US captures Maduro under cover of Venezuela airstrikes, Trump says

Iran, Hezbollah condemn, Russia offers mediation after US operation on Venezuela

A column of smoke rises during multiple explosions in the early hours of the morning, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026 in this screen grab obtained from video obtained by Reuters.
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026.
A vehicle burns at La Carlota air base in Caracas after a series of explosions on January 3, 2026.

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation

FRONTLINES
DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Khamenei admits Iran in economic turmoil for first time as protests escalate

Hackers from the Handala group claimed to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone.

Handala hackers claim to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone, share pictures, videos online

Voices from the Arab press: Education across the Middle East

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

Mamdani reverses antisemitism order defining anti-Zionism as hate

Zohran Mamdani looks on at Old City Hall Staion on the day he is sworn in as mayor of New York City, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

Mamdani defends decision scrapping executive orders on antisemitism amid criticism from Jewish orgs

India and Pakistan flags with a map in the backdrop. Ilustrative.

India, Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations, prisoners in first meeting since May

IRANIANS RIDE their motorbike past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, last Wednesday. Will the winds of freedom finally blow across Iran?

Drought, protests, and destiny: Iran in the spotlight

OPINION
Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

Iran on the brink: Could 47 years of oppression finally end?

OPINION
Michele Weiss, the mayor of University Heights, Ohio, (L) and Justin Brasch, the mayor of White Plains, New York (R).

Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch mark milestones as first Orthodox Jewish mayors in their cities

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.’

IDF kills terrorist who crossed Yellow Line, approached troops in southern Gaza

Eight businesses employing over 50 illegal immigrants closed in police crackdown

Smoke rises after Israeli strikes following Israeli military's evacuation orders, in Chehour, southern Lebanon November 19, 2025.

Angelina Jolie visits Egyptian side of Rafah crossing, meets with aid workers

Defense Minister Israel Katz on a tour in the Gaza Strip, August 5, 2025.

Katz instructs IDF to prepare to resume combat in Gaza as Hamas refuses to disarm

Activists hold signs calling for the return of the final two hostages' remains, including St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, at Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, November 29, 2025.

Anti-Israel activists clash with deceased hostage Ran Gvili's family at Netanyahu Miami shul speech

How internal politics derailed Israel's global defense against war crime charges

FRONTLINES

Netanyahu's Mar-a-Lago visit, praise from Trump gives coalition two-seat bump

POLL
‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.
INTERVIEW

‘Let’s start bigger’: Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’ detail creative process

Writing a script, creative writing (illustartive)

Indictment filed against security guards who allowed illegal immigrants into Israel

 Border police troops conduct large-scale operation to thwart illegal immigration to Israel. September 29, 2024.

PA condemns ‘Judaization project’ after Israel takes over planning for Tomb of the Patriarchs

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.

2026: The year for Qatar to be quelled

OPINION
Irving Berlin and his wife Ellin Mackay appear in a photograph in the late 1920s. The 1926 marriage between the wildly popular Jewish songwriter and a Catholic heiress was a media sensation.

Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that, 100 years later, hasn’t gone

OPINION
Chicken soup.

Winter in Jerusalem: Cozy soups, simple treats to warm your heart and home

STUDIO GURSHA

Studio Gursha: Pan-African fine dining reaches Tel Aviv

Voices from the Arab press: Education across the Middle East

Israel Prison Service officers sent to crocodile farm to review plan for croc-surrounded prison

EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER Mostafa Kamal Madbouly speaks to the media during a press conference for the Grand Egyptian Museum opening, in Giza, Nov. 1.
FRONTLINES

As Iranians rise up against regime, US and Israel navigate between solidarity and sabotage

REZA PAHLAVI, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, poses after an interview with Reuters about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Pahlavi thanks Trump for support of Iranian protesters, shares ideas to topple regime

An Iranian woman shops at a vendor on a sidewalk near the traditional Tajrish Bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, on December 31, 2025.

Trump: US will ‘come to the rescue’ if Iran kills protesters

Hind Rajab Foundation files complaint against former IDF soldier in Prague

'Jew rat:' Antisemitic graffiti painted on Irish roads in repeated incidents

 Prague Castle with Vltava river at sunrise, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.

Jewish community files complaint over Catalonia map identifying Jewish, Israeli-linked businesses

Protesters hold banners and wave Palestinian flags during a rally in support of the people from Gaza, in the Palestinian territories, in Barcelona on January 20, 2024.
COMMENT

Mamdani's choice to cancel IHRA antisemitism definition must alarm New York Jews

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji smile as confetti falls after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall Thursday in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a “block party” to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part.

'They threw a glass bottle at him': Israeli artists attacked over antisemitic mural in Barcelona

'I'll carry this my entire life. You can't heal': Ex-hostage Romi Gonen discusses her trauma

WATCH

Stepping back from the news after 30 years at 'The Jerusalem Post'

OPINION
Romi Gonen (R) and mother Meirav Leshem-Gonen (L) embracing following Gonen's return from Hamas's terror captivity.
OPINION

The Jewish immigrant who shaped America’s most famous coin

Coins.
ByBARBARA SOFER
FEATURE

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.
INTERVIEW

Dennis Prager responds to Candace Owens's provocative remarks

First Ro’em howitzer delivered to IDF's artillery corps

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

OPINION
Elbit Systems Roem wheeled self-propelled howitzer

Taiwan launches massive unmanned sea drone program

Rafael's SPICE missile

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

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

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

OPINION

FM says Israeli woman missing after fire at Swiss ski resort that killed 40 people

Experts see systemic fractures in Iran protests, not single-leader movement

Police stand at Sion funeral centre following a fire and an explosion in the "Le Constellation" bar, during a New Year's Eve party, where people died and others were injured, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, in Sion, Switzerland, January 2, 2026.

Elon Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny over sexualized images of women and minors

An illustration of Elon Musk and the Grok logo.
COMMENT

Editor's Notes: Iranian people use VPNs to fight the regime with internet connectivity

 A screenshot of a pre-recorded message by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from a hidden location.
REPORT

China upgrading nuclear warhead production, developing rapid counterstrike system

A soldier stands guard as the air and missile defense group displays the HQ-22A missile defense systems during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025.

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.”

Your Investments: Greatest danger to Israel's moral mission is prosperity without discipline

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

Child with Israel flag 370

Your Taxes: New Israeli taxation rule calls for immediate action

 Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption

HBO Max arrives in Israel with Superman, Euphoria blockbusters, Warner Bros. Discovery announced

HBO Max arrives in Israel, Warner Bros. Discovery announced.
OPINION

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years

BySTAN POLOVETS

Meterological Service: 2025 was historic year in Israel's climate history

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

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025
WATCH

Firefighters rescue two Israelis trapped in vehicles on flooded roads in West Bank

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

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

A white-tailed ptarmigan in a snowy meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

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

ZAKA announces it responded to over 7,000 cases in Israel and abroad in 2025 annual report

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

Zaka volunteers

Knesset advances bill to recognize Israeli Sign Language as first language of deaf people

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

Israel sees record-breaking number of rabies cases in 2025

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   

Iranian protesters set fire to a building in Asadabad, in western Iran, December 31, 2025

Iran's streets are burning, why Israel cannot look away

Jews of China special (part 1)

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

US Politics   

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City, flanked by his wife Rama Duwaji and New York Attorney General Letitia James, at Old City Hall Station, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

A new era at City Hall: What’s in store for New York’s Jews under Mayor Mamdani?

Zohran Mamdani takes oath as New York City mayor, vows to enact democratic socialist agenda

Maduro says Venezuela is a 'brother country' to US, offers serious talks on oil reserves, drugs

Diaspora   

 People carry a Palestinian flag during a rally in front of City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 9, 2023.

Ontario tells Toronto police to curb anti-Israel protests in Jewish neighborhoods

Jewish refugees rebuild lives in Dnipro after fleeing war-torn Pokrovsk

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

Judaism   

‘The seventh Plague of Egypt,’  hail and fire, by John Martin, 1823.

'Disasters of Biblical Proportions': From ancient Exodus to modern lessons in fear and faith

Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership

Parashat Vayechi: Change begins with you

Christian World   

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

FOZ founder Mike Evans tells Netanyahu evangelicals are ‘overwhelmingly united’ in Israel support

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

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   

A four-wheeled canopy wagon was recovered from the Lchashen cemetery near Lake Sevan, December 29, 2025.

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

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

Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street

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   

Photo from Murder at the Dead Sea

What to watch in Israel: War is over with ‘Murder at the Dead Sea’

'A Letter to David' to open Israel Film Festival in LA, features new ending for 2026

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

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 TEXAS Tech Lady Raiders bench celebrates after a play against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls during the second half at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, March 7, 2025.

Texas Tech women's basketball team scores tallest woman in college basketball history for team

Imposter Mossad agent uncovers Assad regime's plan to destabilize Syria

China taxes condoms, contraceptives, in push to combat declining population

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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