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IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2025.

IDF strikes over 40 terror targets throughout Gaza, destroys terror infrastructure

Among the targets were terrorists, military structures and weapons storage facilities.

Former hostage Sasha Troufanov speaks of hostage Rom Braslavski. April 18, 2025.

Sasha Troufanov: I could see all the suffering in Rom Braslavski's eyes in hostage video

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025.

'We will bring them home,' US amb. Huckabee vows at Western Wall

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2025.

IDF intercepts Houthi missile, US envoy vows to return hostages

Breaking News

Jordan cancels weekly protest in support of Gaza - report

Israeli minister and Mossad chief to meet US envoy over Iran

Over 170 arrested for attacks on Pakistan KFC outlets in Gaza war protests

Top News

Freed hostage Liri Albag speaks at a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2025.

We cannot fail the hostages again

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

US conditions Syria sanctions waiver on counterterrorism efforts

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

Syria's Sharaa was held by US in Iraq, new documents appear to show

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Otzma Yehudit surges to 11 seats as Coalition bloc gains ground

By MOSHE COHEN

A joint exercise between the IAF and US Air Force

Leak on Iran attack to NYT 'one of most dangerous leaks in Israel's history'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel at War

Hostage Rom Braslavski, in a propaganda video published by terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

The Shin Bet leaker is not a hero, the hostages are

A map shows the areas in Israel where rocket sirens sounded on April 18, 2025.

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, sirens sound in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem area

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, attend a protest calling for their release, outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem. Today marks a year and a half after the October 7 massacre. April 7, 2025.

Hamas rejects Israel's proposal to release 10 hostages for 45-day ceasefire

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Hamas terrorists release Keith Siegel, in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

Former hostage Keith Siegel recounts captivity, calls for release of those still in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

WOULD WAR with Iran lead to Israel’s destruction, or does Israel have no choice but to attack?

Netanyahu's office fails to deny Trump stopped Israeli strike on Iran nukes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

To prevent a nuclear Iran, it is time to bring back the Begin Doctrine

By JPOST EDITORIAL

A turbulent time for the Jewish people can be an opportunity to come together

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ

The Shin Bet leaker is not a hero, the hostages are

By YAAKOV KATZ

Trump can still reinvent the Middle East, despite economic horror show

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Yemeni people continue to bear burden of weaponization of Houthis

By NEVILLE TELLER

Israel News

The judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands.

ICJ publishes order extending Israeli response to genocide claims by six months

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

The scene of the cable car crash in Naples, Italy.

Israeli woman among four killed in Italy cable car plunge

Police return computer stolen from memorial site of October 7 victim

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main suspect Eliezer Feldstein in a prison cell (illustrative)

Netanyahu aides to be indicted for financial offenses in Qatargate scandal

By ALON HACHMON , AVRAHAM BLOCH

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

High Court rejects gov't request to cancel order on Shin Bet chief's dismissal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Analyses & Features

MENACHEM BEGIN, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at a Marine Corp Ceremony on September 7, 1978.

To prevent a nuclear Iran, it is time to bring back the Begin Doctrine

By JPOST EDITORIAL

An illustrative image of a maze with a large question mark inside.

Passover 2025: When God hides, we still believe

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Passover 2025: Crossing your own Red Sea

By MICHAEL FREUND

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli.

Editor's Notes: A progressive love story – three times over

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Tomer Perry

Cyber arms race: Can Israel stay ahead of the increased threats of the Israel-Hamas War?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dr. Haran Shani-Narkiss.

How an AI-startup is fighting pro-Israel battle for hearts and minds

Spotify

Spotify down for thousands of users globally, Downdetector shows

MAYA NATAN.

The rise of strategic philanthropy in Israel: How crisis drives long-term giving

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

DePaul University in Chicago.

Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Liberal Leader Mark Carney shakes hands with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre following the French-language federal leaders' debate, in Montreal, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Poilievre vows UNRWA funding cut over Hamas ties, Carney wants to maintain it

By MICHAEL STARR

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest earlier this month.

Netanyahu's silence leaves truth of Hungary's Holocaust collaboration concealed

A pro-Palestinian demonstration passes in front of one held by supporters of Israel in London, Britain November 30, 2024.

Dozens of members of UK’s largest Jewish group sign letter condemning war in Gaza

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Several hundred activists and community members led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the US Palestinian Community Network, and other activist organizations gather to hold a march in Detroit, Michingan, United States on October 5, 2024.

Detroit Gaza conference announces dates with advert featuring PFLP terrorist

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

An Israel Air Force jet takes off. March 18, 2025.

Israel planned to strike Iran several times since October, sources tell 'Post'

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025.

Who leaked Israel’s attack plans against Iran’s nuke program and why?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Opposition heads blast Netanyahu, say PM was 'afraid' to attack Iran

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians take part in a rally in support of Qatar, inside Qatari-funded construction project 'Hamad City', in the southern Gaza Strip, June 9, 2017

Qatari defense minister posts, deletes message in support of Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Trump administration orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa applicants

World News

ISIS fighters.

Afghan national pleads guitly to plotting 'ISIS-inspired' US election-day terror attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Marshals in the Central District of California on April 9 transferred custody of Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani national and Canadian citizen, to representatives from India’s National Investigation Agency.

After nearly 17 years, conspirator in Mumbai Chabad terror attack extradited by the US

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Members of an Iraqi Shi'ite armed group sit in a vehicle after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024.

Lebanon’s president spurs controversy by saying he doesn’t want Iraqi-style militias

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025.

Mangione faces federal charges, death penalty in UnitedHealth executive's killing

Law enforcement work at Florida State University (FSU) campus after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2025.

Gunman kills two students, wounds five at Florida State University

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Environment & Climate Change

More than 1.5 million people visited forests and parks across Israel managed by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael–Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) during the Passover holiday.

KKL-JNF parks draw 1.5 million visitors over Passover despite security concerns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An artist's depiction of a planet and its host star with a misaligned disk of material, and a binary companion in the background, is shown in this undated handout image.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

US health chief Kennedy targets 'environmental toxins' as cause of autism

An alligator is seen in the Everglades' swamps during the 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl in Big Cypress National Preserve near Ochopee, Florida, U.S. January 15, 2020. Picture taken January 15, 2020.

US proposes looser interpretation of law that protects threatened species

An injured forest dormouse being treated at KKL-JNF's Hula Valley Wildlife Acclimatization Center, April 2025.

KKL-JNF rehabilitates injured forest dormouse after rare daytime sighting

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 12, 2025.

‘Russia only understands language of force,’ Ukraine’s deputy military intel. chief tells ‘Post'

EUROPE AFFAIRS | “Russia lies, Russia kills, Russia never fulfills the treaties it signs,” Maj.-Gen. Vadym Skibitsky told the 'Post,' “Russia only understands the language of force.”

Abouzar Rahmati's Iranian identity card; Rahmati is an FAA contractor who pled guilty to illegal Iranian ties.

Iranian-American pleads guilty to spying, providing sensitive US materials to Iran

Abouzar Rahmati worked as an FAA contractor and secretly fed Iran sensitive files on US aviation and solar tech to Tehran. He now faces up to 15 years behind bars.

A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi holds a copy of the Koran as others shout slogans against the military and the interior ministry during a protest in the Cairo suburb of Matariya November 28, 2014.

Jordan and the Muslim Brotherhood: A delicate tango of fluctuating legitimacy

The arrest of a Muslim Brotherhood cell that manufactured rockets in Jordan placed the group under public scrutiny, painting it as a threat to national security and cohesiveness.

IDF soldiers operate in the northern Gaza Strip, March 31, 2025.

To Board of Deputies of British Jews: Your critique of Israel is not in my name

If you wish to help—come. Come live it. Come stand beside us in our cemeteries and shelters, in our waiting rooms and war rooms.

Israel Real Estate

"Utopia" Project, Sde Dov Tel Aviv-Yafo

30 years in tower construction: Nachmias Group conquers Tel Aviv

By IN COOPERATION WITH NACHMIAS GROUP

The awakening phase: How real estate developers should prepare for the new era

Urban Renewal project by Almog Group in Bat Yam.

After a decade of waiting: Bat Yam’s mega urban renewal project finally set to begin

By OFER PETERSBURG

Urban renewal project in the Hachi"m complex in the Tel HaGiborim neighborhood.

Holon’s Tel HaGiborim neighborhood set for major transformation with tow

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illustration: Pisgat Ramot neighborhood

The IDF Is moving South – and Beersheba prepares with a variety of housing options

By THE BEERSHEBA MUNICIPALITY & THE CONSTRUCTION , HOUSING

Christian World

Christian monks and friars walk in procession around the Stone of Anointing during the Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 17, 2025.

Jerusalem celebrates Holy Thursday with ritual feet washing commemorating Last Supper

Members of the Church believe that the act is also symbolic of selflessness and compassion, commemorating the Last Supper.

American pastor Josh Sullivan, 45, allegedly abducted, April 2025.

Three killed in shoot-out as South African police rescue abducted American pastor

Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted last week by gunmen in front of his congregation.

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis thanks doctors who saved his life in meeting at Vatican

The 88-year-old pontiff is gradually making more public appearances as he recovers from the biggest health crisis in his 12 years in the role.

Pope Francis. Vatican announces new guidelines allowing gay men to become priests in Italy under vow of celibacy.

Britain's King Charles makes surprise visit to Pope Francis at Vatican

King Charles and Queen Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest.

Health & Wellness

Yona Brief with parents, David and Hazel.

IDF soldier Yona Brief’s life and death: 417-day miracle defying all medical expectations

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Sheba Medical Center

IDF soldier walks again with help of cutting-edge exoskeleton after Gaza injury

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dr. Rabbi Refael Feuerstein in the office of his late father, Prof. Reuven Feuerstein.

Jerusalem's Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping kids with trauma, disabilities

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

$DR. URI YOEL of the Soroka Medical Center conducted a new study that examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.$

Soroka-University Medical Center saves bones and lives with new special department

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

An illustrative image of two people holding hands.

Is it love? Psychologist shares 10 ways that real love manifests

By DR. MIRIAM ADAHAN

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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

A synagogue mosaic at the Huqoq site depicts an elephant alongside other soldiers and war animals, as well as an elder holding a scroll surrounded by young men with sheathed swords.

Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions

Soviet M-class submarine Malyutka VI series.

Modern tech unveils WWII submarine 'M-49' lost for 82 years in Russian waters

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

World Betar leaders calls on diaspora Jews to immigrate to Israel amid rising antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer welcomes immigrants from France at Ben-Gurion Airport in August. The writer asks: Isn’t it time to welcome immigrants the way we would embrace a long-lost friend who has finally come home?

More families with young children making aliyah, Sofer tells 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

Diaspora

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, on August 28, 2022. It was Tilson Thomas's last concert with the BSO, where he began his career in 1969, as its assistant conductor and pianist.

Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert

By PENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

The Texas State Capitol photographed on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in Austin.

Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program

By GRACE GILSON

Judaism

An illustrative image of a Passover Seder table.

Passover retreats don’t have to be a spiritual and communal exodus

By RABBI YOSIE LEVINE/JTA

Released hostage Eliya Cohen and his girlfriend Ziv Abud prayed for the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza at a visit to the Western Wall.

Former hostage Eliya Cohen makes first visit to Western Wall after release

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Food

Casa Lavi.

Casa Lavi: A perfect la merienda experience in Jerusalem

By MARION FISCHEL

THE VERANDA AT Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel – a worthy stop for meat lovers.

The meat of the matter: Biting into the Veranda at Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel

By CALEV BEN-DAVID

Culture

DENI AVDIJA speaks to reporters upon his return to Israel this week following a NBA season that saw him take his game to the next level with the Portland Trail Blazers.

How Deni Avdija quietly became Portland’s most reliable star

Freed hostage Noa Argamani speaks at President Isaac Herzog's residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024

Time names Noa Argamani in its 100 most influential people of 2025 list

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Travel

HAMEGINIM FOREST – The Holiday of Spring comes at just the right time here in Israel.

Hiking the Holy Land: Israel’s outdoors during Passover

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

Mauritius

Visiting Mauritius is worth every minute of travel

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Podcasts

Ronya Rubinstein CEO of Endospot

How EndoSpot’s CEO is pioneering a pain-free future for women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elliot Jager and Calev Ben David, in Episode 3 of The Jerusalem Dispatch.

Iran deal fears: Will a Trump-backed deal be a repeat of Obama's?

US Politics

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024

Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York City already set

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

New US envoy Huckabee celebrates move to Israel with social media post

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

History

YACOV LIVNE (left) had to contend with diplomatic issues between Israel and Poland, Israeli political infighting, and the Ukraine-Russia war, during his term. Here, the former ambassador meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

'History is central to Israel-Poland ties,' former ambassador to Poland tells 'Post'

SUPPRESSION OF Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 16-19, 1943. In this iconic image, captured Jews are led by Waffen SS soldiers to the assembly point for deportation (Umschlagplatz).

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT

Science

Artist's impression of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star

(Left to right): Prof. Asaf Madi, Prof. Roded Sharan & PhD student Ron Sheinin.

TAU develops AI tool to decode cell responses to cancer treatments

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

Stenella frontalis.

Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins

By DR. ITAY GAL

Sperm.

Forget the egg and spoon! Los Angeles prepares for first ever sperm racing competition

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sponsored Content

A heartwarming women’s gathering

Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

By HADASSAH BAY

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