Ghassan Al-Duhaini to replace Abu Shabab as Popular Forces leader in Gaza

Defense Minister Katz moves to extend IDF service to 36 months

 members of the Abu Shabab Popular Forces militia in the Gaza Strip.

'If I don't fight, my soldiers won't survive': How a wounded IDF commander led under fire

JERUSALEM REPORT
Soldiers in the Search and Rescue Brigade complete a month of basic training, then a six-month advanced course qualifying them first as infantry and then in search and rescue.
A guard carrying a weapon stands at the main entrance to the industrial city in Hassia, in Homs, Syria March 19, 2025.

Syrian regime thwarted Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempts, CENTCOM announces

‘More should be done’: UN pushes Syrian regime on justice for Druze, Alawites and minority groups

In Israel, even as more women take on  combat roles, their uniforms – and their equipment – remain very much designed for men, despite obvious differences in height, weight, and build.
OPINION

As women join IDF combat units, military kit must be redesigned to fit them

ByANDREW FOX
OPINION

Israel's debate over women in combat was settled on the battlefield

ByPNINA SHARVIT BARUCH
FRONTLINES

From the NSA to Israeli defense tech, Mike Rogers isn’t slowing down

Hezbollah's then-deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem seen in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, August 2, 2024

Hezbollah's Qassem says sending civilian delegate to ceasefire talks is concession to Israel

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement of new fuel economy standards, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 3, 2025.

Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship

Frank Gehry, architect of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, arrives to take part in the twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations of the museum, in Bilbao, Spain, October 17, 2022.

American architect Frank Gehry dies at age 96, New York Times reports

 FIFA World Cup 2026 - FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., U.S. - December 5, 2025 Musicians Robbie Williams and Nicole Scherzinger perform during the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw

Mexico to kick off 2026 World Cup against South Africa

At The Jewish Agency Board Meeting, ‘we act to impact’ becomes a blueprint for Israel’s recovery

In Collab
L to R: Jewish Agency Leadership: Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors  Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive; Bruce Sholk, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and Yehuda Setton, CEO and Director General.

Hamas officials create new security guidelines amid fear of Israeli assassination attempt

REPORT

Trump to announce transition to Phase II of Gaza deal, 'Board of Peace' by Christmas

REPORT
Hamas senior official Mohammed Nazzal speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Doha, Qatar, October 15, 2025.

IDF identifies and kills terrorist approaching forces in northern Gaza

IDF killed six terrorists and arrested dozens in "Operation Five Stones" in the northern West Bank.

IDF kills six terrorists, arrest dozens of wanted individuals in 'Operation Five Stones'

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

Ceasefire talks aim primarily at halting Israel's hostilities, Lebanon says

'This is not only an Israeli story': Hadar Goldin's brother warns West of hostage-taking threat

JERUSALEM REPORT

Middle Israel: Herzog must reject Netanyahu's cynical plea for a pardon

OPINION
Tzur Goldin speaks at an event to remember his twin brother, Hadar.

IDF reservist killed in car accident, two weeks before daughter's wedding

IDF reservist Maj. Eitan Orbach.
JERUSALEM REPORT

Two women break barriers with $150 million Israeli defense fund

Lital Leshem and Lee Moser founded Protego, Israel’s first and largest defense-tech venture capital firms after October 7 to support a growing number of start-ups in the field.
FRONTLINES

Inside the perfect political storm that triggered Netanyahu's pardon push

ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani meet in the Oval Office last month. ‘The buddy-buddy-like meeting upsets me terribly,’ says the writer.

Trump’s ideology vacuum is hurting Israel

OPINION
People cheer as they watch the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17, 2025.

Boycotts could hurt Eurovision budget but not the 'show,' host ORF says

 Yuval Raphael is the winner of the Rising star 2025 finale and will represent Israel in the Eurovision.

Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia withdraw from Eurovision after Israel cleared to compete

Israeli Druze doctor builds secret medical lifeline for besieged Sweida

EXCLUSIVE

Abu Shabab militia chief shot in Gaza gunfight, dies in Israeli hospital

Body bags lie at Sweida National Hospital, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes, and government forces, in Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Sweida in July.

Iran holds drills in Gulf, firing ballistic, cruise missiles at simulated targets

 A poster of hostage Bipin Joshi, a citizen of Nepal, is displayed at the protest camp for hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack,Jerusalem, November 13, 2024.

Hostages as leverage: Iran's secret demand aimed at crippling Israel's agriculture

EXCLUSIVE
 Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab with the backdrop of the Gaza Strip.

Yasser Abu Shabab's killing raises questions about Israel's militia strategy in Gaza

EXPLAINER

Iran, Qatar, other foreign actors backing anti-Israel demonstrations, LA Israeli consulate says

Fifth of GOP, Dem. voters hold anti-Jewish beliefs - Manhattan Institute poll

POLL
A woman waves a Palestinian flag, at an anti-ICE and Home Depot protest on November 28, 2025 in Torrance, California.

Harvard professor arrested by US immigration agents for firing pellet gun near synagogue

Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024.

JD Vance rejects claim that antisemitism is growing inside the GOP, breaking his silence on topic

US Vice President JD Vance attends a Breitbart News policy event in Washington, November 20, 2025; illustrative.

Man charged for giving terror literature to Manchester synagogue attacker

Europe once expelled Jewish musicians, now it hunts the only Jewish state

COMMENT

'Danger to Israel’s national security': Elmakayes warns against Gofman's Mossad appointment

A mass rally of Berliners took place in the Sportpalast, where Nazi Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and Gauleiter of Berlin, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, with ruthless frankness, described the danger facing Europe, 1943.
POLL

RZP crosses Knesset threshold, majority of Israelis support Netanyahu pardon

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen after a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on December 4, 2025.
WATCH

Netanyahu requests for pardon in trial as one hostage remains in Gaza

(Left) Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court. (Right) Trump sits with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and President Isaac Herzog at a special parliamentary session, where the US leader called on Herzog to pardon Netanyahu.

Katz rejects appt of Col. (res.) Gitelman, claims he promoted draft dodging

After Cambodia war, Thailand signs $108m deal for Israel’s Barak MX missile system

Germany's Arrow deployment paves way for other European buyers, air defense chief tells 'Post'

EXCLUSIVE
IAI's Barak MX air defense system

Israeli defense firm to help shield Czech skies from drones

CENTCOM's Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones.

CENTCOM unveils Task Force Scorpion Strike to field one-way attack drones in Mideast

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob visits Holzdorf Air Force base in Germany, December 3, 2025.

Baram to 'Post': Selling Arrow-3 to Germany helps increase IDF missile defense capacity

EXCLUSIVE

Honor killing in US: Afghan man kills wife in Washington state femicide

Putin arrest warrant will stand even if Ukraine agrees to amnesty, ICC prosecutors say

A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Tucker Carlson to headline Qatar’s Doha Forum, triggering pro-Israel backlash

Tucker Carlson speaks at a campaign event for Republican US President Donald Trump sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, US, October 23, 2024.

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia

Defaced posters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his father, late President Hafez al-Assad, hang at a military base at Mount Qasioun, which had restricted access during the civil war, in Damascus, Syria December 29, 2024

US Congress introduces bill to promote uncensored internet access in Iran

US Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) addresses a press conference focused on the ongoing partial shutdown of the US federal government, in Washington, DC, US, October 30, 2025.

Small patients, big emergencies

Small Patients, Big Emergencies

The Israeli golden era

Aryeh Bar Eitan, Joint Founder and CEO – IGOLD.

A new model for purposeful aging, made in Jerusalem

Nofei Yerushalayim: Philosophy that goes beyond a mere idea.

Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion

UK low-cost airline easyJet to resume Israel flights starting March 2026

 Netflix is launching a new design for its TV app

Your Investments: Planning after another strong year in the stock market

Stock market.

Your Taxes: OECD tries to fix home-office tax traps

 Work from home (illustrative)

US senators unveil bill to prevent easing of curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China

Southeast Asia storm deaths near 800 as scale of disaster revealed

Greece declares water emergency as nationwide supply measures accelerate

A drone view shows an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Padang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, November 30, 2025.

Sri Lanka's cyclone death toll climbs to 355, with 366 missing

Climate protestors wearing costume take in a protest for climate action at Horseshoe Beach on November 30, 2025 in Newcastle, Australia.

Australia climate change protest disrupts shipping at coal port, 21 arrested

Rain at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

'Tis the season: Signs that winter has arrived in Jerusalem

IDF rolls out innovative blood test to spot heart attack risk years in advance

Israel's measles outbreak linked to global decline in vaccination rates, WHO warns

Illustration of a blood test.

Digital attention exercises reduce soldiers’ PTSD risk, study shows

Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds

OPINION

A symptom of adult failure: Why 40% of Israeli teens exhibit violent, aggressive behavior

ByTALI EREZ

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

Young family dreaming about moving into new house.
INTERVIEW

Rabbi Sid Slivko: Helping pave the way for olim to live and thrive in Israel

Rabbi Sid Slivko

Preparing for the worst case scenario: Israeli gov't holds wargame for emergency aliyah

Aliyah Ministry in meeting.
EDITORIAL

Feel unsafe in New York? Start looking for a home in Israel

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025.

Licensed architects plus inspection institutes mark a new era in the construction industry

How to solve the rental crisis for young people in 120 days

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Many young people don’t want to buy apartments

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The quiet influencer guiding urban renewal projects to success

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Secure your future in Israel with a home of your own

All JPost Conferences   

Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

Past Event - The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

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

LIVE: The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

'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

Podcasts   

Episode three of The Deep Dive discusses mass conspiracy on X, Trump desginating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and whether Israel is going back to war in the North.

Antisemitic assassination conspiracy, Muslim Brotherhood, and regional flare-ups

The future of Israel's drone warfare: Alon Unger on dominance and defense

Chabad Hospitality in the cloud forest of Boquete, Panama

US Politics   

State Representative Matt Morgan (R-TX) holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in Texas, during a legislative session, August 20, 2025; illustrative.

US Supreme Court revives pro-Republican Texas voting map

Netanyahu will visit New York City despite Mamdani's threat to arrest him, PM vows

Harvard, Columbia quietly promote individuals involved in antisemitic incidents

Diaspora   

Rally-goers held signs distributed by UJA-Federation of New York, and braved the 30-degree weather outside Park East Synagogue, Dec. 4, 2025.

'Anti-Zionism is Jew hate': Jewish NYers rally for Park East Synagogue after anti-Israel protest

UK pro-Palestinian activist: Raid on Elbit factory aimed at destroying weapons

US judge questions Trump administration's continued targeting of pro-Palestinian Tufts student

Judaism   

HOW MUCH subtlety can survive in 100 cramped words?

Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Parashat Vayishlack: I lack nothing

Christian World   

Members of Christian delegation visit Nova site and Mount Herzl

‘Thank God, thank the soldiers’: Former hostages move Christian leaders at Nova site

Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift

US evangelical leader calls Tucker Carlson’s anti-Israel line ‘worse than Nazi Party platform’

Food   

ANICCA – from coffee and pastries to wine and tapas.

Anicca: Tel Aviv’s all-day vegan café

Holy in Tel Aviv: Great cocktails, innovative food, and jazz

Boiler 02: The hottest new club in Jerusalem

Archaeology   

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace

Ancient Sudan burial site reveals 4,000-year-old funeral ritual in forgotten Nubian kingdom

Archaeologists find record-size Ming Dynasty cannon at Great Wall of China

Science   

A microscopic magnetite fossil discovered in sediment below the North Atlantic, seen using X-ray microscopy

Ancient magnetite fossils may be remnants of a natural GPS used by marine creatures

Israeli gas sensor spots ‘mirror’ molecules, opening path to breath-based diagnostics

NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars

Culture   

BEITAR JERUSALEM'S Yarden Shua celebrates with his teammates after scoring his third goal to complete his first hat-trick during a 5-0 victory over Ironi Tiberias.

Shua hits 'hat-trick' in Beitar’s 5-0 rout as Israeli league delivers drama across the board

Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window

Avdija shines as Wolf and Saraf lift Nets in breakout night for Israeli NBA talent

History   

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann is photographed in his home on December 9, 2024 in New York.

NYC principal turns down Holocaust survivor’s talk over his ‘messages around Israel and Palestine’

New York Historical exhibition immerses listeners in Holocaust testimony

Nazi killer in infamous ‘Last Jew in Vinnitsa’ picture finally identified using AI

OMG   

 Actor Matthew Perry waits to announce nominations at Golden Globes news conference in Beverly Hills

Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison

Hugo Boss became wealthy off SS uniform production, study finds

Tesco suspends employee for refusing to handle Israeli goods, prompting pro-Palestinian protests

Consumerism   

EGGER

Looks like wood, feels like wood – but it’s something entirely different

Fiat 500 Hybrid unveiled: 65 HP, 0–100 km/h in 17.3 seconds

Luxury hotel near Tel Aviv with infinity pool blurring sky and sea

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily horoscope for December 2 - all Zodiac signs

December 2 Daily Horoscope for Every Zodiac Sign

Daily horoscope for 01/12/2025 – all zodiac signs

Below the Belt: Prostate Matters

Below the belt: Prostate matters

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

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams