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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel at the State Department on October 01, 2024 in Washington, DC. Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for their attacks on Hezbollah leadership.

US urges Turkey to pressure Hamas as hostage release negotiations stall

"Certainly, Turkey is a country that has added influence with Hamas," he added, but he stressed that he did not want to speculate on whether Turkey would become such a mediator.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, November 19, 2024.

Israel 'will get' all those who harm the hostages – Netanyahu warns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant seen following the attack on Iran, October 26, 2024

Has Netanyahu developed a new doctrine to finally strike Iran’s nuke program for real?

IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. November 19, 2024.

IDF intensifies operations in Gaza and Lebanon, kills hundreds of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists

Breaking News

US, Israeli officials will discuss civilian harm in Gaza in early December, says State Dept

Trump seen picking Lutnick for Commerce chief, Punchbowl reports

IDF rescues two Israelis mobbed by Palestinians in West Bank village

Top News

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 10, 2023.

Progressive senators push to block offensive US arms sales to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

IDF graphic showing how a Hezbollah rocket fell short hitting a UNIFIL base, November 19, 2024.

IDF: Here's how Hezbollah rockets fell short and hit a UNIFIL base

By YUVAL BARNEA , YONAH JEREMY BOB

A view of the Elbit Systems booth at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, February 20, 2024

Will Israel's Elbit, Rafael join Iranian rival firms in Vietnam arms expo?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Hezbollah 'under immense pressure': Expert advises firm Israeli action in ceasefire agreement

By SHAKED SADEH

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024.

US imposes sanctions on senior Hamas officials

Israel at War

Security and rescue personel work at the scene where a bus and buildings were hit following a rocket attack from Lebanon towards Israel in Ramat Gan in central Israel November 18, 2024.

Hezbollah missile strike on Ramat Gan: What went wrong with Israel’s defense?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

IDF Division 98 operates in southern Lebanon, November 19, 2024.

Netanyahu makes speech from Gaza, IDF announces fallen soldier in southern Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Haredi military service: Change from the bottom up as grassroots support grows

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for the second time (illustrative)

How the IDF got PM to invade Gaza, Lebanon, but cannot convince him to stop

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Illustrative image of U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein.

Hochstein: This is the decision-making moment for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Hot Opinion

'You are not really one of us': Old elites tremble at the sight of a new generation

By JPOST EDITORIAL

How will Hezbollah factor into Lebanon’s future?

By NEVILLE TELLER

Palestinians must accept that violent terror tactics have failed to stop Israel

By YISRAEL MEDAD

What on earth is Israel barreling towards?

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Mainstream media downplayed violent Amsterdam pogrom

By GIL HOFFMAN

Israel News

Footage of flare fired outside Netanyahu's residence on Saturday November 17, 2024

Names of three suspects charged in connection with firing flares at PM Netanyahu's house released

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu, spokesman Yonatan Urich and former aide Eli Feldstein (illustrative)

Netanyahu's spokesman verified suspect passed leaked documents to Bild

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF announces death of Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Omer Moshe Gealdor

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , YONAH JEREMY BOB

Israel Police officers inspect remains of a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, near Moshav Kfar Daniel, September 15, 2024

Trust in Israel Police declines, Israelis suspect politicians impact police decisions - IDI

DEMONSTRATORS MARCH through downtown Jerusalem in the city’s fourth annual SlutWalk to protest rape culture, in June 2022.

'Systematic failure': Over 80% of sex offense cases in Israel closed

Analyses & Features

Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024

Clash between gov't and attorney general reaching boiling point

By ELIAV BREUER

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (left) and Channel 12 Reporter Amnon Ambramovich (right), (illustrative).

'You are not really one of us': Old elites tremble at the sight of a new generation

By JPOST EDITORIAL

What do long-range missiles in the Ukraine-Russia war mean for Israel?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iran and Syria bolster alliance amid regional tensions and global shifts

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

KKL-JNF staff at work to prepare new agriculture fields in Israel's south.

A year after October 7, Israeli farmers from the South need help to rebuild

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA Heroes Magazine

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

People demonstrate during a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, ahead of the anniversary of the October 7 attack, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2024.

Turkey asked export group to help snuff out Israel trade, sources say

Russian-made S125-2TM anti-aircraft missiles are displayed at the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022, in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 8, 2022.

Iran, Israel among rivals to showcase their arms at Vietnam defense expo

Volunteers at the agricultural farm.

Tel Aviv eco-farm project receives international Green City award

By RAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH

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.

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports

Market Data

Middle East

Simon Walters, British ambassador to Israel speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2024.

UK envoy Simon Walters calls for comprehensive Gaza deal to free hostages and end war

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP) in Gaza. August 24, 2024.

Hamas-led force targets gangs looting Gaza aid convoys

Hamas's Oct. 7 attack stirs controversy and mixed reactions among Gaza clerics

By REUTERS

Lebanese army soldiers secure a site that was hit by a strike, in Saraain

As truce talks progress, Lebanon's army cornered by politics, funding

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. November 3, 2024.

Hamas's last bastion: What the fall of Jabalya could mean for a hostage deal

By AVI ASHKENAZI

World News

Professor Christer Mattson and David Lega at the 2024 EJA conference in Krakow.

Expert warns of a 'perfect antisemitic storm' masked as anti-Zionism in 2024

By MATHILDA HELLER

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 07: Protesters hold placards as they march from Regent Street St James to the Israeli Embassy during the National March for Palestine in central London, Saturday, September 7, 2024. The demonstration called for an end to the ongoing conflict and urged the UK gover

New survey in UK to assist addressing antisemitism in workplaces

By MATHILDA HELLER

Former hostage Moran Stela Yanai speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 30, 2023

'I was caught three times': Ex-hostage, UCLA encampment leader speak at CA debate

By RAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH

US State Department spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing on Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2021.

State Department maintains Israel's taken efforts to improve Gaza humanitarian situation

By HANNAH SARISOHN

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on psychedelics in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023.

AOC: AIPAC pushes voters away from Democrats, overly influences Congress members

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Antisemitism / BDS

AMSTERDAM MAYOR Femke Halsema attends a new conference following the pogrom against Israeli soccer fans in the city last week. The mayor called it ‘an outburst of antisemitism the likes of which we hoped not to see again in Amsterdam.’

'Amsterdam riots were not pogrom,' mayor says, defending Muslim population

By YUVAL BARNEA

Wikipedia labels ADL as unreliable source, while Al Jazeera given green light

By MATHILDA HELLER

Menachem Margolin EJA calls on Europe to enact 6 month emergency period due to antisemitism.

EJA calls on Europe to enact six month emergency period due to antisemitism

By MATHILDA HELLER

Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters in central London, Britain April 8, 2018.

European leaders must convene to implement protections against antisemitism, AJC says

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Ta-Nehisi Coates at the University of Virginia during the MLK Celebration 2015

National Book Awards defends lifetime award for influential Black publisher of antisemitic book

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Environment & Climate Change

A bee in action

Millions of bees killed daily on highways across US

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

Just Stop Oil protesters endanger rare lichen during vandalism attack on Stonehenge

Two climate activists charged with spraying paint on UK's Stonehenge

Ambassador Gideon Behar, Israel’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability, in his pesticide-free garden in Modi'in.

Despite war, we are leading the fight against climate change, says Israel’s Climate Ambassador

By ROSSELLA TERCATIN

People attend the United Nations climate change conference COP29 opening in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024.

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says

Denmark, Australia.

Emperor penguin found 3,500 km from Antarctica on an Australian tourist beach

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

Court orders PA to compensate victims of 2001 Sbarro terror attack

The compensations to the Sbarro attack victims are set to amount to millions of shekels.

Security and rescue personel work at the scene where a bus and buildings were hit following a rocket attack from Lebanon towards Israel in Ramat Gan in central Israel November 18, 2024.

MDA, city residents share experience of Hezbollah rocket attack in Ramat Gan

"There was a huge boom, I felt the blast wave, and the house shook,” shared a city resident.

Coming Home: Aliyah in Times of War

How to make aliyah amid war: Everything you need to know

LIVE: Leaders and experts talk aliyah, how to manage finances, real estate in the middle of war.

The Jerusalem Post Miami Summit

The Jerusalem Post is heading to the Magic City. Are you coming with us?

On December 9-10, 2024, The Jerusalem Post will host an inaugural summit in Miami, bringing forward the discussions about the "tomorrow" of our community.

Israel Real Estate

CEO of the Planning Administration Rafi Elmaliach in an interview with Ofer Petersburg.

Planning Administration CEO: 'Periphery no longer exists in modern planning terms'

By OFER PETERSBURG

Discounted Apartment: Over 90,000 Applicants Will Compete for Fewer Than 5,000 Units

Discounted apartments: Over 90,000 applicants compete for less than 5,000 units

By OFER PETERSBURG

Theatron Jerusalem: A fusion of history, hospitality, and heart

Real Estate Media Mayors Conference in collaboration with Leumi Mortgages

Who holds the key to building the nation at record speed?

By OFER PETERSBURG

Google

Will Google play a role in rebuilding the North after the war?

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

Pope Francis looks on, at a mass to open the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2, 2024.

Pope Francis suggests international study into possible genocide in Gaza

In excerpts published on Sunday from a new forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts say "what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide."

Pope Francis meets delegation of Israeli Hostages Freed in Gaza, at the Vatican, November 14, 2024.

'I pray for your people,' says Pope Francis to families of hostages who visit Vatican

The delegation was led by the Hostage Family Forum, the Foreign Ministry, Israeli embassies in Rome and the Vatican, the government's hostage unit, and the Defense Ministry.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is lighted in Washington, December 3, 2013.

‘Grinch’ pro-Palestinian protesters force cancelation of Melbourne Christmas tradition

The protest entitled ‘Crash the Christmas Windows’ was planned by anti-war activist Amy Settal, according to the Guardian.

US secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary pick, has Christian and Crusades-inspired tattoos

The nominee for US secretary of defense has a slew of religiously inspired tattoos that have drawn attention as Hegseth’s public vetting for a position in Trump’s cabinet has begun.

Health & Wellness

Matanyahu Englman - The State Comptroller of Israel, Local Government Conference 2024

Comptroller: Health Min. did not ensure IVF unit problems were fixed prior to embryo swap incident

Footage showing the transfer of blood units through the Erez Crossing into the northern Gaza Strip

Over 1,000 blood units transferred to northern Gaza hospital in COGAT-led effort

By RAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH

MDA medics from the Rahat Station that saved lives on October 7

MDA medics from Rahat 'stayed as long as they were needed' on October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The MDA Milk Bank laboratory checks donated breast milk before giving it to babies in need.

MDA Milk Bank feeds babies whose mothers were murdered or kidnapped

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A program for youth at risk supported by KKL-JNF.

October 7 and the war in Gaza severely impact Israel’s youth at risk. KKL-JNF is helping

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Ivrit magazine

Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language.

Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition

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.

'He fought with EMTs; I fought to keep victims alive'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post Miami Summit

The Jerusalem Post Miami Summit 2024

Coming Home: Aliyah in Times of War

The Jerusalem Post hosts conference highlighting aliyah amid war

Archaeology

View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

US WWII warship found years after being sunken by Imperial Japanese Navy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Solomon defeating the devil.

5th-century Turkish amulet shows Solomon defeating the devil, with angels invoked by a scribe

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Top row, from left: Laura Loomer, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Stephen Miller. Bottom row: Howard Lutnick, Lee Zeldin, David Friedman, Miriam Adelson.

The who's who of Jews in Trump’s inner circle

By LUKE TRESS/JTA

Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) delivers opening remarks during a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Department of Treasury, with testimony from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, on Capitol Hi

Sen. Van Hollen supports joint resolutions of disapproval limiting offensive weapons to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Diaspora

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein in a conversation with Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee.

JCU 2024: A global call for unity

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Protestors take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2024.

Berlin police chief warns Jews and LGBTQ+ to exercise caution in certain areas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judaism

ANCIENT COLUMNS lie in the submerged Egyptian harbor of Tyre/Sour, southern Lebanon, seen in 2019.

Southern Lebanon is actually northern Israel

By MICHAEL FREUND

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG sits with the incoming chief rabbis, Ashkenazi Rabbi Kalman Ber (right) and Sephardic Rabbi David Yosef, at their swearing-in ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem earlier this month.

A historic opportunity for the chief rabbis

Food

Buchman’s Diner

Buchman’s Diner: An American-style diner in the ’hood

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

Vin et Viande

Vin et Viande: 100% Israeli despite the French name

By GLORIA DEUTSCH

Culture

The damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024

Haifa museums rally to save Templar artifacts

MACCABI TEL AVIV players celebrate with the trophy after edging Maccabi Ramat Gan 86-83 in the Winner Cup final.

Winner Cup glory: Maccabi Tel Aviv edges Ramat Gan in nail-biter

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

Travel

The Great Wall of China is easily accessible from Beijing.

Beijing, China: Eastern promise that delivers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Poolside with beverages at the ever-so-grand America Colony Hotel: Writer Noa Amouyal (L) and ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne.

Jeremy Berkovits: The face of Jerusalem's popular American Colony Hotel

By NOA AMOUYAL , ERICA SCHACHNE

Podcasts

Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police while taking part in a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024.

Dutch Jewish community leader: Amsterdam Jews not responsible for Middle East war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Michael Oren talks Donald Trump and Iran on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Michael Oren: The Iranians are scared of Donald Trump

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

IMMIGRANTS FROM the Soviet Union, including an elderly man wearing military decorations, arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in 1991. In 2025, we should, and can, bring in the next million olim, says the writer.

Israel must seize historic opportunity to welcome one million olim in 2025

By IDAN TENDLER

Nefesh B'Nefesh opens new center in Tel Aviv

Nefesh B'Nefesh opens new Tel Aviv center to assist olim, lone soldiers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Shopping

The Best Draining Soap Dishes on Amazon

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Best King Size Bed Frames Review

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Science

Businesswoman sitting on her desk in an office (illustrative).

Sitting, lying down for too long may increase health and heart issues

By RAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH

Close up of a man using mobile smart phone

OMG: Using abbreviations in texts may make you seem insincere

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

A captured document reportedly showing Marwan Issa's letter to Yahya Sinwar.

Hamas-Iran alliance: Captured documents expose decades-long terror funding

By AVI ASHKENAZI

Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene where a hit was reported in central Israel. November 18, 2024.

Hezbollah missile damages buildings, a bus in Tel Aviv area

Sponsored Content

Mike Evans & Evangelical leaders presenting Friends of Zion Award to Donald Trump.

A Quarter of a Billion Friends of Zion Unite for the Anniversary of the October 7 Massacre

Singer Avraham Tal releases music video post-ZAKA trauma retreat

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