Israeli forces kill terrorists who crossed into IDF-controlled northern Gaza, approached soldiers

BREAKING

Former Gaza hostages travel to DC to meet with Congress, Trump

Israeli soldiers enter the Gaza Strip in a military vehicle from at the Israel-Gaza border, November 5, 2025.

'A ticking time bomb': Experts warn Israel, Lebanon border is just one misstep away from conflict

A UN vehicle drives near a concrete wall along Lebanon's southern border which, as seen from northern Israel, November 16, 2025
 Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders give haredi factions green light to advance IDF draft bill

IDF strikes Hezbollah sites across south Lebanon after overnight strikes

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

French court cuts sentence for Muslim teen in rape of Jewish girl 'for future reintegration'

WATCH

1,000th US military aid aircraft lands in Israel, Baram calls it 'crucial link in supply chain'

ANALYSIS

Could Iran's Khamenei feel threatened enough to strike Israel?

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi recently declared: ‘Our missile power today far surpasses that of the 12-day war,’ the writer notes.

Iran is rearming as 'Axis of Resistance' regroups - can Israel stop an inevitable war?

OPINION
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives for a dinner hosted at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025.

Saudi crown prince heads to a US Congress no longer railing against him

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican, speaks during a news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the US Capitol, Nov. 18, 2025.

Could Marjorie Taylor Greene win Jewish Democrats over in feud with Trump?

Cameron Kasky speaks at the March for Our Lives protest on June 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

Jewish Parkland survivor runs for Congress, says leaders who ‘won’t support genocide’ needed

Carrying backpacks and tradition: Inside Zurich’s Noam School

IN AN unsettled Europe, Jewish education is not only about grades but about building community.

Five IDF soldiers arrested in scheme to smuggle weapons from Syria into Israel

WATCH

Reporter's Notebook: 'Post' embeds with foreign armies visiting the IDF

COMMENT
 IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024
WATCH

Netanyahu, Katz, gov't officials tour southern Syria amid reports of security deal

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff looks on during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet at the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Witkoff's meeting with Hamas leader in Turkey nixed due to Israeli pressure

REPORT
 Achraf Al Jamal, a displaced Palestinian man who fled Jabalia due to an Israeli military operation, looks on as people fill containers with water, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 19, 2024.

Gaza water provider resumes services after Hamas frees employee

Israel rape crisis centers report 51,000 cases as ministries withhold key data

Levin names retired judge Ben Hamo to lead Sde Teiman leak inquiry after initial pick blocked

Demonstrators gather during a protest the crimes and sexual violence against women in October 7 massacre, outside of United Nations headquarters in New York City, on December 4, 2023.

High Court orders Israeli gov't to enforce policy against IDF draft evaders

Sign held at protest against haredi draft reads: "Undettered by arrests, trembling from the targets," in reference to the IDF's set targets for haredi constription, Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

Israeli high-tech company aims to replace manual cyber compliance with AI

 Hands are seen interfering with cyber code (Illustrative).

Inciting graffiti against journalists sprayed on Channel 13 headquarters, police complaint filed

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa warms up before a game against the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium, November 9, 2025

Miami Dolphis QB Tua Tagovailoa suggests playing NFL game in Jerusalem, sparking controversy

The logo of Aramco is seen as security personnel walk before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019.

Saudi Arabia to sign $30 billion worth of energy deals with US, says Aramco CEO

An image of the Russian spy ship Yantar which is operating off the northern coast of Scotland, taken November 19, 2025

UK accuses Russian spy ship of directing lasers at British pilots, threatens military response

French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859 - 1935), falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany and imprisoned on Devil's Island.

France promotes Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus, 130 years after wrongful treason conviction

Saudi Arabia wants to be part of Abraham Accords, MBS tells Trump in White House summit

WATCH

Taliban denies hospital entry to women without complete burqa covering

REPORT
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 18, 2025.

'Major, non-NATO ally': US to sell F-35s, 300 tanks to Saudi Arabia in giant defense deal

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025

Uranium enrichment not part of civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, US energy secretary says

Libya's President of the Presidential Council Mohammed al-Menfi addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025.

Eastern Libya halts cooperation with UN after Qatar-UNDP pact

Antisemitism remains central feature in Palestinian education curriculum, IMPACT-se finds

Neo-Nazi leader pleads guilty to plot to poison NYC Jewish kids

Grade 5 Arabic Language textbook exalting terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.
OPINION

Should big tech be accountable for growing antisemitism?

Social media alerts
ByCOBY SCHOFFMAN

Democrats urge Senate to oppose Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy ahead of confirmation hearing

Donald Trump and Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an Oct. 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida on Oct. 07, 2024.
OPINION

Tucker Carlson’s demon politics: Christianization leading to antisemitic extremism

ByYISRAEL MEDAD

The truth of Oct. 7 cannot be whitewashed, and we cannot afford to let them try

EDITORIAL

Hope survives 'in the darkest places': Ex-Gaza hostages share stories of hope, unity at JFGA

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by fellow Likud members, Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in the Knesset.
OPINION

Gaza today is repeat of 1982 Beirut: Washington is legitimizing Hamas just like the PLO

US SPECIAL ENVOY to the Middle East Steve Witkoff: It is clear that the legitimization of Hamas as a serious and recognized negotiating partner is underway and perhaps has already been completed, the writer charges.
ByLEV STESIN
OPINION

Why does Trump want to pardon Netanyahu, would it even heal Israel's divided society?

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump sits with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and President Isaac Herzog at a special parliamentary session last month. In his address, Trump called on Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
LISTEN

'Post' sits down with Miss Universe Israel 2025

Elbit Systems to upgrade Israel's Merkava tanks in $200m. Defense Ministry deal

BlueBird opens suicide drone facility in Morocco

Bezhalel Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, one of Israel's largest defence contractors speaks during Elbit's annual investor conference in Tel Aviv, Israel March 26, 2024.

Israel advances sweeping reforms to boost, streamline defense exports

Attis Aviation's ROC VTOL UAV

New Israeli drone can fly more than 20 hours without a runway

A F-35 fighter jet moves past Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet parked on tarmac during the "Aero India 2025" air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India.

5th-generation warfare: Inside the F-35, the world's most advanced fighter jet

EXPLAINER

Saudi crown prince receives letter from Iranian president ahead of US visit, SPA reports

Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI amid scrutiny over Epstein ties revealed in emails

Former treasury secretary Larry Summers attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

China underground Zion Church pastors arrested, face up to three years in jail, NGO head says

The head pastor of the Zion church in Beijing Jin Mingri poses for picures in the congregation hall of the unofficial Protestant "house" church in Beijing, China, August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018.

US drafts secret Ukraine peace plan in talks with Russia, Axios reports

US President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 17, 2025.

MedEx Expands to Canada Alongside Nefesh B’Nefesh “On Tour” Events

Dr. Efrat Aflalo, Head of the Physicians Olim Directorate at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, at the MedEx Canada event this week.

A Feast Fit for A King

The taxidermy exhibits at the Biblical Museum of Natural Hhistory.

A defining gathering for a defining moment

President Isaac Herzog speaks at last year’s GA.

UAE approves new $9.9 billion fund to encourage foreign investment, Dubai Sheikh announces

Cloudflare, Amazon, Meta: The biggest tech outages of recent years

EXPLAINER
 Aerial View of Dubai

Airbus signs 150-jet deal with flydubai worth $24 billion

The logos of 'flydubai' and 'Emirates' feature on displays at the Dubai Airshow, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 17, 2025.

Meta does not hold social media monopoly, judge rules

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search immediately

The drying up of Iran's Lake Urmia will worsen ethnic tensions with Azerbaijanis

OPINION
LAKE URMIA, formerly the largest lake in West Asia, is now almost completely dried up. The Iranian government has faced heavy criticism for its handling of the crisis, says the writer.

Australia rules out co-hosting COP31 with Turkey amid ongoing diplomatic standoff

 The sea urchin Diadema setosum before (left) and after (right) mortality. The white skeleton is exposed following tissue disintegration and loss of spines.

Israeli scientists pioneer way to monitor sea urchins as die-offs threaten coral reefs worldwide

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before a MIKTA photo session amidst the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022.

Turkey proposes joint COP31 leadership to end host standoff with Australia, sources say

New Jersey man’s death tied to meat allergy-causing tick in first-of-its-kind case

US European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide by 2030, study finds

 Adult deer tick
OPINION

‘Just be you': How Israel can support individuals with disabilities

ByMARGALIT PILLER
STUDY

Research reveals key protein regulates molecule that slows aging, boosts healing

STUDY

Placental errors may explain gestational diabetes risks

Knesset committee addresses aliyah issues as Israel anticipates postwar immigration surge

Aliyah continues to be a driving force behind Israeli communities

OPINION
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer during a special session of the Knesset’s Aliyah and Immigration Committee on Monday.

A comical series of beureucratic frustration: Effi Frohwein's aliyah story

FROHWEIN FAMILY (from L): Effi, Zachy, Koby, Hilary, Mikayla.
FEATURE

HER’s expansion to Jerusalem offers a much-needed network for ‘olot’

HER founder Sivan Hadari-Avneri gives an opening speech at the launch of HER Jerusalem, Oct. 29, 2025.

Israel considering tax exemption for new immigrants during first two years of residency

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at an event held in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. November 6, 2025.

Construction time lengthens, rent rises, and young people pay the price

Pastoralism in the Galilee: The lake will come back to life with hotels around it

Buildings in Tel Aviv.

How do you build a city that lets everyone live better? Real estate women respond

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Entrepreneurs become suspects, the state forgets they are the ones building it

VISION project.

Three towers, one concept: Jerusalem quality of life with an international touch

All JPost Conferences   

Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

Past Event - The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion Museum, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025

LIVE: The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

'Paying a heavy price: ZAKA head Dubi Weissenstern speaks at 'Post' Trauma Conference

MDA Heroes   

 A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

Podcasts   

Morton's kosher bakehouse is popular with locals and Jewish visitors alike.

Chabad Hospitality in the cloud forest of Boquete, Panama

The critical cooperation between Israel and India

Lt. Hadar Goldin, death penalty, & Trump's pardon request: Israel's week that changed everything

US Politics   

U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) chairs a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for testimony from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari about unaccompanied migrant children, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S.,

Lone US Republican rep. votes against releasing Epstein files as Senate weighs bill

Trump approval falls as Americans fault him on costs and Epstein case

Trump administration announces steps in dismantling Education Department

Diaspora   

Jewish students at El Camino Real Charter High School walk out to protesting antisemitic incidents at the Los Angeles school on Feb. 27, 2024.

Jewish family settles discrimination case after gifted school expulsion

'Jewish w****': Mexican Jews outraged over antisemitic graffiti targeting Sheinbaum

We need to persuade Tucker Carlson’s followers, not purge them - opinion

Judaism   

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

High Court orders Chief Rabbinate to decide on Tzohar’s kashrut license after year-long delay

Zionist institutions need national oversight, instead they get bureaucratic expansion

Eight nights, nine lives: How to celebrate Hanukkah with your cats

Christian World   

Charlie Kirk holds an Israeli flag outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank

‘Charlie is gone, but the truth he fought for is not’: Jerusalem remembers Charlie Kirk

Pope Leo XIV hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican, laments decline in movie-going

Vatican returns to Canada artifacts connected to Indigenous people

Food   

 ‘ROOTS MUST be one of Israel’s best kosher restaurants.

Roots: A perfect model of coexistence, and one of the best kosher restaurants in Israel

De Facto: Dinner turns to dancing at this simple yet ambitious restaurant

Capas Burger: Miami’s hidden burger haven with a food truck soul

Archaeology   

One of the oldest winemaking presses in the world, discovered in an excavation

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old winepress and evidence of Canaanite near Tel Megiddo

Agile and vicious Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex

Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt

Science   

 An aerial view of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus campus.

Light’s hidden magnetic power may lead to faster, more precise optical devices, study finds

Smooching through the ages: First kiss was 20 million years ago by early primates, scientists say

Which major power can best control future of AI? Public opinion split worldwide

Culture   

 ISRAEL UNDER-21 players celebrate with forward Ran Binyamin (center) after he scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal in first-half stoppage time of the blue-and-white’s 3-1 upset victory over the Netherlands in Euro 2027 qualifying.

Israel rallies to shock Netherlands three to one, reviving Euro 2027 campaign

Blakeney lifts Hapoel to 85-80 win over Maccabi in fierce Tel Aviv derby

Israeli motorcyclist Alona Ben Natan will race past dunes and prejudice at UAE’s Baja World Cup

History   

THEN-US PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride through Dallas moments before the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The president strongly supported Israel, though the ties were complex, says the writer.

John F. Kennedy remembered: 62 years since the assassination that shook the world

Germany halts Holocaust artifacts auction amid widespread criticism

50 years since UN resolution, the world proves anti-Zionism is actually racism

OMG   

Surgeon preforming circumcision undee local anaesthesia on muslim children in Malaysia.

Surgeon saves three-year-olds penis after botched barber-led circumcision

Dog ruffs up owner: Pennsylvania man hospitalized after pooch fires shotgun

Rep. Sherman denies looking at porn on flight after passenger photographs risque pictures on iPad

Consumerism   

Sasha Machta, from Barcelona, and Avigail Rossi, from Rome.

From classmates to soulmates: love stories born at Reichman University

Short yoga: Your calm place when everything else feels off

"It's the place where you can experience it all"

Astrology   

 Horoscope.

Horoscope for Wednesday,16/7: Taurus – A good day for connecting to inspiration and self-expression

Daily horoscope for Tuesday, 15/7: Sagittarius – Heightened sensitivity at home and in the family

Weekly horoscope: July 13–19, 2025

Below the Belt: Prostate Matters

Below the belt: Prostate matters

In the face of war, Reichman University’s international students demonstrate remarkable resilience

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams