Opposition could win Knesset majority if Bennett leads, poll finds

Israelis begin to question morality of war in Gaza amid widespread starvation claims

FRONTLINES
 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid.

'Israel brought this on itself,' Anti-Zionist American Jew onboard Handala claims

Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

Hamas delegation visits Turkey, Jewish diaspora group donates to Gazan church

Live Updates

France to halt all Gaza evacuations, deport Gazan student over antisemitic, Nazi social media posts

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Jews prefer Mamdani to other NYC mayoral candidates but worry about safety under him, poll finds

Hamas publishes propaganda video giving sign of life of hostage Evyatar David

When hassidic masters tried, failed to usher in the messianic age during Napoleon's wars

Soldiers from IDF's 98th Division operating in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2025.

What are Israel’s choices in Gaza? The insanity of double standards and ignorance

OPINION
A view shows the damage at the Holy Family Church which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City July 18, 2025.

American Jewish Committee donates $25K to Gaza church damaged by Israeli strike

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a video conference with international partners to discuss humanitarian aid for financially-strapped Lebanon, in Paris on December 2.

Macron's push for Palestinian state will prove dangerous for Europe

OPINION
 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) bids farewell to French President Emmanuel Macron following a joint military visit to the Northwood Headquarters Northwood, on July 10, 2025 in London, England.

Israel will not allow Europe to divide it again

OPINION

New Era Bets Big on Israel’s Startup Resilience

Left to right: Gideon Argov, Shira Gershon, Eugenio Sabbadini, Ayelet Frish, Ran Simha, Danny Mann, Ziv Conen.

Hamas delegation visits Turkey, officials condemn 'genocide' in Gaza

IDF executes first aid drop in coordination with Spain, France, Germany

Demonstrators attend a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in front of the German consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 10, 2024.

Witkoff: GHF visit to allow Trump to craft a food, aid delivery plan to the people of Gaza

Sec.-Lt. A., Sec.-Lt. N, and Sec.-Lt. Y.

IDF soldiers who defended Zikim on Oct.7 return as officers to train newest recruits

A Palestinian flag flies in front of Downing Street as Starmer convened an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss his government’s policies on Gaza, on Tuesday in London.

Gaza's strategic disaster: Israel risks leaving identity in the hands of its enemies

FRONTLINES

Hackers post stills from Evyatar David hostage video on Israeli basketball teams’ websites

Trump eyes bringing Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords, sources say

 A poster with a photograph of Evyatar David, who is held hostage in Gaza, is placed on a table in front of Ilay David, his brother, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with family members of hostages held in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill

Witkoff's Western Wall note: 'I pray for the hostages, end of the war'

US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff visits the Western Wall, Jerusalem, July, 31, 2025.
OPINION

With 'friends' like Starmer and Macron, Israel doesn't need enemies

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron clasps the hand of Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on at a NATO summit in The Hague in June. Their countries have been wrong on every Mideast issue, the writer maintains.)
ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Turkish embassy employee suspected of filiming underage girls in changing room to be indicted

Professor Ben Corn, director of Life’s Door and the “Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity, and Wellbeing” at Hebrew University

'Human beings crave hope,' Prof. Ben Corn tells 'Post' Trauma Conference

Dr. Hilla Hadas, CEO of Enosh, at Jerusalem Post;s broadcast “Healing Israel: A Nation in Trauma”

Israel’s trauma care must evolve with the nation’s mental health needs

David Koren, head of ERAN, at the Jerusalem Post conference, “A Nation in Trauma”

'We are receiving 1,000 calls daily,' ERAN head tells 'Post' Trauma Conference

Hila Shvoron, Deputy Director of NATAL and Director of its Community Resiliency Unit

'They know how to listen': NATAL Deputy Director on peer support role in healing invisible wounds

Hamas cut off contact, escalation in Gaza likely unavoidable, Israeli official tells 'Post'

Sanctions against PA officials could prevent traveling to UNSC meeting in September, expert says

 Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025.

Israeli embassies remain open in UAE despite travel advisory warning, terror concerns

MEMBERS OF Houthi security forces patrol the site of a demonstration, attended by predominantly Houthi-supporting protesters, in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 11.

The Saudi solution: The army that could defeat the Houthis

ANALYSIS
US President Donald Trump gestures before he boards Marine One, to travel to Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen, in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.

The Middle East could become great again should it accept Trump's 'grand bargain'

OPINION

Jewish Harvard student hits out at Trump's antisemitism crackdown: 'Destroying schools and lives'

FRONTLINES

Australian police arrest suspect in December arson attack on Melbourne synagogue

Here, people gather at Harvard to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Novelist David Grossman says Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, joining a rising chorus

Israeli writer David Grossman attends the Letterature International Festival at Casa del Jazz on June 25, 2025 in Rome.

Antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein are proliferating — and going mainstream

A person walks next to a mobile Ad Van that displays a photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump and disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in protest of the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.

'Attempt to reshape historical narrative': IDF delegation at Auschwitz told to lower Israeli flags

Macron's choice: Stand with democracy, or allow Frech Jews to become political sacrifices

OPINION

The king has no God: Netanyahu lost the right to rule in his lust for power

FRONTLINES
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron arrives for bilateral talks during a visit to Berlin last week. Following Hamas’s October 7 massacre, France once again chose the wrong side of history, the writer charges.

New Trump policy letting federal employees proselytize at work references tefillin

Attendees wear hats reading "Make America Pray Again" before former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump addresses Christian broadcasters at the National Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 22, 2024.
OPINION

Israel needs an emergency plan to absorb French Jews after Macron's Palestine recognition

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.
ByARIEL KANDEL

Barry Diller’s adventures: In and outside of Hollywood

French defense giant Naval Group confirms hack against submarines and frigates

Israel's defense industry eyes new partners for next-gen fighter jet by 2028

 Hacker stealing data from laptop. Dark face. Blurred background.

US Navy seeks missiles carrying unmanned surface vehicles, thousands of miles at sea

Military personnel using holographic augmented reality table with drone blueprint; illustrative.

Autonomy in motion: How US, Canada are advancing military autonomous systems

ANALYSIS
Boeing KC-46A.

Israel Air Force to receive KC-46A refuelers by next year, enabling long-range missions

Shooting in Montana kills four, gunman at large

Process to recognize Palestinian state 'must begin now,' German FM says

Photo of the suspect.

Trump fires Statistics Commissioner amid 'fake jobs numbers' accusation

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump at the White House this week: On Sunday, he declared that his first six months back in office have been ‘the most successful’ such period for any president in history, the writer notes.
FRONTLINES

Fighting the world, losing the war: IRGC talks big after beatdown by Israel

Here, posters display assassinated military leaders, including IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami (center), in Tehran at the end of June.
REPORT

Portugal preparing to recognize Palestine as soon as next September, FM says

Portugal's Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel addresses during a High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution at U.N headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2025.

Airovation Technologies awarded top honor in 2025 Hebrew University - Asper Prize competition

Left to right: Dr. Amnon Dekel, Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Lihi Nachum, Neva Treistman, Marat Maayan (Airovation Technologies), Prof. Asher Cohen, Avia Vayner Chen, Alon Natanson.

‘Israelis are under ongoing mental strain’

VOLUNTEERING AT an ERAN center.

How SAHAR’s silent lifeline  saves lives in Israel

 FOR OVER 25 years, SAHAR has been Israel’s only text-based mental health helpline.

Tesla ordered by Florida jury to pay $329 million in Autopilot crash

The dramatic changes proposed to the definition of Israeli, foreign residents

OPINION
A Tesla Model S car is seen in a showroom in Santa Monica, California, US, January 4, 2018.

Int'l company files NIS 6m. lawsuit against Israeli med tech firm Insightec

 Israeli flags flutter at a business park housing hi-tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva.

Israel unveils AI-powered ‘horizon scan’ mechanism at Expo 2025 Osaka

 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

Virtual world enters treatment rooms: VR glasses reduce anxiety among patients in Israel

Klyuchevskoy Sopka volcano in Russia's far east starts erupting after earthquake

A picture taken with a drone on March 16, 2021 shows members of a local search and rescue squad taking pictures of Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.

Historic discovery: New species of ancient shark discovered in Kentucky cave

A powerful wave washes past a building located near the shore, after a powerful earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia July 30, 2025.

Tsunami reaches California coast after 8.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Russia's far east

A monkey captured by Israel's Nature and Parks Authority on July 29, 2025

Monkey business in Ramle ends in cement factory capture as crackdown continues

How to survive summer vacation: Information to keep home, play areas safe

FEATURE

'Decolonizing Therapy' and the erasure of Jewish identity in mental health

An illustrative image of a baby reaching for a knife.

What is the bacteria that could lurk in salads you make that could shut down your body?

Magnetic fields may hold key to slowing Alzheimer’s, Israeli study finds

Israeli-led breakthrough discovers way to boost immune system's cancer-fighting ability

One of Yemen's last Jewish women makes aliyah to Israel

REPORT

Gov’t debates bill proposal to cancel Law of Return Grandchild Clause

Yemeni Jews demonstrate outside the Cabinet office in Sanaa, March 2009

From Canada to Modi’in: Grodzinski Family Reunites in Israel After Decades Abroad

The Grodzinski family reunion at Ben Gurion airport
OPINION

Beyond the headlines: An American hug in a Bat Yam apartment

For an entire day, these American women dedicated themselves to making Sylvia’s apartment habitable—scrubbing and cleaning as they deciphered labels on Israeli cleaning products.
BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR

The aliyah story of Shirelle Weingarten, a scrunchie connoisseur

BLENDING A nursing career with a thriving business

An amazing opportunity in Jerusalem: This summer, get NIS one million off a premium apartment

Now is the time to live by the sea in Gush Dan

Arnona Hills project by Geshem

From real estate to reality: How the Alma project built a bridge between Israel and the US

Rendering: ToHa2 Tower

This is the architecture firm chosen to design Google’s new headquarters in Tel Aviv

Ashkelon Seashore

Thousands of tourists to arrive in this city? 1,400 new hotel rooms planned along the coastline

JPost Store   

 Ivrit magazine
 Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition

Conference   

 NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Israeli Minister Nir Barkat sign economic partnership at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025'

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Israeli Economics Minister Nir Barkat sign economic partnership

Trump admin. stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel, Steve Witkoff says

ANeustart wins Next-Gen Women entrepreneurship award at Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit

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   

Jonathan Spyer

Jonathan Spyer: A closer look at Syria's current situation

Tune into today's top stories: Canada recognizes Palestinian statehood, Witkoff in Israel

Netanyahu responds, NYT blunder, US Tsunami warnings - July 30, 2025

US Politics   

 Palestinians carry aid supplies in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025; illustrative.

US Republicans fear Gaza crisis could spark 9/11-style attack on US soil

Marjorie Taylor Greene may be first Republican lawmaker to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’

Trump signals openness to $500 million settlement with Harvard

Diaspora   

Erica Mindel.

TikTok's new hate speech manager is a former IDF soldier and proud Zionist

Several people shout 'Free Palestine,' harass Jewish father, son at Milan rest stop

'A profound betrayal': Chief Rabbi Mirvis slams UK Palestinian state recognition plan

Judaism   

SECURITY FORCES are on the scene as residents of Kfar Darom in Gush Katif resist eviction in August 2005. The writer asks: Knowing what we know now, shouldn’t we, at the very least, acknowledge the possibility that some of those protesters were right?

20 years later: Israel's lessons learned from Gush Katif and Tisha B’Av

Shabbat Chazon: Cries of trauma, betrayal from Jerusalem and Gush Katif

Parashat Devarim: 'And from my students more than from all'

Christian World   

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky displays work accumulated over the past 12 years.

Art by divine: Artist Joshua Borkovsky takes the Christian route to wonderment

Taybeh church: Retractions don't undo damage of false narratives

Church of St. George burning shows justice demands honesty before all else

Food   

Goldy’s

Goldy’s takeaway: A huge variety of takeout trays in Bnei Brak

New branch of Moulin Doré opens in Jerusalem

Silver Moon Bakery, an UWS spot known for its challah, reopens on Broadway

Archaeology   

The reverse of the coin features a lulav flanked by two etrogs, with the inscription “Year Four.”

First-of-its-kind discovery: Ancient coin from Second Temple Era reveals rebel mindset

Israel Antiquities Authority unveils harrowing October 7 exhibition: 'Rising from the Ashes'

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era

Science   

Israel's science teams conclude olympiad season with record 26 medals

Israel's science teams conclude olympiad season with record 26 medals

Chunk of Mars sells for $5.3 million at New York auction

NASA repairs Juno space probe camera from 600 million kilometers away

Culture   

DOR PERETZ (in yellow) and Maccabi Tel Aviv were eliminated from the Champions League by Cypriot side Pafos after a 1-0 second-leg defeat this week on an early red card.

Mac TA ousted from Champions League after ’keeper crisis'

'90s thrillers to be featured at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

Train Theater’s Puppet Festival grows up

History   

Secret diaries reveal Ben-Gurion’s sleepless battle to build a nation

Secret diaries reveal Ben-Gurion’s sleepless battle to build a nation

Golda Meir's letter on Munich massacre to be auctioned for $6,000

Decades-long bureaucratic battle ends: 30-year-old man receives recognition of his Jewish identity

OMG   

 Mice pull tongues to revive unconscious companions, study finds. Illustration.

Iraqi official denies mice and rats ate country’s cash reserves

Indian national arrest for running fake embassy scam outside New Delhi

Radioactive wasp nest found in US where nuclear components were manufactured

Consumerism   

Tyla Shur (left) with her friends in Tel Aviv

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

I Have Tested 20 Resume Writing Services - This Is The Best One

As Antisemitism and Global Crime Rise, Israeli-Trained Dogs Become the First Line of Defense

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

 Jonathan Davis Head of the RRIS and VP RUNI with RRIS staff and international students on campus at Kabbalat Shabbat

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

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams

How long do dental implants take in Istanbul, Turkey?