Netanyahu discusses Gaza Strip administration in secret meeting with Tony Blair

REPORT

UNGA votes to extend UNRWA's mandate by three years

Former British prime minister Tony Blair visits Jerusalem in July 2014; illustrative.

From harlots to heroines: October 7 opens new chapter for women soldiers in Israeli cinema

JERUSALEM REPORT
Swell Ariel Or, one of the stars of the upcoming movie ‘Tankistas,’ in the 2023 film ‘Kissufim.’
Protesters march against the Israeli football team during a pro-Palestinian demonstration ahead of the Italy v Israel match, October 14, 2025.

Clashes break out in Italian port town between Israeli tourists and pro-Palestinian protesters

ANALYSIS

A consensus on Gaza appears to emerge among Arab states at Doha Forum

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025.
WATCH

Herzog, German Chancellor Merz discuss final Gaza hostage, Arrow 3 exchange in Jerusalem

REPORT

Herzog : 'I respect Trump’s Netanyahu pardon request, but Israel is a sovereign state'

Chinese jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says

The Civil Administration seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from the Burj Lasana site north of Ramallah in the West Bank, December 4, 2025.

Civil Administration recovers dozens of looted artifacts from West Bank site

Dr. Evans delivers a public appeal in Shiloh in front of Christian leaders

From biblical Shiloh, Christian leaders urge Trump, Vance to stand firm with Israel

Israeli security forces at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, December 1, 2025. (illustrative)

Car-ramming at Hebron checkpoint wounds one IDF soldier, terrorist killed

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, December 6, 2025.

Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel

At The Jewish Agency Board Meeting, ‘we act to impact’ becomes a blueprint for Israel’s recovery

In Collab
L to R: Jewish Agency Leadership: Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors  Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive; Bruce Sholk, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and Yehuda Setton, CEO and Director General.

Israel ‘fighting ghosts,’ Syrian president says, accuses Jerusalem of exploiting Oct. 7

Behind the protests, a quiet revolution is reshaping haredi attitudes toward IDF service

JERUSALEM REPORT
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.
REPORT

Hamas, PIJ know where to reach slain hostage Ran Gvili, Israel tells mediators

Ghassan Al-Duhaini greets troops in Gaza.

Abu Shabab's deputy speaks out after appointment: 'Why would I be afraid of Hamas?'

Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

Turkey warns blocking Trump’s Gaza plan would be ‘huge failure’ for US, world

INTERVIEW

Katz slams IDF chief Zamir: IDF inquiries and promotions must follow agreed process

Ran Gvili's sister Shira asks Phase Two of deal not be implemented until brother's remains returns

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli minister of Defense Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir at the graduation of an IDF officers' course, October 30, 2025.

'We want security, not your land': Israeli Amb. to US calls for partnership in address to Lebanese

 Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025
REPORT

IDF investigates conduct of reservist soldiers who wounded Palestinian suspect

IDF troops in northern West Bank operation.
ANALYSIS

Haredi exemption has become Israel's greatest internal security threat

Pro-Palestinian protestors wave flags and signs in Toronto, Ontario, on September 10, 2025. (illustrative)

Anti-Israel protester attempts to take Toronto officer's weapon at panel with Israeli politicians

On Rinthalak, 80, mother of deceased Thai hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak, who was kidnapped to Gaza in the deadly October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, sits next to his pictures at their house in Nong Khai province, Thailand, December 5, 2025.

'There was nothing I could do': Thai family's long wait for slain Gaza hostage ends

US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media following a call with military service members, on Thanksgiving, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 27, 2025.

Trump policy doc. says Europe risks 'civilizational erasure', aims to avoid Mideast 'forever wars'

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, US, December 2, 2025.

What does Trump’s National Security Strategy mean for Israel, Iran, and Gaza?

ANALYSIS

Gaza talks at 'critical' moment, Qatari prime minister says

Lebanese man accused of murdering Syrian wife, torturing her with scalding oil

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar,  September 16, 2025.
JERUSALEM REPORT

'This is not only an Israeli story': Hadar Goldin's brother warns West of hostage-taking threat

US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Trump to announce transition to Phase II of Gaza deal, 'Board of Peace' by Christmas

REPORT
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addresses participants of the 21st Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum via a video link during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 12, 2025.

Why Kazakhstan joined the Abraham Accords despite longstanding Israel ties

OPINION

Belgian NGO HRF files new complaint in Spain against Israeli tourist, alleging Gaza war crimes

Iran, Qatar, other foreign actors backing anti-Israel demonstrations, LA Israeli consulate says

Israeli soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border, October 20, 2023.
REPORT

Nigel Farage told peers Jews should be ‘gassed’ and ‘Hitler was right,’ former classmates claim

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a post-budget press conference in London, Britain, November 26, 2025.

Times Square attacker receives two year sentence for group assault on Jewish man

Pro-Palestinian supporters demonstrate near the Israeli Consulate following the flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, May 18, 2021.
OPINION

What I saw on the Park East Synagogue night, and why Jews must show up

ByREUVEN KAHANE

Anglo olim step up to the blackboard to teach English to Israelis

FEATURE

Norwegian movies 'Dreams' and 'Love' open in Israel

Students in the Herzog Teacher Training program.
REVIEW

Margaret Thatcher biography: All about the UK prime minister in one centenary volume

 Gerald Ford welcomes Great Britain’s Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher at the Oval Office in 1975.

Winner of Ophir Award, 'Come closer' opens in the US

Lia Elalouf in Tom Nesher’s ‘Come Closer.’

Holiday in Cyprus: The hottest winter escape

From the NSA to Israeli defense tech, Mike Rogers isn’t slowing down

FRONTLINES

Two women break barriers with $150 million Israeli defense fund

JERUSALEM REPORT
SPEAKING TO Defense & Tech, Admiral (ret.) Mike Rogers noted that the adaptability and creativity of Israeli entrepreneurs mirrored the urgency of their national security environment. Here, Rogers speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center, in 2019.
OPINION

New Saudi F-35s can be first step to normalization, but Israel must be cautious

ByMARK LAVIE/THE MEDIA LINE
Soldiers run as a Gazelle light helicopter flies past a Grizzly tactical vehicle during a demonstration as part of a "day dedicated to artillery" organised by military defence system supplier KNDS France at the French military camp of Canjuers in the Var department, France, October 20, 2025.

US approves potential $90.5 million sale of medium tactical vehicles to Lebanon

A PULS multiple rocket launcher miniature and artillery rockets by Israeli Elbit Systems is exhibited at the DEFEA Defence Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

Greek Parliament approves $758 million purchase for 36 PULS launchers from Elbit Systems

At least 23 people dead after fire in India's Goa, chief minister says

US, Ukraine report progress in peace talks after Witkoff meets officials in Miami

A fire in Goa, India, which led to the death of at least 23, December 7, 2025.

Final US report on Afghanistan reveals $30 billion in funds wasted, stolen, or mismanaged

US soldier is walks past destroyed Russian planes in Bagram on March 6, 2003.

Ethiopia accuses Egypt of driving up tensions in Nile dam standoff after int'l law accusations

Flags from Egypt and Ethiopia.

Trump’s new White House ballroom architect is a Jewish immigrant who has advocated for refugees

An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. Shalom Baranes, inset, has been chosen to lead the reconstruction.

Small patients, big emergencies

Small Patients, Big Emergencies

The Israeli golden era

Aryeh Bar Eitan, Joint Founder and CEO – IGOLD.

A new model for purposeful aging, made in Jerusalem

Nofei Yerushalayim: Philosophy that goes beyond a mere idea.

Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion

UK low-cost airline easyJet to resume Israel flights starting March 2026

 Netflix is launching a new design for its TV app

Your Investments: Planning after another strong year in the stock market

Stock market.

Your Taxes: OECD tries to fix home-office tax traps

 Work from home (illustrative)

US senators unveil bill to prevent easing of curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China

Flash flooding causes highways to close to and from Eilat

WATCH

Greece declares water emergency as nationwide supply measures accelerate

Intersection of the Ketura Junction and Malakhi Junction flooded along Highway 40.

Earthquakes strike Alaska, Greece, monitors say

A drone view shows an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Padang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, November 30, 2025.

Southeast Asia storm deaths near 800 as scale of disaster revealed

People sit next to furnitures salvaged from a flooded house along the banks of Kelani River, following Cyclone Ditwah in Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka, December 1, 2025.

Sri Lanka's cyclone death toll climbs to 355, with 366 missing

'We need to be seen': Female IDF soldiers' trauma overlooked despite historic mobilization

JERUSALEM REPORT

IDF rolls out innovative blood test to spot heart attack risk years in advance

After months of serving in Lebanon and Gaza, combat medic Mika Oz said she began suffering hypervigilance and irritability.

Persistent maternal thyroid imbalance may increase autism risk, researchers report

Children with obesity can be metabolically healthy when liver fat remains low, study shows

INTERVIEW

The woman behind Melabev: Leah Abramowitz, powerhouse Israeli who transformed eldercare

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

Young family dreaming about moving into new house.
INTERVIEW

Rabbi Sid Slivko: Helping pave the way for olim to live and thrive in Israel

Rabbi Sid Slivko

Preparing for the worst case scenario: Israeli gov't holds wargame for emergency aliyah

Aliyah Ministry in meeting.
EDITORIAL

Feel unsafe in New York? Start looking for a home in Israel

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025.

Licensed architects plus inspection institutes mark a new era in the construction industry

How to solve the rental crisis for young people in 120 days

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Many young people don’t want to buy apartments

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The quiet influencer guiding urban renewal projects to success

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Secure your future in Israel with a home of your own

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

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

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

MDA Heroes   

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

Podcasts   

(Left) Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court. (Right) Trump sits with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and President Isaac Herzog at a special parliamentary session, where the US leader called on Herzog to pardon Netanyahu.

Netanyahu requests for pardon in trial as one hostage remains in Gaza

The future of Israel's drone warfare: Alon Unger on dominance and defense

Chabad Hospitality in the cloud forest of Boquete, Panama

US Politics   

Once he assumes office in January, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (right) will have the power to revoke or modify Eric Adams’ (left) executive orders.

Eric Adams issues executive order barring BDS, throwing down gauntlet for successor Zohran Mamdani

Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship

US Congress introduces bill to promote uncensored internet access in Iran

Diaspora   

Touro Synagogue, built in 1759, in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest synagogue building in the United States.

Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world

Sweden’s funding scandal empowered antisemitic networks, endangered Jews

Fifth of GOP, Dem. voters hold anti-Jewish beliefs - Manhattan Institute poll

Judaism   

Romance and erotica novels are gaining popularity among religious women in Israel, with some rabbis quietly endorsing the genre for 'peace in the home.'

Writing romance for religious readers: How erotica found a home in Orthodox Israel

Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism

Parashat Vayishlack: I lack nothing

Christian World   

Members of Christian delegation visit Nova site and Mount Herzl

‘Thank God, thank the soldiers’: Former hostages move Christian leaders at Nova site

Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift

US evangelical leader calls Tucker Carlson’s anti-Israel line ‘worse than Nazi Party platform’

Food   

Soup is on at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel gets 'soupersized' for winter's Soup Festival

Opa: Vegan stylings in Tel Aviv

In the Kitchen with Henny: A new chapter in the kitchen

Archaeology   

 The entrance to Shlomi

Ancient cistern mistaken for Hezbollah tunnel near northern Israel border

Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace

Ancient Sudan burial site reveals 4,000-year-old funeral ritual in forgotten Nubian kingdom

Science   

A microscopic magnetite fossil discovered in sediment below the North Atlantic, seen using X-ray microscopy

Ancient magnetite fossils may be remnants of a natural GPS used by marine creatures

Israeli gas sensor spots ‘mirror’ molecules, opening path to breath-based diagnostics

NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars

Culture   

Uri Geller seen with a Guinness World Records certificate, earned for creating the world's largest spoon in 2018.

Guinness World Records has bent to politics in new boycott of Israel

Israel's 'Red Alert' nominated for Critics Choice Award in Best Foreign Language Series category

Messi's Argentina, Ronaldo's Portugal, alongside best World Cup games to watch from Israel

History   

Frank Gehry, architect of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, arrives to take part in the twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations of the museum, in Bilbao, Spain, October 17, 2022.

American architect Frank Gehry dies at age 96, New York Times reports

NYC principal turns down Holocaust survivor’s talk over his ‘messages around Israel and Palestine’

New York Historical exhibition immerses listeners in Holocaust testimony

OMG   

A logo for OnlyFans is seen in this illustration picture, February 29, 2024.

Tel Avivians shell out the shekels on OnlyFans as Middle East's biggest tippers

Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison

Hugo Boss became wealthy off SS uniform production, study finds

Consumerism   

EGGER

Looks like wood, feels like wood – but it’s something entirely different

Fiat 500 Hybrid unveiled: 65 HP, 0–100 km/h in 17.3 seconds

Luxury hotel near Tel Aviv with infinity pool blurring sky and sea

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily horoscope for December 2 - all Zodiac signs

December 2 Daily Horoscope for Every Zodiac Sign

Daily horoscope for 01/12/2025 – all zodiac signs

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