NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reverses antisemitism order defining anti-Zionism as hate

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

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

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

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

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

FEATURE
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

FRONTLINES

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

Zaka volunteers

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

‘JAVID SHAH’ (Long Live the Shah) has become the slogan of the ongoing Iranian protests. Here, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran, sits during an interview in Paris in June, after the Israel-Iran war.

'Javid Shah!' Why Iranians are calling for the return of the Pahlavis and their monarchy

FRONTLINES
Child with Israel flag 370

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

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

Your Taxes: New Israeli taxation rule calls for immediate action

US  actress Angelina Jolie meets with employees of the Egyptian Red Crescent at the Egyptian Rafah border crossing, part of her visit to the North Sinai Governorate to inspect aid entering the Palestinian Gaza Strip, on January 2, 2026

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

REPORT
Senior Editor David Brinn is seen in his office.

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

OPINION

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 strikes Hezbollah infrastructure used by Radwan Force in southern Lebanon

Children in Bedouin village mock Ben-Gvir’s weapons campaign

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

POLICE SHUT down a construction site in Bat Yam which employed an illegal immigrant, December 30, 2025.

Eight businesses employing over 50 illegal immigrants closed in police crackdown

Indictment filed against security guards who allowed illegal immigrants into Israel

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

 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

AN AERIAL view shows the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site sacred to Jews and Muslims, in the city of Hebron, November 2, 2020.
POLL

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

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel's Farsi social media encourages Iranian protesters

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.

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

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

Investigators continue working to investigate some 40 victims killed in Swiss New Year's fire

An illustrative image of a Somaliland flag being held.

My Word: Recognition vs rejection of Somaliland

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

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

WATCH

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

‘Refrigerators are empty’: Iran protests spark civilian cries for regime collapse

INTERVIEW
A sign at a currency exchange bureau as the value of the Iranian rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 20, 2025.

Iran's middle class uprising poses new security challenge for Israel

A teacher was assaulted on Yefet Street in Jaffa by an unidentified assailant on January 1, 2026.

Rabbi attacked in Jaffa: Police investigating possible nationalist motive

A flag of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) flutters on a military patrol truck, at the site of a rally by STC supporters in Aden, Yemen, January 1, 2026.

Yemen's Hadramout Saudi-backed governor announces 'peaceful operation' to reclaim military sites

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

Eric Adams publishes report into actions to combat antisemitism during time as NYC mayor

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.

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

Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

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

Antisemitic graffiti as seen between Louth and Meath counties.

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

Middle Israel: Sleeping with Somaliland is good, waltzing with it is bad

OPINION

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

OPINION
THE KIND OF of strategic alliance that Israel is nurturing in Somaliland already emerged last year, when Somaliland signed a deal with Ethiopia, leasing to its landlocked neighbor a 20-km. coastal strip for a naval base.
EDITORIAL

Israel’s Doctors Without Borders decision is overdue, security comes first

 Members of MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), carry banners and flags during a protest demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, at Martyrs' Square, downtown Beirut, Lebanon, December 4, 2023.
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.
INTERVIEW

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

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

Zelensky names spy chief to head presidential administration in big shake-up

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

EXCLUSIVE
Chief of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released January 2, 2026.

Turkish President Erdogan to speak to Trump on Gaza, Russia-Ukraine war

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan walks after speaking to the media, at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 23, 2025

Pakistani journalists, commentators supporting Khan sentenced to life imprisonment for 'terrorism'

JOURNALISTS CARRY placards and a banner in a protest against what they call curbs on press freedom and excessive control of the digital landscape, in Karachi, Pakistan January 28, 2025.

Hong Kong arrests 21 involved in building renovation on suspicion of corruption

 A flock of egrets fly next to burned buildings of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex after the deadly fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 30, 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.”

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

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

SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.
OPINION

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

Artificial intelligence
ByDIDI SHAMMAS-GNATEK

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

Woman sitting on sofa with laptop shopping online
OPINION

Gaming: Israel's digital success story excluded from the Start-Up Nation narrative

ByIDO BROSH

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

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

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

Deaf actors using sign language communicate backstage prior to their performance "Luna Park" at the "Nalaga’at Theater" in the Tel Aviv-Jaffo port, March 18, 2012.

Medical ties linked Israel and Somaliland years before formal recognition

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?

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

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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   

Ukrainian police officers seen in the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 12, 2025

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

Diaspora youth mark Disability Awareness Month in inclusive race at Israeli rehabilitation village

Judaism   

A mosaic of King David (illustartive)

Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership

Parashat Vayechi: Change begins with you

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

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   

FIGURE SKATER Mariia Seniuk, selected as Israel’s flag bearer, faces uncertainty over her participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics next month in Italy due to a passport issue, a bureaucratic fiasco affecting much of the blue-and-white delegation.

No Minister, no passport: Bureaucracy risks Israel’s 2026 Winter Olympic dreams

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

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

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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