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

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

REPORT
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.

International force should deploy along Gaza buffer zone to verify ceasefire, Egypt minister says

IDF troops operate behind the Yellow Line in the area of Khan Yunis, November 9, 2025.
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.

'We'll bring him home': Thai family's long wait for Gaza hostage to end

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

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

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

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

REPORT

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

A police horse reacts during the integrated law enforcement parade, which forms part of the readiness operations for the upcoming G20 Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 19, 2025.

Shooting at South African bar leaves 11 dead, including a young child, police say

Members of the Lebanese police look through a door at a Byblos Bank branch where an armed depositor took hostages according to the Depositors' Association, in Tyre, Lebanon October 4, 2022.

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

US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the White House last month further reinforced the success of the Abraham Accords.

Abrahamic programs promote coexistence, from US campuses to the Middle East

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

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

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.

'If I don't fight, my soldiers won't survive': How a wounded IDF commander led under fire

JERUSALEM REPORT

IDF kills six terrorists, arrest dozens of wanted individuals in 'Operation Five Stones'

Soldiers in the Search and Rescue Brigade complete a month of basic training, then a six-month advanced course qualifying them first as infantry and then in search and rescue.

Defense Minister Katz moves to extend IDF service to 36 months

Shira Gvili, sister to Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, at Hostages Square, December 5, 2025.

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

IDF troops operate behind Yellow Line in southern Gaza, November 20, 2025.

IDF identifies and kills terrorist approaching forces in northern Gaza

Smotrich, Sa'ar approve NIS 2.35 billion in hasbara budget for campaigns, influencers in 2026

Inside the perfect political storm that triggered Netanyahu's pardon push

FRONTLINES
Gideon Sa'ar
OPINION

Netanyahu’s pardon push and the dangers facing Israel’s civic fabric

President Issaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend an event for outstanding soldiers on Independence Day this past year. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to take an impossible step, the writer maintains.
ByYEDIDIA STERN
JERUSALEM REPORT

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

Tzur Goldin speaks at an event to remember his twin brother, Hadar.

Ancient cistern mistaken for Hezbollah tunnel near Shlomi, northern Israel

Broccoli soup

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

Drinking wine

Wine Talk: Exploring biblical Israel

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.

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

THE EMPHASIS is on giving couples the gift of undisturbed time together, time to rest, reflect, cry, even do nothing, says the writer.

How a quiet Israeli nonprofit is giving hope to couples shattered by infertility

OPINION

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

OPINION

Hezbollah's Qassem says sending civilian delegate to ceasefire talks is concession to Israel

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman waves as he departs following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 18, 2025.

Syrian regime thwarted Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempts, CENTCOM announces

ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

 A poster of hostage Bipin Joshi, a citizen of Nepal, is displayed at the protest camp for hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack,Jerusalem, November 13, 2024.

Hostages as leverage: Iran's secret demand aimed at crippling Israel's agriculture

EXCLUSIVE

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

JD Vance rejects claim that antisemitism is growing inside the GOP, breaking his silence on topic

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.

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

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

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

The writer stands across from Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.
ByREUVEN KAHANE

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

Sweden’s funding scandal empowered antisemitic networks, endangered Jews

OPINION

What Israel advocates can learn from ‘Wicked’: Denying objective truth lets evil thrive

OPINION
A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.
OPINION

Israel's debate over women in combat was settled on the battlefield

Over the past two years, women have served on the frontlines in Gaza and Lebanon, performing under fire alongside their male comrades.
ByPNINA SHARVIT BARUCH
OPINION

Middle Israel: Herzog must reject Netanyahu's cynical plea for a pardon

Evidently inspired by history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week sent President Isaac Herzog a pardon request reminiscent of the one Herzog’s father received in 1986, hoping the son might now do for him what his father once did for another Israeli leader.
ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
POLL

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

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

As women join IDF combat units, military kit must be redesigned to fit them

ByANDREW FOX
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

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

Tucker Carlson to headline Qatar’s Doha Forum, triggering pro-Israel backlash

Flags from Egypt and Ethiopia.

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

Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and US, President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Hallandale Beach, Florida, US, November 30, 2025.

Canada removes Syria from its list of foreign state supporters of terrorism

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks on the day representatives of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council meet him at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria, December 4, 2025.

Iran holds drills in Gulf, firing ballistic, cruise missiles at simulated targets

 An Iranian missile is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, August 20, 2025.

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

Southeast Asia storm deaths near 800 as scale of disaster revealed

Greece declares water emergency as nationwide supply measures accelerate

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

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

Climate protestors wearing costume take in a protest for climate action at Horseshoe Beach on November 30, 2025 in Newcastle, Australia.

Australia climate change protest disrupts shipping at coal port, 21 arrested

Rain at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

'Tis the season: Signs that winter has arrived in Jerusalem

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

INTERVIEW

A symptom of adult failure: Why 40% of Israeli teens exhibit violent, aggressive behavior

OPINION
LEAH ABRAMOWITZ – born Lotte Froelich in Germany in 1935 – was recognized as a 2008 Yakir Yerushalayim.

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

Digital attention exercises reduce soldiers’ PTSD risk, study shows

Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds

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   

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement of new fuel economy standards, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 3, 2025.

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

US Congress introduces bill to promote uncensored internet access in Iran

Netanyahu will visit New York City despite Mamdani's threat to arrest him, PM vows

Diaspora   

Rally-goers held signs distributed by UJA-Federation of New York, and braved the 30-degree weather outside Park East Synagogue, Dec. 4, 2025.

'Anti-Zionism is Jew hate': Jewish NYers rally for Park East Synagogue after anti-Israel protest

UK pro-Palestinian activist: Raid on Elbit factory aimed at destroying weapons

US judge questions Trump administration's continued targeting of pro-Palestinian Tufts student

Judaism   

HOW MUCH subtlety can survive in 100 cramped words?

Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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   

ANICCA – from coffee and pastries to wine and tapas.

Anicca: Tel Aviv’s all-day vegan café

Holy in Tel Aviv: Great cocktails, innovative food, and jazz

Boiler 02: The hottest new club in Jerusalem

Archaeology   

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace

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

Archaeologists find record-size Ming Dynasty cannon at Great Wall of China

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   

Official FIFA World Cup 2026 host city poster collection. Toronto, Canada.

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

'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust

Supernatural stories surge on Israeli TV as new hits draw big audiences

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   

 Actor Matthew Perry waits to announce nominations at Golden Globes news conference in Beverly Hills

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

Hugo Boss became wealthy off SS uniform production, study finds

Tesco suspends employee for refusing to handle Israeli goods, prompting pro-Palestinian protests

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