Pahlavi dynasty's influences persists in Iran, from Persia's throne to front lines of the revolt

FRONTLINES

Crowning in Munich: 'Global Day of Rage' is Reza Pahlavi's unofficial coronation for Iranians

FRONTLINES
DESPITE REIGNING since taking over from his deposed father in 1941, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was crowned in a lavish ceremony in Tehran on October 26, 1967. The ceremony, held 26 years after his accession to the throne, aimed to solidify his image as a ‘King of Kings’ and a transformative leader.
A poster featuring portraits of former Iranian monarchs alongside Reza Pahlavi is seen during a protest in The Hague, the Netherlands, last year.
Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's ousted former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 16, 2026.

US President Trump announces new 10% tariff on all countries after supreme court loss

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, following the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs, in Washington, DC February 20, 2026.
Mike Huckabee and Tucker Carlson.

Tucker Carlson accuses Huckabee of 'prioritizing Israel' in combative Ben-Gurion Airport interview

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops, next to a banner reading, "Peace Through Strength", during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025.
REPORT

Pentagon has been evacuating Qatar Al Udeid base, troops from Middle East amid tensions with Iran

Iranian air force jet crashes during training exercise, pilot killed

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen in an illustrative

Bennett addresses leaked recording controversy: 'Ben-Gvir has no place in my government'

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Bennett's big comeback: Can the ex-PM return from political hiatus to topple Netanyahu?

FRONTLINES
Inaugurating Hasdai Crescas Street in Jerusalem, 2011. Front row (from left): Esti Eisenman, specialist in Crescas and initiator of street naming; Prof. Warren Zeev Harvey, leading specialist in Crescas. Back row (from left): Regional council member Yael Anatbi, and Prof. Yomtov Asis.

A forgotten voice from 1391: 'Hasdai Crescas: Collected Writings' - book review

REVIEW
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves, next to Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, as he gets a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

The Munich moment that changed everything for Marco Rubio

OPINION
THE WORLD’S largest aircraft carrier, the ‘USS Gerald R. Ford’, arrives in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands last December.

Why Israel is choosing calm over panic as Trump amasses forces for war with Iran

FRONTLINES
Tucker Carlson looks on during US President Donald Trump’s meeting with oil  industry executives, at the White House in Washington, Jan. 9.

What Bret Stephens got wrong in his ‘State of World Jewry’ address

OPINION

‘To be a light unto the nations Israel must lead the global struggle for the survival of the West'

 Sagiv Asulin: “To be a light unto the  nations means that Israel  must lead the global  struggle for the survival  of Western civilization”

'I am a completely different person': Former hostage Elkana Bohbot plans speaking tour, book

Despite leading in votes, Netanyahu lacks power to form coalition

FREED HOSTAGE Elkana Bohbot arrives to his home in Mevasseret, outside of Jerusalem, October 19, 2025.
FEATURE

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Border Police thwart illegal Palestinian infiltration attempt near Jerusalem

 A Border Police officer conducting operations, May 2025.
REPORT

IDF kills three Hezbollah commanders in Baalbek, Lebanon, after strike on command center

Minister Gayton McKenzie during the 2026 State of the Nation Address Debate at the Parliamentary Dome on Feb. 17, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale; because its selected artist wanted to focus on Gaza

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside of Gail's Bakery in north London.

Pro-Palestinian vandalism of London bakery with Jewish roots draws outcry from British Jews

An anti-US mural on a building in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2026

US strikes on Iran could target individual leaders, officials say

Isaiah Zagar at the HBO documentary screening of "In A Dream" at the Brooklyn Museum on August 23, 2009 in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.

Isaiah Zagar, renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, dies at 86

Rafah fighting drew 100 times more media attention than Iran protests, study shows

Terror-linked Samidoun actively promoting terror, armed resistance in Sweden

 Iran and Israel flags on geopolitical map.

Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.

Belgium’s only Jewish MP accused of ‘split loyalty’ after seeking US advice on circumcision ban

Michael Freilich.

New York UN School ignored Jewish teacher's antisemitism complaints, investigated her instead

US arsenal gathers in Middle East as experts warn of extended conflict with Iran

Norway relocates Middle East soldiers as Iran-US tension increases

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Araghchi claims US has not requested Iranian suspension of nuclear enrichment

A demonstrator lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.

Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

'Moral absurdity': US, Israel outraged as Iran elected as Vice-Chair of UN Charter Committee

Trial and war: Why Benjamin Netanyahu is clinging on to power

OPINION

Middle Israel: Why Turkey, Qatar are Ayatollah Khamenei's willing accomplices

OPINION
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024
OPINION

In Israel, Arab citizens are not heading to the polls in droves

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.
ByORI WERTMAN
OPINION

My Word: Guterres and the gutless United Nations

The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York City, on February 18.
ByLIAT COLLINS
COMMENT

Editor's Notes: Why Saudi Arabia's crown prince MBS will never join Abraham Accords

What Elbit’s new deal with TKMS means for submarine manufacturing independence

ANALYSIS

Munich, defense, and edge technology- opinion

OPINION
Royal Navy ambush submarine seen near Scotland
OPINION

A new nuclear era is taking shape and markets are repricing risk - opinion

ByGUY NATAN
4th Infantry Regiment conducting EW training  at the Hohenfels Training Area.

Tenna Systems raises $13.5m to advance software-driven spectrum intelligence

Spike NLOS fired from Apache

Spain to buy Rafael German unit missiles despite Israel protest

FBI arrests three Silicon Valley engineers suspected of leaking Google, technology secrets to Iran

Pakistan, US launch partnership to redevelop Roosevelt Hotel in New York

A closer view of the FBI building on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2026.

At least 50 dead, women and children abducted in armed raid on Nigerian village

People who fled attacks by bandits in a village, are pictured in a shelter for displaced people in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria, February 8, 2023.
REPORT

Suspect charged for stealing Egyptian artifacts from Australia museum, citing church ties

An ancient Egyptian collar stolen from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, Australia, February 20, 2026.

Proposed DHS rule could pause work permits for US asylum applicants for 'many years'

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks at the US-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona, US, February 4, 2026.

At Vienna’s Yael Awards, Jewish education is framed as infrastructure, not crisis response

Survivor Agam Berger played "Hallelujah."

Ono Academic College unveils International Law Program bridging Israeli and US legal systems

ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE campus in Kiryat Ono.

A Community called home

Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

Your Taxes: Mortgage blues and what to do about them

Your Investments: I’ll take both the blue and the purple dresses

Housing Prices.

Israeli companies grew more when listed in Tel Aviv than on NASDAQ, study reveals

MARKET DATA at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

NVIDIA VP says company sees Northern Israel as center of AI revolution

NVIDIA

Israel was world’s top target for geopolitical cyberattacks in 2025, report finds

Wild storm in New Zealand disrupts flights, thousands without power

Two women declared dead after suspected oxygen suit failures at Ashdod oil refinery

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, pictured in 2018; illustrative.

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv become the most polluted major cities in the world from dust, urban emissions

 A jellyfish is seen near a boat by the coast of Haifa at the Mediterranean sea, Israel July 25, 2022.

Rare giant phantom jellyfish found near Argentina during early February mission

 US military forces boarded the crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean. The vessel was accused of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from Venezuela. February 9, 2026.

Iran’s poorly maintained ‘dark fleet’ poses major risk for oil spill in Mideast

Artificial intelligence: A tool for engineering consciousness or a healing aid?

OPINION

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage

 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

IDF overhauls pre-draft medical screening checks during military conscription process with AI

Parents notified of exposure risk after Ichilov neonatal ward guard tests positive for measles

Katz awards Soroka Medical Center with Defense Minister’s Shield for support of soldiers during war

Not a status, but series of moments: What it truly means to become Israeli

OPINION

Argentinian oleh celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, conversion to Judaism 20 years after making aliyah

A woman picking out produce at a market.

Haredi draft bill could trigger 'collapse' of Israel's Right in elections, minister warns

Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.
OPINION

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.
ByESTI MOSKOVITZ-KALMAN
EDITORIAL

People, not products: Ehud Barak’s 'quality control' aliyah comment is a moral failure

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The grand advantage: High-end within reach

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

Israel’s real estate map is changing

In Collab
High participation in Israel Lands Authority tenders reflects developers’ confidence in the long-term Israeli real estate market.

High response to Israel Lands Authority tenders: A sign of developers’ confidence in the market

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Shaping Tomorrow: The Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit Returns for 2026

Israel’s Economic Leadership convenes for National Economic Conference

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

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 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

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Are women's rights in Israel under attack?

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US Politics   

A view of the dome of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, September 19, 2025.

Illinois Senate candidate Robin Kelly says Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs, limiting executive power

World will know if Iran peace possible in next 10 days, Donald Trump tells Board of Peace

Diaspora   

Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

'It's our right to live freely as Jews': Belgian Jewish leader on circumcision bans

Jewish-American speedskater, four-time Olympian Emery Lehman wins silver in Winter Olympics

Judaism   

 Stars bursting above the triangular peak of the mountain that may be Mount Sinai in the middle of the night, in Saudi Arabia.

Parashat Teruma: Sanctifying the heart

Parashat Teruma: Religion in partial measures

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Christian World   

TUCKER CARLSON speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US December 18, 2025.

Tucker Carlson 'totally wrong' about Christian mistreatment in Israel, NGO founder says

'A world that is ablaze': Pope Leo laments war, environmental destruction, in Ash Wednesday service

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

Food   

Valentine's Day at Palomino Restaurant.

Palomino: Taste the latest Italian creations at a Jerusalem favorite

Shoes off, sushi on: Terasu redefines omakase in Israel

R48 Chef’s Table: A Far East testing menu in Tel Aviv

Archaeology   

A 46-foot (14m) long Spinosaurus cast debuts at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 2, 2023.

Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger

Newly identified ancient Egyptian copper drill rewrites history of region’s craftsmanship

Bronze scale pan found in ancient Sussiya reveals how biblical law shaped daily Jewish life

Science   

A UNITED Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US June 5, 2024.

'Unprofessional behavior': NASA report rips into astronaut-stranding Starliner mission

Cell-based implant offers new hope for diabetes management, Technion study shows

Weizmann Institue, NASA discover Jupiter is smaller and flatter than previously believed

Culture   

; View of the game ball before a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Bank of America Stadium

FIFA, Trump's Board of Peace work together to support Gaza reconstruction through soccer

Gur Lavy seizes his chance, becomes Maccabi Tel Aviv’s latest success story

U2 releases EP featuring poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai

History   

 English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on February 16, 2026.

On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

How a machzor survived over six centuries and Nazi attacks to make it to Israel

This month in Jewish history: The first permanent government of Israel

OMG   

Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona.

Leaked security footage debunks Tucker Carlson’s claim of being detained at Ben-Gurion Airport

Users troll RFK's 'Real Food' website, ask Grok chatbot advice on food options for anal insertion

Tehran's fall: Numerology shows Feb 18-Apr 25 will be critial window for Iran's regime

Consumerism   

Digital Marketing.

Rainmaker: An AI marketing agency responding to global and Middle Eastern market shifts

Why AI alone won’t cut it in healthcare

Can you predict a pitchers' duel before betting odds shift?

President-CEO Eric Fingerhut addressing attendees at the 2024 General Assembly.

“We know what needs to be done”: Eric Fingerhut enters JPost DC Conference with hopefulness

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

From vision to action

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