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Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu announces plan to fire Shin Bet chief as agency probes 'Qatargate'

Netanyahu's decision to fire Ronen Bar comes amid a 'continued lack of trust' in the Shin Bet chief, the prime minister said.

Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar during a situational assessment in Jenin. January 22, 2025.

PM’s showdown with Shin Bet: A risky move during wartime

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

Who is Ronen Bar, the Shin Bet Chief PM Netanyahu is seeking to fire?

Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024

Shin Bet Chief to PM: I'll step down, but not yet

Breaking News

MDA ambulance attacked, windows shattered while responding to car accident

Calls for protests against decision to fire Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar

UN chief calls for restraint in Yemen, end to military activities

Top News

CENTCOM strikes Houthis in Yemen, 15 March 2025

US strikes Houthis for second time, IDF prepares to return to fighting

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Sa’ar, haredi parties initially silent on firing of Bar

By ELIAV BREUER

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar

Draining the swamp or war on Israel? Israeli politicians react to Netanyahu firing Shin Bet chief

By CORINNE BAUM

Iran distances itself from Houthis as its terror proxy network falters

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Posters of hostages held in Gaza seen posted in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025

Gaps between Israel and Hamas 'difficult, but not impossible' source tells 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

Israel at War

MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 24, 2024.

Eisenkot, various MKs demand meeting with Netanyahu, Katz over 'war failures'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after U.S. President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on March 15, 2025.

Houthi missile falls inside Egypt, IDF checks whether it was fired at Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Israel demands 11 live hostages for ceasefire continuation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

BBC edited footage to downplay Hamas's poor treatment of hostages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Air Force F-35s seen arriving to an Israeli base, on March 15, 2025

IDF strengthens air dominance with latest F-35 arrivals

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Hot Opinion

Taking from Israel and refusing to serve: Why haredim draft refusal is hard to swallow

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

Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi.

'No choice but to commend Hamas for deceiving us, ' former IDF chief recorded saying

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF leadership and US Central Command Deputy Commander Admiral Brad Cooper, January 7, 2025.

Senior officer loses sensitive military documents, prompts IDF investigation

Emotional tribute to former hostages at Maccabi Tel Aviv-Hapoel Haifa clash

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

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

Nine IDF soldiers, commander fired for illegally firing shots during Purim scroll reading

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

The Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, June 2021

Knesset tensions rise as opposition seeks to block budget cuts

By ELIAV BREUER , EVE YOUNG

Analyses & Features

The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

US antisemitism task force to meet leadership of four major cities

By MICHAEL STARR

German chancellor Adolf Hitler looks out at a rally staged by the Nazi Party

'We want Hitler': Johannesburg politician threatens to wear Hitler shirt

By MICHAEL STARR

Houthi strikes: Gulf states await US response and regional impact

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Former IRGC officers speak out against Islamic regime in rare interview with Israeli media

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A child reacts during a demonstration marking the 14th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, in Damascus, Syria March 15, 2025.

The end of an era: Assad is gone, and Syrians reclaim their future

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

An Israeli-made laser system, which aims to intercept incendiary balloons launched by Palestinians across the frontier from the Gaza Strip, is presented to the media, in southern Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border August 30, 2020.

Katz confirms Iron Beam defense laser to be operational within several months

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.

Eggsodus averted? Egg import quota rises to meet Passover demand

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

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

Antisemitic vandalism discovered in Australia

NSW won’t scrap hate speech laws despite fake terror plot revelations

By MICHAEL STARR

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

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

Middle East

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yair Lapid (left), Mansour Abbas (center left), Arye Deri (center right), Bezalel Smotrich (right), in front of a hostage deal protest (illustrative).

Joint list of Arab parties would win at least 13 seats

By ELIAV BREUER

US Defense Secretary Hegseth vows 'unrelenting' strikes against Houthis until they back down

By REUTERS , 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

Knesset Member Hamed Amar speaks during the Interior Affairs Committee meeting discussing a law proposal for limiting the age for weapons licences, at the Knesset, on June 14, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

‘Hope we remain in touch forever’: Druze MK Hamed Amar on historic visit from Syria's Druze

World News

CENTCOM operations against Iran-backed Houthis continue.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

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

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

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

Jewish Soldiers Leave the Battlefield to Celebrate Purim in Kyiv

From the Frontlines to the Megillah: Jewish soldiers celebrate Purim in Kyiv

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Environment & Climate Change

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

an illustration of a shark being eaten by an even larger shark Scientists have long assumed megalodons looked like big great white sharks, but new research suggests this is not the case

Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

JPost Spotlight

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.

Daniel Kahneman.

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

"I have believed since I was a teenager that the miseries and indignities of the last years of life are superfluous," he wrote in an email.

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

The Amazigh people are the indigenous people of North Africa, with tribal populations stretching from Siwa in Egypt to Semara in Morocco.

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

The National Insurance Institute and Sheba Medical Center join forces to offer medical and emotional care for former captives and their families through free personalized treatment plans.

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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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

SOLDIERS STAND at the site of the October 7 Nova music festival massacre, as a siren sounds on Remembrance Day last May.

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

By URI PILICHOWSKI

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

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

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

Exploring the majestic Buddhist temples and heritage sites in northern Thailand

By MOTTI VERSES

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

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

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Gazan influencer raises 10 million dollars in fake charity campaign

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