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PENNSYLVANIA GOV. Josh Shapiro appears at a presidential campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Arsonist attacked Josh Shapiro's home due to his stance on Palestine, says police warrant

The suspect, Cody Balmer, called 911 operators on Sunday following the attack, saying he needed "to stop having my friends killed".

REP. RASHIDA TLAIB attends a pro-Palestinian rally in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2021.

Detroit Gaza conference announces dates with advert featuring PFLP terrorist

Rom Braslavski, who was taken hostage on October 7 at the Nova Music Festival (illustration).

'All day, I'm scratching and it hurts': PIJ publishes video of hostage Rom Braslavski

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

IDF: There is no timeline to finishing Gaza war, Hamas police have lost control

Breaking News

Gazans protest in Beit Lahiya, call for end of Hamas rule in Gaza - report

Iraq summons Lebanon's envoy over Lebanese president's remark

IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorist in Hanine, southern Lebanon

Top News

Hamas, PIJ terrorists prepare a propaganda ceremony in Khan Yunis ahead of the hostage release, February 15, 2025.

PIJ release hostage propaganda video, Katz details Israel's Gaza aid policy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PROTESTERS, MOSTLY Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza Palestinians earlier this month in Sanaa, Yemen.

UAE denies reports it is involved in talks about land offensive in Yemen

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025.

Iran says its right to uranium enrichment is non-negotiable

Cynthia Nixon wraps herself in Palestinian flag

By HANNAH BROWN

Migrants from Bangladesh hand over their passports to a Panamanian official after arriving to the migrant reception center, in the village of Lajas Blancas, Darien Province, Panama September 26, 2024.

Bangladesh restores ‘except for Israel’ inscription on passports

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel at War

IDF soldier from the Shahar Battalion during counter-terror raids in the West Bank village of Burka, January 12, 2025.

Palestinian stone-throwing terrorists wound two US citizens

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz over a background of humanitarian trucks entering the Gaza Strip; Illustrative

Israel shifts Gaza aid to private sector, backtracks on Gaza aid provision, Katz confirms

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A weapon belonging to a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist responsible for January's al-Funduq terror attack after he was killed by Israeli security forces, April 16, 2025.

IDF, Shin Bet kill third terrorist behind January's al-Funduq terror attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Nova Massacre Scene

How foreign media uses allegations against Israeli officials to justify Hamas atrocities

By AMICHAI STEIN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Gaza Strip. April 16, 2025.

Shin Bet official excluded from Netanyahu's Gaza visit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Trump's plan provides needed solution to combat campus antisemitism

By JPOST EDITORIAL

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

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ

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

Yemeni people continue to bear burden of weaponization of Houthis

By NEVILLE TELLER

Israel News

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

An Israel Police officer is seen arresting a man on a highway in an illustrative

Israel Police seize 800 packages of drugs in Tel Aviv warehouse

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

Ben-Gvir: Shin Bet head is trying to overthrow a democratically elected gov't

Israel Police, Border Police, and IDF reinforce security in Hebron amid Passover pilgrimages to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, April 2025.

Ben-Gvir visits Hebron amid increased security deployment at holy site

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Analyses & Features

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Peace post-Oct. 7: Can grassroots orgs advance peace amid Israel-Hamas War

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A soldier from the US-led coalition stands guard during a joint patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria. February 8, 2024.

Phased US pullout from Syria raises concerns for Israel

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Holocaust mural depicting Edith Bruck moved to Rome museum following antisemitic vandalism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ben Platt says his identity ‘not defined' by Israel, voices support for fellow Jewish actor

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

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

Trump's plan provides needed solution to combat campus antisemitism

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Spotify

Spotify down for thousands of users globally, Downdetector shows

Ronya Rubinstein CEO of Endospot

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MILORAD DODIK, president of the Republika of Srpska, addresses his supporters in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February. For Israelis, the strange story of Bosnia’s political turmoil should highlight the vast hypocrisy of European states, says the writer.

Illegitimate lawfare: Bosnia uses Israel as a battleground

By EUGENE KONTOROVICH

A new Israeli startup has begun a new venture that will allow companies to hire an AI agent to join their development teams.

Israeli startup AutonomyAI raises millions turning AI into full-time developers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

GAL GADOT in ‘Disney’s Snow White.’

Lebanon bans Snow White because of Gal Gadot

By HANNAH BROWN

People take part in a protest to mark 100 days since the start of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza during a march in London, Britain, January 13, 2024.

London police: Order for local Jews to stay home is fake news

By MICHAEL STARR

Vancouver city councillor Sean Orr.

Vancouver city councillor faces backlash over antisemitic tweet

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Signs are displayed in front of Deering Meadow, where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, US. April 25, 2024

'Death to Israel': Northwestern University vandalized with graffiti amid Trump crackdown

By MICHAEL STARR

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Columbia will not surrender independence in face of federal demands, acting president says

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

Smoke rises following a strike in the Gaza Strip. April 2, 2025.

IDF kills senior aide to Hamas Gaza Brigade cmdr. in Gaza strike

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump.

Trump administration proposes cutting UN peacekeeping funds over effectiveness concerns.

By THE MEDIA LINE

Could Mossad kill IRGC air force chief to open up striking Iran nuke program?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A soldier from the US-led coalition holds the hand of a boy during a joint US- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, February 8, 2024.

US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a situational assessment in northern Gaza, April 15, 2025.

Iran's goal to destroy Israel is why we're fighting in Gaza, Netanyahu says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

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

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Israel look on as the Eiffel Tower is seen from aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony.

French ministers decry Nanterre graffiti calling for Jewish union 'out of our universities'

By MICHAEL STARR

Illustration of Israeli passport against backdrop of Maldives Islands.

Maldives bans Israelis from entering the country over Gaza war

By MICHAEL STARR

A view of the damage inside the Governor's Residence on the day Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania State Police provide an update on the act of arson that took place at the residence, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 13, 2025.

MK Gilad Kariv sends letter of support to Josh Shapiro after arson attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AT A protest in support of Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil, demonstrators call for a halt to all US funding of ‘Israeli apartheid,’ in Times Square. It’s not our job as Jews, currently the most maligned and imperiled minority group in America, to advocate on behalf of Khalil, the writer argues.

Jews are not obligated to defend Mahmoud Khalil or his civil liberties

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN

Environment & Climate Change

Stenella frontalis.

Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins

By DR. ITAY GAL

Antennarius pictus - Painted FrogFish

Masters of camouflage: Rare sighting of frogfish spotted in Gulf of Eilat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

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

By LIOR NOVIK , IN COLLABORATION WITH DORAL

JPost Spotlight

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

The visit marked exactly one year after Eliya’s mother, Sigi Cohen, prayed at the Western Wall for her son's safe return.

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?

This week, Calev and Elliot discuss whether Trump is going to force an Iran deal on Israel that is only cosmetically different from the Obama version and much more.

Casa Lavi.

Casa Lavi: A perfect la merienda experience in Jerusalem

At Casa Lavi, there are all sorts of sweet treats: muffins, brownies, cookies, and pastries – something for everyone.

Yona Brief with parents, David and Hazel.

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

One of the essential questions that impacts whether Yona might have survived is why he was not evacuated on the first helicopter instead of the second one.

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

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

Air builds as clear as wine

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

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.

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.

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

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

A joint study conducted by Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion has discovered that it’s possible to predict the severity of PTSD by analyzing brain connectivity patterns as early as one month after a traumatic event.

How to predict PTSD severity by brain connectivity patterns: University of Haifa researcher

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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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

Items donated to a Judaica drive staged for Los Angeles fire victims included shofars, seder plates and mezuzahs.

What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims

By RACHEL STEINHARDT/JTA

View of a gate to Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After Harvard defies Trump antisemitism demands, $2 billion grants frozen

By MICHAEL STARR

Judaism

Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

The cost of chosenness: Lessons from Moses, Ibn Naghrillah this Passover

By SABRINA SOFFER

Castel wines are seen on a Passover Seder table.

Building bridges at the Seder table: An enduring message of the four children

By EVAN BERNSTEIN

Food

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

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

Acco Festival

45th Acco Festival kicks off with dynamic line-up of performances

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli artist Haim Sokol.

Wild and creative: A look at the new two-person exhibition at Jerusalem's Wild Gallery

Travel

THE WAT Phra Yai, Koh Samui’s Big Buddha Temple.

An experience in Thailand’s Koh Samui before the ‘White Lotus Effect’

By MOTTI VERSES

Mauritius

Visiting Mauritius is worth every minute of travel

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Podcasts

IDF soldiers in a swearing in ceremony. February 27, 2025.

IDF reservist dismissed after demanding gov't prioritize hostages speaks with 'Post'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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 Politics

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

Why Trump nuke deal could be ‘better’ than Obama’s, yet be still more dangerous

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

US President Donald Trump leads a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

Trump: Iran issue is easy to solve, they cannot obtain nuclear weapons

By AMICHAI STEIN , REUTERS

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

NYPD are searching for a man accused of performing sexual acts on a corpse while traveling on the Manhattan subway last week.

NYPD search for man accused of sexually violating a corpse on Manhattan subway

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

British singer Robbie Williams performs in Berlin

Robbie Williams reveals he contracted scurvy, a rare 17th century pirate disease

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

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