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US offers Israel intelligence information to avoid full-scale Rafah op.

The information offered by the US reportedly includes details regarding the whereabouts of Hamas leaders and the terror group's tunnels.

People attend a vigil in front of the Fraenkelufer synagogue in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2023.

US K-12 schools saw 690% rise in antisemitism three months after October 7

Eden Golan, from Israel, waves a flag during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024.

Eurovision 2024: Israel's Eden Golan comes in fifth, Switzerland wins contest

IDF fighters in the Gaza Strip

IDF expands operations in Gaza, rocket falls in Ashkelon leaves three wounded

Breaking News

Eden Golan lands in Israel after coming in fifth at Eurovision

New western Erez crossing opens for aid delivery - report

Trump says Biden's actions 'are worst betrayals of an American ally in country's history'

Top News

Orthodox Jewish children get off a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, April 9, 2019.

NYC protesters shout 'babykillers' at Jewish elementary school children

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A protester leads a chant as students and workers hold a pro-Palestinian rally near MIT's Stata Center, demanding MIT divest from Israel, among other demands, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. May 9, 2024.

Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, US, May 8, 2024

Biden’s policy marks a dark turning point in US-Jewish relations

Florida student openly admits to being 'anti-Jewish' at panel event

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

UN seemingly halves estimate of Gazan women, children killed

By YUVAL BARNEA

Israel-Hamas War

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024.

IDF kills Oct. 7 PIJ terrorist, announces field hospital built in central Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF in Gaza on May 11, 2024

IDF expands operations in Gaza, calls for civilian evacuation

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Ken Griffin, founder and CEO, Citadel, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confer in the Knesset plenum last month. Many Israelis are thirsty for a decisive Israeli victory and a long-term strategy in order to finally live in peace and without existential threat, the writer asserts.

'Subordinate to the prime minister': Argument breaks out between Netanyahu, Gallant, Shin Bet chief

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Still from a video released by Hamas showing hostage Nadav Popplewell, May 11, 2024.

Hamas publishes video of Nadav Popplewell, claims hostage killed by Israeli airstrike

By YUVAL BARNEA , DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Amid an ongoing war, we salute Israel's fallen

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Was October 7 the Holocaust's sequel?

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

The new heart of the Jewish calendar: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day

By YITZ GREENBERG

The speech that a patriotic prime minister should deliver in the face of war

By DAN PERRY

Zionism isn't inconsistent with the Torah: Rather, they go hand-in-hand

By URI PILICHOWSKI

Israel News

Memorial candles.

Honor Israel's fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day through the FIDF virtual experience

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘THE WORLD Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’; Holocaust education, which includes books like this one, is failing survivors, says the writer.

The state of Holocaust education is dire, and the situation is failing survivors

By ANDREA SAMUELS

The truth about living in Israel at this time

By MICHALI CAPLAN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem in March. He has been through a lot, but nothing like this, the writer maintains.

New polls show declining confidence in the Likud and sharp drop in Israeli citizens' optimism

TRUCKS at the Erez crossing are on their way to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, this week. Hamas has blown up humanitarian supply infrastructures that Israel facilitated, and instead spent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid on military attack infrastructures, the writer asserts.

Defiant independence: Israel must show resolve against international emasculation

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

Analysis and Features

An Israeli soldier stands during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, at an installation at the site of the Nova festival where party goers were killed and kidnapped during the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, in Reim, southern Israel, May 6, 2024.

Amid an ongoing war, we salute Israel's fallen

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Different color fabrics.

From Silk to silence: MIT unveils lightweight fabric that can tackle noise pollution

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The ex-haredi journalist who spent a year researching Mea She'arim

The new heart of the Jewish calendar: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day

By YITZ GREENBERG

A demonstrator carries an Israeli flag as he walks through fields to avoid a check-point and reach a protest against the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel an

Zionism isn't inconsistent with the Torah: Rather, they go hand-in-hand

By URI PILICHOWSKI

HEROINES OF SWORDS OF IRON

Ono Conversation Corner

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Real Estate Listings

Signage is seen outside the Moody's Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 12, 2021

Moody's left Israel's credit rating at A2, reconfirming negative outlook

TechMod will be built in the northeast of the city and will include four buildings with 86,000 square meters of office space and an additional 14,000 square meters of commercial space.

TechMod tech park to transform Modi’in

By YUVAL NISANI

Students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem attend a rally in support of the IDF and the defense and security of Israel, as well as protest against a Hebrew U professor who had created a petition against Israel and minimized and denied the horrors of the October 7 massacre by Hamas. March 17, 2024.

The digital battleground of social media: Embracing cyber advocacy for Israel’s defense - opinion

By ABRAHAM BREE

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a meeting of his Religious Zionist Party parliamentary faction, last week, in the Knesset. Will the war bring an economic boom like the Six Day War, or a bust like Yom Kippur? There are arguments supporting both sides, says the writer.

Smotrich defends delaying the purchase of fighter jets: 'Israel's security is not a game'

By YUVAL BARNEA

Market Data

Middle East

Displaced Palestinians prepare to evacuate a tent camp after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 10, 2024.

Israel faces international backlash over Rafah

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

The new building of the National Library in Jerusalem.

In honor of Independence Day: National Library to offer free tours

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Spike in complaints against Israel Police for violence according to IDI study

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Egypt, Qatar reject Israeli proposal to control civil administration in post-war Gaza

By MAARIV ONLINE

PAKISTAN’S PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) greets Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Islamabad last month.

Raisi's forgotten trip to Islamabad, and the strategic implication for the US and Israel

By IDO GADI RAZ

World News

SIGNS ARE displayed in front of Deering Meadow, at an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, last month. Institutions like Northwestern have succumbed to mob rule, the writer charges.

An open letter to American colleges in the face of antisemitism

By LISA GOODWIN

THEN-US president Donald Trump addresses a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results, in Washington, on January 6, 2021.

The challenge of finding the right leaders is nothing new

By ROGER O. CRANVILLE

People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

An American Jew's reflections on the upcoming Remembrance Day

By CARL H. TESSLER

Screens show the voting results during the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member, in New York City, US May 10, 2024.

UNGA votes 143-9 to upgrade Palestinian statehood status

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a press conference following a meeting with Egyptian delegations to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo. April 25, 2024.

Parody rabbi X account tricked UN Rapporteur Albanese on invite to speak on 'morality of infada'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Antisemitism / BDS

Loreen from Sweden holds her trophy after winning the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, Britain, May 14, 2023. Uploaded on 11/5/2024

Last year's Swedish Eurovision winner says she won't hand over trophy to Israeli contestant

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog addresses the state ceremony at the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, last Sunday night.

From victimhood to statehood: The Holocaust's legacy and Israel's power

By JOSHUA M. DAVIDSON

A STUDENT protester waves a Palestinian flag above Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on Tuesday.

NYC public schools chancellor to convene school leaders nationally to address antisemitism

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Rawan Channaa leads chants during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Austin, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2024.

After making deals with protesters, universities are granting hearings on Israel divestment

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

RECENT TWEETS featuring antisemitic content.

Challenges and trends: Combatting online antisemitism in the digital age

By TOMER ALDUBI

Environment & Climate Change

A 3D model of mRNA is displayed on the day of opening of German pharmaceuticals company BioNtech mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant to serve the African market in Kigali, Rwanda December 18, 2023.

Hebrew University study finds zebrafish provides clues to RNA's role in embryo formation

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Isopods eat soil crust. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

New study from the Hebrew University unveils Isopod eating habits which affects the ecosystem

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Artist's impression of the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b shown as of a arid (but not completely water-free) rocky Super-Earth.

Ozone has a key role in influencing the climate of habitable exoplanets

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Dusty winds are part of a dust storm in Israel

Why are there so many dust storms in the Middle East?

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

THE GRIFFON VULTURE in flight.

Saving the Israeli vulture: A lifeline for the biblical bird of prey

By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ

JPost Spotlight

CONTEMPLATIVE MOMENTS on campus in front of hostages, near the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, New York City, April 24.

History repeats itself, and we cannot forget the mistakes that our democracies made

Who could have imagined that at leading American universities, administrators, professors, and students would stand with Hitler’s disciple – Hamas.

A FESTIVE BBQ during last year’s celebrations.

Celebrating Israel's Independence amidst struggle with diverse perspectives on national identity

‘Remembrance Day and Independence Day will be more meaningful and poignant, as this generation has experienced collective trauma’

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem, earlier this year.

The speech that a patriotic prime minister should deliver in the face of war

Imagine an alternative universe in which Israel was led by a morally upstanding patriot who cared about the country’s reputation and the fate of Jews worldwide.

DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant speaks with soldiers. The lofty words of our leadership – ‘total victory’ – do not convince Israelis, the writer stresses.

Israel will pay for the price of indecisiveness, prompting decision-making in Gaza

There is a price for indecisiveness, both externally and internally: Israel is not being led, and it is losing key assets that are vital to the future of all of us.

Israel Real Estate

Criminal seizure of machinery and tools in Arara

End factory noise: Peace for town residents

By OFER PETERSBURG

Palestinian workers at the end of a workday, Eyal Crossing, May 2015.

Israel already employing 28,000 Palestinians; Renovation sector in crisis

By OFER PETERSBURG

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.

Ghost apartments: How empty homes haunt Jerusalem's housing landscape

By ALEX WINSTON

Illiustration: Buildings in the center

Rising prices in Israel: Impact on second-hand apartments? View this week's deals

By OFER PETERSBURG

Yuval neighborhood in Kiryat Shmona.

City in decline: No buyers for Kiryat Shmona apartments, in existential peril

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

Luis Andrade, President of the International Observatory of Human Rights, Gabriela Cantergi, President of B'nai B'rith International Portugal, and the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda.

Portuguese Jewish orgs commemorate Christian figures who were kind to Jews

A nun who made kaddish for a Jewish man when no one else would was honored alongside the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda.

A person holds a crucifix outside a Catholic church in Harare, Zimbabwe March 29, 2024.

'God has intervened': Gun failure saves Pittsburgh church pastor from shooter

A church congregant wrestled the shooter to the ground and restrained him until police arrived.

1000 Christians and Jews March with MK Matan Kahane and IAF President, Josh Reinstein on Yom Hashoah with the March of Life in Stuttgart.

MK Kahana marches alongside Christians and Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day

During his trip, MK Kahana engaged in meetings at the Parliament of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart where he discussed efforts needed to combat antisemitism.

An Orthodox Christian worshipper attends the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, May 4, 2024.

Thousands celebrate the Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Devotees filled the church on Saturday to witness the sacred flames that hold deep significance in Christian belief.

Health & Wellness

PRACTICE GRATITUDE for the things going well in your life.

Coping one day at a time: Israeli perspectives on war and emotional resilience

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

Rabbi Rimon addresses students at the Jerusalem College of Technology.

Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon: Influencing the fate of millions with muscular dystrophy

By DAVID BRUMMER

An illustrative image of a brain.

Researchers link disturbances in metal to memory

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Frequent salting of food increases the risk of stomach cancer, study finds

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Fireworks display.

The harmful physical and emotional effects of fireworks

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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Arab-Israeli Conflict

Hezbollah members parade during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon April 5, 2024.

Even with a ceasefire, war with Hezbollah will happen by 2026, policy experts say

By SHAKED SADEH

United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan speaks during a joint news conference with Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum in Algiers, Algeria January 27, 2020.

UAE hits out at Netanyahu for saying Gulf state could help run Gaza

Science

Fake news

People are more likely to avoid the news as concerns on misinformation grow, study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Institute marks a new collaborative effort to bolster Israel's competitive edge in AI

The AI revolution: Is Israel keeping up?

Archaeology

Sanhedria derives its name from the Tombs of the Sanhedrin, an ancient complex of tombs believed to be the final resting place of the Sanhedrin.

Sanhedria: Living in the Great Council’s long shadow

By ALEX WINSTON

The decorated bowl dating back to the Abbasid period in Khirbet Hevra.

Volunteer discovers ancient decorated bowl at Israeli dig

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest as they take part in the "Biden: stop supporting genocide!" rally in New York City, US, January 20, 2024. Uploaded on 10/5/2024

Biden's Israel decision: Mixed reactions and ongoing protests threaten reelection bid

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

US says Israel's use of weapons may have violated international law, but couldn't verify instances

By HANNAH SARISOHN , REUTERS

Diaspora

THE HARVARD Museum of the Ancient Near East (also known as the Semitic Museum).

Semites (and antisemites) in Cambridge and Boston

By LAURI DONAHUE

US President Joe Biden meets with holocaust survivors Dr. Gita Cycowicz and Rena Quint during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022.

American Jews warn Biden: Arms embargo 'emboldens' Hamas, Iran

By MICHAEL STARR

Judaism

REV. GERSHOM MENDES SEIXAS: Historic firsts.

The 'patriot rabbi' of Columbia University who ensured Jews were welcome

performing in Daglanut for Israel independence Day.

After undergoing Orthodox conversion, Noa Arazi is helping others do the same

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Food

The weekly Tuesday Farmers’ Market at the First Station. The Israeli flag reads ‘Now is the time to buy local – strengthening Jerusalem businesses.’

Down (South) on the farm: Bringing southern produce up to Jerusalem

By NATAN ROTHSTEIN

COOKING WITH Henny Shor.

Grill it easy

Culture

ABATE WILL bring his Tesfa sextet to Jerusalem this week.

From Ethiopia with love and joy: A recent arrival to the shores unfurls his vocal talents

THE AUTHOR’S parents, Max and Clari.

A single journey: Holocaust survivor’s daughter keeps family memories alive with debut novel

By ANDREA SAMUELS

Travel

The Market House Jaffa.

Market House Jaffa: A cool boutique hotel a stone's throw from the shuk

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

ANANTARA KALUTARA, a resort on the picturesque southwest coast, where the Kalu Ganga River meets the Indian Ocean.

Is Sri Lanka the new luxury hospitality getaway for Israelis?

By MOTTI VERSES

Podcasts

Adam Rakib and Liat Ashkenazi

Meet the Israeli gaming co. fighting October 7 censorship

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yifat Calderon, cousin of Ofer Calderon, who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, and supporters in front of the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv. "Entry into Rafah is a death sentence for the hostages. The government is sacrificing the hostages. We will not allow it to bury the deal."

What is Qatar's role in hostage negotiations?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

FIGHTING THE WhatsApp war, with a group of 800 volunteers.

Meet the Oleh rabbi making a difference for families in Tel Aviv

DAVID BEN-GURION officially declares the State of Israel, in Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall, May 14, 1948.

A Zionist story from the founding days of the State of Israel

By DAVID GEFFEN

Shopping

Reviewing the Best Rodent Repellents of 2024 That Actually Work

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

The Best Quilting Fabrics on Amazon

By JESSICA SCHOEMAN

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference

The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York

Yom Hazikaron 2024.

A moving Yom Hazikaron ceremony for the English-speaking community

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

ELON MUSK has described the high level of bots on the X platform as its biggest problem.

Lawsuit dismissed: Elon Musk's X corp loses case against Israeli data-scraping company

ISRAEL'S BEST makeup primers.

Israel’s best makeup primers of 2024

By ALIE M. TAUB

Sponsored Content

4 growth strategies of leading Israeli tech giants

By PAVEL ISRAELSKY

AS THE NEW YEAR begins, we need to feel that God is on our side, helping us to wipe out the mistakes of the past, not etching them in God’s long, perhaps punitive, memory.

A proven spiritual remedy to own your own house

By DAVID BERGER

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