Hamas announces hostages are held in fighting zones ahead of Gaza City invasion

US to deny visa for PA officials, IDF kills senior ISIS terrorist in Gaza

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 Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida delivers a speech following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 19, 2025

Ex-judge, A-G to 'Post': Nothing in Halacha stopping Torah scholars from serving in IDF

INTERVIEW
Conversing with Elyakim Rubinstein in his spacious Jerusalem apartment: ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne (L) and Greer Fay Cashman.
US President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands as they conclude their remarks after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem May 23, 2017.

Trump administration denies PA’s Abbas visa to attend UN General Assembly

Turkey completely severes economic ties, closes airspace to Israel

 The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates

Iranian hackers disrupted hostage deal negotiations in Cairo

IDF recovers body of murdered hostage Ilan Weiss in Gaza

UK AMBASSADOR Simon Walters: ‘Britain has stood with Israel through its darkest hours and its most remarkable achievements.’

Ending the conflict: Negotiation is Israel's only path to peace

OPINION
DEMONSTRATING FOR Israel in front of Houses of Parliament, London; UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis addresses them off camera.

Why the promise of a two-state solution empowers terrorism

OPINION
French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for the media at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

UK, France and Germany urge Iran to agree deal to delay UN sanctions

  A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

'I am antisemitic': Elderly Jewish woman stabbed in Ottawa store by man with antisemitic history

Who are the 25 most influential young Zionists of 2025?

Who are the 25 most influential young Zionists of 2025?

IDF kills most senior Islamic State terrorist in the Gaza Strip

IDF confirms terror suspects arrested, weapons seized in overnight Syria raids

Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida.

Scotland's former first minister Yousaf claims relative was killed at GHF aid site

IDF operates in Gaza, August 29, 2025.

IDF invasion of Gaza City could be on the way, military ends protection for aid groups in area

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, August 24, 2025 (illustrative).

Intelligence subterfuge: Israel's ruse against the Houthis before the IDF strike on Sanaa

Losing the PTSD war: Israeli soldiers are dying off the battlefield

Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival: A feast for the senses

IDF soldiers operate in Beit Hanun.
FRONTLINES

From penguins to pariahs: What will happen at Netanyahu's return to the UN?

Here, in the main control room of the French channel TF1, Macron (left) is talking, as a photo of Netanyahu is displayed in the background, during a live special program at television studios in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on May 13.
POLL

Benny Gantz fails to cross threshold, Yossi Cohen, Yoaz Hendel to upend Knesset balance

Head of Blue and White party MK Benny Gantz speaks during press conference in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2025.

UK denies Israeli officials access to defense summit

‘HE WAS always looking out for others – his brothers, his friends, even complete strangers.’ The Shrem family during happier times.

A hero's legacy: Remembering fallen IDF soldier Shlomi Shrem's faith, love, sacrifice

FRONTLINES
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

Gideon Sa'ar visits Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave ahead of first Washington visit as FM

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester raises a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei across Sydney Harbour Bridge during a demonstration on August 3.

Riding the tiger: Iran's dangerous dance with antisemitism

OPINION
HORSES: NECESSARY or excessive?

Parashat Shoftim: A king who rules over himself

Houthi PM, defense officials likely killed in IDF strike on Sanaa, Yemen

Freed hostage Emily Damari meets Israeli Druze leader amid Sweida violence

A fire ball rises from the site of a previous Israeli air strike in Sanaa, Yemen August 24, 2025.
WATCH

IDF reveals Hamas tunnel sleeping quarters

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir in discussions with general staff officials to approve Gaza takeover plan, August 13, 2025.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir's home vandalized by Standing Together activists

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem earlier this month. That Smotrich is not an economist, and is quite ignorant of current economic theory and practice, is no secret, says the writer.

Smotrich outlines plan to defeat Hamas, end Gaza war by 2026

WATCH

Boston mayor candidate Josh Kraft: Netanyahu 'has to go'

Exposing a global strategy of antisemitism as political warfare

OPINION
Josh Kraft, Boston mayoral candidate, talks to the press in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 5, 2025.

Israeli-run music festival in Portugal forced to cancel following intense BDS campaign

An image in Portugese calling to boycott the Anta Gathering music festival.

Sen. Tom Cotton calls for IRS probe into Palestine Youth Movement over terror ties, tax violations

Leila Abu-Orf of Palestinian Youth Movement NOLA listens after a judge ruled that the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, outside of the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where he is detained, in Jena, Louisiana, US, April 11, 2025.

'Six million wasn't enough' written on Minneapolis shooter's gun

Graham warns: Defeating Hamas is non-negotiable, but must be done as soon as possible

INTERVIEW

KKL-JNF protests planned expansion to Route 443, argues it will harm Ben Shemen Forest

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 26, 2025.

Hard luck for smuggler trying to bring 30,000 Viagra pills through Ben-Gurion Airport

A passenger at Ben Gurion Airport was caught trying to smuggle 30,000 Viagra pills.
OPINION

Israel must confront its strategic illusions to secure true victory

THE WRITER’S book ‘While Israel Slept,’ co-authored with Amir Bohbot, arrives in bookstores in the coming week. ‘Israel slept once, it cannot afford to sleep again,’ says the writer.
ByYAAKOV KATZ
OPINION

My Word: Palestinian flags and the Cross of St. George

ByLIAT COLLINS

Satellites key for next Israeli rounds with Iran, Houthis

Germany, France, Spain to discuss fighter jet program in October, says Berlin

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Luxembourg launches first reconnaissance satellite with Israeli-made camera

Illustrative of US Typhoon Missile.

US Typhon missile system to temporarily deploy to Japan as part of exercise

Trump and Modi embrace at the White House, 2017

Made in India vs. MAGA: Modi, Trump, and the geopolitical clash of economic nationalisms

Macron says Putin would have duped Trump if he doesn't commit to Zelensky meeting

Chief ICC prosecutor faces additional sexual misconduct accusation

REPORT
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs law redrawing congressional maps

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick addresses lawmakers from the dais during a session in the State Senate, as Republicans attempt to pass an HB 4, a bill that would redraw the state's 38 Congressional Districts, at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 23, 2025.
WATCH

Polish F-16 crashes during airshow rehearsal

A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies during a media day illustrating how NATO Air Policing safeguards the Allies' airspace in the northern and northeastern region of the Alliance, July 4, 2023.

Israel asks global hunger monitor to retract report of famine in Gaza

 Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 2, 2025

Idan Hadad: Sweet dreams come true

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Planning Aliyah? Here's what you need to know before making the move to Israel

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

Sukkot by the Sea: A Luxurious Holiday at the Carlton Tel Aviv

The sea view from the Sukkah

Tamam’s triumph, tech unicorns: What to watch in Israel this weekend

Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online content

‘THE BEAR’: Jeremy Allen White (left) with Ayo Edebiri.

Your Investments: September 1 and resolutions

Children head back to school in Katzrin after closures caused by the Israel–Iran conflict, June 25, 2025.

Your Taxes: Unfit homes and other properties due to the war

 Damage caused to a building from a barrage of missiles from Iran, June 14, 2025

Israel's Amnon Shashua named one of Time's top AI influencers of 2025

COP30 absence: Can Israel maintain its global climate impact?

OPINION
One of the recent fires rages in the Eshtaol Forest in the Jerusalem Hills region.

Record wildfires burn more than a million hectares of land across Europe

Vaishno Devi Shrine, Katra, India, pictured in 2008; illustrative.

Heavy rains unleash north Indian landslide, killing 30, ANI says

A man walks past a devastated area following the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 8, 2024; illustrative.

Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China's Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

A real eye opener: Surgeon mistakenly operates on patient's healthy eye

Flesh-eating parasite found in US patient for first time in decades

Woman's eyes 370

Harlap family donates record $180m. to Rabin Medical Center for new heart and brain tower

Israeli medical team gives sight to thousands in Ethopia

Israel needs doctors: New immigrants step in where the system falls short

Israel aims to improve absorption of olim into education system ahead of coming school year

Billionaire behind Paramount mega-deal obtaining Israeli residency

EXCLUSIVE
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

TJ Leaf finally comes home to Holy Land

FORMER NBA big man TJ Leaf arrives to a hero’s welcome at Ben-Gurion Airport this week, ready to start his European journey in front of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s passionate fans.
FRONTLINES

Welcome home: First Nefesh B'Nefesh flight since Oct. 7 lands in Israel

THE BASKIN family were among the first to deplane after touching down in their new home. Sigal, 17, and Liat, 12, are towered over by their brother, Itai, 15. Mom, Revital, waves to the camera as Dad, Joseph, accompanies his family down the stairs while smiles abound.

Your investments: Financial tips for this summer’s Nefesh B’Nefesh olim

 New Olim celebrate arrival in Israel

ICR submits major urban renewal plan in Haifa: 2,400 housing units

Yesodot Group and Menora to fund NIS 730M for Bardugo Group student dormitories in Kfar Saba

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The Bukharan Quarter: A long way from the Silk Road

Yokneam Municipality.

Yokneam to double to 50,000 residents with an investment of NIS 1.8 billion

A View of Kiryat Menachem and Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem

Kiryat Menachem on the verge of change: A historic transformation in Jerusalem

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 Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition

Conference   

A Nation in Trauma

How Israel navigates emotional, social, and communal challenges of war

'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   

JPost sits down with Jonathan Harounoff.

Jonathan Harounoff on Iran, Israel, and his new book "Unveiled"

Iran-backed arson in Australia, Lebanon considers disarming Hezbollah

Gaza hospital strike, France summons US ambassador

US Politics   

 Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024.

Trump ends security protection for former vice president Harris, senior White House official says

Wikimedia under investigation by US Congress regarding foreign involvement in articles about Israel

US divided on Gaza genocide accusations, Hamas responsibility, poll finds

Diaspora   

Ritchie Torres seen during the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June 3, 2024

Jewish comedian Adam Friedland confronts Ritchie Torres over Israel, Gaza war

Yosef Blau, author of an Orthodox rabbis’ letter calling out Israel, responds to his critics

Netanyahu meets with Druze leaders in Julis, pledges action on Syria’s Sweida crisis

Judaism   

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services

Finding inner strength on campus: How Jewish educators can help students

Christian World   

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell speaks at the opening session of the Church of England General Synod, in London, Britain, February 10, 2025.

Church of England faces backlash over alleged leak of 200 abuse victims' information

Petition complicates Patriarchate lands dispute in Jerusalem

Sa'ar departs for state visit to US, to meet counterpart Rubio, Jewish leaders

Food   

PICUEL: Each course was a unique combination of ingredients, and each was beautifully served.

Picuel: The Kosher fine-dining experience to come out of the Hamas war

A culinary find in Haifa: Brooklyn 17 brings the pizza bar to Israel

Meet the woman pioneering Israel’s natural wine movement

Archaeology   

Lod mosaic.

The Lod Mosaic: A rare peace of ancient Rome on display in Israel

A spa in a Templar building

Silver used as form of currency in Land of Israel 3,600 years ago

Science   

 Illustrative depiction of the Australopithecus Afarensis

Two evolutionary changes underpinning human bipedalism are discovered

What was the mysterious white streak across French skies? Experts weigh in

Asteroid the size of 59 Avi Loebs to pass Earth on Wednesday, Aug. 27 - NASA

Culture   

SHAHAR PEER (left) and Julia Glushko (right) together while representing Israel at the Fed Cup in 2007.

From center court to new paths: A tale of two Israeli tennis legends

After budget cuts and security delays, Tel Aviv's white night festival returns

Itay Segev: 'Representing Israel during time like these is greatest honor'

History   

Corpses of murdered Armenians lying beside the road during the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1917; illustrative.

In first for Israeli PM, Netanyahu recognizes Armenian Genocide on Patrick Bet-David's podcast

Spotted in a Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad: A painting looted from a famed Jewish art dealer

This week in Jewish history: 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' published

OMG   

Malagasy officials hold boxes containing the three skulls during a ceremony to mark the return of three Sakalava skulls, those of two warriors and one believed to be that of slain Malagasy king Toera, taken by French troops during the colonisation of Madagascar in the late 19th century, at the Cultu

France returns royal skull of King Toera, two others to Madagascar

French officials find fifth body in River Seine outside Paris

Mazal tov! Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce announce engagement

Consumerism   

Yoga.

Short yoga: Your calm place when everything else feels off

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

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

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

Sahar Daxa, a Government, Diplomacy and Strategy studies student and competitive athlete from Daliyat al-Carmel

Druze students at Reichman University lead efforts to save their Syrian brethren from crisis

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

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams