IDF discusses disarming Hamas, opening Rafah Border Crossing: What’s next?

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EDITORIAL
  A Palestinian fighter from the armed wing of Hamas takes part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025
 Palestinian Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025.

Around 70,000 Gazans died in Israel-Hamas War, but none from starvation, IDF reports

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
A truck carries aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025.

IDF recommends reducing humanitarian aid trucks to 200 per day in Phase II of US ceasefire plan

Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, with the Iranian, Lion and Sun flag.
EXCLUSIVE

Crown Prince preparing to join allies in 'final battle' against regime, Pahlavi tells 'Post'

WATCH

Car rams Chabad headquarters door, driver arrested, no injuries

Hamas terrorists stand at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the body of the last deceased hostage, in Gaza City December 8, 2025.

'We need to let this fantasy dissipate': Former Mossad division head on disarming Hamas

INTERVIEW
Ghassan Duhine (center) with members of the anti-Hamas Abu Shabab militia in the Gaza Strip, September 2025.

Anti-Hamas Gazan gangs utilize new tactics to put terror group on high alert

REPORT
Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

Demonstrators carry placards on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026

ICE officers receive new directions, ordered to avoid engaging 'agitators', target only criminals

A rescuer uses his phone at an impact site following a missile strike from Iran on Israel, in Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel June 19, 2025.

Iran's Shamkhani warns of ‘immediate, unprecedented’ attack on Tel Aviv in event of US strikes

US Vice President JD Vance (R) and his wife Usha Vance (L) visit the gravestone with the ashes of an unknown prisoner and the wall with the inscription "Never again" in five languages, during a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

A message from Holocaust survivors: We don't have much time left

Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler z”l (1931-2025)

Netanyahu turned down 11 assassination plans against Sinwar in months before Oct. 7

REPORT

Ramon Foundation hosts children’s event marking Space Week

 Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022

Knesset advances 2026 state budget in first reading amid coalition crisis over haredi draft

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen after the vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 28, 2026.

Netanyahu may attempt to 'sabotage' next elections, Golan warns

Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats party in Israel, speaks during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025.

Dutch airline KLM retracts decision to resume Israel flights

 JONATHAN DEKEL-CHEN, the father of Sagui Dekel-Chen, speaks to reporters after he and other family members of American hostages being held by Hamas, participated in a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 25, 2024.

Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Passengers arrive at the Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey on September 22, 2023; illustrative.

Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard near airport in Niger's capital

BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.

Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Hospital staff changed Jewish Bondi victim’s name on system, removed religion, without permission

Australia at risk of sliding toward the UK’s extremism crisis, former Australian PM says

The ink on a memorial message sheet bleeds after rainfall as people lay flowers and pay tribute to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025.

Tunisia’s schoolbooks celebrate Hitler, omit Holocaust, research finds - IMPACT-se

 Grade 12 Arabic textbook teaching a poem praising children in Gaza for fighting and dying as martyrs to liberate Palestine.

Israel’s NYC consulate marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with Times Square billboards

Israel’s Consulate in New York marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with powerful billboards in Times Square. 28.1.2026.

Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'

US, 40 partner countries, hold symposium to implement UNSC regulations against Iran

Trump urges Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be 'far worse'

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.
REPORT

EU set to add IRGC to terror list after France U-turn

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

PA continuing to pay terrorists in Lebanon, Jordan outside Western monitoring - PMW to 'Post'

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Israeli forces demolish house of deceased hostage's sister amid family criticism

'I don’t know s***': Trump invites Vecna and Freddy Krueger to Board of Peace on Eretz Nehederet

Trump weighs Iran strikes to inspire renewed protests

ANALYSIS
OMAR ETZION as Trump with his Board of Peace.
INTERVIEW

Ex-US ambassador Nides rejects Netanyahu’s claim Biden embargo killed IDF soldiers

 Ambassador Tom Nides in his office at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

'False and ungrateful': Biden envoy Hochstein slams Netanyahu’s claim US embargo killed IDF troops

Amos Hochstein, Managing Partner, TWG Global speaks onstage during the Semafor World Economy Summit Fall Edition at Gallup HQ on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.
OPINION

RISK Initiative: Taiwan's bold step to safeguard undersea cables

ByLIN CHIA-LUNG

From war footing to Wall Street: IAI’s Boaz Levy on business of Israel’s missile shield

Israel's cyber chief predicts cyberwar between offensive, defensive AI agents

Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy at the Israeli-American Council event.

Former CIA chief tech officer warns: ‘AI needs security now to avoid the Internet's fate’

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Former IDF officer says key to AI is still 'person behind the algorithm' at Cybertech conference

Leonidas Stryker

Microwave weapon aims to knock drones out of the sky, Epirus pitches Leonidas

US handing over seized tanker to Venezuela, officials say

US imposes visa restrictions on three Haitian officials linked to gangs

The Guinea-flagged oil tanker MT Bandra, which is under sanctions, is partially seen alongside another vessel at El Palito terminal, near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela December 29, 2025; illustrative.

Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board including lawmaker

A Twin Otter aircraft purchased by Colombian airline Satena is seen in the company's hangar in Bogota, Colombia, November 25, 2024; illustrative.

FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims

ILLUSTRATIVE: A member of the FBI removes items from a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 31, 2025.

Rubio says territorial issue over Donetsk yet to be bridged between Russia, Ukraine

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled "U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela", on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, January 28, 2026.

Empowering Jewish education globally: The main missions of the Yael Foundation

Empowering Jewish education globally: The main missions of the Yael Foundation.

Dr. Sivan Mercer reveals: From salmon DNA to biostimulators: The hottest trends in aesthetics

Dr. Sivan Mercer MD

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

World has three years to prepare for quantum threat, experts warn at Cyberweek

Boeing, Technion move Israeli sustainable jet fuel project into implementation phase

Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

A life and death market: Starlink smuggling to Iran surges

Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Persian flag (Illustrative).

‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Why quantum encryption matters for Israel’s security

 Computational chip (Illustrative)

Cybersecurity startup developing rapid-response fraud detection secures $37 million Series A round

Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 34 with 32 still missing

Next years 'critical' for Israel's earthquake preparedness, Katz warns

Indonesian rescue members search for victims at the site of a landslide following heavy rains in Pasir Langu village, West Bandung regency, West Java province, Indonesia, January 27, 2026.

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide

Indonesian rescue members carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim from the site of a landslide after it hit Pasirlangu village, West Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, January 24, 2026.

Indonesia resumes search for 80 after landslide kills 17 in West Java

A man walks through the snow as Winter Storm Fern arrives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, January 23, 2026.

US braces for record-breaking winter storm hitting 40 states, with 180 million Americans affected

Israeli Holocaust survivors foregoing medical treatment due to inaccessibility of care, study finds

Medical students who spend a year with seniors rethink aging, Jerusalem study finds

Holocaust survivor Moshe David Meir poses for a picture at his home in Jerusalem on January 27, 2025, Meir survived the Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.
STUDY

More than half of Israelis take dietary supplements and vitamins, new survey reveals

Neural 'on/off' switch discovery may shed light on sex differences in social behavior

How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

Any solution but the obvious: Israel can't rely on aliyah to fill IDF manpower shortage

OPINION

IDF unveils ‘Olim Al Bet’ program for fast-track immigrant reserve enlistment

AN IDF reserve soldier reports for a military drill along the border with Lebanon and Syria.

Aliyah from Denver to Jerusalem: ‘One picture wasn’t enough’

Sample of Tami Ellison’s figure-ground visual illusion photography.

Aliyah to Israel: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

 Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.
OPINION

Homeward bound: Why South African Jews are making aliyah now

South African Jews, aged 60 and over, recently arrived via a Jewish Agency aliyah project, meet at Telfed - South African Zionist Federation in Raanana.
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Yamim ha’Tzeira. Your home by the sea, in Netanya

Contrary to reports: "Cancellation wave of less than half a percent"

 Yamim ha’Tzeira residential complex.

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Urban renewal under the “Evacuation and Reconstruction” framework in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa.

Massive urban renewal plan approved in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa under “evacuation & reconstruction”

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Want to choose a lawyer for an urban renewal project? Here are 5 tips you must read

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Song honors Bondi attack hero: Jewish musicians from Sydney in praise of Ahmed al-Ahmed

Can Israel trust Trump's Gaza board on border security?

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.

Trump nominates Colin McDonald as assistant A-G for national fraud enforcement

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown liquid during Minneapolis Town Hall

US deports three former members of Iran's IRGC who entered illegally, DHS says

Diaspora   

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.

Activists urge Jewish Museum to help preserve Wilbur J. Cohen Building at risk of demolition

Brazil is a 'Christian, Jewish country,' Bolsonaro tells 'Post'; pitches pro-Israel reset

Holocaust survivor gives speech in Hebrew for first time in history at UNGA Holocaust Remembrance

Judaism   

Actress Toni Kalem, who appeared in “The Sopranos,” reads an excerpt from “Other People’s Houses" at the opening of an exhibit of the life and work of writer Lore Segal, Jan. 22, 2026.

A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths

Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds

Entering Pardes: Discovering Jewish identity and tradition through role-playing games

Christian World   

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care

Clergy arrested, businesses shutter as Minnesotans protest Trump's surge in immigration agents

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Tamara Cohen, founder of the Mazál bagel restaurant in Madrid, immigrated from the United States through  Spain's Sephardic ancestry law.

Tamara Cohen's ancestors were expelled from Spain, now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid

Yuval Village's Grand Vista Hotel returns to reclaim its glorious past

HIBA in Tel Aviv: Winter menu marks turning point for chef Yossi Shitrit's restaurant

Archaeology   

The two tombs date from the time of Rome's Republic and were found near that city's northeast Via Pietralata.

Ancient Roman tombs, shrine to Hercules discovered in Rome suburb dig

Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'

Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall

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 Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

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Triennial report: Israeli science at the precipice

Culture   

BRITAIN'S QUEEN Camilla (R) attends a special screening of 'Hamnet', the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel, in central London on January 27, 2026.

‘Hamnet’ is Oscar-bait about Shakespeare's free-spirited wife

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

Hapoel Tel Aviv beats Beersheba in OT, while Jerusalem, Mac TA both take wins home

History   

Eylon Levy holding Dan Auerbach's yellow star from Nazi-era Europe. Tel Aviv, January 26.

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps

On This Day: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp liberated by Soviet Army

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media ahead of a summit of EU leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following US President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on a list of EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland, in Brussels, Belgium January 22, 2026.

France's National Assembly approves banning under-15s from social media

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Ms. Rachel appears to support antisemitic conspiracy theory in apology post

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