US has 'many arguments' to strike Iran, White House announces ahead of Board of Peace meeting

US strikes would aim to weaken Iran's regime, not change it, former Israel Navy chief Marom says

‘THEY LOVE Trump, they love America – but right now they feel abandoned, and it hurts.’ The US president said he has no reason to strike, but protesters have been asking for US intervention. Here, a man shows a sign mentioning Trump during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran in Rome.
Illustrative image of US President Donald Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Tucker Carlson visits Israel for sit-down with Huckabee: ‘He wouldn’t leave the airport'

Tucker Carlson during a visit to Israel.
 Embroided flags of Israel and Lebanon (illustrative)

'Meaningful step': First-ever Lebanese–Israeli civil panel held at Munich Security Conference

Then Republican presidential nominee and former US President Trump campaigns in Georgia in 2024.
EXCLUSIVE

Trump behind Carlson's Israel visit to reduce heat in conservative antisemitism debate

INTERVIEW

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

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

US imposes visa restrictions on Iran officials, telecommunications leaders

A combination picture of satellite images show the Parchin military complex from before Israeli strikes until February 2026.

Satellite images reportedly show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions

REPORT
Brandon Koschel delivering a speech in Sydney on January 26, 2026.

Australian who called Jews 'greatest enemy' of nation gets year in jail under new hate crime laws

CHILDREN, PART of a group of detainees, look through a fence at al-Hol camp after the Syrian government took control of it following the withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Hasaka, Syria, January 21, 2026.

Syrian detention camp for suspected ISIS relatives nearly empty, former director says

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) administers the oath of office to House members and delegates of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019

Democrats to boycott Trump's State of the Union, attend rally in protest

 Participants at NYC's Israel Day Parade, May 18, 2025.

WZO invites Mamdani to NYC Israel Day Parade, consul Akunis fires back

Israel ranked 7th in broadband speed: Bezeq chairman on telecom innovation

WATCH
Tomer Raved, Executive Chairman of the Bezeq Group, speaks with Jake Laznik

Israeli man arrested in Miami on suspicion of child pornography possession

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

The Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, is seen moored in the Port of Miami on August 1, 2021.
EXCLUSIVE

Hackers stole 2 quadrillion bytes of data from Israelis in recent years, cyber chief tells 'Post'

An illustration of Israeli data being hacked.

Women's integration into IDF 'disaster': Rabbis send letter to Netanyahu demanding intervention

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Smotrich doubles down on refusal to enlist daughter, claims IDF is 'no place for women'

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

A missile is launched during an exercise in southern Iran, in this handout image obtained on February 17, 2026.

Netanyahu is right: A Trump-Iran nuclear deal will not be good enough

OPINION
Women march with a sign depicting US President Donald Trump with bloodied hands in Tehran on February 11, 2026, during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Iran isn't trying to win a war with the US – it's trying to survive Trump

OPINION
An illustration of the flags of Israel and Qatar.

Qatar’s ‘Ring of Fire’: The growing influence posing a deadly threat to Israel's security

OPINION

Trump nominee Jeremy Carl facing Senate pushback over history of antisemitic remarks

Hamas-linked org. trains Gazans to edit Wikipedia pages about Israel, Palestine

Jeremy Carl speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington DC, Sept. 3, 2025.

Spike Lee says pro-Palestinian NBA All-Star Game outfit not meant as dig against Deni Avdija

Spike Lee at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game held at the Intuit Dome on Feb. 15, 2026 in Los Angeles.

Manchester police foiled 'deadliest terror attack' targeted at Jewish community, CST explains how

A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

Israel condemns Swiss commentator's attempt to 'humiliate' athletes at Winter Olympics

IDF appoints first-ever female naval missile boat commander to lead naval combat ops.

Massive weeks-long war between US, Iran could begin 'very soon'

REPORT
The IDF appointed the first-ever female missile boat commander, Lt.-Cmdr. "R."

Iran’s crypto network is shielding regime from Western sanctions, experts tell ‘Post’

Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at the David Kempinski hotel in Tel Aviv, February 16, 2026.

US Senator Lindsey Graham visits UAE President in Abu Dhabi

X logo over an Iranian flag.

X removes blue checkmarks from several Iranian regime figures as apparent support of protesters

Israeli soldier St.-Sgt. Ofri Yafe killed by friendly fire in southern Gaza, IDF says

From national PTSD to national post-traumatic growth: Israel must turn pain to power

OPINION
St.-Sgt. Ofri Yafe.
OPINION

The Muslim Brotherhood is a stealth threat to European societies - opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood's Stealth Threat to European Societies
ByNIGEL GOODRICH
EXPLAINER

What is Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam?

Muslim worshippers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, marking the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, February 17, 2026.
REVIEW

Paul McCartney's 'Man on the Run' documentary brings viewers back to the 1970s

Arrow 4 anti-missile defense system to possibly be deployed in coming months, IAI CEO Levy says

Elbit sees record-breaking sales for laser target designator systems

Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy.

Israeli firm Autonomous Guard enters Indian defense market with $1.9m deal

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Smart Shooter plans NIS 200m IPO amid defense boom

Vehicle with Spectral X signature management solutions

Spectralx: Israeli company redefines battlefield concealment

INTERVIEW

Police knowingly used faulty evidence in convicting Omar Benguit

REPORT

Stephen Colbert says CBS pulled Senate candidate interview after Trump admin. broadcasting threats

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.

Twelve killed in China after firecracker store explodes, cause of blast under investigation

MEN COVER their ears as firecrackers go off to mark a shop's first day of business following the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China February 10, 2019.

UN Security Council to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies in urgent meeting

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025.

Kremlin demands proof that it poisoned opposition leader Navalny with dart frog toxin

People gather outside the Russian embassy, following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, reported by prison authorities in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Warsaw, Poland, February 16, 2024.

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

Survivor Agam Berger played "Hallelujah."

A grove of recognition in the Golan

Miriam Adelson

A Community called home

Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

Israeli entrepreneurs create ‘Semantics Engineering,’ aiming to solve enterprise AI context crisis

Israel entered Gaza war without emergency plan for electricity, energy sectors

Solid's founders Yoni Leitersdorf and Tal Segalov.

Israeli suppliers empty out inventories selling sweets, soft drinks to Gaza for Ramadan

A Palestinian woman shops as she prepares for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026.
OPINION

Playtime vs airtime: The efficiency metric every founder should understand

Superbowl 2026
ByAARON RINBERG
OPINION

Lessons from Israel’s decline in the Global Corruption Index

ByEDNA HAREL FISHER, NATAN MILIKOWSKY

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

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

Israeli combat veterans with PTSD and families not receiving enough support from the state

POLL
Defense Minister Israel Katz presented the 2026 “Defense Minister’s Shield” to Soroka Medical Center.

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

January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures

Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition to raise funds for NATAL trauma care after October 7

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

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

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

New Epstein Files audio reveals Barak-Epstein conversation on Israel 'immigrant quality'

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

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

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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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Hillary Clinton says Trump admin. 'slow-walking' Epstein files release before Congress testimony

Trump says he will be involved indirectly in Iran talks, Tehran likely to make deal

'I'm tired of this c***': Lindsey Graham attacks Gulf leaders, compares Iran's Khamenei to Hitler

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

American Jewish leaders voice concern about political polarization in Israel

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You can't beat Chabad, so why not join them?

Israel must deepen alliances past the Jewish world, embrace faith-based allies

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025.

Vatican says it will not participate in Trump's Gaza Board of Peace

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Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

Portugal returns stolen Mayan, Zapotec artifacts to Mexico in first-ever archaeological restitution

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

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

War trauma can hinder development of children's teeth, study finds

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Eli Sharabi's memoir recounts his 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza.

Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year

Anti-Israel activists, commentators fume after LeBron James praises Deni Avdija, Israel

Israeli producer, co-creator of 'Tehran' Dana Eden found dead during filming in Greece

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

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

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

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