Iran fears US strike could break Islamic regime's grip on power by reigniting protests, sources say

"People are extremely angry," a former official said, adding a US attack could lead Iranians to rise up again. "The wall of fear has collapsed. There is no fear left."

Witkoff, Araghchi to meet as Iranian general warns ‘no American will be safe’ if conflict erupts

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.
Iranian demonstrators gather in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.
Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.

IDF officials warn ICJ genocide case poses greater risk than ICC

Military officials say the ICJ genocide case worries them more than the ICC, as Israel prepares a major response ahead of a March deadline.

Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019
People block the entrance to Ashdod port during a protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, southern Israel, February 1, 2024.

French judges issue arrest warrants for French-Israeli activists accused of 'genocide' complicity

One of the activists was identified as Nili Kupfer-Naouri, a French-Israeli lawyer and the founder of the charity Israel Is Forever.

REPORT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremonial Knesset plenum session to mark the establishment of Israel’s parliament. February 2, 2026.

Netanyahu warns Israeli democracy eroding, opposition boycotts ceremonial Knesset session

OPINION

Where is Mohammed bin Salman’s mother? And why does it matter for Israel?

ByNANCY HARTEVELT KOBRIN
Pope Leo XIV holds a baptism for Vatican City employees in the Sistine Chapel, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

Jesus gets a makeover as Sistine Chapel artwork undergoes restoration

New roofs appear on buildings at Iran's Natanz facility, January 2026.

Satellite photos track Iranian efforts to conceal nuke program's status during threat of US attack

An Israeli soldier holds an Army Radio microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025

Army Radio closure: High Court orders government to explain why decision should not be canceled

Baku, Old city and Flame towers

Israeli tourists flocking to Azerbaijan, Baku to up flights to Tel Aviv, official tells ‘Post’

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Iran's Khamenei labels protesters 'seditionists' akin to Islamic State as regime kills thousands

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

The haredim do not have a credible argument for avoiding IDF service

OPINION

Good Deeds Day is underway - Twenty years of doing from the heart

In Collab

Good Deeds Day 2026 will take place on March 10 in Israel and April 12 worldwide, under the key message: United in Good .

Volunteers on Good Deeds Day 2025

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New NCAG logo features PA emblem, Israel denies cooperation

Rafael to showcase range of defense capabilities

Ronny Deila takes over at Maccabi Tel Aviv

MDA paramedic saves driver's life on routine journey home

Tel Aviv University study explores PTSD treatment

Sistine Chapel 'Last Judgment' restored after 30 years

Amir Harash wins 2025 Sapir Prize for Literature

Netanyahu warns of democratic erosion

Court demands explanation for Army Radio shutdown

IDF more worried about ICJ than ICC

Israel united against Iran, Lapid says

UNIFIL condemns IDF activity near Blue Line

Which Israeli city has the best quality of life?

Iran fears US strike may reignite protests, imperil rule

Syria seeks Kurdish trust amid Rojava allegations

When should girls start hair removal?

Khamenei compares Iran protests to Islamic State violence

Activist barred from contacting Aharon Barak

Syrian Interior Ministry forces enter Hasakah

High Court hears petition on Bedouin displacement

Emirates expected to resume Tel Aviv flights in early 2026 after two-year hiatus

REPORT

Officials at Emirates reportedly expressed their willingness to resume operations between Israel and the UAE in the first quarter of 2026.

US envoy Witkoff to meet Netanyahu, IDF chief Zamir as Phase II begins in Gaza

An Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 is parked at Cairo International Airport, Egypt October 17, 2024; illustrative.

Lapid vows Israel is united against Iran after security assessment with Netanyahu

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 26, 2025

Amir Harash wins Sapir Prize for 2025; Roni Partchek takes debut award

From right: 2025 Sapir Prize debut winner Roni Partchek, honored for her novel “Sitara,” with Mifal HaPais CEO Adv. Beni Dreyfus, judging committee chair Dr. Ruth Calderon, Mifal HaPais board chair Itzik Lari, and 2025 Sapir Prize winner Amir Harash, awarded for “Bereavement and Failure and Zombies.

UNIFIL denounces IDF over chemical substance drops near Blue Line, despite military pre-warning

Spotlight

IDF helmet developed to get neuro feedback relating to PTSD.

Noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation offers new hope for PTSD patients

US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu walk together during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, February 5, 2025

Hamas disarmament: Hard way is better than the easy way

OPINION
A protester shows her hand stained with fake blood during a demonstration to denounce the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic in Toulouse southwestern France on February 1, 2026.

Has the West handed Iran's regime its survival?

COMMENT
With redrawing for visibility: Rock carvings discovered in Wadi Khamila, Sinai Desert, believed to depict ancient Egypt’s conquest of the region, January 31, 2026.

Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old evidence of ancient Egyptian conquest in Sinai desert

'Deeply alarming': Jewish primary school in Paris vandalized, CCTV damaged

A Jewish primary school in Paris was vandalized over the weekend, with windows smashed and property damaged, as prosecutors opened a probe into aggravated antisemitic vandalism.

Encyclopedia Britannica amends website after complaint about Israel erasure from maps, history

A French National Police officer, wearing a body-worn camera, stands in Paris, France, December 10, 2025.

Bankstown Nurses plead 'not guilty' after threatening to kill Israeli patients in viral 2025 video

Two Australian nurses who were suspended for saying they would, and have already killed Israeli pateints, February 12, 2025.
EXCLUSIVE

German-Israeli IDF sniper sues Guardian, German media after being falsely named as a war criminal

A protester holds a banner depicting an IDF soldier on January 11, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. People gathered in Melbourne to protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog's planned visit to Australia.

Trial begins against French murderer who threw elderly Jewish neighbor off Lyon balcony

Rafah border fully reopens with new security protocols for Palestinians leaving Gaza

Despite the reopening of Rafah, Israel is still limiting the entry of foreign and Israeli journalists and insisting on supervising their visits.

'Hero' Gaza hospital director and op-ed writer for NYT revealed to have been Hamas colonel

A truck carrying humanitarian aid at the Rafah border on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026

Syrian government forces enter SDF held Hasakah after ceasefire deal

Members of the Kurdish forces stand guard as Syrian government internal security forces enter the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on February 2, 2026.

Damascus courts Kurdish trust with arrests, Kurds say Sharaa must acknowledge Rojava atrocities

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, flanked by two F-22 Raptor fighter jets, flies over Washington, D.C., during Independence Day celebrations on July 4, 2025.

Israel assesses Iran strike unlikely this week as US weighs next steps

Kfar Saba dominates among Israeli cities in quality of life rankings

STUDY

Jerusalem led the group in reported drinking water quality, and residents reported the fewest new cases of malignant tumors. 

Why Washington shifts from Syria’s Kurds to Sharaa

OPINION
Night view of skyscrapers in the skyline of Tel Aviv, on July 6, 2025
ANALYSIS

Why Deni Avdija’s All-Star moment feels bigger than basketball in Israel

Deni Avdija #8 of the Portland Trail Blazers looks on against the Washington Wizards during the first half at Capital One Arena on January 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.
OPINION

Violent Islamism in plain sight spills over in Syria

Residents cheer as Syrian government internal security forces enter the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on February 2, 2026.
ByQANTA AHMED
EXCLUSIVE

Albania’s PM Edi Rama to ‘Post': Antisemitism starts with Jews but threatens all humanity

Defense Ministry, Elbit Systems sign $183 million air munitions procurement deal

Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the deal will strengthen the economy and reinforce national security, as well as equip the IDF to “meet security challenges both now and in the future.”

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative

OPINION
Elbit munitions
OPINION

The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat

ByMAJ.-GEN. (RES.) SAAR TZUR
Members of the US Army perform maintenance on a Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, scheduled to be used in the US Army's 250th Birthday Celebration and Parade, following landing on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2025.

US approves $3.8 billion sale of advanced Apache helicopters to Israel

US Army 1st Lt. Tony Gosser with Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, views a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. October 26, 2017.

Lockheed Martin to quadruple THAAD anti-missile interceptor production

NBA star Deni Avdija becomes first Israeli chosen for All-Star game

More fans voted for the Israeli than for LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, and many others.

Mamdani's mother, Elon Musk among names listed in newly released Epstein Files

Deni Avdija #8 of the Portland Trail Blazers warms up before the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Moda Center on February 01, 2026 in Portland, Oregon.

Ex jihadi fighter Shahid Butt launches bid for Birmingham council seat

Shahid Butt, a former jihadi convicted of terrorism offences in Yemen, has announced he will run as an independent candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections.
REPORT

Files containing Trump's name removed from second release of Epstein Files

US DOJ site following removal of several files released as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

US envoy Witkoff to hold talks with Russia, Ukraine this week, says White House

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 11, 2025.

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A luxury Passover escape by the sea

Pesach at the Carlton Tel Aviv

Israel’s real estate map is changing

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

How a Ben-Gurion University scientist is filling climate science’s biggest blank spots

The implications go beyond farming efficiency: Prof. Ilya Gelfand's research in Hatzeva.

Canadian foundation announces $50 million gift to new University of Kiryat Shmona

The donation, described by the institution as the largest in its history, will support the establishment of the “Roadburg Campus.”

KLM resumes flights to Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia after announcing it would avoid Middle East

Tel-Hai, recently approved as the University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, announced a CAD $50 million donation from the Vancouver-based Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation. February 2.

Tesla to start autonomous driving tests in Israel after Transportation Ministry approval

Tesla will begin supervised autonomous driving trials in Israel.

Tech Talk: Do startup competitions matter for founders? New research says yes, if done correctly

Dr. Eyal Benjamin, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
REPORT

UAE made secret $500 million investment in Trump-linked crypto firm

Israeli companies that miss the climate split at Davos will pay a heavy price

OPINION

The divide is not between those who accept climate science and those who reject it but between two business approaches.

Israel’s freshwater balancing act: The Kinneret under strain

JERUSALEM REPORT
US President Donald Trump walks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026
JERUSALEM REPORT

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

An aerial view of the Jordan River flowing along the border between Israel and Jordan. Environmental experts are pushing for a plan that could build environmentally sustainable interdependence among countries in the region.

Environmental cooperation emerges as cornerstone for Middle East peace, experts say

JERUSALEM REPORT
KKL-JNF building in Jerusalem

KKL-JNF increases funding for communities affected by October 7, educational budget

Huckabee says US would share medical data if Israel leaves WHO

“The World Health Organization has long since ceased to operate as a professional and objective organization,” MK Limor Sonn Har Melech said during a Knesset discussion on the matter.

Teva Israel, Health Ministry issue recall for Nutrilon Phase 1, Nutrilon AR baby formula

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post.
STUDY

Sexual minority Israelis report higher depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, study finds

War trauma can hinder development of children's teeth, study finds

Anchored in the Earth: The theraputic farm helping Israel's combat veterans

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

OPINION

The Israeli government and the army should never look to aliyah and the military service of young olim as a solution to a numerical or political problem.

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.
ByBRENDA KATTEN

Yamim ha’Tzeira. Your home by the sea, in Netanya

Imagine a place where every day begins with a sea breeze and ends with a walk along the promenade at sunset.

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

Yamim ha’Tzeira residential complex.

The domino effect: Why "cheap" financing can be the most expensive deal an entrepreneur signs

Housing Market.

A quiet surge in the housing market: Purchase groups return to the spotlight

Renderings of Noga 1 in Jaffa.

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

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

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'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

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Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik speaks with The Jerusalem Post.

Milorad Dodik compares Israel and Republika Srpska under European pressure

Why do many Israeli defense startups fail to reach battlefield? Former IAF officer explains

US-Iran tensions escalate: What’s next for Israel and the Middle East?

US Politics   

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 plans world’s biggest arch to commemorate 250 years since US independence

Ritchie Torres challenger takes aim at Bronx 'Zionist millionaires' in campaign video

US issues sanctions on six Iranian officials for crackdown on protesters as rial hits record low

Diaspora   

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino looks on as he and his convoy stop at a gas station, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, US, January 13, 2026.

Former US Border Patrol commander mocks Orthodox Jewish attorney

Jews, Hindus react more passively in hate incidents, Muslim responses broader, UK study finds

Maryland man who tried joining IS pleads guilty to planning attacks against Jews, Israel supporters

Judaism   

A SEPHARDI Torah scroll is rolled to reveal the first paragra ph of the ‘Shema’ prayer.

Light unto the nations: Rivkah Lambert Adler and teaching Torah outward

Tu Bishvat: From tax to hope, from the tree to the human being

The trees’ hidden hope: A 2026 reflection on Tu Bishvat

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ROOT & BRANCH volunteers rest after a long day of work harvesting olives together.

If our olives had eyes: Root & Branch brings Christians to connect with Israel

‘Freedom is God’s idea,’ pastor says, casting Iran showdown as a moral mandate

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

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The Pauker Red made in memory of winemaker Gideon Pauker, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.

Wine Talk: Wine on the edge

Qumran: The magic of Moishik in Tel Aviv

In the kitchen with Henny: Lemon recipes to brighten winter

Archaeology   

Ancient and counterfeit coins seized by Israel Antiquities Authority in East Jeruusalem raid, February 2, 2026.

Police seize hundreds of ancient, counterfeit coins in east Jerusalem antiquities raid

Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas

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

Science   

An illustration of a young girl looking at a computer screen, warning STOP! in large lettering.

More than half of online abuse reports now come from child victims themselves, Israel finds

AI swarms could invade social media, threaten democracy

Israel’s environmental gaps: When innovation outruns infrastructure

Culture   

‎Inauguration ceremony of the Knesset building, August 30, 1966.

Knesset marks 60 years since building inauguration in traditional Tu Bishvat ceremony

Israel and Iran won’t be center stage at the 68th Grammys

Hapoel Jerusalem advances to State Cup semis as Tel Aviv clubs fall in Europe

History   

Kai Höss at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. January 27, 2026.

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

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

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever

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Bad Bunny accepts the Album of the Year award for "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" from Harry Styles onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

'ICE out': Rapper Bad Bunny uses Grammy awards speech to criticize US authorities

Ex-Mossad chiefs revealed too much about Israel's spy agency, lawmaker says

Serbian police seize five tons of marijuana, assault rifles, rocket launcher

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Rainmaker: An AI marketing agency responding to global and Middle Eastern market shifts

Why AI alone won’t cut it in healthcare

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