Palestinian father reveals how Hamas manipulates Gazan teens to join terror ranks

INTERVIEW

Iranian Basij member, several protesters reported killed on fifth day of nationwide protests

WATCH
 Palestinian children react near the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip earlier this year..
Palestinian children sit next to an armoured personnel carrier after Israeli military operations in Gaza City, November 7, 2025.
Hamas terrorists stand guard during a hostage release in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025; illustrative.

Fake Mossad hacker 'exposes' Assad, Israel-linked plot to destabilize Syria

Syrians holds flags as they gather to mark the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Latakia, Syria December 8, 2025
PEOPLE AFFILIATED with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hold signs during a vigil to honor colleagues and others who have been killed during the war in Gaza outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, December 6, 2023.

MSF advanced anti-Israel narrative, maintained ties to terror groups

EXCLUSIVE
A man holds a weapon next to a poster with an image of late senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, in Lebanon, November 27, 2024
REPORT

Hezbollah given 'final chance' to disarm by Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt

High Court to hear two cases blocking haredi education funds amid legal disputes

Emergency personnel work at the site of an explosion and fire at the Le Constellation bar, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 1, 2026

At least 40 killed, 100 injured after fire causes explosion at Swiss ski resort bar

A PERSON walks past a sign at a currency exchange, as the value of the Iranian Rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.

Iran president says Tehran must address people's issues or 'we will end up in hell'

A man shows euro banknotes after withdrawing them from an ATM at a bank branch of UBB bank in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 1, 2026, as Bulgaria joins the Eurozone.

Bulgaria celebrates entry into euro zone, lev currency banished into history

Border Police officers in Jerusalem, March 30, 2025 (illustration).

Police to indict five members of Hariri crime group in ‘Prince’ extortion case

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, August 1, 2025.

What challenges will Israel face in the Middle East in the upcoming year?

ANALYSIS
A large anti-Israeli banner portraying an image of a Palestinian fighter and the slogan in Persian and Hebrew, "Endless Voice of Resistance" is erected in Palestine Square in Tehran on December 31, 2025.

Israel on high alert amid Iranian unrest due to mass protests, fears of external escalation

From gaming to infrastructure, Zoran Milosevic building Golden Matrix Group brick by brick

ZORAN MILOSEVIC at  the NASDAQ bell ringing  ceremony: ‘If you don’t own  the technology, you don’t  control the risk.’

Israel approves 24 NGOs to operate within Gaza, Doctors Without Borders among several banned groups

New Gaza neighborhoods, stabilization force planned under US-led CMCC

EXCLUSIVE
Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.

'I could hear the carnage': Former hostage Elkana Bohbot recounts Nova massacre, Hamas captivity

US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

'Hezbollah must be disarmed': Trump tells Netanyahu he'll back an attack on Hezbollah

EXCLUSIVE
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.Eyal Zamir addresses an IDF Ground Forces forum, December 31, 2025.

'Disconnected from reality': IDF officers criticize Eyal Zamir in closed Ground Forces forum

Knesset bill seeks military burial for Israelis whose suicide tied to IDF service

Amit Sa'ar, head of IDF Research Department on October 7, dead at 47

IDF soldiers prepare for Remembrance Day at the graves of fallen soldiers at the Har Herzl military cemetery, April 23, 2023.
ANALYSIS

Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message

ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.

Political attacks on Supreme Court chief cross red line, over 100 retired judges warn

Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 27, 2025

Morris Kahn, Jewish billionaire owner of Amdocs and SpaceIL founder, dead at 96

Rabbi Doron Perez: A journey to rebrand Zionism and honoring his son.

Rabbi Doron Perez: A journey to rebrand Zionism and honoring his son

WATCH
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.

United States renews 2004 free trade agreement with Israel for 2026

A HOLOCAUST survivor reunites with her lost dog, Charlie, in Jaffa, December 28, 2025.

Jaffa police reunite 85-year-old Holocaust survivor with lost dog

BAHRAIN'S MINISTER of Finance and National Economy, Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa al-Khalifa speaks during a financial conference in Manama, Bahrain February 27, 2019.

Bahrain unveils massive reform package to tackle $50 billion debt crisis

Secret IDF Unit 504 interrogated 3,100 terrorists, IDF attacked 20,900 targets in 2025

'Outrageous and illegal' : UNRWA slams Israel for cutting off its water, comms and electric in Gaza

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

Coalition support leads to Knesset voting down Betar Illit annexation bill

An explosion occurred at a restaurant in Nazareth shortly before midnight.

Fifteen injured in Nazareth restaurant gas leak explosion, fire

New Syrian currency, January 1, 2026.

Syria brings in new year by swapping out Assad-era currency with colorful bills featuring nature

West Midlands Police officially apologizes for claiming B'ham Jewish reps supported Maccabi TLV ban

Is AI giving biased, antisemitic info? Here's how you can fight it

OPINION
Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025

Sydney rings in 2026 New Year with heavy security after antisemitic Bondi Beach terror attack

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour Bridge at 9 p.m. during New Year's Eve celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2025.
STUDY

Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens dramatically increased Israel focus in recent months

Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.

German anti-antisemitism group under scrutiny for lack of track record despite receiving funding

Pottery fragments found near Ararat renew debate over site of Noah’s Ark

Major cities cancel NYE events over security concerns - what are they?

What the GPR scans revealed about the Ararat 'Noah's Ark' formation.

How Jewish politics are shaping the 2026 election map, from coast to coast

Some of the political candidates likely to make waves among Jewish voters in 2026.

Fraud claims, wine money, Sharia: Ethical storms around Ilhan Omar’s husband

US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her husband Tim Mynett listen as Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during a rally on the National Mall, one week before the November 5 US presidential election, in Washington, US, October 29, 2024.

Eran Zahavi announces retirement, bringing an era of Israeli soccer to a close

Taiwan launches massive unmanned sea drone program

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

An autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel is seen during trials in Singapore
OPINION

In an unstable world, Israel’s defense tech has become its diplomatic anchor- opinion

ByROTEM MAY-TAL
Rafael's SPICE missile

India to get Israeli SPICE missiles as part of $8.7 billion arms deal

The Iron Beam laser defense system, pictured in December 2025.

Iron Beam laser system rolled out across Israel, reshaping air defense

WATCH

Norway to extradite ‘Ashkelon hacker’ Michael Kadar to US despite severe mental health concerns

Bronze Age ‘covered wagon’ emerges as Armenia’s best-preserved ancient vehicle

An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand is seen at a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel on March 23, 2017

Leader of ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect extradited to Mexico, charged with human trafficking

Lev Tahor member Yoel Alter, 35, is escorted by Guatemalan police officers after being arrested at court in Guatemala City on January 24, 2025.

Wife of Jill Biden’s ex-husband found dead after ‘domestic dispute’ call

Delaware State Police officers standby as former US president Joe Biden arrives on Marine One to Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 19, 2021.

'National revolution': Reza Pahlavi calls for nationwide strike as Iran protests enter day four

Supporters of regime change in Iran rally with photos of exiled Iranian opposition leader Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (L) outside the Wilshire Federal Building on June 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?

One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel

Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino

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

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

Israelis shop more online during wartime, Wolt 2025 Online Consumer Report shows

Israelis report outages across country, television, internet, mobile data disruptions

Woman sitting on sofa with laptop shopping online

Fuel prices in Israel to drop below 7 shekels per liter for first time since 2023

View of the southern Israeli town of Beer Sheva. March 31, 2025.

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for Israel's F-15IA Program

An F-15 jet releases a flare as it flies over Gaza, July 20, 2025

Nvidia in advanced talks to acquire Israeli AI startup AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion

King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures

Firefighters respond to flooding at special-needs school in Jerusalem amid severe weather

King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures

Colorado’s color-changing wildlife face new risks as snow vanishes

A DRONE view shows the site of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, August 11, 2025.

Turkey averaged six earthquakes an hour in 2025, one of its most seismically active years on record

Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Neptune Islands, South Australia, Indian Ocean.

Scientists warn great white sharks in danger of disappearing from Meditteranean

Medical ties linked Israel and Somaliland years before formal recognition

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

AWO AND Sumaya from Somaliland with Israeli volunteer Ella in the middle.

Arizona couple admits in court to faking cancer-curing 'smart chip' device

Israel sees record-breaking number of rabies cases in 2025

Health index 2025: 39% of IDF soldiers report urgent need for mental health care

Australian family makes aliyah from Sydney, becoming 2026's first olim

Israel advancing emergency aliyah plans in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

Sydney family becomes first olim of 2026, landing at Ben-Gurion on January 1

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK AI

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

Micol Radzik on the Tayelet in Tel Aviv, 2019.

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

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

It’s all about the timing

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

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Festive tenders: Thousands of apartments on the way - Ma'ale Adumim in focus

Urban Renewal.

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

Construction Site.

Construction starts surge, transactions stall: More declines ahead?

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   

Many Chinese dress in historic attire when visiting national monuments.

Jews of China special (part 1)

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

'I’m not religious but I started praying': Bondi survivor Arsen Ostrovsky speaks

US Politics   

REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast.

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right

US issues sanctions related to Iran and Venezuela weapons trade

Neither Gaza nor Iran: Netanyahu's only focus in Trump meeting was pressuring Herzog for his pardon

Diaspora   

 The "family fireworks”, also known as the Country fireworks displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight, fill the sky over the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Major cities cancel NYE events over security concerns - what are they?

Orthodox rabbi Julius Berman, who influenced secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90

American Jews mark Qatar as second greatest threat to Israel, after Iran - JPPI survey reveals

Judaism   

 TRAVELERS COME and go at Ben-Gurion Airport last month

Tourism rebounds with 1.3 million visitors in 2025, led by US, France and UK

2025’s ‘Persons of the Year’: Israeli mothers

Recognized by rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in Israeli legal limbo

Christian World   

Tour Guide Ofek Ron Carmel leads Israeli tourists from all backgrounds through the cobblestone streets of Mi’ilya. They wear Santa hats to be festive and keep their ears warm.

A look at Israel's winter wonderland in the Galilee, where Christmas comes to life

Christian communities grow slowly as share of population falls in Middle East, North Africa

Christmas passes peacefully in the Middle East

Food   

RAZIEL WINES.

Mamilla Hotel hosts wine weekend, attracting Israelis from all over the country

Cocktail party: Raising a glass to 2026 with the stories behind your favorite drinks

Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv: Where breakfast is a meal to be savored

Archaeology   

People walk along Bourbon street days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 6, 2025.

Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street

4,000-year-old evidence of psychoactive betel nut chewing found in Southeast Asia

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall

Science   

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

Culture   

DANIEL PERETZ begins a new chapter with Hamburger SV as he looks to secure the starting role in the Bundesliga.

Daniel Peretz to Southampton, Manor Solomon to Fiorentina in midseason moves

Israel’s population growth falls below 1% for first time as fertility rates decline

Veteran Jazz ensemble cancel New Year’s show over Trump Kennedy Center renaming

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   

A general view of a Nashville area Starbucks that has been transformed into a Starbies pop up celebrating the release of Taylor Swift's new album "The Life Of A Showgirl" on October 03, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Taylor Swift leads charts as Israel's favorite artist, album, song of 2025

Beyoncé claims billionaire crown after record-breaking concert tour

Mentally ill man steals car with infant in back seat at Hadera hospital, baby returned unharmed

Consumerism   

MSC Cruises’ Private Island in the Bahamas.

This is what your cruise will look like in 2026: Six trends changing the tourism world

Nutritious shakes in new flavors

Finally: Google secretly launches feature that will allow you to change your Gmail address

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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