Netanyahu asking Trump to delay Iran attack exposes new air defense holes

ANALYSIS

The IDF sent out more than half a dozen messages about how ready it was and how strong its air defense capabilities are, only for Netanyahu to privately express the opposite opinion to Trump.

USS Abraham Lincoln en route to Middle East as US mulls over Iran strike options

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 29, 2025
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024
The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Beersheba, southern Israel, June 24, 2025

Iran's FM reassured Witkoff on 'canceled' executions, prompting Trump to call off strikes

REPORT

Steve Witkoff, in contact with Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi via text, reportedly "defused the situation" by informing Trump that the Iranian government had canceled planned executions.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

Mamdani sought input from NY Jews before condemning pro-Hamas protest

Mamdani's criticism was in response to an anti-Israel protest held on January 8 against a Nefesh B’Nefesh event aimed at providing information to those considering aliyah.

REPORT
YAIR LAPID speaking at the Knesset next to Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, in Jerusalem, December 24, 2025

Israel's opposition boycotts Knesset debates advancing political probe into October 7

Iran admits over 5,000 killed in protests, doctors say toll is triple

Nickolay Mladenov, the then-United Nations Secretary-General Special Representative to the Middle East, during his visit to the West Bank city of Hebron, November 4, 2015

Who are Trump's Gaza Board of Peace appointments - and what do they mean for Israel?

EXPLAINER
DR. ALI Shaath, leader of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, signs the NCAG Mission Statement.

Gaza technocratic chiefs promise to 'embrace peace' in mission statement

Palestinians walk along a street flooded by rainwater in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2026.

Trump sets $1 billion price tag for permanent seats on Gaza Board of Peace

REPORT
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff delivers a press conference upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine, during the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' summit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 6, 2026.

Trump advised not to strike Iran, former hostage files assault complaint

LISTEN
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosts Honduran President-elect Nasry “Tito” Asfura in Jerusalem, January 18, 2026.

Sa’ar hosts Honduran president-elect in Jerusalem, vows reset in diplomatic ties

A member of the Orthodox Christian clergy disperses incense around the Edicule, which houses what is traditionally believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ, inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 1, 2024

Church leaders warn of harm to Christian unity amid Zionism dispute

‘We have entered a new era where Israel’s agriculture survival is at risk’

Over the past two decades, CEO Yoel Zilberman has built a Zionist organization that helps farmers protect their land, provides support during crises, and promotes agricultural education

“It may be uncomfortable to hear this, but no one conducted a survey in Arab society to understand why we didn’t face a ‘Guardian of the Walls 2’ on October 7.”

'Over 90% of Iranians hate the regime,' INSS’s Beni Sabti reveals from leaked Iran survey

“It was a secret poll which said that 92% of the Iranian people hate their regime,” Sabti said, according to a transcript provided to The Jerusalem Post.

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'92% of Iranians hate the regime': INSS’s Beni Sabti cites leaked Iran survey

Alshareef: Israel, Jews, should help Iranians seek liberty to ‘repay debt to Cyrus’

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How TALMA turns English education into social mobility and a Zionist mission

Panel - Israeli Society and the Jewish People – 2036

From the front lines to the future: Israeli society and the Jewish people in 2036

In Collab

Former hostage Rom Braslavski files assault complaint against Israeli singer's partner

A source told 'Maariv' the partner shouted at him, “Just because you were a hostage doesn’t mean you can talk however you want,” and then went on to assault his friend. 

Shin Bet agent who worked with 'Son of Hamas' also foiled a plot to assassinate PM

INTERVIEW
Former hostage Rom Braslavski at the Israeli Premier League match between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.

Two protesters arrested outside Religious Zionist Party offices amid budget, cost-of-living tension

ISRAELI POLITICIAN Bezalel Smotrich is seen before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem.

Knesset set to hold first budget vote within a week after legal ruling

THE KNESSET during a meeting on December 24, 2025.

Israelis set fire to West Bank tents, vehicles, attack residents with clubs

Spotlight

Soldiers broadcasting from the studio of Galei Tzahal (Israel Army Radio).

Shutting down Army Radio is a blow to Israeli democracy

OPINION
Kfir Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity.

'I'm sorry for bringing you into such a cruel world': Yarden Bibas mourns Kfir on his 3rd birthday

Noga Greenberg’s ‘A Plea for Intimacy’ series sets her everyday life against the trauma of the war and the hostage situation.

Inside ‘My Life at the Moment’: art that confronts war, family, and survival

An illustration of the flags of the United Nations and Israel.

Sovereignty first: Why Israel is right to abandon the UN’s ‘Bureaucratic Jihad’

OPINION

US A-G Pam Bondi: 'DOJ will pursue death penalty for suspect in Capital Jewish Museum murders'

US Attorney General Pam Bondi opened a Friday address to the Israeli-American Council (IAC) National Summit by recalling the May 2025 killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington.

Holocaust survivor to address US Congress on anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 16, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida.
OPINION

A Jewish speaker, a new mayor, and a signal to New York’s Jews

Jewish New Yorkers rally in support of Israel during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City, US, September 26, 2025
BySHMUEL LEGESSE

Nick Fuentes says his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

Fuentes, the streamer and avowed antisemite who has previously said Hitler was “very f–king cool,” has been gaining more traction as a voice on the right.
FEATURE

The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection

Trump did not notify Netanyahu about Qatari, Turkish participation in Gaza's BoP

REPORT

"We did not tell Netanyahu in advance about the composition of the executive committee. Gaza is now our show, not his show," officials told N12.

'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran': Trump calls for regime change

REPORT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on next to US President Donald Trump as Trump leaves Israel en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel, October 13, 2025.
ANALYSIS

Syria's government faces pivotal moment against SDF, as it retakes largest oil field

Brigadier General Jasper Jeffers, the deputy commanding general of maneuver for 3rd Infantry Division, speaks to attendees during his farewell ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, US May 26, 2022.

Trump names Gaza’s ‘Stabilization Force’ commander who played key role in Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 26, 2025.

Hamas economy expert: Lindsey Graham's warning exposes gap between Arab rhetoric and reality

It’s time for Israel to allow journalists into Gaza

OPINION

Independent, firsthand reporting is the best way to give the public the most complete picture of war and its consequences

Likud's Dan Illouz talks defying Netanyahu, haredi draft, and post-war Israel

INTERVIEW
In the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, foreign media reported from the devastated Israeli communities along the Gaza border under rocket fire.
FEATURE

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.
EDITORIAL

Dangerous game: Netanyahu risks Israel’s security to save coalition with draft deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Kahri in the Knesset. Kahri advocates opening up the media market in Israel.

Heavy metal peace in the Mideast: Orphaned Land frontman asks if unity through music can survive

Gaza reveals future of urban combat western armies aren't prepared for

OPINION

The war in Gaza was modern urban war, not genocide, writes Andrew Fox in his latest research paper for the Henry Jackson Society

IDF launches medical revolution with AI-PTSD treatment, whole blood drone delivery

Israeli army soldier holding a mounted machine gun in front of destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City.

Israel, US sign joint statement on AI a month after Israel joins Pax Silica initiative

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite 669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

Forum Dvorah demands clear support for women in combat as IDF gender debate escalates

Dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks and other armoured vehicles, owned by Freddy Versluys the CEO of Belgian defence company OIP Land Systems, are seen in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium January 31, 2023.

How war has reshaped Europe's defense sector

Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,500 soldiers to Minnesota as Walz mobilizes Nat'l Guard to protests

The Pentagon has placed 1,500 active-duty US soldiers on alert as mass protests against immigration enforcement escalate in Minnesota, following the National Guard’s mobilization and rising tensions

UK PM aide’s former firm accused of editing Wikipedia pages for Qatar and clients - report

REPORT
Law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 17, 2026.

Heavy rains in eastern Australia spark flash floods, 20 rescued

Firefighters in New South Wales rescue Australians from the flooding across New South Wales on January 17, 2026.

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.

Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland

A 3D‑printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump, EU and Greenland flags, and the word "Tariffs" appear in this illustration taken January 17, 2026.

In Collaboration

At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance

President Isaac Herzog (C) flanked by Dayan and IHRA Secretary-General Michaela Küchler at the IHRA plenary

Netzah Yehuda: Bridging faith, service, and national unity

NETZAH YEHUDA soldiers at the dedication of a Torah scroll at the Erez Crossing.

Where women are already leading

Meira Lerner, Director of World Emunah, at the World Emunah Women in the Arts event

History is happening in 'Israel Valley, The Technology Shield of Innovation'

REVIEW

'The geographical and academic proximity of hi-tech, venture capital, and young entrepreneurs underpins one of Israel’s recipes for success.'

Israeli tech draws major crowds at CES 2026, export institute says

Edouard Cukierman at the GoforIsrael 2023 Investment Conference.

Your Investments: The importance of patience in investing

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Your Taxes: Reportable income-tax positions target shelters in US

Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry

Chevron and partners approve Leviathan expansion to boost Israel gas output

Israeli researchers develop SafeWax coating that could cut pesticide use by 50%

The team concluded that SafeWax is “an innovative technology with the potential to become a breakthrough in the field of sustainable crop protection.”

Israel's Dead Sea area trembles as 4.2 magnitude earthquake felt

WORKERS TAKE care of cannabis plants at a farm in central Israel, late last year.

Hundreds of firefighters tackle blaze in deprived area of South Korea's Gangnam district

Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes off coast of Oregon, GFZ says

Across the Kyiv region, social services warned of severe risks to vulnerable residents, especially the elderly and children, in unheated homes.

Kyiv at -18C: Thousands left without heat after Russian strikes

New study reveals how the brain prepares facial expressions before we move

Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

The biggest threat to Israel is mass cognitive warfare

OPINION
Couple smiling at each other.

Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war against Hamas, Hezbollah persists

OPINION

The war that never pauses: How rolling trauma is shaping Israeli life

ByRIKI MEIRI

Doctors in Tehran report hundreds of eye injuries from gunshots during Iranian protests

Aliyah to Israel: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

When the sudden onset of the 12-Day War with Iran grounded the NBN flight, her other, previously purchased ticket enabled her to secure one of the scarce rescue flights leaving the US.

Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia

INTERVIEW
Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.
OPINION

Homeward bound: Why South African Jews are making aliyah now

South African Jews, aged 60 and over, recently arrived via a Jewish Agency aliyah project, meet at Telfed - South African Zionist Federation in Raanana.
ByBRENDA KATTEN

IDF unveils ‘Olim Al Bet’ program for fast-track immigrant reserve enlistment

IDF reservists joining the "David Brigades," the five new reservist brigades announced by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, December 17, 2024.
INTERVIEW

Saving lives under fire: A Brazilian doctor’s journey from Brazil to the IDF

Captain Dr N of 51st Battalion Golani during his service

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Overseas buyers are driving demand for the iconic projects of the Yossi Avrahami Group.

Boutique renewal: Who said entire neighborhoods must be redeveloped?

Renderings of Noga 1 in Jaffa.

The new law that changes agreements in the real estate world

Urban Renewal.

Evacuation and reconstruction - opportunity or trap?

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Modi'in closes a street: Ten buildings to be built in a row

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

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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   

Members and supporters of the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) hold a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people's uprising, outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 14, 2026.

Will the US, Israel, intervene in Iran?

Maduro's downfall: Was the US capture of Maduro legal?

As Iranian unrest grows, chants for Reza Pahlavi surge as demonstrators unify

US Politics   

A PALESTINIAN flag emblazoned with an image of Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obaida is waved during Nakba Day protests in Brooklyn, New York, May 15.

If New York can expel Betar US, why can't it crack down on anti-Israel extremists?

Most Americans oppose Trump’s push to take control of Greenland

'Crucial time in the Middle East': Sen. Lindsey Graham to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu

Diaspora   

One of the two active Mountain Jews synagogue in the Red Village – known as the world’s last shtetl outside of Israel. (@MarkDavidPod)

The only all-Jewish town outside Israel hides in Azerbaijan’s mountains

American Jewry must stop centering its identity on Israel’s critics

Ukrainian Christmas tradition depiction of Jews draws criticism after New Jersey pageant

Judaism   

Statue of a mans head wearing headphones.

The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility

This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key

Christian World   

Abraham Accords advocate Loay Alshareef, influencer Sigi Flicker, US Justice Department Task Force to Combat Antisemitism head Leo Terrell, and philanthropist Natalie Hister Ostad in a discussion moderated by Jerusalem Post content strategist Inbal Ann Bouskila.

'We must unite with our Christian brothers and sisters': Flicker on the next front

Herzog expresses concern over exodus of Christian families from Israel

New book traces Christian pilgrims' ancient path through Jerusalem

Food   

Exterior architecture of the Renaissance castle in the village of Grignan in the Drome department of France on September 23, 2025.

A slow journey through France’s Loire Valley: Chateaux, wine, and quiet beauty

Wine Talk: The journey continues

Passador in Tel Aviv: A meat lover’s paradise - restaurant review

Archaeology   

A damaged tomb is pictured in the abandoned Turkish Cypriot cemetary in the village of Kofinou, in the south of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on July 10, 2024.

Ancient tomb linked to King Midas’ family sheds new light on ancient kingdom

Israeli archaeologist whose work reshaped Jerusalem archaeology, dies at 81

Israeli archaeologists launch project to trace origins of ancient pottery

Science   

A piece of tissue from a woolly rhinoceros that was found inside the stomach of an Ice Age grey wolf puppy discovered in permafrost near the Russian village of Tumat in northeastern Siberia is seen in a laboratory in Vienna, Austria, in this handout picture taken in 2020.

Scientists recover genome from woolly rhino eaten by Ice Age wolf puppy - study

Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave

BIU study reveals that origin of sleeping in humans is deduced from jellyfish, sea anemones

Culture   

A SCREEN GRAB of Claude Lanzmann driving, from the documentary, ‘All I Had Was Nothingness’.

Lanzmann’s 'Shoah' returns to Jerusalem in special Cinematheque tribute

Stone, arches and memory: Jerusalem's enduring Mediterranean architecture survives

When Jewish athletes dominated Polish sport: A lost legacy

History   

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Member of Knesset Michael Biton prepare falafel in memory of late Holocaust survivor David (Dugo) Leitner at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2026.

Why falafel is at the heart of Israel’s 'Operation Dugo' Holocaust remembrance

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

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

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Candace Owens (L), Charlie Kirk over illustrative photo of wormhole.

Candace Owens pushes theory Charlie Kirk was 'time traveller' who went to 'X-Men school'

Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show

Consumerism   

SO.KO by Super-Pharm

The Korean trend arrives in Israel: Single-use skincare capsules at Super-Pharm

A place that feels like a hug: The hottest trends in home design

Chery lowers prices: Tiggo 4 will cost almost as much as Picanto. But there’s a catch

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