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People gather as Hamas militants terrorists for the handover of hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, January 19, 2025

Hamas 'reviewing' Israeli hostage and ceasefire deal

Earlier this week, Hamas agreed to release nine hostages held in Gaza captivity, showing a shift in positions, as the terror group previously stated it would only release a single hostage.

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

Grossi warns Iran is 'not far' from nuclear bomb

A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025.

Iran shifts tune on nuclear deal, downplaying optimism

People attend a protest in support of Palestinians in Amman, Jordan, December 13, 2024

Has Jordan struck a blow against Muslim Brotherhood-backed terror?

Breaking News

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America strikes Houthi targets in Sana'a - report

Tikva Forum hostage families meet with Ron Dermer, discuss status of hostage talks

Top News

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

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

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

ILLUSTRATION: Benjamin Netanyahu and Ronen Bar

Gov't seeks to cancel interim order preventing it from firing Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar

By BINI ASHKENAZI , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MANEUVERS AT the Bahad 10 Training Base.

IDF chief medical officer tells reserve doctors to remove signatures from petition

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City.

Top 10 weird things activists put on seder plates this Passover

By MICHAEL STARR

Israel at War

Israelis demonstrate in Tel Aviv in support of a hostage deal, April 16, 2025.

Netanyahu holds situation assessment on hostages, PIJ release hostage video

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , LIRAN AHARONI , HODAYA RAN

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

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

View of cars destroyed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre and the Erez border crossing at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, January 4, 2024.

Three Israeli civilians cross into Gaza Strip, returned to Israeli territory by IDF

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Ex-hostage to deliver violin performance at Auschwitz

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shin Bet official suspected of leaking classified documents released to house arrest

By EFRAT FORSHER

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

Analyses & Features

The Nova Massacre Scene

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

By AMICHAI STEIN

Sasson Gabay stars as the well-meaning, conniving Nuhem in "Kugel," a prequel to the hit Israeli series "Shtisel."

‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen helped Jews to love our faults, not just heroics

‘We’re coming home!’ Misgav Am residents return after security crisis with volunteer support

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

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Spotify

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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

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

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

By JULIETTE RIHL/TNS

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

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

GAL GADOT in ‘Disney’s Snow White.’

Lebanon bans Snow White because of Gal Gadot

By HANNAH BROWN

Middle East

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

Ofer Bronchtein, French envoy for Israeli-Palestinian affairs and French President Emmanuel Macron.

France’s Middle East envoy: I have confidence in Macron’s peace plan

By JUDE TARAGIN

Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

UAE, Saudi Arabia deny reports of involvement in talks about land offensive in Yemen

The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

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

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

World News

Rawa Majid, leader of the 'Foxtrot Network' in an Interpol Red Notice arrest warrant.

Iran rejects UK accusation of links to Swedish criminal gang

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

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

Vladamir Putin and Elon Musk (illustrative)

Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to father of Soviet space program

Environment & Climate Change

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

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

JPost Spotlight

Image of Cynthia Nixon wearing the Palestinian flag shirt in And Just Like That Trailer.

Cynthia Nixon wraps herself in Palestinian flag

Cynthia Nixon appeared in the trailer for the upcoming season of And Just Like That... wearing a shirt resembling the Palestinian flag, sparking backlash online.

Edith Bruck with the mural named for her.

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

Despite the vandalism, Bruck maintained a message of peace and forgiveness, stating she holds no resentment or hatred toward those responsible for the act.

No Mercy video game.

Zerat Games pulls rape, incest video game promising to be 'women's worst nightmare' amid backlash

The violent video game was banned in Canada, Australian and the United Kingdom before the developers pulled it from Steam.

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.

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

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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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

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

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

Judaism

Ben Platt attends a discussion of his album "Honeymind" at 92NY on Oct. 9, 2024, in New York City.

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

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

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

By SABRINA SOFFER

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

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