Iran reviewing US proposal after striking French vessel in Strait of Hormuz

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French shipping giant says vessel hit in Strait of Hormuz attack, several crewmembers wounded

An Apache helicopter fires a missile towards Lebanon on May 2, 2026.
Outgoing air force chief Tomer Bar
Artillery units positioned near the Lebanese border on May 4, 2026 in Northern Israel

US, Iran nearing one-page war-ending agreement, response expected within 48 hours

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
US President Donald Trump gestures during an event at The Villages Charter School at The Villages, Florida, US, May 1, 2026.

Iran war may have motivated would-be Trump assassin, US intelligence report finds

SNEAKO ATTENDS WrestleMania After Dark Las Vegas Hall Of Fame event featuring Metro Boomin at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on April 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Antisemitic manosphere streamer Sneako kicked out of, banned from Australia

IDF to extend time to reach shelter in 49 northern Israel communities

A Syrian army soldier stands guard next to an armoured vehicle positioned along the SyrianLebanese border in the rural area of Al Qusayr on April 1, 2026.

Syria’s crackdown on Hezbollah shows Damascus's commitment to security

ANALYSIS
Syrian police vehicles drive along a road in the town of Dayr Hafir east of Aleppo, Syria, on January 17, 2026.

Syria thwarts Hezbollah-affiliated plot to assassinate gov’t officials, Interior Ministry announces

People attend a candlelight vigil at Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, DC on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two Israeli embassy staffers dead.

ADL says antisemitic incidents dropped by a third in 2025, but assaults reached record levels

Saif Abu Keshek, who took part in a flotilla to the Gaza Strip, arrives for a remand hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Ashkelon.

Flotilla activists to appeal detention extension in Beersheba court

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 5, 2026.

Rubio announces end of Operation Epic Fury, says US has concluded offensive stage of Iran war

Magen David Adom ambulances

Double murder brings total of Israeli Arabs killed since beginning of year to over 100

You deserve to feel alive again amchaya health retreat

Amchaye Health Retreat

Netanyahu spars with prosecution over 2015 Walla interview, Election Day video, in trial hearing

Without Netanyahu, Likud expected to fall below 20 seats, poll shows

POLL
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.

Israel to supply Germany with jet fuel amid shortages caused by Iran war

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (R) and his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar shake hands after a press conference at the Foreign Office in Berlin on May 5, 2026.

Haredim threaten to boycott Rami Levy's Israir if Shabbat flights continue

An Israir flight takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, June 19, 2025.

Man sets Ramat Gan cafe on fire after threatening owner over Saturday opening

People watch a television screen showing a live broadcast of US President Donald Trump delivering national address on war against Iran, at a train station in Seoul on April 2, 2026.

South Korea suspends review of Trump's call to participate in 'Project Freedom'

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

Will Trump pausing effort to open Strait bring an Iran deal?

ANALYSIS
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next US Surgeon General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 25, 2026.

Anti-Zionism in America and the shifting debate over support for Israel

OPINION
New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019.

Hundreds of European doctors hoping to make aliyah attend MedEx conference

Hezbollah flag seen as NYC anti-Israel activists protest outside Park East Synagogue

Amsterdam war memorial vandalized by anti-Israel activists on Remembrance Day eve

Hezbollah, Palestinian flags waved during a march in New York, June 11, 2024. (Illustrative)

Metropolitan Police dedicates 100 extra officers to protect London Jews

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (C) and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (2nd R) meet first responders from Shomrim North West London during a visit to Golders Green on April 30, 2026 in Golders Green, England.

Backlash grows over Israeli character in R.F. Kuang’s upcoming novel 'Taipei Story'

R.F. Kuang attends the Girls Write Now Awards 2024 at DVF Studio on Oct. 10, 2024, in New York City.

Labour Party releases video ft. antisemitic quotes said by Green Party candidates

IRGC targets Komala headquarters in Kurdistan Region with drone strike

REPORT

Iran launches fresh wave of drones, missiles at UAE, Defense Ministry says

Smoke rises after a drone attack targeted oil facilities in the Zakho area of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Iraq July 16, 2025.

Trump says ‘great progress’ made on US-Iran deal, pauses Project Freedom in Hormuz

A journalist wearing a press vest holds his camera during a protest in Idlib, Syria on August 11, 2025.

Does Syria’s rise in the Press Freedom Index reflect reality?

ANALYSIS
Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Hamas disarmament 'almost impossible to bridge' as gaps with BoP grow, source tells ‘Post’

Smotrich's October 7 comments should disgust every single one of us

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Naftali Bennett says 9/11 caused by unmanaged radical Islam in Middle East

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset.

Reporter's Notebook: A look at developing Israel-Hezbollah conflict after a half-capsized ceasefire

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob in Lebanon.
OPINION

When faith is desecrated in Jerusalem, silence is complicity

This X/Twitter screenshot shows an alleged incident where an IDF soldier is seen smashing a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon on April 19, 2026.
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OPINION

Western collective Stockholm Syndrome: Empathizing with those who threaten it

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Asio Technologies: Shaping the future of tactical defense innovation

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IDF: Iron Beam laser saw limited use in Iran war due to lack of batteries, 14 needed

Asio Technologies: Revolutionizing Tactical Defense Innovation
OPINION

If the world spent even 10% on peace, everything could look so different - opinion

ByCOLONEL (RET.) ADI BERSHADSKY
Israel's new KC-46 refueling aircraft, named "Gideon," on its maiden flight, May 4, 2026.

Israel’s new refuelers could give it greater freedom to strike Iran without US support

 Iran's Shahed 107 drone on display, June 2025.

When drones dominate the battlefield, distance no longer matters - opinion

OPINION

Democrats urge US to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear program

Trump torn on Iran war after attacks on US ships in Strait of Hormuz

REPORT
US President Donald Trump attends an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026

Pulitzer Prize awarded to Palestinian photographer who captured ‘starvation in Gaza'

The New York Times Building, a 52-story skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan on January 15, 2025 in New York City.

Despite Iran's attacks on UAE, war has not resumed, US Gen. Dan Caine says

 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 05, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.

Regional leader of Spain's Canary Islands rejects hantavirus-hit cruise docking there

An ambulance boat carriying crew members wearing hazmat suits, returns to the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026 after a visit to the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the harbour.

Choosing Ono is what ultimately led me where I wanted to be

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Decoding the digital pulse: How Prof. Yaniv Dover maps the flow of information and human behavior

PROF. YANIV DOVER brings physics-based thinking to the social sciences

The network effect: Orly Carmon’s ORCA is rewriting power for women across borders

ORCA. A transnational network of women designed around movement

Israelis' wealth grows 80% in six years

R&D is Israel's brain - so why does it develop, manufacture abroad?

OPINION
New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration.

Your Taxes: Israel’s lower mid-market is tempting international M&A buyers

Part of an electronic board displaying market data is seen at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Your Investments: Second chances, respect, and newlywed finance

A marriage proposal.
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Almost half of operational decisions will be done by AI in 2030, IBM reveals

Thousands displaced and at least six dead as heavy rains hit Brazil

Japan wildfires burn for fifth day, forcing mass evacuations in Otsuchi

Members of NGO GRAD take care of dog, Luk, which was rescued from a partially collapsed house, following heavy rains which have killed residents and left missing people, in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Breathing life into buildings: Israelis develop better ways to prevent indoor air pollution

(From L) Avi Freidman, Ariela Solomon, and Yael Maoz at the site of the future Galilee Eco Center, this year.

Galilee Eco Center: regenerative agriculture, healing in the Galilee

AFTER A 16-HOUR journey from Tel Aviv, I encountered an unexpected California winter, where ancient pines in the Sierra Nevada stood heavy with snow between January storms.

The saline blueprint: Can saving the Dead Sea reshape Middle East diplomacy?

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Hantavirus: The rare virus infecting passengers on luxury cruise ship Hondius

Beyond the strikes: How healthcare is holding Israel’s displaced together

JERUSALEM REPORT
A boat beside cruise ship MV Hondius anchored off Cape Verde port, on the day sick passengers were evacuated by boat from the cruise ship, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, in this screengrab obtained from a video, May 5, 2026.

Tehran on the brink: Iran’s healthcare system nears collapse amid war

STUDY

Artificial night light disrupts body clocks, may increase mortality, researchers say

Health Ministry changes medical cannabis guidelines, passes responsibility to insurance funds

Aliyah under fire: The new immigrants who chose Israel despite war and uncertainty

JERUSALEM REPORT

An Israeli columnist called American Jews ‘traitors,’ here's why he's wrong

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Nearly 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover.

The Maccabiah Games’ crucial role in shaping Zionism and aliyah

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Promoting Diaspora aliyah will never succeed through anger

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First Bnei Menashe flight lands as Israel launches operation to complete community’s Aliyah

Bnei Menashe olim arriving in Israel, April 23, 2026.

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Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

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Prime Jerusalem lets Jews worldwide own a luxury home in the heart of Jerusalem.

Prime Jerusalem – the next home for the Jews of the world in the capital

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Rubio says Roaring Lion is over, Haredim boycott Rami Levy over flights

Bennett responds to Smotrich comments that coalition with Arab party 'worse than Oct. 7'

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US organizations urge Congress to pass act targeting undisclosed foreign funding in universities

Judge 'disturbed' over treatment of Trump gala shooting suspect

Secret Service says it exchanged gunfire with armed suspect near White House

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European conservative network meet in Paris ahead of London rally

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RABBI JOSEPH DWECK teaches at The Habura.

'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice

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FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa'ar and new envoy to Christian world George Deek.

Israel appoints new envoy to Christian world after Lebanese Jesus statue, Pizzaballa controversies

Nationwide Bible reading event marks 250 years of scripture in America

Pope Leo to begin 10-day Africa tour on mission to spotlight continent's needs

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Brewmaster Mendel Shnider (top), with brother-partners Eitan and Oren Nidam in the new Jerusalem Brewing Co. in Talpiot.

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Krisztina Scheffer (MNMKK Semmelweis Museum of Medical History) and Dr. Ibolyka Dudás (OKK) holding the mummified head of an Egyptian woman, May 4, 2026.

Mummy CT scan reveal ancient Egyptian might've suffered from osteoperosis

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Black Metallica Symphony Tribute show to perform in Tel Aviv

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Wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa found by British diving team Gasperados off the coast of England, May 4, 2026.

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