Despite turbulent week, demand for commission of inquiry, bloc map remain stable

POLL

With half the country distrustful, Oct. 7 inquiry can't stay in government hands

EDITORIAL
An empty Knesset Plenum

Anti-Israel Colombia integrates IAI's Barak air defense system

 The Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile system.
The Deep Dive: 2025 recap

2025 recap: A year of triumph, resilience, and shifting tides

WATCH
 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Ms. Rachel, Cynthia Nixon among Pro-Palestinian activists in Zohran Mamdani's inaugural committee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

Qatargate resurfaces: What was really happening inside Netanyahu's office?

FRONTLINES
QATAR IS responsible for much anti-Israel activity, including suspicions of infiltrating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle. Here, a person holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration in March.

Middle Israel: Qatar’s infiltration into the PMO is ultimate violation of Israeli trust

OPINION
View of the Holy Land buildings next to old apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, on January 19, 2020.

Editor's Notes: Diaspora Jews are buying homes in Israel, and it is not just real estate

COMMENT
 Weight loss injections: Reducing sugar and increasing satiety.

Pharmacies report localized shortages as weight-loss injection Mounjaro arrives in Israel

Rare Byzantine-era gold coins discovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert.

Byzantine-era coins, ring discovered in Judean Desert point to Christian presence in region

 An Iron Dome air defense missile and two F-35 fighter jets are seen superimposed over a collage of the US and Israeli flags in this illustrative image.

How independent should Israel be of US weapons support as sides dive into MOU?

ANALYSIS

Chatam: The Anglo community in Rehovot you’ve probably never heard of

Rabbi Ashenberg, together with participants at the Semichas Chaver Siyum in Jerusalem

IDF, police conduct operation against criminal, terror operatives in Kafr Aqab, northern Jerusalem

Israeli Air Force unveils new rapid-response unit to stop October 7-style ground invasions

IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025.

Family of slain IDF Sgt. Gur Kehati announces dismantlement of military gravestone

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir speaks to Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border, October 9, 2025

Zamir orders 'War of Revival' be used on all IDF documents referring to Israel-Hamas War

REPORT
Female Border Police officers pictured in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Border Police officer enters Palestinian village near Hebron in uniform to visit boyfriend

'If you tell anyone, I'll kill you': Gaza hostage Romi Gonen recounts sexual abuse during captivity

WATCH

PMO workers involved in Qatargate 'must sit behind bars,' Smotrich says

 Romi Gonen is reunited with her mother Meirav.

Israel 'will never withdraw from Gaza,' Katz stresses despite US anger on settlement rhetoric

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Israeli civilian shoots at smugglers in southern Israel, leaves one dead

 IDF soldiers from the Kfir brgigade operate in the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2024.

Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet", as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen, at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025.

Trump orders strike on ISIS in Nigeria, wishes 'Merry Christmas to the dead terrorists'

People gather at the floral tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Antisemitic incidents in Australia rose by 600% in days following Bondi Beach massacre

Fuente Latina CEO Leah Soibel

Fuente Latina marks 13 years of helping Hispanic journalists cover Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024

Netanyahu: Israel to spend $110 billion on independent arms industry

Christmas passes peacefully in the Middle East

When faith comes under fire: How Iran’s repression of religious minorities has increased

FRONTLINES
Iraqis visit a Christmas market set-up at the foot of the city's ancient Citadel in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on Christman eve, December 24, 2025.

'Disrespecting the sacrifices': PA president faces backlash over cutting 'pay-for-slay' salaries

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

Lebanon's Aoun: Diplomatic effort continues to ward off 'specter of war' with Israel

Hezbollah supporters attend a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of their late leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025

Majority of Hezbollah terrorists 'work with Israel,' Lebanese operative claims

Sponsored Times Square billboard claims 'Jesus is Palestinian,' wishes a 'Merry Christmas'

Norway Social Party lights Hanukkah candles in honor of Palestinians in Gaza

New York City's Times Square billboard sponsored by the  American Arab Discrimination Committee, claiming that Jesus is Palestinian, December 25, 2025.

Australia creates special honor list for heroes of Bondi attack, will open nominations to public

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER Anthony Albanese arrives as family, friends and dignitaries attend a National Day of Reflection vigil and commemoration for the victims and survivors of the Bondi Massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2025.

Georgetown University severs ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks

United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, September 15, 2025.

Ogden man arrested for terrorist threats against Jewish community, explosives found in home

Searching for Christmas in Jerusalem’s Old City

COMMENT

Zambian children celebrate Christmas in Israel after Save a Child's Heart surgeries

Christmas in the Old City on December 25, 2025

Israel ranks last again in global Nation Brands Index amid sharp perception decline

A placard reading "Free Palestine, Boycott Israel" is held up among protesters carrying Palestinian flags at Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands on August 21, 2025.
COMMENT

Hamas's low-quality, 'harmless' manifesto should raise the alarm for all of us on Gaza

An illustrative photo of Hamas terrorists with hostage demonstrations in the background.
REPORT

Sharp rise in femicide in Israel in 2025, firearms become leading weapon

Israeli firm that detects divers and submarines considers listing on Tel Aviv exchange

Kenya receives Israeli SPYDER air defense system in $26 million deal

DSIT's sonar systems for naval platforms
OPINION

Why Israel must reinvest the billions from the Armis sale into its tech ecosystem

ByDORON AARONSOHN
 Smoke rises from an explosion after a projectile hit a group of buildings at an undisclosed location, after US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a ha

Red Sea conflict boosts Israel‑Gulf‑India defense innovation

OPINION
M4 Carbine superimposed on an Israeli flag

US awards Colt $12.9m. contract to supply M4A1 carbines to Israel

Ukraine, US negotiators discussed how to bring peace closer, Zelensky says

'Bitter irony': American Muslim Zionist says he was detained at al-Aqsa over hostage pin

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025.
REPORT

Pentagon watchdog criticizes Lockheed Martin for US F-35 maintenance failures

Unveiling of the new F-35 during a rollout ceremony of F-35 fighter jets ordered by Finland at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility in Fort Worth, Texas, US December 16, 2025.
REPORT

Stabbing in Boden, north Sweden leaves one dead two injured

Police vehicles park near the Risbergska school, following a deadly shooting attack at the adult education center in Orebro, Sweden, February 5, 2025

Turkey detains 115 suspected Islamic State members believed planning Christmas and New Year attacks

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014

Why was Gal Gadot Chosen to be the 2026 Laureate of the $1 Million Genesis Prize?

STAN POLOVETS, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation / Gal Gadot

Ester Ben David’s Zionist blueprint for building a stronger state

Ester Ben David and her team: “They are my rock.”

A legacy reinforced: Keren Hayesod shows its impact in Israel’s challenging times

Keren Hayesod World Chairman Sam Grundwerg, CEO & Dir Gen Edna Weinstock-Gabay, Dr. Tzachi Slutsky, Soroka Deputy Hospital Manager, visiting ruins from an Iranian missile at Soroka Hospital, Beersheba

NYC Jewish-Syrian community buys two Jerusalem towers in deal worth over NIS 1 billion

ServiceNow to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion

 A view of the luxury apartments and tall buildings in downtown Jerusalem, on October 27, 2015. Most of the luxury apartments are owned by foreign residents or by Israelis who use them as vacation homes. The city with the largest number of phantom apartments is Jerusalem.

Israel’s aviation rebounds in 2025 with 33% increase in passengers

AN EL AL flight takes off, 14 July, 2025,

Israeli tech salaries rose in 2025, but jobs fell and gaps widened

Integrating ultra-Orthodox students into research activities. Photographed in the laser laboratory at the Jerusalem College of Technology.

Israeli tech firms deepen European presence

Southeastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

Israeli scientists use AI to improve irrigation and spot plant stress early

STUDY
Wu Chien-Fu, director of Seismological Center speaks about the recent earthquakes in April during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan April 29, 2024; illustrative.

Winter in Jerusalem: Valleys, rails, and the city’s stories

MIRIAM ADELSON looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 16, 2025.

US House of Representatives passes bill to expedite permitting for big energy projects

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on the US economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, US December 9, 2025.

Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

STUDY

Scientists find hidden placental changes linked to gestational diabetes

Mosquito bite, illustration.
STUDY

From test results to bad news: Avoiding info can be coping strategy for threatening situations

OPINION

The path to precision medicine runs through virtual patients

ByNOAM SOLOMON

Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls

'Come home!': FM Gideon Sa’ar urges Diaspora Jews to make aliyah to Israel

Finding her place: Leora Leeder's journey from New York to Israel

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Israel advancing emergency aliyah plans in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

Ofir Sofer (middle), Rabbi Eli Schlanger (Far right)
POLL

'Eyeing the exits': Nearly half of British Jews don't feel welcome in UK, don't see future

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

Israel expected to advance aliyah emergency aid plan for new immigrants

 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016.

It’s all about the timing

Newly built or second-hand? What homebuyers need to know

OPINION
Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Nice presentations, less reality: Supervision in urban renewal under criticism

The Command Compound – Heart of the Old City.

Beersheba’s southern command to be vacated and transformed into a residential and leisure complex

Young family dreaming about moving into new house.

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

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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   

JPost sits down with Professor Michael Edelstein.

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

Are Australia's Jews safe? The crucial security, spiritual insights taken from Bondi Beach massacre

The ever-evolving David Broza: A new live jazz album

US Politics   

An illustration of oil rigs over a background of a Venezuelan flag.

White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Trump 'shares love of young girls,' Epstein wrote in card purportedly sent to Nassar

Diaspora   

Two men enjoy Chinese cuisine prepared by Chinese chefs within the guidelines of kosher food preparation at a restaurant.

Jewish Christmas tradition of Chinese food is now backed by science

Antisemitic ISIS-tied rape, kidnapping plot conspirator on bail as Toronto Jews question safety

Leaders who excuse antisemitism dig their own political grave

Judaism   

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas

Heroes of PALMAR: Hanukkah and the few against many

Bondi, Oct. 7: A deliberate pattern of terror on Jewish holidays

Christian World   

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025.

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza

‘Integral part of our nation’: Herzog visits Franciscan Sisters in Jerusalem ahead of Christmas

PA claims Israeli authorities prevented VP from attending Christmas Eve mass in Bethlehem

Food   

Aaron Reich and Shir Perets enjoy their donuts in Jerusalem Post's studio.

The donut debate: What is the best sufganiya in Jerusalem on Hanukkah 2025?

Gaston Steakhouse at Airport City: Where meat is an art

Amaia: Stellar dairy and fish in Jerusalem

Archaeology   

India archeologist. Ilustrative.

Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old labyrinth that reveals India’s role in ancient global trade

Oldest evidence of transport technology uncovered in White Sands, New Mexico

3000-year-old burial site uncovered in Scotland sheds light on devastation in the Bronze Age

Science   

An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

The world is pushing for nuclear fusion energy. Israel has the keys to crack it

Culture   

THE WRITER (right) sharing a drink and a smile with Avi Meller in the UK ambassador’s residence in Ramat Gan in 2012 at an event to promote the London Olympics.

Media legend Avi Meller’s death dims lights of Israel’s sporting arenas

Controversial actor, director Mohammad Bakri dies at 72

Hapoel Tel Aviv stays atop Euroleague with road conquest of Bayern Munich

History   

The entrance of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany.

From Auschwitz to Dachau: How a pharmacist became central to Nazi camp medical crimes

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

OMG   

eople look at the artifacts found during the construction of the new metro line at the Colosseum metro station which promise to dazzle locals and tourists with museum-like displays of archaeological discoveries, in Rome, Italy December 16, 2025.

New Rome metro stations showcase ancient treasures after years of delays

Trump tells children, 'US military is tracking Santa' at NORAD's Christmas calls event

Amanda Seyfried learns about Shaker founder for film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

Consumerism   

Airwallex Team.

Investors eye growth: Airwallex raises $330M in successful funding round

Narin Ammara turns adversity into ambition with the upcoming launch of Narins Beauty

Wood, bamboo, and warm light: Celebrate Hanukkah with green and unique design

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 11, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 10, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

President-CEO Eric Fingerhut addressing attendees at the 2024 General Assembly.

“We know what needs to be done”: Eric Fingerhut enters JPost DC Conference with hopefulness

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

From vision to action

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