Trump says Saudi Arabia may accept Israeli help against Houthis, revive Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump departs White House as he travels en route to rally in Georgia Friday, 16th October 2026
Houthi supporters carry weapons as they gather in solidarity with the movement as fighting intensifies across several fronts, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 7, 2026.
A Saudi man walks past a banner of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman displayed on a commercial building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 15, 2026.

Saudi-led coalition intercepts missiles, drones as IDF prepares for strikes on southern Lebanon

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'This is our homeland': Netanyahu responds to Obama accusations that Israel stole Palestinian land

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits supporters in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026.
A still image appearing to show Washington Post photojournalist Nadia Levine wounded in a hospital bed after reporting on a clash between extremist settlers and Palestinians near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

Washington Post photojournalist wounded in clash between Israelis, Palestinians in West Bank

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FRONTLINES
AN ELECTION billboard featuring Gadi Eisenkot towers over campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The battle for Israel: As Netanyahu rallies the Right, Eisenkot makes his move for power

JERUSALEM REPORT

Tehran's hidden hand: Was Iran behind the attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight to Israel?

Former US president Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

You don't need psychic powers to see Obama is an 'antisemitism superspreader'

OPINION
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister following their meeting as part of a visit in Athens on May 7, 2025.

'Egypt will never pose a threat': Netanyahu questioned Egypt's military expansion, Sisi says

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to attendees during a celebration at the National Action Network (NAN) for the 72nd birthday of its founder and president, Rev. Al Sharpton, in New York City, US, October 3, 2026.

Majority of New York Jewish voters view Mamdani unfavorably

POLL
US President Donald Trump speaks with media before boarding Marine One as he travels to Grand Island, Nebraska, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 5, 2026.

'We'll knock it out fast': Trump threatens Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site with strikes

People walk past a vehicle displaying Likud campaign posters featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, October 16, 2026

Israeli media's polling obscures the majority opposed to Netanyahu

OPINION
A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, August 5, 2026

Netanyahu built Israel’s military power, but undermined its security

OPINION

The war that will shape Israel's next Knesset

JERUSALEM REPORT
Israelis hold banners reading ‘Remember and never forget’ as they block the highway for a moment of silence during an October 7 memorial ceremony marking the third anniversary of Hamas’s attack in Tel Aviv.

Israel cannot afford another election: Why Netanyahu, Eisenkot must consider unity

OPINION

People of Israel, Reservists-Economic Party could be deciders of election result, pollster says

Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

Liberman accuses Eisenkot of plotting post-election alliance with Netanyahu, siphoning votes

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026
POLL

Majority of Israelis favor unity government if October 27 election ends without clear winner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Gadi Eisenkot (R).

Why American doctors travel to Israel for Magen David Adom training

Participants in a previous Magen David Adom International Seminar on Emergency Response visit the Western Wall, Jerusalem

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba commander in Gaza who infiltrated Re'im base on October 7

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba commander Maher Walid Omar al-Husseini in Gaza Strip, October 14, 2026.

UN says Gaza malnutrition gains fragile as Israel halts commercial shipments

Italy investigating Katz, other senior officials over alleged torture of Gaza flotilla activists

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, at the National Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, September 22, 2026

Ben-Gvir plans to change IDF ethics code, emphasize 'Jewish values,' if named defense minister

A pre-election billboard of Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, bearing the Hebrew text, "If he had been defense minister, October 7 would not have happened," is on display ahead of Israel's general election later this month, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 6, 2026.

Israel picks between 'secular democracy or theocracy' in election, chess master Garry Kasparov says

Clouds hang over Cagliari, Italy, January 31, 2026

Italian intelligence suggest link between Palestinian terrorists, Sicilian mafia

A passenger plane prepares to land at the airport as commuters drive on the road below on a heavily polluted day in Chiang Mai on April 2, 2026

Thai authorities inspect Chabad House in Chiang Mai, find no violations

For an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early,’ the writer argues. Here, Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September.

Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era

OPINION
There are many roads that lead home.

From Terah to today: The many roads that lead Jews home

Hillel rabbi in Georgia's Emory fired over fiance's Israel criticism, pro-Palestinian posts

Candler Library, Emory University

Trump addresses Michigan synagogue as antisemitism event sparks Jewish community backlash

Canadian anti-Israel group to host Wikipedia edit-a-thon honoring ‘martyred’ Palestinians

Protesters and counter protesters hold flags during a protest outside the screening of the documentary "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" about the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2025.

UK expands sanction powers, enabling action against companies supporting West Bank settlements

 NEWLY ELECTED BRITISH MPs gather in the House of Commons Chamber for a group photo in London.

Banning Beersheba fans, allowing pro-Hamas rally shows Netherlands broken, Israeli ambassador says

Iran manages to ship some gas, jet fuel despite US blockade, sanctions, data shows

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026.

Basij female unit commander assassinated in latest attack targeting Iranian armed forces

Hamas will be destroyed within 18 months of becoming PM, Eisenkot pledges

Senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, speaks during a conference in Gaza city, on November 4, 2019.

'Shoot the Jews': Two years after Sinwar's death, IDF releases letter from Sinwar's 10-year-old son

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter, who was killed in the recent fighting with Israel, with a Kalashnikov rifle in his hand during a rally in Gaza City on May 24, 2021.

IDF releases Sinwar letter encouraging Oct. 7 terrorists to plan broadcast of massacre footage

'I don't trust anybody': Trump declines to endorse Netanyahu in upcoming election race

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.

Right-wing activists affiliated with Otzma Yehudit invade Arab Joint List Tel Aviv headquarters

Jewish guide to the 2026-27 NBA season

Domantas Sabonis and Deni Avdija.
OPINION

Eighty years after Nuremberg, October 7 shows why evidence still matters

SMOKE AND FIRE rise from where a rocket fired from Gaza struck Ashkelon, on October 7, 2023.
ByELLIOT COSGROVE
OPINION

My Word: The Nobel non-Peace Prize

ByLIAT COLLINS

Reporter's notebook: Israeli defense tech brings a wartime playbook to AUSA

The UVision booth at AUSA.

Israel ended Iran war with more interceptors than it started with, Rafael CEO says

EXCLUSIVE

Israel received Iranian, Russian weapons in secret transfer from Ukraine, fmr. ambassador says

This US Department of Defense (DoD) handout photo shows the Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon March 11, 2003 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

'Mother of all bombs': Potential US strike plans for Iran include largest non-nuclear weapon

REPORT
The Axiom Mission 3 launches to the International Space Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2024.

US Space Force electromagnetic weapons played key role in Venezuela, Iran operations

REPORT

White House Press Secretary Zacharia 'let go' from role, official says

A screengrab from "Fox and Friends First" shows Katie Zacharia weighing in on legal matters as an "attorney" on August 31, 2026.

Kamala Harris criticizes Biden administration's failure to curb Israel's conduct during Gaza war

Russian drones kill three in Ukraine, cut power to 1 million as US, Russia seek further cooperation

Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Rivne region Friday, 16th October 2026
FEATURE

Saved from Nazi-occupied Prague, thousands of Torah scrolls find new life through a Satmar scribe

On Febuary 7, 1964, two enormous trucks carrying the 1,800 stained and tightly packed scrolls arrived in London...
OPINION

Holocaust memory compels us to reject false genocide claims and face Gaza’s agony

A Jew is arrested by German soldiers in April 1943 after the uprising of the Warsaw ghetto during WW2. When the Nazis set up the ghetto in 1940, it held more than 300 000 Jews. Two years later most of them has either died from starvation or disease or been carted off to an extermination camp.
ByMENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT/JTA, JAMES MCAULEY/JTA

Acting CEO of Mekorot development & enterprise: Understanding the problem key to finding solutions

Barak Graber, Acting CEO, Mekorot Development & Enterprises

From forensic evidence to global accountability: Families demand the world hear the truth of Oct. 7

Jonathan Riss, Managing Director of the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, welcomes guests to the Forensic Symposium on Tuesday

A place in Israel

Connecting buyers, properties and professionals to simplify the journey to an Israeli home.

Your Taxes: How Israeli businesses can claim compensation for protection money damage

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.

Your Investments: Building your Ark before retirement’s storm

Flying cars: Tesla's new Roadster uses SpaceX thrusters to turn in the air, can drive upside down

Tesla unveils its long-delayed Roadster nearly a decade after first revealing a next-generation version of its original electric sports ​car, at a launch event in Waco, Texas, US, on October 15, 2026.

Yaron Zelekha slams Netanyahu's economic policy, vows to cut cost of living

Professor Yaron Zelekha, chairman of the New Economic Party and a candidate on the joint electoral list with Yoaz Hendel’s Reservists Party, speaks during a press conference in the central Israeli city of Modi’in, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 15, 2026.

Ukraine's Starshield functionality in motion has been restored, source says

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

This view shows a collapsed building and damaged cars after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the country, in Penonome, Panama, on October 9, 2026.

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

Ships by the Eilat port, Red Sea, on January 03, 2024.

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

Hadassah inaugurates Cyprus medical center, plans hospital near Nicosia

A CT scanner at Hadassah Medical Center in Limassol, Cyprus.

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

REPORT

Pope Leo had lobe of lung removed as doctors found cancer, Vatican says

Yemen fighting overwhelms hospitals, cuts aid to 800,000 people, relief agencies say

Schneider Children's Medical Center established a program for children facing school anxiety

Former Prisoners of Zion, aliyah activists, discuss plans for new Soviet Jewry heritage center

Alex Silnitsky addresses a gathering of former Prisoners of Zion and aliyah activists at the Heritage Ministry in Jerusalem on October 5.

Europe sees fragmented pro-Palestinian protests on the three year anniversary of October 7

Investing in Israel's immigrants: New VC firm offers olim up to $500k. in funding for startups

Welcoming new olim to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport, September 14, 2026.
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

Demonstrators hold lit flares behind a banner reading AUTODEFENSE Lyceenne, amid smoke and flags. Grenoble, Isere, France, October 6, 2026.

Where the sea meets sophistication

Architecture: Yashar Architects

Make your Jerusalem aliyah dream come true! The Crown in Mekor Chaim 55

WATCH

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

Image for illustration purposes only.

In the middle of the triangle

The New Talpiot project.

‘New Talpiot’: A global community in one of Jerusalem’s most sought-after locations

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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   

Bini Zomer, GM for Corporate Affairs & Joint Ventures at Chevron Mediterranean Limited

Chevron’s GM for Corporate Affairs and Joint Ventures at Jpost Diplomatic Conference

“Let's tell the incredible story of this place”

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   

US military officers stand near US Air Force planes, which were used to evacuate people from Afghanistan, at Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, September 4, 2021.

US military weighs 'Mother of All Bombs' for Iran strikes as Eisenkot vows to destroy Hamas

Israelis and Diaspora Jews are donating more since Oct. 7, says JGive founder

Deri issues haredi draft law ultimatum as Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia

US Politics   

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to attendees during a celebration at the National Action Network (NAN) for the 72nd birthday of its founder and president, Rev. Al Sharpton, in New York City, US, October 3, 2026.

Majority of New York Jewish voters view Mamdani unfavorably

White House Press Secretary Zacharia 'let go' from role, official says

Talarico blames Netanyahu, not Israeli people, for devastation in Gaza

Diaspora   

A passenger plane prepares to land at the airport as commuters drive on the road below on a heavily polluted day in Chiang Mai on April 2, 2026

Thai authorities inspect Chabad House in Chiang Mai, find no violations

Hillel rabbi in Georgia's Emory fired over fiance's Israel criticism, pro-Palestinian posts

How Brandeis University is reimagining the liberal arts for a new generation

Judaism   

There are many roads that lead home.

From Terah to today: The many roads that lead Jews home

Parashat Noah: How prayer becomes an ark that carries us through turbulent times

Parashat Noah: The main thing is the intention

Christian World   

 Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Luanda, Angola, April 18, 2026.

Pope Leo had lobe of lung removed as doctors found cancer, Vatican says

Friends of Zion says October 7 broadcast reached 250 million in 176 countries

Christian tourists buy West Bank settlement goods in protest of European trade restrictions

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   

On Febuary 7, 1964, two enormous trucks carrying the 1,800 stained and tightly packed scrolls arrived in London...

Saved from Nazi-occupied Prague, thousands of Torah scrolls find new life through a Satmar scribe

On This Day: Final living hostages return from Gaza, as Trump addresses Knesset following ceasefire

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

OMG   

Actor Selma Blair attends Variety’s 2026 Power of Women: Los Angeles event in Beverly Hills, California, US September 23, 2026.

Actor Selma Blair arrested, accused of abusing flight attendants

Former England soccer star Wayne Rooney says grandma was Polish Jew during Auschwitz visit

'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts amid legal troubles

Travel   

Rendering of the NYX Dead Sea Hotel, Fattal Hotels.

Fattal unveils massive expansion with 12 new Israeli hotels

A hidden underwater world: Rare rays spotted off the Galilee coast

Jerusalem opens its doors: Free Open House tours this month

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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