What Venezuela's renewed ties with Israel could mean for Iran

ANALYSIS
 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attend a news conference in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2022.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured) after Iran delivered the second of four Aframax-sized oil tankers, with a capacity of 800,000 barrels, ordered from the Iranian company SADRA, to Venezuela in Tehran, Iran, June 12, 2022
A Venezuelan government supporter holds the flags of Iran and Venezuela while participating in a march in support of Iran, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2025.

Iran maintains it controls Strait of Hormuz, rejects Trump’s claims of 'total US dominance'

Live Updates

Reporters Without Borders removes Gazan terror operatives from its official media casualty database

A Hamas terrorist previously listed as a journalist by RSF.
A Palestinian man walks past the rubble of buildings destroyed by the IDF in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, August 11, 2026

IDF strikes Hamas terror cell, resuming preemptive strikes despite Trump's Gaza deal

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

USS Abraham Lincoln conditions under scrutiny after reports sailors attempted to jump overboard

Police impose gag order on details of Israeli mother, daughter's disappearance in Vienna

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, June 30, 2026; illustrative.

Stable West Bank keeps Israel secure, State Dept. says as Huckabee calls settlers ‘terrorists'

Footage showing extremist settlers running in the West Bank village of Kusra, August 12, 2026.

Settler leaders condemn Kusra violence, warn of ‘irreversible damage’ to Israel

Footage showing extremist settlers throwing rocks in the West Bank village of Kusra, August 12, 2026.

IDF reverses evacuation of Palestinians amid settler chaos in West Bank's Kusra

 Israeli soldiers (top) stand guard next to settlers in front of the Palestinian houses in the village of Kusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on August 12, 2026.

'We feel besieged': Family vows to stay as settler extremists target West Bank town of Kusra

INTERVIEW
Outgoing Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky with FM Gideon Sa'ar.

Israel's Ukraine envoy: October 7 transformed Jerusalem-Kyiv ties after years of tension

INTERVIEW
This photograph taken on February 13, 2025 shows the view of the Kremlin's towers with Moscow's International Business Centre (Moskva City) in the background in Moscow.

Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill 'inconvenient' Ukrainian-American citizen

The war for Israel’s home

Erez Winner, chairman of HaBithchonistim

Disabled IDF veteran says he was forced to leave McDonald's with service dog

REPORT
(FILE PHOTO) A food delivery man waits outside a McDonalds restaurant in Tel Aviv. April 18, 2020

Israel's failure to restrain violent Jewish extremists in West Bank reaches new low

ANALYSIS

In unusual legal measure, Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli placed under house arrest without charges

Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, August 11, 2022
REPORT

US intelligence doubted Israeli warnings of Iranian assassination threats against Trump

US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.
POLL

Israeli youth eager for combat, see IDF as victorious but distrust senior commanders

Hamas militants stand guard near a stage before releasing Israeli hostage Agam Berger to a Red Cross team in Jabalia on January 30, 2025, as part of their third hostage-prisoner exchange; illustrative

Hamas plans to run in upcoming Palestinian elections, to prioritize status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Members of Houthi security force stand guard as Houthi supporters rally against the Saudi-led coalition's restrictions on Houthi-controlled areas, which the group describes as a blockade, in Sanaa, Yemen, July 17, 2026.

Saudi Arabia considers backing Yemeni ground offensive to retake Houthi-held Red Sea coast

 AL ZAYANI, NETANYAHU, Trump and bin Zayed participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords.

Lesson of the UAE, Abraham Accords: Lasting peace begins in the classroom

OPINION
A view of a charred wall of a building at Rotterdam port after an explosion, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 13, 2026 in this still image obtained from a video.

Explosion in Rotterdam kills at least one person, is under investigation

The DSA says October 7 was inevitable. It was planned. It was a choice

OPINION
 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

‘Hitler didn't finish the job’: Man threatens to shoot Australian Jews in France, AJA tells 'Post'

Jewish Federations fires consultant over advice to avoid 'Zionism,' sparking debate over term

“120 Years of Zionism,”  an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897.
STUDY

‘It’s us against the Jew’: Dan Bilzerian pushes antisemitic rhetoric ahead of Florida primary

 Dan Bilzerian on Patrick Bet-David show, August 2024.
OPINION

The man behind the curtain: How Hasan Piker became a political kingmaker

ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Israel not doing enough to quell West Bank settler violence, White House official says

REPORT
The damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.

Iran claims control of Strait of Hormuz, rejecting Trump’s claim of US total dominance

EXCLUSIVE

What comes after the war? Israel's defense chiefs reveal where the IDF plans to remain

A member of the Lebanese army sits on a military vehicle in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, after the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-mediated plan, in southern Lebanon, July 26, 2026.

US pushes back as Katz says IDF will not withdraw from security zone in southern Lebanon

Israeli soldiers are seen near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, May 17, 2026.

US, Israel deny report of agreement on foreign forces for Hezbollah disarmament

Eurovision heads to Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as Burgas confirmed 2027 host city

A panoramic aerial view of Burgas, the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria.

Netanyahu's Likud must get its house in order if it hopes to perform this October

EDITORIAL

Journalist Oren Nahari dies at 70 after battle with ALS

Television presenter Oren Nahari speaks at the Sapir Prize for Literature award ceremony in Tel Aviv on January 2, 2023.

Reporter's Notebook: How Secret Service used plane swap, fake walk to hide Trump threat

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, August 7, 2026
COMMENT

Remembering Oren Nahari: The storyteller who brought the world into Israeli living rooms

'Whether you like it or not': The Israeli VC on who's really buying Israeli tech

WATCH
 Yoni Heilbronn: 'It's every man for himself'

Made in India: Inside the India-Israel weapons alliance Amnesty wants dismantled

FEATURE

Elbit Systems order backlog hits $32 billion amid global defense boom

 Illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of Ondas Holdings Inc.

Ondas wins Defense Ministry tender for next generation attack drones

An illustration of Lockheed Martin’s newly announced Strigo defense system.

Lockheed Martin announces new Strigo defense solution system, dedicated product center

ZAKA volunteers open temporary clinic amid search and rescue operations after Colombia earthquake

ZAKA volunteers operating at one of the sites that was struck by an earthquake in Colombia, August 13, 2026.

Religious leaders sign interfaith peace accord in Abuja to launch national harmony initiative

'Profoundly corrupt': Trump faces lawsuit after selling early access to Truth Social posts

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US, July 15, 2026.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaves position to spend time with family

Reporters raise hands as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 16, 2026.

Colombia sees criticism from Arab states after recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

Colombia's President Abelardo De La Espriella speaks before visiting sites damaged by Monday's earthquake, in Manizales, Colombia, August 11, 2026.

The redemption test: Which travel credit card actually gets you on a flight?

Niv Sultan and Deni Avdija for FLY CARD.

One year after Milei’s Genesis Prize, the Isaac Accords are forging a pro-Israel network across LA

David Hatchwell, selection committee chairman, The Genesis Prize Foundation (L); President Milei; and Josh Reinstein, president of the Israel Allies Foundation, at Chairman’s Conference, Brazil 2026.

Tel Aviv University plans to rename Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences

View of the Tel Aviv University campus

Israeli venture firm Team8 raises $365m. to invest in AI-native start-ups

A display showing stock market data is seen outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on March 09, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on February 28th; illustrative

Jared Kushner's brother Joshua, former Disney CEO Bob Iger, buying NBA's Los Angeles Lakers team

Blue Bird Airways expands Italy network with four direct routes from Tel Aviv

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.
OPINION

Why the diamond industry must abandon dogma and embrace lab-grown pragmatism

A diamond.
ByAHMED BIN SULAYEM

West Bank employment rebounds after Oct. 7 drop, but wages, protection remain weak, PCBS data shows

Severe storms, tornados kill multiple people in Midwest US as power is cut in Chicago, Columbus

Damaged houses are seen a day after a tornado ripped through Menasha, Wisconsin, on July 28, 2026.

Severe heatwaves in Bulgaria reveal ancient Rome's Constantine Bridge hidden under Danube's waters

Colombia continues search and rescue operations after earthquake, over 250 killed

The moon completely covers the sun during a solar eclipse near the northern Spanish town of Reinosa, August 12, 2026.

Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators across Europe

Explosion of infrastructure in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side. August 10, 2026.

Lebanese firefighters accuse Israel of intentionally causing fires during strikes

REPORT

Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.

What do we know about the multistate salmonella outbreak in the US?

EXPLAINER

Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses

Australia to vaccinate vulnerable native birds against bird flu following New Zealand's lead

Taylor Farms recalls salsa, guacamole over salmonella risk, weeks after cyclosporiasis concerns

How a Connecticut Torah scroll traveled 50 years, and thousands of miles, to make aliyah

OPINION
The sefer torah.

Sages, synagogues, and seaside: Discovering Jewish history along the French Riviera

FEATURE

Twenty-four years of new olim: Nefesh B'Nefesh welcomes its 100,000th immigrant to Israel

The Douglas family, including Nefesh B'Nefesh's 100,000th olah, celebrate their immigration to Israel, August 2026.

Birthright Israel launches project to build gardens for Druze town two years after Hezbollah strike

Birthright Israel volunteers in Majdal Shams.

‘Power of Zionism’: Israel welcomes 140 new immigrants from France, including 80 children

The Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog (far right) and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer with a new Olim family from France, August 3, 2026.

Midtown Jerusalem by Israel Canada: A premier living, retail & leisure hub

Israel Canada invites you to experience life at MIDTOWN JERUSALEM. A prestigious complex that combines residential living, retail, leisure, and a prime location.Renderings are provided for illustration purposes only.

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon

Everything on a grand scale. Except the price

Luria Project, Jerusalem Moradot Arnona.

Tzarfati Shimon launches phase 2 of Luria Project in Jerusalem's Moradot Arnona

Shponder & Fadlon Project.

From two construction families in Even Yehuda to leading real estate group: Shponder & Fadlon story

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The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference returns to Jerusalem

Diplomatic Conference

Heading ‘Down Under’: The Jerusalem Post announces Sydney Summit

Sydney, Australia Summit

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

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Conference   

Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog

Michal Herzog: Women must 'use their voice' to shape Israel’s future

'Without human insight, innovation is useless'

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

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   

The Israeli army near the border fence with Gaza, southern Israel. February 09, 2026.

IDF strikes Hamas cell in Khan Yunis as gag order hits Vienna disappearance probe

Gazans steal pipes from Yellow Line, IDF reacts too slowly

'Whether you like it or not': The Israeli VC on who's really buying Israeli tech

US Politics   

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US, July 15, 2026.

'Profoundly corrupt': Trump faces lawsuit after selling early access to Truth Social posts

Trump administration set to spend $900 million on White House construction projects

AIPAC-backed candidate John Larson defeated in Connecticut Democratic primary by Luke Bronin

Diaspora   

ZAKA volunteers operating at one of the sites that was struck by an earthquake in Colombia, August 13, 2026.

ZAKA volunteers open temporary clinic amid search and rescue operations after Colombia earthquake

Jared Kushner's brother Joshua, former Disney CEO Bob Iger, buying NBA's Los Angeles Lakers team

Jack Ukeles, researcher of Jewish communities, dies at 89 years old in Jerusalem

Judaism   

It takes courage to reject someone who has demonstrated extraordinary gifts.

Parashat Re'eh: The tyranny of ‘one’ truth

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Parashat Re'eh: The choice to choose

Christian World   

Theodor Herzl in Palestine. November 1898. Photography by David Wolffsohn. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Theodor Herzl in Palaestina. Anfang November 1898.

For Zion’s Sake: Why two Catholic theologians are taking a stand for Israel

Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say

Many Christian Arabs proud to be part of Israeli society, ambassador to Christian World says

Food   

PistVanilla ice cream with cherries and 'edible' flowers.

Caesarea Golf Club’s Mariposa: Kosher dining hits above par

Mifgash Ticho: A fantastic meat meal in the heart of Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s Food Truck Festival: Good food with better prices

Archaeology   

A drone view of the foundations of the ancient Constantine Bridge, commissioned by Roman emperor Constantine I and inaugurated in 328 CE, is seen in the Danube River near Gigen, Bulgaria, in this handout image released on August 6, 2026.

Severe heatwaves in Bulgaria reveal ancient Rome's Constantine Bridge hidden under Danube's waters

Egypt uncovers first complete bath complex, ancient hydraulic system north of Suez Canal

Egypt unearths underground tombs, golden tongues ahead of construction in ancient coastal city

Science   

 OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024

AI agent caught creating fake online identities during OpenAI, Anthropic model security evaluations

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound

Prehistoric people in Eurasia, North America specifically hunted female mammoths, new study shows

Culture   

Photo of a screening at Yehi'am Fortress National Park/Courtesy of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.

'Summer at the Movies' program brings family, films, and fun to Israel's national parks

'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll

What to watch this week: 'Operation Thunderbolt,' 'Jurassic Park,' and Israeli classics

History   

 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

'A Life of the Mind': New biography reexamines the mind of Hannah Arendt

The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on

OMG   

A pilote on the flight deck in the Airbus A350X WB passenger plane as he stands on the tarmac at Munich Airport during a presentation of the new plane by Airbus officials on February 27, 2015; illustrative.

Catch him if you can: Ex-flight attendant pleads guilty to posing as pilot for nearly five years

Surf’s pup: Some 20 dogs make a splash at annual World Dog Surfing Championships in California

Fabulous felines: Celebrating the beloved cats of the 'Post' for International Cat Day

Travel   

Family, illustration.

Heatwave leaves no choice: Indoor air-conditioned attractions for the summer vacation

Tel Dan Nature Reserve damaged by missile in war; here is how it looks after restoration

Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter offers family ticket to six heritage sites for NIS 160

David Alexander, Deputy CEO of Phoenix Financial

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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