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Hostage Edan Alexander in a Hamas propaganda video, April 13, 2025.

'Trump why have you fallen for Netanyahu's lies?': Edan Alexander calls on US, Israel to help him

In the video, Edan squarely blames the Israeli government and the American administration for 'deserting' him in Gaza.

Palestinian children gesture next to a missile fragment after a Yemeni missile launch towards Israel, near Hebron in the West Bank April 13,2025.

Houthis missile triggers sirens from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold weapons to mark the annual al-Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sana'a, Yemen, March 28, 2025

Houthis fire missiles at Israel, Alexander family permits publication of Hamas video of hostage

A coastguard boat sails past a commercial container ship docked at the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah, as a container ship carrying general commercial goods docked at the port for the first time since at least 2016, in Hodeidah, Yemen February 25, 2023.

Yemen preparing 80,000 man assault on Houthi-controlled Hodeidah

Breaking News

Bridgewater's Ray Dalio says Trump trade war has put US 'close to a recession'

IDF kills deputy head of Hamas sniper cell in Deir Al Balah

Trump remains in excellent health, White House doctor says

Top News

Palestinian boys stand next to a damaged vehicle at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 25, 2025.

Photos, videos point to IDF responsibility for strike on UN guesthouse, Washington Post claims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

UAE's Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan greets Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa, as UAE's Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Special Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan looks on, at Al Shati Palace, in Abu Dhabi.

Syria's Sharaa meets UAE counterpart in second visit to a Gulf country as leader

Police at the scene where two brothers were murdered in the Guarish neighborhood of Ramle. on April 10, 2025.

Ten murders in just three days as violence grips Arab society

By ALON HACHMON

Palestinian billionaire resigns from Harvard post after lawsuit alleges he helped finance Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

American pastor kidnapped by armed men in South Africa in front of congregation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel at War

IDF destroys 1.2 km tunnel in northern Gaza, April 13, 2025.

IDF troops destroy 1.2 km tunnel in northern Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF troops operate in Rafah, Gaza, April 13, 2025.

WATCH: IDF kills dozens of terrorists in Rafah as it establishes operational control

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

amas Command and Control Center 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 Al Ahli Hospital

IDF strikes Hamas command center inside Al Ahli Hospital, patients evacuated

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(Illustrative) An Israel Navy ship.

'Targeting terror from the sea': How Israel Navy operates on Gaza's shores

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former hostage Liri Albag meets with President Isaac Herzog.

'No place for such venom' Herzog tells released hostage Liri Albag after online threats

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Remembering the 24 living hostages still in Hamas captivity during Passover

By JPOST EDITORIAL

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

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ

With friends like these: Israel is collateral damage in Trump's trade war on the world

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Libya as a model: How to stop Iran - and Tehran's path to survival

By YAAKOV KATZ

Behind the Iran nuclear talks: What Donald Trump needs to tell Tehran

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Israel News

Portrait of former Deputy Director of Shin Bet Yisrael Hasson, January 15, 2024.

Ex-Shin Bet deputy chief: Netanyahu failed to act as 'responsible adult' when dismissing Ronen Bar

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the District court in Tel Aviv, as part of the criminal trial against him, April 2, 2025

Netanyahu says he disagrees with son's style of response to Macron

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yair Netanyahu to Macron: 'Screw you! Stop the neo imperialism of France in west Africa!'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police raiding a law office in Tira without a warrant to seize CCTV footage that could contain evidence relating to a murder, April 13, 2025.

Police raid law office without warrant, threaten staff, seize CCTV footage

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

Arab-Israel org. accuses Civil Service Commission of discriminating against Arab-Israelis

Analyses & Features

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at the Knesset, in Jerusalem.

Judicial reform, 'deep state,' and more: Netanyahu tightens his grip on Israel

Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu outside the District court in Tel Aviv, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is testifying in the trial against him, April 9, 2025.

Israel's real enemy may be its internal divisions, not the terror threats

Politicizing the Shin Bet endangers Israel's national security

By ERAN SHAMIR-BORER , AMICHAI COHEN

Syrian President al-Sharaa impresses diplomats in Turkey forum

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

An illustrative image of two people holding hands.

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

By DR. MIRIAM ADAHAN

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Underwater Internet communications cable.

Undersea cables conflict: How Israel can protect itself, be digital connectivity leader

Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School

Reichman University: Where global education meets Israel’s entrepreneurial spirit

A man rides an electric scooter through the streets of Tel Aviv.

How to find investors during wartime? Six lessons Israelis can learn from the past

An illustration of Herb Keinon saying thank you to using the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.

Say thank you to ChatGPT, even if AI doesn't care about gratitude

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.

Boycotting Israeli brains: A look at the anti-Israel academic boycott

By SHLOMO MAITAL

PEOPLE PROTEST in Berlin outside Humboldt University in support of Israel and against antisemitism, in October. The charge that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is culturally rooted, springing from antisemitic tropes, Cold War politics, and settler-colonial academic theory, insists the writer.

Prosecutors: Assault of non-Jew by Gazan, Lebanese men in Berlin was antisemitic

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yuval Raphael.

'Because of war in Gaza': Spain calls for discussion on Israel's participation in Eurovision

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A STUDENT attends an event at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Stanford University, in California last year. At Stanford, the DEI office backed events calling Israel an apartheid state, says the writer.

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford charged with felonies

Columbia student demonstrators chain themselves to the gates of St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, US, April 2, 2025.

Trump moves to place Columbia under federal oversight over antisemitism allegations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Middle East

A truck carries the bus that was damaged in a bomb blast outside Burgas Airport, July 19, 2012.

Bulgaria bombing terrorist buried in Hezbollah cemetery after Lebanese officials intervene

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Members of the Lebanese army stand at the entrance of Deir Mimas, after an Israeli military spokesperson said on Monday that Israel would keep troops in several posts in southern Lebanon past a February 18 deadline for them to withdraw, in Deir Mimas, Lebanon February 18, 2025.

Lebanese Army takes control of most of Hezbollah bases in south Lebanon

By YUVAL BARNEA

More than empty platitudes? Iran expresses optimism on Oman nuclear talks

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties (illustrative)

US, Iran conclude 'positive' first round of nuclear talks, to resume next week

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(Illustration) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer against a backdrop of posters of missing hostages.

Netanyahu confidant Ron Dermer slowing Gaza hostage talks, CNN reports

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

PENNSYLVANIA GOV. Josh Shapiro takes the stage at an election rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, in Philadelphia, last week. Shapiro can show that he isn’t backing down from his lifelong mission of helping Jews and others in need, says the writer.

Pennsylvania governor residence set on fire by arsonist, police say

A Ukrainian serviceman walks at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine April 13, 2025.

Russian missile strike on Palm Sunday kills 34 in Sumy

THE KREMLIN, Moscow.

Kremlin says instant results not possible after Trump demands Ukraine progress

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrate and light flares in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 7, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Compensation paid out to victims of Amsterdam riots, law firm announces

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024.

Trump replaces Obama portrait with painting of assassination attempt

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Environment & Climate Change

From crisis to innovation: Doral calls for renewable energy to become Israel’s strategic priority

By LIOR NOVIK , IN COLLABORATION WITH DORAL

An illustrative image of wildfires caused by climate change.

Climate crisis hits women hardest, Tel Aviv conference reveals

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

A wildfire in Israel's north.

Israel launches AI fire prediction tool to protect transportation systems

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Matanyahu Englman (R), Isaac Herzog, and Dr. Dov Khenin speak at the Climate Forum meeting at the president's residence in Jerusaelm, April 3, 2025.

Israel will face massive climate disasters this summer, Herzog warns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AT LEAST 29 people were killed, more than 200,000 people were forced to evacuate, and over 16,000 structures were destroyed or damaged. The economic toll from the fires is estimated at over $250 billion. Here, an aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire is seen in March.

How losing homes in LA wildfires re-traumatized Jews who escaped Iran

By TABBY REFAEL

JPost Spotlight

‘The Tenth Plague: Killing the Firstborn Son,’ from a collection by Joseph Mallord and William Turner.

The tragedy of the firstborn: Inherent legal, societal burdens of the eldest child

The tragedy for the firstborn is that he is left with the anomalous status that puts on him sometimes vast societal and psychological expectations, but has equal legal status with the rest.

Eliad Shraga, Founder of The Movement for Quality Government

If we don't take a stand, who will?

The Movement for Quality Government has been fighting corruption for 35 years. “This is a battle for Israel’s future as a democratic state ”says the movement’s founder, Eliad Shraga.

Balloons are seen in a window at Kibbutz Nir Oz, still ravaged by the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

A stolen future: The children of Kibbutz Nir Oz were robbed of childhood by Hamas

For the children of Nir Oz, the nightmare never ended. This isn’t just grief – it’s a stolen future, a childhood lost to the kind of terror no child should ever know.

HARVESTING WHEAT in a field near Rehovot.

Counting the Omer: A journey from Passover to Shavuot

The pilgrimage festival of Shavuot at the conclusion of the Omer period was in thanksgiving for God’s blessing and protection of the land and its produce.

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

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

Air builds as clear as wine

By OFER PETERSBURG

Taubel Complex, Neighborhood G in Beersheba.

New street and rental apartments for service members in Beersheba

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Tzur Shalom Renewal Project, Kiryat Bialik

From suburbs to towers: Kiryat Bialik's old neighborhood transforms

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

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.

Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Pro-Israel evangelical leader calls on Trump to tariff Tucker Carlson for pro-Iran post

"It’s time for the White House to impose a Tariff on Tucker Carlson for illegally importing anti-Semitic Iranian talking points and putting America last,” Cardoza-Moore said.

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 was so close to death, doctors considered ending treatment

The pope's official nurse pleaded with doctors to ensure that they did not stop his treatment despite significant risks.

istoric St Mary’s City, Town Center, St Mary’s County, Maryland.

After 300 Years, Maryland's 1667 brick chapel reopens to the public

On April 12, Maryland’s Historic St. Mary's City will open the doors of its reconstructed Brick Chapel.

Health & Wellness

Eye-tracking glasses show how dogs perceive human gestures. Illustration.

Hebrew University’s innovation in antibiotic eyedrops offers new hope for dogs and humans

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

WOMEN MEDICYLISTS of MDA.

‘We believe in the power of women’: MDA chair champions women’s advancement in its mission

By ALAN ROSENBAUM , IN COLLABORATION WITH WOMEN OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISRAEL

Sheba Medical Center

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

TikTalk's solution brings a new technology approach to speech therapy.

Health Ministry unveils NIS 300M plan to fix Israel's child development system

By AVICHAI HAIM

Magen David Adom Motorcycles

Magen David Adom warns of blood shortage in Israel, calls for public donors

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

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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.

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

Hapoel Tel Aviv players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Gran Canaria in the EuroCup final in the Gran Canaria Arena, Spain, April 12, 2025

Two Israeli nationals beaten by security guards, arrested in Spain

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) react during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2024.

Marco Rubio says Mahmoud Khalil’s 'otherwise lawful' actions undermine US antisemitism policy

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Judaism

Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

Let them go: Its time to bring the hostages home, for burial and for rehabilitation

By YAEL ECKSTEIN

ALL-IMPORTANT: Children take part in a practice Seder.

'Jewish & Israel Trivia': The perfect trivia challenge for the Passover Seder

By MARION FISCHEL

Food

WINE AND the four glasses: As much a part of Passover as the matzah.

Passover 2025: What wines to drink for the Seder

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

Castel wines are seen on a Passover Seder table.

Passover 2025: This is the year to support and buy Israeli wines

By ADAM MONTEFIORE

Culture

Shark Power Detect vacuum.

Consumer corner: Presents for Passover

By ALIE M. TAUB

Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers reacts in the final minutes of a 127-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on April 1, 2025.

From 5 a.m. tipoffs to bar mitzvah trips, Israelis are reveling in Deni Avdija’s breakout season

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA

Travel

An El Al plane in Ben-Gurion Airport.

Dominant over 18 months of war, Israel's El Al faces return of foreign carriers

By STEVEN SCHEER/ REUTERS

Plane flying over Tehran airport.

How to avoid flying over enemy territory, what to do if you land there

By DR. ITAY GAL

Podcasts

Tamar Uriel-Beeri is seen interviewing Prof. Shimon Shetreet on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Shimon Shetreet: Israeli gov't wants to change judiciary to give prime minister 'total power'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs alongside a photo of Netanyahu against a backdrop of a stock market chart. (illustration)

Tanking stocks and risk of global recession: What do you need to know about Trump's tariffs?

By EVE YOUNG , REUTERS

US Politics

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019.

Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, US allies

Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump.

Trump taps Yehuda Kaploun as State Dept. antisemitism envoy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

History

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

Jacob Sheep

This week in Jewish history: Buchenwald liberated, Paschal lambs sacrificed

By STEVEN DRUCKER

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

The bus that a resident of Shafir overturned in Rehovot on Saturday April 13, 2025.

Man steals a bus in Rehovot 'to get home for the Seder'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

15 Million year old fish fossil with preserved stomach contents.

Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

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