Saudi Arabia, Israel have shared interests at stake, Houthi escalation highlights

EDITORIAL
Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Houthis claim responsibility for deadly Saudi Arabia strikes, Iranian, Saudi FMs discuss tensions

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Saudi Arabia needs allies against the Houthis, but will it turn to Israel?

ANALYSIS
 Illustrative image of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Gadi Eisenkot (R).

Israelis favor Netanyahu, Eisenkot debate as poll shows PM's bloc ahead

POLL
INTERVIEW
Flydubai passenger Asaf Rajuan.

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'Worst is yet to come:' Houthis claim responsibility for strikes on Saudi airports

 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

US-Israel relationship may be irreparably damaged, former Biden official warns

EXCLUSIVE
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a multilateral meeting with leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, during the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, US, September 22,

Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers have discussed regional tensions, Saudi state news says

North Korea conducts an intermediate-range strategic missile drill Sunday, 4th October 2026

North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles, South Korea says

Satellite image of King Khalid Airport the day after attack, in Riyadh Sunday, 11th October 2026

FAA warns US airlines to exercise caution in Saudi Arabia flights

A member of a police force stands guard on a street, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran Wednesday, 1st April 2026

'Insufficent': Iranian regime rejects US response to conditions set to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Saudi Arabia expected to ramp up strikes on Houthis after deadly Riyadh airport attack, experts say

Bennett pledges to redirect 'NIS 30 billion from draft evaders,' to those serving in the IDF

Former Israeli prime minister and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett speaks during the “Game-Changing Generation” National Youth Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026.

Israel's tourism sector has suffered serious neglect. B'Yachad will fight to fix it

OPINION

Bennett backtracks after sarcastically suggesting Netanyahu could serve as minister in future gov't

Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2026.

Bennett: Netanyahu can serve as minister in next gov't if he backs opposition's key principles

Former prime minister and B'Yachad party leader, Naftali Bennett, at the election conference of the newspaper "Hador," Sunday, October 11, 2026.
OPINION

Israel’s next leader should be chosen by Israelis, not Washington

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
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More than a safe haven: Jewish schools after Oct. 7

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Netanyahu demands prosecution of 'NAZA' film participants over 'severe' security offenses

Graffiti depicting Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the directors of the documentary film NAZA, and the word "traitors" in Hebrew, on a wall in Ashdod Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

The world’s goodwill toward Israel was the exception, not the rule

OPINION

Israeli women demand more than election promises as parties face pressure over equality

FROM LEFT: Ziva Glanz of Haredi Public, Lali Deri of People of Israel, Democrats MK Naama Lazimi, Yashar candiate Inbar Yehezkeli, Pnina Tameno-Shete of Blue and White, Israel First candidate Sharren Haskell, and journalist Dafna Liel. (WIZO).
POLL

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu, but both blocs without clear path to 61-seat majority

An election campaign poster featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026

Qatargate suspect Urich confirms phone was hacked, says leakers will 'pay full price'

Protesters attend the "United for Palestine" demonstration in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2026.

Global anti-Israel protests coordinated in advance by international alliance, documents show

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (C) joins anti-war demonstrators during October 7th vigil organized by 'Israelis for Peace NYC' at Union Square in Manhattan, New York City, United States on October 7, 2026.

No room for Jewish grief at Oct. 7 protests in New York City

OPINION
 SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah carry pictures of him as they gather in Sidon, following his killing in an Israeli airstrike, last month, labeled by ‘The New York Times’ as an ‘escalation.’

How Israel's pager operation shattered Nasrallah’s aura of invincibility

OPINION
 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Iran at the threshold, Israel outside the room

OPINION

Canada declassifies report exposing US intelligence role in resettling Nazis after WWII

Corporal Urban Mayo from Ontario, Canada, watches the warning under the double swastikas on the border of German in the Canadian sector of the Western Front a few month before the end of World War II, February 14, 1945

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EXCLUSIVE

UK activist group launches ‘Some people are Zionist! Get over it!’ campaign

Activists challenged British antisemitism by standing with Israel launched a new campaign next to the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

Jewish schools in Brooklyn evacuate following bomb threats, NYPD finds no explosives on site

Screenshot of one of the videos showing young children being escorted out of the school buildings and marshaled along the street by staff amid the emergency response.
OPINION

On October 7, Hamas’s goal was not the Nova festival - it was New York

ByGIL HOFFMAN

Syria issues first letter of credit for Saudi Aramco petroleum deal

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria leading options for Abraham Accords expansion, CSA report assesses

Saudi-led coalition says new attack at Riyadh airport causes fire, day after strike kills 12

 Palestinians view the damage after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024.

IDF: Hamas using northern Gaza hospital as operational center, medical staff as human shields

WATCH
Maj.-Gen. Sean M. Salene, the US Central Command's Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J-5), is greeted by Maj. Samuel H. Waterman, the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron commander, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, September 27, 2022

Netanyahu's government is stalling Trump's Gaza plan, US general warns

A planned non-Zionist Jewish school in Boston hopes to ride the momentum of the left

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EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for Muslim Brotherhood to be added to terror list

ANALYSIS

How will Saudi Arabia retaliate against Houthi attacks on civilian infrastructure?

A Houthi supporter wearing a military uniform holds a mock missile as he joins Houthi supporters in a rally to show support to the movement as fighting intensifies across several Yemeni fronts, in Sana'a, Yemen, October 9, 2026
OPINION

Israel’s dangerous dependence: The US, Iran, and a new MOU

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.
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EXPLAINER

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Moroccan defense firm MMI targets turret deliveries in March 2027

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First US-made Iron Dome interceptors delivered at Arkansas facility in major defense milestone

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ANALYSIS

UK Maritime confirms tanker struck by drone in vicinity of Oman's Sohar port

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam

UK PM Burnham says Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote

Bipartisan group of US senators opposes Trump's Russian diesel deal

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Trump says Ukraine, Russia agreed to 'energy ceasefire' following Zelensky's election claims

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, US, in this handout released September 22, 2026.
REPORT

Hackers use security cameras to track troops, military targets in Israel, Ukraine

A surveillance camera is pictured in Raagsved, south of Stockholm, Sweden, on August 31, 2026.

Mekorot CEO: Understanding the problem is key to finding solutions

Barak Graber, Acting CEO, Mekorot Development & Enterprises

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Stanley Morais, Director Partnerships & International Affairs - EL AL Israel Airlines

FOZ’s Mike Evans calls for ‘moral clarity’ in Israel’s global media war at diplomatic conference

Mike Evans, Founder, Friends of Zion

Russia refused repeated Ukrainian proposals to halt attacks on energy sites, source tells 'Post'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media as he arrives to attend an informal European leaders' summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, April 23, 2026; illustrative.

Middle East conflicts, energy supplies, to dominate IMF-World Bank meetings in Thailand

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AMERICAN WRITER Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) travels with US soldiers on their way to Normandy for the D-Day landings, in his capacity as war correspondent, in 1944.

Haifa mayor demands parties commit to shutting down city's petrochemical industry by 2029

Smoke rises from the oil refineries in Haifa following a missile strike fired from Iran, in northern Israel, March 30, 2026

Zohar Pinhasi charged with wire fraud after using cybersecurity company to pay off hackers

Israeli expat recounts destruction, home collapse in magnitude 7.7 Panama earthquake

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Shipping through the Panama Canal remains uninterrupted after country hit by a 7.7 mag. earthquake

Attacks on oil infrastructure endangering marine life in Persian Gulf, research finds

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Eilat records first rain of year as authorities issue flash flooding warning in Dead Sea region

People walk past damaged houses following deadly flash floods and a mudslide in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 21, 2026.

Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide, no casualties, five missing

US Army urges adoption of Israeli battlefield medicine as IDF cuts casualty deaths by half

REPORT
 IDF evacuates a wounded soldier; illustrative

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope

PREVIEW

Pope Leo announces upcoming surgery for small growth on lung

FEATURE

Understanding the tribe: Safeheart org. helps Nova survivors recover using psychedelic treatment

STUDY

Premature birth may cause lifelong kidney damage, Israeli researchers find

Cara Nachshon: The grandma with a red nose in her pocket

CARA & TONY NACHSHON surrounded by their children at a family dinner.

Moving stories, worrying numbers: Behind the wave of immigration from North America

FEATURE
INTERVIEW

Israel medical school grad inspired to return after Oct. 7, this time with a husband and kids

THE FAMILY enjoys a dip.

Aliyah Minister urges Israel to prepare for wave of French immigrants as student protests intensify

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INTERVIEW

From Australian judge to Israeli tour guide: David Parry's aliyah journey

JUDGE-TURNED-TOUR GUIDE: David Parry.

Where the sea meets sophistication

Architecture: Yashar Architects

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WATCH

Selichot above Jerusalem: An evening of music, reflection and connection

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The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference returns to Jerusalem

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MDA Heroes   

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Podcasts   

An election campaign poster featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026

Israel’s election race remains deadlocked as Ben-Gvir releases prison footage

Hollywood meets Bnei Brak: Michael Rapaport plays haredi billionaire in 'Matchmaking 3'

Flydubai passenger recounts terrifying dive as analyst warns against learning 'the wrong lesson'

US Politics   

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018

Bipartisan group of US senators opposes Trump's Russian diesel deal

US DOJ launches investigation into news networks for possible antitrust violations in TV pool

Harris lays groundwork for 2028 presidential run despite private opposition from husband, donors

Diaspora   

Activists challenged British antisemitism by standing with Israel launched a new campaign next to the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

'I'm not Jewish, I'm a Zionist': Viral trend surges on X as hundreds join in, 'Post' analysis finds

UK activist group launches ‘Some people are Zionist! Get over it!’ campaign

Celebrity chef who signed Hospitality for Humanity pledge shares stage with Israelis

Judaism   

Let us ensure we do not let this election divide us. Pictured: Dismantling a sukkah in Ashdod, Oct. 5.

Jonathan and David: When elections turn friends into enemies

'Echoes of Rashi': Exploring R. Shlomo Yitzhaki's ideas and their relevance today

Parashat Bereishit: The world of water

Christian World   

Pope Leo celebrates Mass marking the start of the academic year at the Pontifical Universities in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, October 8, 2026.

Pope Leo announces upcoming surgery for small growth on lung

Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz joins 1,000 Christian leaders in Jerusalem for Oct. 7 anniversary summit

Thousands of Christians visit West Bank settlements in support after European sanctions, trade bans

Food   

Food is prepared at Chentro Kosher in Hadera.

Chentro Kosher: New Hadera joint offers a fresh take on the classic burger

In the Kitchen with Henny: Five recipes with five ingredients or less

Wine talk: All’s well that ends well

Archaeology   

Inside the medieval heating system found in Basel, Switzerland, October 9, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth medieval convent’s heating system during renovations in Switzerland

Israel unearths 2,000-year-old section of Jerusalem aqueduct that brought water to Temple Mount

WWII air-raid shelter buried beneath German playground rediscovered during construction work

Science   

Sheep and goats during their transfer from summer pastures to winter pastures, near Pribram, Czech Republic, November 7, 2025; illustrative.

Ancient sheep virus traced through DNA preserved in medieval manuscripts

Two out of three 2026 Nobel Medicine laureates were recognized with Technion's Harvey Prize in 2016

SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives

Culture   

GOLAZIN ARDESTANI attends the Haifa festival this week.

Iranian singer Gola brings message of hope to Haifa International Film Festival

Israeli director Erez Tadmor takes ‘Matchmaking 3’ to New York - and reveals its unlikely secret

Not sheepish: Israel Museum reveals a different side of Menashe Kadishman’s art

History   

THEN-ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US, Yitzhak Rabin, and his wife Leah mingle with prime minister Golda Meir and US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, in Washington, 1973 – two years before Saul Bellow visited Israel.

Over 50 years later, Saul Bellow’s Israel observations remain strikingly relevant

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On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

OMG   

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Influencer Jake Paul calls for amended US Constitution, says civilians should be able to bear RPGs

Travel   

OAKS HOTEL & SPA in the Golan Heights.

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Israel’s hidden strength: Institutional capital pools

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

Evolving regional economic opportunities

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