Knesset advances bill to try October 7 Nukhba terrorists in special military court

'Antisemitic clique': German paratroopers investigated for extremism, drug abuse, sexual offenses

 Palestinian terrorists at the Erez Crossing during the October 7 Massacre.

Bennett says Netanyahu’s advisers damaged relations with Egypt, deserve life imprisonment

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at Tel Aviv University, December 9, 2025
A US Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec 19, 2025.

US, partner forces kill or capture 25 ISIS operatives in Syria during December ops

An Iranian protester sits on a road, blocking Iranian authorities during a mass protests in Tehran, December 29, 2025
WATCH

Protests erupt across Iran as collapsing rial sparks unrest, regime blames 'enemy' influence

ANALYSIS

Is Iran’s Tiananmen moment a sign bazaar protests will topple the regime?

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.

Trump, top advisers asked Netanyahu to change West Bank policy during meeting

REPORT
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025.

Grading Trump-Netanyahu meeting on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria

ANALYSIS
Israelis nationwide report disruptions across Israel.

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

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an interview in Tehran, Iran, August 28, 2025.

Iran opens dialogue with protest leaders after demonstrations over plunge in currency value

PEOPLE HOLD a banner with images of the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a rally organised by Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in Aden, Yeme

Yemen airstrikes show national security is red line that Saudi Arabia won't let UAE cross

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

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

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

Trump says Israel '100%' lived up to Gaza first phase requirements, Hamas has 'hell to pay'

IDF troops find Gaza tunnel after rain, flood-induced landslides reveal terror site, 'Post' learns

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025

'We'll knock them down': Trump backs attack on Iran if weapons development continues

The new Hamas spokesperson in front of an ilustrative image of former Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida's coffin.

In first message from new spokesperson, Hamas admits death of Abu Obeida, Mohammed Sinwar

IDF soldiers pay respects to loved ones who fell in battle at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

IDF to recognize civilian suicides within two years of service as fallen soldiers, in major reform

Hamas’s sexual abuses aren’t allegations but facts, survivors need real support

EDITORIAL

Israel to allow daylight pilgrimage at Joseph’s tomb for first time in 25 years

 Released hostage Maya Regev speaks during a status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on April 2, 2024

Rescue services locate lifeless body of man swept away by flooding near Meitar River

Israel fire and Rescue Personnel at Nahal Beersheba, where the lifeless body of a man swept away by flooding was found, December 30, 2025.

‘Do not mess with us,’ - Herzog issues stern warning to Israel's enemies

President Isaac Herzog visits Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in northern Israel.

Trump says Herzog told him Netanyahu pardon 'on the way,' presidency denies claim

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog over a backdrop of Netanyahu's presidential pardon request.

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

OPINION
A billboard displays the photo of Aidarous al-Zabidi, the head of Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen December 9, 2025.

Saudi-led coalition strikes UAE-backed Southern Transition Council ships in southern Yemen

Gold pricing is in a virtuous cycle

Sudan says 2025 gold output reached 70 tons despite ongoing war

Interior of the Kingsbrook Synagogue.

Gov. Hochul says she stepped in to block demolition of historic Brooklyn shul

Jewish merchant walks free after 20-days in Syrian prison, authorities say all charges cleared

Haibat al-Halbousi elected Iraq’s parliament speaker as new legislature convenes

Entrance of a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, February 18, 2025.

Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi backs protests: Join your fellow citizens in the streets

Turkish gendarmerie special forces team leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State terrorists, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025

Turkey detains 357 Islamic State suspects nationwide after three police officers killed

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025

Iranian official responds to Trump's warning over missiles, says 'Iran defense not containable'

Bondi Beach massacre gunmen acted alone, not tied to ISIS, Australian police commissioner says

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

STUDY
Alleged Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram.

El-Fattah did not have 'good character' check before obtaining UK citizenship due to legal loophole

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, greets family and friends at their home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025.

Albanese rejects royal commission into Hanukkah Bondi attack

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025

Russian schoolboy beaten by classmate, eye socket fractured, over Israeli flag in profile picture

Between PA and Turkey, Gaza’s peacekeeping future could reshape Israel’s borders

ANALYSIS

Jewish orgs. need to stop being silent on antisemitism on the US Right

OPINION
People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2025.
OPINION

Europe is drifting away from Israel, toward Iran’s worldview

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025
ByMICAH HALPERN
OPINION

'Inner core of love': Hostage survivor Matan Angrest joins Ishay Ribo on stage in NYC - opinion

Former hostage Matan Angrest sings with Ishay Ribo on stage in NYC
BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
OPINION

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland a strategic earthquake

ByPESACH WOLICKI

Modi’s West Asia tour marks India’s quiet reordering of regional security partnerships

OPINION

Israel’s Iron Beam laser set to change regional defense dynamics

ANALYSIS
Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, December 17, 2025
WATCH

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

Satellite in Space.

Israel launches national space lab to lower barriers for domestic satellite, space tech development

 The Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile system.

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

China encircles Taiwan with bombers, warships in largest-ever series of military exercises

Russia vows response after claim Ukraine targeted Putin's residence to alter Moscow's negotiations

A military equipment of the ground forces takes part in long-range live-fire drills targeting waters north of Taiwan, December 30. 2025.

China rejects Somaliland recognition, accuses Israel of 'selfish interests'

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian attends a press conference in Beijing, China April 10, 2025

Trump to receive 2026 Israel Prize for 'special contribution towards the Jewish people'

US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Israel steps in to defend Somaliland recognition move at UN amid concerns over Gaza motives

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on December 26, 2025.

TAU and Google Israel launch three-year program to advance research in artificial intelligence

Left to right: Avinatan Hassidim, Prof. Tova Milo, Prof. Yossi Matias, Prof. Ariel Porat & Prof. Yishay Mansour

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

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

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

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

15 billion attacks a day: Israeli AI startup races to secure workplace chats

Israel to become 'global leader': Netanyahu, Elon Musk discuss future of AI in Israel

Cyber Systems Management

Israel launches NIS 15 million initiative to bring Druze, Circassians into tech industry

ISRAELI AND Druze flags at the entrance to the northern Druze village of Hurfeish on November 29 2023.

How Medica quietly launched a private hospital network in Israel

Private medicine in Israel (illustrative)

Israel greenlights construction of 900-megawatt power plant near Jerusalem

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

Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron

Israeli firefighters at the scene where a kid in a critical condition after a fire broke at an apartment in Ramot, Jerusalem, December 3, 2025.

Police, volunteers conducting searches following fears Israeli swept away in river flooding

Snow seen on Mount Hermon on December 28, 2025.b

Rain, snow hit Israel as powerful winter system sparks flood warnings, road rescues

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

Petah Tikva declared 'red city' for measles outbreak, six-month-old children to be vaccinated

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

Cases of the measles rise in Israel.

Israeli health officials call for sanctions on anti-vaxxers as flu morbidity rate rises

STUDY

Babies begin forming expectations of their parents as early as their first year

Why spending time with grandchildren can ease war trauma for Israel's seniors

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

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

POLL
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.

Israel advancing emergency aliyah plans in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

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

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?

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The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion Museum, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025

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'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   

HONORING CHARLIE KIRK in the state that was site of his Sept. 10 assassination, in Logan, Utah, Sept. 30.

Judge grants release of redacted transcript of Charlie Kirk case hearing

Newest member of Mamdani's inaugural committee praised people tearing Israeli hostage posters

Trump says US won't follow Israel's lead on recognition: 'Does anyone know what Somaliland is?'

Diaspora   

13 notable Jewish New Yorkers we lost in 2025

In honor: 13 influential Jewish New Yorkers who passed away in 2025

France elected to lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2027

When warnings are ignored: Bondi Beach paid the price for tolerated extremism

Judaism   

DESPITE BEING fully recognized by the Chief Rabbinate, many Orthodox converts are living in legal and social limbo, denied citizenship, as they face systemic bureaucracy and discrimination at the Interior Ministry. Here, women pray at the Western Wall.

Recognized by rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in Israeli legal limbo

When brothers reunite: Ezekiel’s prophecy and Israel’s deepest divide

Parashat Vayigash: A shoulder of tears

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   

THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period.

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall

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

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

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   

Former hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzwesky got engaged.

Former Gaza hostages Matan Zangauker, Ilana Gritzwesky announce engagement

French actress, icon, advocate: Brigitte Bardot passes away at 91

State Cup weekend sees Beitar comeback and dominant displays by top clubs

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   

The Hillel Yaffe hospital in Hadera.

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

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

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

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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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