration's trade sanctions harms others and doesn't benefit anyone

By XIAO JUNZHENG

Debris lies around damaged houses the morning after a tornado touched down in Florissant, Missouri, U.S. March 15, 2025.

13 killed as tornadoes rip through US midwest, southeast

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 bars South African ambassador from US, citing 'nothing to discuss'

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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 dismisses Trump, Putin's claim of Ukrainian troops encircled in Kursk

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

Environment & Climate Change

The Italia Valeriana flower is expected to grow in areas including Mount Carmel, Mount Gilboa, the Galilee, and the Jerusalem Hills.

During the spring, the flower Italia Valeriana to grow in Mount Carmel, Galilee, Jerusalem Hills

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

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

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

YARON GOTTFRIED.

A classical-jazz fusion concert in Ra’anana showcases remarkable talents of a musical family

Yaron Gottfried, a distinguished composer and conductor, leads the program, which blends beloved classical works with iconic jazz compositions from the 20th century.

MAESTRO LEONARDO SINI.

Maestro Leonardo Sini masterfully handles the podium with the Israel Philharmonic

Precise timing and coordination of the participants are the essence of opera productions, and Sini unified the orchestra, soloists, and chorus with skill.

HILA RUACH in Maya Kenig’s ‘The Milky Way.’

Maya Kenig’s 'The Milky Way' delivers a funny, dystopian story of a single mom in Tel Aviv

The movie is a telling look at the way we live now, when the gap between those struggling to pay the rent and those who are super-wealthy has never been greater.

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

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Israel Real Estate

A seating area in Jerusalem's Givat Massuah neighborhood.

Givat Massuah: Jerusalem’s quiet, scenic neighborhood

By ALEX WINSTON

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

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

Ben-Gurion University campus in Beersheba, southern Israel. May 28, 2023.

Children with autism less likely to suffer severe injuries than those with ADHD - BGU

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

PROF. ASSAF ZINGER’S team at work.

Technion close to develop oral consumption of medications to tackle COVID, flu, instead of vaccines

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

An illustrative image of a person dealing with severe anxiety.

Reducing sensory overload – relieving our stressed nervous system

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

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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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

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

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

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

WITH HIS wife, Peri.

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

By LEAH HAKIMIAN

Diaspora

BERAT, DESIGNATED as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, served as a major hideout for the Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupiers. Here, visitors attend the opening ceremony of the renovated Solomon Jewish History Museum in Berat in 2019.

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

By HAREL KOPELMAN

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

Judaism

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

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

Food

ROASTED CHESTNUTS for sale on London’s Westminster Bridge.

The chocolates and snacks that immigrants to Israel miss from home

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

Culture

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

Artwork by Joseph Hirsch.

Israel Museum honors late Jerusalem artist Joseph Hirsch

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

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

'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

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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