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IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 21, 2025.

Hostage families criticize Netanyahu's Shin Bet pick, aid trucks looted in Gaza

Israelis report receiving calls from alleged hostages • IDF strikes Hamas, PIJ office, will expand Gaza ops.

Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

Reports of deal to release Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov 'false'

Syiran President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump.

Syria, Lebanon could join Abraham Accords before Saudi Arabia

Palestinian trucks loaded with humanitarian aid cross into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, February 17, 2025

Looters take over five aid trucks in Gaza, sell stolen goods at inflated prices

Breaking News

Mia Schem's hostage headband confiscated at Cannes Film Festival - report

US special envoy praises Syrian leader's steps on foreign fighters

Einav Zangauker calls Netanyahu's pick for Shin Bet chief 'un-Jewish, inhumane'

Top News

Overlooking southern Syria from the IDF's military post on Mount Hermon

ISIS activity may return in southern Syria amid Israeli incursions

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former hostage Naama Levy speaking at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, May 24, 2025.

Naama Levy recounts Hamas captivity: 'There's nowhere to run'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Agam Berger reunited with her family following her release from Hamas captivity. January 30, 2025.

Former hostage Agam Berger: Diplomatic solutions 'won't work' when confronting Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF thwarts attempted stabbing attack in Hebron

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A video by Guy Christensen, a pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers.

Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4m followers, endorses murder of Israeli embassy employees

By BEN SALES/JTA

Israel at War

A Druze boy holds a flag as he looks at the ceasefire line between Golan Heights and Syria, on the day of first visit by Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war in Israel, March 14, 2025.

Normalization with Iraq? Druze ex-minister discusses relations with Israel's bordering states

By SARI MAKOVER-BELIKOV

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025

Israelis nationwide report calls from alleged hostages asking for help

By MAARIV ONLINE

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and supporters attend a protest calling for their release, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on April 7, 2025.

'I am against hostage deals,' Netanyahu's Shin Bet chief pick says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Gazans attempt to obtain bread in Nuseirat Camp, Gaza after limited aid deliveries arrive in the enclave on Friday, May 25, 2025.

Gazans crowd at bakery to access bread, social media shows, as aid deliveries trickle in

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023

A Jewish outlook on life can help Israel win war against Hamas

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO

Hot Opinion

UN cannot dismiss grief and struggle of Israeli people

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Palestinian clans look to join Abraham Accords after Oct. 7

By ZVIKA KLEIN

Harmful political rhetoric is deepening Israel's cavernous divide

By YAAKOV KATZ

My Word: Yuval Raphael shines at Eurovision despite international political clashes

By LIAT COLLINS

Joe Biden's rise and fall: Political and personal tragedy with cancer diagnosis

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Israel News

JERUSALEM POST Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein speaks with Economy Minister Nir Barkat at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York.

Palestinian clans look to join Abraham Accords after Oct. 7

ACCEPTING THE Israel Prize on Independence Day, May 1

Breaking the mold: The story of Israel Prize recipient Yonina Eldar

By JUDITH SEGALOFF

What preserves the memory of the Holocaust among Jews is hope, and looking to the future

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

EUPHORIA OF making aliyah: The ‘oleh’ identity is unique

Between two homes: The unsettled identity of an oleh

GEORGE DEEK, Israel’s ambassador to Azerbaijan, at work with Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov

Azerbaijan has become one of Israel's most trusted partners, envoy tells 'Post'

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Analysis & Features

Groups participating in the summer camp programs.

Supporting Israel’s youth: Long-term impact of wartime philanthropy

By SHAWNA GOODMAN

Marthe Cohn

French Jewish WWII spy Marthe Cohn dies at 105

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Julie Rothschild Levi: Becoming an accidental influencer in Israel

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Jewish people must remember their history and regain religious pride

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus

This week in Jewish History: Eli Cohen hanged in Syria, Bob Dylan's birthday

By STEVEN DRUCKER

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Money and a calculator

Your Taxes: Deductions for prepaid property rent and expenses

INDEPENDENCE DAY is celebrated in the center of Jerusalem last year. In moments like these, the Declaration of Independence must once again serve as our moral, cultural, and Zionist compass, says the writer.

Your investments: Jerusalem Day, unity, and financial independence

By AARON KATSMAN

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he makes an announcement with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2025.

Trump announces design for Golden Dome defense system based on Israel's Iron Dome

ZIM to dedicate ships for Israel's 'national needs'

ZIM beats Q1 expectations, signals maritime shipping rebound

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

A screenshot of a post with the poster of Yaron Lischinsky.

'Make Zionists afraid': Hamas symbol used on anti-Zionist poster at Berlin university

By WALLA! , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori, taken from her Twitter @bianca_censori

‘I am done with antisemitism,’ Ye declares morning after Jewish museum shooting

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Elias Rodriguez protesting among others

‘I did it for Gaza': Who is Elias Rodriguez, activist who murdered two Israelis?

By MATHILDA HELLER

STUDENTS HOLD signs reading, ‘There are no universities left in Gaza’ and ‘Free Gaza’ at last year’s Harvard University Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Heritage Foundation is going after campus radicals and Islamist sympathizers who glorify Hamas, says the writer.

Project Esther has a bold strategy to combat American Hamas support

A police officer walks outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, in London, Britain March 21, 2023.

Jewish protester in London charged over placard that may offend 'pro-Hezbollah' activists

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Middle East

Maj.-Gen. (Res.) David Zini and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Maj.-Gen. Zini's appt as Shin Bet head undermines IDF Chief of Staff Zamir's status

US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025.

US lifting of sanctions on Syria signals fresh start for diplomatic ties

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Uncertainty lingers after Iran-US talks in Rome: Tehran in 'wait and see' mode

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference, May 21, 2025.

Over half of Israelis believe Netanyahu blocking hostage deal for political reasons - poll

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Military vehicles drive their way from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border into Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 20, 2025.

Slim majority of Israeli public backs ongoing IDF op. in Gaza

By MAARIV , WALLA! , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

Demonstrators wear masks depicting US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen May 9, 2025.

Yemeni national suspected of being part of Houthis arrested in Germany

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A man carries a weapon during a protest organized to celebrate the announcement of the ceasefire in Gaza, at Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria January 17, 2025.

Syrian government cracks down on Palestinian terror groups

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

People celebrate after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria, in Damascus, May 13, 2025.

Syria welcomes US decision to lift sanctions on country

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A worker enters a truck carrying aid parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, before going into Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, May 22, 2025.

Swiss NGO seeks investigation into Gaza aid distributor

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2025.

UN's Guterres pledges new role for hostage situations, says Gaza needs 'flood' of aid

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Environment & Climate Change

Dorms at the University of Haifa.

Free weekend stays for Israel Trail hikers at University of Haifa dorms

Plastic bottles on a beach, illustrative

Israel needs a strategy to cut plastics industry's carbon footprint

IN ITS QUIET way, the humble carob teaches us that meaningful traditions need not be elaborate.

Hiking the holy land in the season of Lag Ba'omer

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023.

AI's molecular magic can transform the agriculture, food industries

By MARINA LISITSIN

Animals found in West Bank investigation on May 14, 2025.

Three suspects arrested after illegal animals found in West Bank village

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

IS IT appropriate to pray for miracles?

Should Jews pray for a miracle when death is inevitable?

Rather than abandon prayer in the face of tragedy, Judaism asks us to deepen it. We do not pray to overturn nature but to find strength within the divine natural order.

THE ETHIOPIAN community in Israel serves as a vibrant link between the two nations. Here, the community celebrates the Sigd on the Haas Promenade in the shadow of the Old City, in November.

Goodman Fellowship Project Expands Opportunities for Ethiopian Students at TAU

Tel Aviv University launches Goodman Fellowship to boost Ethiopian Israeli student access, support, and success with major backing from Canadian foundation.

New faculty recruit Dr. Amit Haim.

Fighting for Talent: Tel Aviv University Faculty Excellence Fund

TAU is working on bringing home the most driven, creative, and ambitious researchers

SHAUL SHANI, chair, Rashi Foundation.

Forty years of the Rashi Foundation: Driving real change

At the Israel Opportunities Conference, marking four decades of the Rashi Foundation’s work, senior officials, educators, and leaders called for policies to ensure every child has an equal chance

Israel Real Estate

"UTOPIA" on the Linear Park

Creating a winning apartment mix: Secrets of planning luxury projects

By IN COOPERATION WITH NACHMIAS GROUP

The Cannon Square in Kiryat Motzkin

The struggle paid off: One of the oldest projects in the north is finally moving forward

By WALLA/REALESTATE

View of Jerusalem – the Old City, Gei Ben Hinnom, and the Sultan’s Pool

Apartments over 20 Million: The luxury market in Jerusalem is booming - right now

By OFER PETERSBURG/WALLA!

Reservist exercise in the North. January 17, 2024

Reservists without a home? Mizrahi Tefahot Bank has a special benefit for you

By WALLA! REAL ESTATE

Building Demolition Ceremony on Derech HaShalom

History on the path of peace: Old buildings demolished, hundreds of apartments to be built

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Christian World

POPE JOAN with the papal tiara, illustrated manuscript, c. 1560, Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Jewish mysticism: Did hassidic masters use the Pope Joan legend to heal?

If the Pope Joan narrative is mystically powerful, and telling the tale of that narrative is also potent, then recounting the story of the tale of the narrative might alleviate the pain.

THE WRITER addresses a conference in Zagreb, which he initiated as ambassador in 2019, marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the State of Israel.

Pope Leo XIV's letter to a rabbi is building bridges between Jews and Catholics

The new pope is aiming to bolster relations between the Catholic Church and Jerusalem.

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience with representatives of the media in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, May 12, 2025.

Pope Leo appeals for Israel to allow humanitarian aid in Gaza

In his first Sunday message on May 11, the new pope called for an immediate ceasefire and for the release of all Israeli hostages held by the militant group Hamas.

AT A ceremony in 2016 where he presented his credentials as Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican, the writer gifts Pope Francis with a replica of a sixth-century hanukkiah found in the Ancient Synagogue of Ein Gedi

The legacy of Pope Francis, marking a month since his passing

It is unfortunate that in his twilight years, the more disputable aspects of his views and conduct came increasingly to the fore, overshadowing gestures of goodwill and rights.

Health & Wellness

TAU biomed students in advanced labs

Bridging Science and Medicine: The Richter Institute for Medicine of the Future

Architectural rendering of the Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building, designed by architect Erez Shani.

Building Resilience: TAU National Center for Trauma and Resilience

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY President Prof. Ariel Porat, and dean of the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences Prof. Karen Avraham.

Creating the future for Israeli medicine and healthcare

By LIOR NOVIK , IN COLLABORATION WITH TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

KEREN DANIELY believes that creating a safe space for Israelis, even 4,000 km. away from their homes, could provide emotional support for people who may not even know they need it. Pictured here, nearly 600 people attend a Remembrance Day event in India, including Supernova music festival survivors

How Israeli non-profits heal mental wounds from Oct. 7, all the way in India

By SHOSH BEDROSIAN

Tzeela Gez, the pregnant woman wounded in a terror attack and succumbed to her wounds, May 15, 2025.

Organ donation by Tzeela Gez, murdered in West Bank shooting, brings hope amid tragedy

By DR. ITAY GAL

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MDA Heroes

MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post returns to New York for the 2025 Annual Conference

The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Leading Israel’s Future: The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Archaeology

The gold ring uncovered during excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David

Ancient gold ring with red gemstone discovered in City of David excavations

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Durupinar Formation radar scans reveal hidden structures associated with Noah's Ark.

Durupinar Formation radar scans reveal hidden structures associated with Noah's Ark

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

Tal Raviv: No hate – but humor.

Tal Raviv: A citizen’s journey through a national identity crisis

The Getter Group's Property Expert Luky Guigui with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon.

The Jerusalem Municipality is paving the way for ‘olim’

By SHIA GETTER , IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GETTER GROUP.

Diaspora

A tribute is placed at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025.

After museum shooting, Jewish groups call for $1 billion to secure religious institutions

By BEN SALES/JTA

Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Trump admin. argues Columbia University violated Jewish students' civil rights

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judaism

SEE EACH drop put in as a blessing.

A blessing or a burden? Life teaches us to create our own miracles

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

WHOSE LIFE comes first?

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Live and let live

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Food

Yossi Kransdorf, manager of the Visitors’ Center, attends to guests at the Shiloh Winery.

Wines of strength and grace

By BARNEA LEVI SELAVAN

MORDECHAI COHEN (R), the legendary ‘masgiach’ of Carmel’s Zichron Ya’acov Cellars.

Wine talk: Tzohar opening doors

By ADAM MONTEFIORE

Culture

An illustrative image of a person holding balloons as the Sun sets.

And now we cry: An Israeli book club's emotional struggles during war

By PAMELA PELED

THE WRITER displays some of his favorite books from the past year.

The best books of 2024: Top picks on Judaism, Israel, and global issues

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

Travel

Planes of Lufthansa

Lufthansa delays return of flights to Israel following internal security assessment

By DR. ITAY GAL

Red Line service was off track for much of this past Monday.

Off track: How Jerusalem light rail expansion, woes frustrate commuters

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Podcasts

National Unity Party head Benny Gantz speaks with the Post's editor-in-chief Zvika Klein at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City on May 19, 2025.

Deradicalization must be core of Gaza's day after plan, Gantz tells 'Post'

Tal Raviv in The Jerusalem Post studio.

Humor and hard truths: Tal Raviv Reflects on Gaza war, Judicial Reform, and the day after

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

US President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.

White House National Security Council slashes staff in dramatic restructuring, sources say

Leo James Terrell speaks during a reception honouring Black History Month, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025.

Trump official: US to crackdown on university antisemitism after Washington attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

History

Heads of carved African figures discovered at the site. They may indicate the origin of the buried individuals.

1,500-year-old figurines found in Negev point to early Christians in southern Israel

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Private Arthur Gessner, who fell in combat in April 1949.

IDF locates body of soldier who died in 1949, was buried as part of mass IDF grave

Science

An asteroid is seen flying near the Earth, specifically near the Middle East, in this artistic illustration.

Asteroid the size of 12.5 gorillas to pass Earth Wednesday in close flyby - NASA

PREVENTING SEVERE blood hemorrhaging.

Hebrew U., IDF researchers discover how to triple survival rates after severe blood loss

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

EGYPTIAN AND ISRAELI flags flutter next to each other at the Taba border crossing.

Korean national tries to swim to Israel after being denied entry

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A view of the spot from where the statue of Melania Trump was stolen in Rozno, near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, May 17, 2025.

Police investigate after Melania Trump statue stolen from Slovenian hometown

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sponsored Content

David Ben-Gurion (at right) in Sde Boker in May 1955.

Brains, heart, and soul: BGU’s transformative role in a Post-October 7th Israel

By IN COLLABORATION WITH AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY

The Antidote for Negativity Bias: a Summer of Torah Study

By RABBANIT ATARA EIS

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