Trump's Board of Peace's official fund receives 'zero dollars' despite billions pledged

REPORT
US President Donald Trump holds a signed resolution, during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, February 19, 2026.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks, as he, US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner attend the inaugural Board of Peace meeting with representatives from other countries, on February 19, 2026.
US President Donald Trump, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, Albania’s PM Edi Rama, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, US Institute of Peace, Washington DC, February 2026

'I would be happy if a military coup overthrew Netanyahu,' says PM's former friend

Israel assassinates fourth Hamas military chief, IDF begins ground ops. past Yellow Line in Lebanon

Live Updates
Israeli soldiers are seen inside southern Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 26, 2026.
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.

'A very strange event': Iran’s Hormuz mine threat may have begun as a bluff, former Navy chief says

REPORT
Caroline Glick, International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel attends the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Netanyahu eyes Caroline Glick for New York diplomatic post

Fire breaks out at Golders Green's largest kosher supermarket, cause unkown

An ambulance is seen outside the Archbishop Makarios III hospital in Nicosia, February 5 2008

Three Israelis suffer alleged violent attack in Nicosia

The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products

Hamas members look on as they escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the yellow line, in Gaza City, November 12, 2025.

IDF confirms new Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Ouda killed shortly after predecessor

WATCH
IDF soldiers work to clear the Beit Hanoun area. Images released on May 26, 2026.

Killing of Hamas leader, fighting in Lebanon brings Israel back to war on two fronts

ANALYSIS
Missing Jewish Toronto teen, Esther.

Posters for missing Toronto Jewish teenager torn down, $25,000 reward offered for her return

Maureen Galindo

Texas Congress candidate who said she believes 'Zionist billionaires' run world defeated in runoff

New initiative lets Jews around the world support Israel's North amid drone attacks

In Collab
Civilians and security forces at the scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck a parking area in Safed, causing heavy damage, April 10, 2026.

Israel is losing bipartisan US support, former Yesh Atid MK warns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

Hezbollah FPV drones utilized night vision for strikes on IDF soldiers, new footage shows

REPORT

Shin Bet, police bust east Jerusalem terror cell headed by PFLP terrorist in France

A person wearing the headband of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attends a march to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil on March 11, 2025 in New York City.

Israel bans 40 Euro-Med activists from entry over alleged Hamas ties

An illustration of a doctor over a backdrop of the Palestinian flag.

Former IDF legal chief dismissed, loses pension over Sde Teiman affair

The Israel-India Friendship Club delegation visits the Knesset in Jerusalem. May, 2026.

Indian delegation says India, Israel ‘civilizational partners,’ ties only to get stronger

 MOHAMMED DAHLAN sits in his office in Abu Dhabi, in 2016. Today, his international influence extends far and wide, the writer explains.

Exiled Gaza security chief Dahlan met with multiple Shin Bet officials in recent years

REPORT
Brit mila

Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic, Jewish leaders say

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

Belgium's ban on ritual circumcision is the same as making Jews second-class citizens

EDITORIAL

Australian Jews report harassment, intimidation after testifying before Bondi commission

A sign reading "Jewish Lives Should Matter, Too" is seen at the floral tributes area outside Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on December 18, 2025, to honour victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. The attack at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, 2025 was one of the deadliest in Australian history.

Jewish community was top target of extremist threats in Belgium in 2025

Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) attends the reburial ceremony of Andriy Melnyk at the National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv on May 25, 2026.

Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’

The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was erected after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
INTERVIEW

‘People are genuinely afraid now’: Elizabeth Pipko speaks to ‘Post’ about battle over US' future

Hamas ramping up 'psychological warfare' on Gazans, Khan Yunis militia leader tells 'Post'

EXCLUSIVE
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike at the Ghaith Camp west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 31, 2026

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem reportedly targeted twice as Beirut braces for escalation

REPORT

Israel has 'drawn near final stages of their cursed demise,' Khamenei says in latest statement

Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza. The offer conveyed by Hamas presupposes that the Board of Peace and its Palestinian administrative committee are up and running, but this is not the case currently, the writer says.

Board of Peace blames breakdown of ceasefire in Gaza on Hamas’s refusal to disarm

Chemical weapons disposal [file]

Syrian government finds remnants of chemical weapons program from Assad regime era

REPORT

Hundreds of families join foster care system as government expands support

 THE FOSTER families provide loving, stable homes for children to recover from difficult situations (Illustrative).

Maccabi cruises, Hapoel rallies as Tel Aviv basketball derby looms

National Library of Israel acquires copy of UK's oldest kosher cookbook belonging to Montefiores

A page from the first kosher cookbook published in England from 1846, titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," May 26, 2026.
INTERVIEW

Antisemitism is ubiquitous in US healthcare, medical unions, Jewish doctor tells 'Post'

Dr. Jacob Agronin speaks at the House Education & Workforce subcommittee hearing on May 20, 2026.
WATCH

Shaping the future of AI at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Elbit Systems secures $1.4b. European defense contract as backlog passes $30b.

View of Elbit Systems offices in Jerusalem on December 3, 2024.

Lockheed Martin breaks ground for new THAAD missile manufacturing facility

Israeli defense tech companies High Lander and ThirdEye team up against hostile drones

Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, May 2, 2026.

Inside the perfect storm: Windward on the hidden war reshaping the oceans

WATCH
A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026.

Iran did not win the war, it won something more dangerous

OPINION

Iran may send near-weapons-grade uranium to China under ceasefire deal

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Is Harry Styles's new concert tour indirectly fundraising for Hamas-linked charities?

Rubio says negotiations with Iran to continue, official tells 'Post' Khamenei 'difficult to reach'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Thursday, May 21, 2026.

Trump ally says Saudi Crown Prince MBS told him he could recognize Israel ‘today’

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.

North Korea tests mix of enhanced ballistic, cruise missiles and artillery rockets

FILE PHOTO:  A missile is fired during a test-fire of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles from the destroyer Choe Hyon, North Korea, April 12, 2026, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), April 14, 2026.

On the Front Lines of Care: Kaplan Medical Center Faces War’s Challenges, Eyes Major Expansion

Prof. Tarif Bader, the CEO of Kaplan Medical Center.

The civilian army: Anat Vidor and the quiet power of WIZO

World WIZO President Anat Vidor. A biography that reads like the story of Zionism.

Reviving Tel Hai: Yair Belachovsky’s mission to preserve a defining legacy

Yair Belachovsky speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Joseph Trumpeldor and the defenders of Tel Hai in 2025

Ferrari unveils first fully electric four-door Luce with over 1,000 horsepower

Ferrari's first fully electric car "Luce" in this handout image obtained by Reuters May 25, 2026, after the luxury sports car maker unveiled the model.

Your Taxes: How California’s new software tax may hit Israeli tech companies

Tax Authority wants army tech veterans tied to Israel

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Bank of Israel cuts interest rates, inflation stable despite Iran war

 BANK OF Israel headquarters in Jerusalem: Israel’s favorable environment for economic development has been accompanied by an impressive improvement in the country’s credit rating, say the writers.

Your Investments: Shavuot lessons, from Torah to retirement planning

Gofra Beach's mineral-rich sulfur springs reopen after six years

Gofra Beach’s mineral-rich sulfur spring reopened in mid-May after being revealed by the lowering of the Sea of ​​Galilee’s water line.

Galilee Eco Center: regenerative agriculture, healing in the Galilee

All city buses in Eilat, Kiryat Shmona to be replaced with electric ones by end of 2026

Firefighters work to extinguish blaze near Beit Shean, May 19, 2026.

Firefighters battle blaze near Beit She’an, northern Israel, as aircraft work to contain flames

A satellite image shows likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran's Kharg Island, May 6, 2026.

Suspected oil spill seen on satellite images near Iran's Kharg Island export hub, Iran denies

Promising hantavirus vaccine research stalled by funding gap before outbreak

Medics work outside of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, after it arrived at the Port of Rotterdam, where Dutch authorities are preparing quarantine arrangements, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18, 2026.

Israel to ban cell phones in middle schools, Education Ministry confirms

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship due to arrive at Rotterdam port as final destination

War’s hidden toll: Mental health treatment in Israel surges 240%

JERUSALEM REPORT

Writing to heal: How putting trauma on paper can restore clarity

If Israel wants mass aliyah, it must end its bureaucratic gatekeeping

OPINION
 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016.

Daniela Lachster: Moving from uncertainty in Argentina to a Jewish state of uncertainty

Nefesh B’Nefesh to receive award at JPost NY Conference

New Olim coming to Israel 2026

Government approves dedicated unit to assist new immigrants serving in IDF

 Over 150 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.
FEATURE

Studying in Israel: International students find a home at Reichman University

LEVI PREGER and Rachel Eskandry feel supported as both ‘olim’ and lone soldiers.

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon

"Forest" Project.

Midtown Jerusalem

It’s all about timing! 2026 is a rare opportunity window for Tel Aviv real estate

The Luria project by Tzarfati Shimon in Arnona, Jerusalem.

Luria: A Jerusalem-inspired project with modern boutique design

Prime Jerusalem lets Jews worldwide own a luxury home in the heart of Jerusalem.

Prime Jerusalem – the next home for the Jews of the world in the capital

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

Past Event - Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Past Event - The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog

Michal Herzog: Women must 'use their voice' to shape Israel’s future

'Without human insight, innovation is useless'

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

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   

Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, May 2, 2026.

Inside the perfect storm: Windward on the hidden war reshaping the oceans

Did Israel win the Iran war? The Jerusalem Dispatch hosts aren't so sure

Ethiopian Jewish activist calls for unity in Israel

US Politics   

Official White House Photo of Elizabeth Pipko.

‘People are genuinely afraid now’: Elizabeth Pipko speaks to ‘Post’ about battle over US' future

Trump to have physical check-up amid ailment scrutiny in third visit to hospital during past year

US Justice Department seeks to lift White House ballroom injunction after shooting

Diaspora   

Firefighters are pictured in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London on March 23, 2026, after volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation were set on fire overnight.

Fire breaks out at Golders Green's largest kosher supermarket, cause unkown

American-born former IDF soldier dies at 23 of apparent suicide

More than a GPA: Inside the movement to end letter grades in Jewish education

Judaism   

Rabbi Danny Tropper, founder of Gesher.

'Agents of Change': American Jews and the transformation of Israeli Judaism

'The Wisdom of Truth': Reaching the attic with a ladder to the Zohar

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

Christian World   

International spiritual leaders stand on stage at a Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast event at the Knesset auditorium marking 600 days since the start of the war, May 28, 2025.

Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast at 10: Moral Courage of Christians Needed as Jews Face Danger

Pope Leo apologizes for Church's historic role in slavery

Thousands gather on National Mall for Trump-backed 'Rededicate 250' national prayer event

Food   

A page from the first kosher cookbook published in England from 1846, titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," May 26, 2026.

National Library of Israel acquires copy of UK's oldest kosher cookbook belonging to Montefiores

Wine Talk: Wine and cheese, please

Reim Bistro: Friends for a Kosher dinner

Archaeology   

During an archaeological survey, researchers from the Maritime Encounters, University of Gothenburg, identified six previously unregistered Bronze Age mines in Spain, May 23, 2026.

Six previously unknown Bronze Age mines found in Spain, some 150 more remain ‘undiscovered’

Iraq races to restore ancient Ziggurat of Ur amid threat of climate erosion

Korean, Egyptian archaeologists find ancient temple gate blocks during restoration work in Luxor

Science   

Medics work outside of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, after it arrived at the Port of Rotterdam, where Dutch authorities are preparing quarantine arrangements, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18, 2026.

Promising hantavirus vaccine research stalled by funding gap before outbreak

Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA

Study warns elevator safety standards in the UK, EU lag behind rising body weight

Culture   

Noam Bettan will represent Israel at Eurovision 2026.

Israel’s Noam Bettan keeps singing through Eurovision boycott storm

Israel's Noam Bettan wins spot in Eurovision final at first semifinal

Cultural boycott surge: Israeli artists cut off from global stage after October 7

History   

Hurva remains, 1972.

Inside Jerusalem’s 1948 siege through the eyes of a child who survived the Old City’s fall

Switzerland to release sealed files on Nazi doctor Josef Mengele

How well do you know Israel’s capital? Take the Jerusalem Quiz

OMG   

Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally (Illustrative).

NYC based artist, activists places middle finger-shaped statue in front of Mamdani's City Hall

Daniel Peretz, Southampton soccer team thrown out of Championship playoff final over spying scandal

Moldova broadcaster chief resigns after Eurovision jury vote sparks public backlash

Consumerism   

“Lasting entertainment careers are built on adaptability and authenticity.”

The art of staying relevant: Career longevity, branding, and cultural influence in entertainment

Why portable power stations are becoming essential as blackouts and heatwaves rise

Samsung presents a first look at its first smart glasses

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, president of the Holon Institute of Technology

Israel cannot afford to rely solely on theoretical doctorates

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

Confronting the Iranian regime’s ideological warfare strategy against Israel and the West

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