Iran says no talks planned with US as American envoys head to Pakistan

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Turkey could consider joining Strait of Hormuz demining operation, Fidan says

Commuters wait at a traffic signal beside a digital screen in Islamabad on April 24, 2026.
Israeli army jeeps inside southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel. April 19, 2026.
Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.

Dozens of Palestinians breach IDF checkpoints to enter Jenin refugee camp

 A road is barricaded in Jenin refugee camp, amid ongoing clashes between Palestinian Authority security forces and terrorists, in the West Bank, January 8, 2025.
Israel Police detains six minors linked with the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka.

Police detain six minors for Independence Day stabbing of pizzeria worker in Petah Tikva

YOAV KUTNER has charted much of the evolution of Israeli music.
FEATURE

Music to our ears, and hearts: How music shaped Israel’s identity over 78 years

No meeting planned with US, Iran will talk to Pakistan, Iran's Foreign Ministry says

A woman wearing a Lion and Sun Iranian flag (used before the 1980 Islamic Revolution) holds a sign during a protest in solidarity with the anti-government protesters of Iran on February 14, 2026.

Meet the lionesses of Iran leading the fight for freedom

JERUSALEM REPORT
Late Israeli intelligence official Uri Lubrani standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2015.

After US-Israeli strikes, it’s time for regime change in Iran

OPINION
Runners make their way uphill toward Jaffa Gate, passing beneath the Tower of David’s iconic walls.

A city back on its feet after a month of war: The 2026 Jerusalem Marathon experience

FEATURE
Afro-funk band Quarter to Africa is one of the many acts that have performed at Nocturno.

Against all official odds: Jerusalem business owners struggle to survive as the state dithers

FEATURE
IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on April 22, 2026.

Inside the vortex: Why Israel keeps getting dragged into the Lebanese mud

FRONTLINES
Israelis look at the border with Lebanon from a position in the northern village of Metula, near the border with Lebanon on March 5, 2026.

American flags raised in Metula to protest US influence amid anger over ceasefire extension

Jerusalem Post conference returns to New York against backdrop of regional tensions

New York Annual conference

Netanyahu declared cancer-free after hiding diagnosis during Iran war

Likud no longer the largest party in Knesset in latest election poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026.
FRONTLINES

Her life on the home front: How war is reshaping life for Israel’s wives and mothers

AT THE threshold of their home, Eliana stands with her child as her husband heads out again – part of a generation of Israeli families for whom departures, not returns, have come to define the passage of time.

Case against mohel suspected of causing baby's death reinforced after three doctors testify

The law courts in Tel Aviv

Israeli court uncovers covert Hamas funding network, key figures sentenced

 U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Epstein used London flats to house and abuse trafficked women, BBC reports

REPORT
File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623  in London, England, July 7, 2006.

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

Great Pyramid of Giza may have been built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps

STUDY
An aerial view shows a petrochemical plant in operation by the Yangtze River in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province November 26, 2025.

US imposes sanctions on Chinese 'teapot' refinery for buying Iranian oil

Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism

FEATURE

'Fighting the Hate': Melanie Phillips’s guide to confronting anti-Israel narratives

REVIEW
LEO TERRELL in his Washington office wearing his Hadar Goldin hat, with hostage pictures in the background. Lt. Goldin died in a 2014 Hamas ambush in Gaza, with his body finally returned to be laid to rest in Israel this past Nov.

California Jewish groups decry antisemitic conspiracy theories in governor’s race voter guide

Don Grundmann speaks a rally and counter protest outside a Planned Parenthood office in Modesto, California, August 24, 2019.

Teens in two states arrested over threat that shuttered Houston synagogue

Angelina Han Hicks, 18, was arrested following a planned attack on a Houston synagogue, April 23, 2026.

'You're killing babies in Palestine': Slough man charged after assault on Orthodox Jew

Palestinian Authority local elections start for first time in years, including voters from Gaza

Iran continuing to lay mines in Strait of Hormuz, US official says

A Palestinian man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in a municipal council election, in Al Bireh, in the West Bank, April 25, 2026.
WATCH

IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon during overnight raid

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Lebanon's late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, in rural Aleppo, Syria, December 11, 2024.

Syria accuses Hezbollah-linked cells of plotting attacks, signaling break from Assad-era alliance

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israel, US believe Mojtaba Khamenei not functioning as leader, IRGC commanders make choices for him

Lebanon's choice: Disarm Hezbollah or accept an Israeli buffer zone

ANALYSIS

Trump's Iran strategy: Not narcissism, but a blueprint against China

OPINION
If Lebanon is to survive as a sovereign, pluralistic state, it must remove Hezbollah from the military sphere.
COMMENT

Israel's Remembrance, Independent days did not change - we did

Medical staff at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center wave at an Israel Air Force flyover on Independence Day
OPINION

From Passover to Independence Day: Memory, sacrifice, and Israeli resilience

Prof. Yisrael Aumann speaks at a Nov. 2005 news conference at the Hebrew University, after winning the  Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. He shares the  prize with American economist Thomas Schelling.
BySTEWART WEISS

Independence Day: Israel’s sirens signal danger, loss - and a wake-up call

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs

Honoring the lives lost with mission-driven innovation

COMMENT
Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv
OPINION

At 78, Israel’s defense-tech edge is reshaping modern warfare

BySHUKI SCHWARTZ
Hezbollah weapons seized by the IDF in southern Lebanon, published April 22, 2026; illustrative.

IDF escalates robot wars against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon's Bint Jbail

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026.

Israel’s Windward, Vantor partner for persistent monitoring to counter dark fleets

Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks in and outside Mali capital, army says

UN envoy says Libya's roadmap to elections faces continued delays

A Malian soldier stands in position with his weapon during an attack on Mali's main military base Kati outside the capital Bamako, Mali April 25, 2026

US will not renew Iranian, Russian oil waivers, Treasury Secretary tells Associated Press

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as he speaks to the media after two days of meetings with a Chinese delegation, in Paris, France March 16, 2026

Trump administration to re-terminate legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent patrols a TSA security checkpoint in Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland, US, March 29, 2026.

Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, 'punishing' other allies over Iran war conduct

US President Donald Trump against the backdrop of the NATO flag, April 24, 2026; illustrative.

From disaster to revival: Israel faced its destiny and changed the face of the Middle East

Esther Luzzatto

Pass on the Flame!

A historic front page dedicated to a congratulatory message from Ronald S. Lauder, president of the WJC, to President Milei of Argentina

The network effect: Orly Carmon’s ORCA is rewriting power for women across borders

ORCA. A transnational network of women designed around movement

SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

The future of Israeli tech: Insights from Yaniv Golan

WATCH
The SpaceX building, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne, California, April 23, 2026.

Your Investments: Avoid repeating financial blunders

U2 SINGER Bono poses during a photocall for ‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France, last year.

Your Taxes: So you want to acquire an Israeli company?

 Illustration of  Israeli shekels, September 24, 2023

China's Xpeng expects to start full-scale delivery of 'flying' cars in 2027

'Graceful dancing giants': Divers spot five manta rays swimming through Eilat Bay

'Silent murderer': Israel must deal with air pollution, epidemiological research finds

INTERVIEW
Manta ray spotted in Eilat Bay, April 21, 2026.
STUDY

'Personality determines life or death': Bold ravens near humans die younger

Swamp Orchid.

Israeli scientists successfully germinate rare Swamp Orchid in conservation breakthrough

  Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.

Israel's noise pollution upsets animals as much as people - but can be reduced

STUDY

Four Israeli children saved in organ transplant marathon

Prehistoric children’s remains show syphilis-like disease spread through ancient Vietnam

STUDY
CLALIT SCHNEIDER Children's Medical Center.

Breathing life into buildings: Israelis develop better ways to prevent indoor air pollution

New Israeli-led AI model to predict chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer

STUDY

Israelis suffer negative effects on health-related behavior due to Iran war

First Bnei Menashe flight lands as Israel launches operation to complete community’s Aliyah

Eisenkot unveils aliyah plan to bring two million olim by 2048, vows to cut bureaucracy

Bnei Menashe olim arriving in Israel, April 23, 2026.
COMMENT

An Israeli columnist called American Jews ‘traitors,’ here's why he's wrong

 CELEBRATING ISRAEL during a New York parade. What does Chabad have against the flag?
OPINION

Immigration by choice: Why do most olim from America choose Jerusalem?

Jerusalem’s Mesila Park in snow, 2022.
BySHAIKE NAFHA

Yakov Schacht: How a Ninjutsu coach navigates life in Israel’s war zone

YAKOV SCHACHT, business leadership coach.

Luria: A Jerusalem-inspired project with modern boutique design

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

The Luria project by Tzarfati Shimon in Arnona, Jerusalem.

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

A landmark project - Midtown Jerusalem

Midtown Jerusalem

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

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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   

The Future of Israeli Tech: Insights from Yaniv Golan

The future of Israeli tech: Insights from Yaniv Golan

Trump calls Chinese shipment to Iran a 'gift,' Israeli technicians charged with espionage

Assisting Jews worldwide this Independence Day

US Politics   

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US, September 6, 2024.

US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods

Trump administration to re-terminate legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app

US legal adviser says Iran war justified by Tehran's 'aggression' over decades

Diaspora   

Historian Jonathan Sarna views a facsimile of a letter from Jonas Phillips, an 18th-century German-Jewish trader, in the exhibit "The First Salute" at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, April 22, 2026.

Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?

Teens in two states arrested over threat that shuttered Houston synagogue

Inside the KKL-JNF shake-up led by its youngest chairman in decades

Judaism   

That mission is rooted in the fusion of the sacred and the everyday.

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Love your neighbor as yourself

Christian World   

FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa'ar and new envoy to Christian world George Deek.

Israel appoints new envoy to Christian world after Lebanese Jesus statue, Pizzaballa controversies

Nationwide Bible reading event marks 250 years of scripture in America

Pope Leo to begin 10-day Africa tour on mission to spotlight continent's needs

Food   

Good-old cooking days: Old-school Israeli kitchen in more modest times.

Wine Talk: Wining in the kitchen

Archaeologist revives 2,000-year-old bread recipe in Pompeii after 18 years of experimentation

In the kitchen with Henny: Marinade magic for your grill

Archaeology   

A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

Great Pyramid of Giza may have been built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps

Partial statue of Ramesses the Great found in ancient Egyptian capital city along Nile

CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century

Science   

A cup of coffee

This is the number of daily coffee cups researchers recommend for optimal mood benefi

'IKEA kit' nuclear power plant startup gets $380 million to build reactors in shipyards

'Boiling frog': Frequent dependence on AI can erode humanity's mental capabilities, study finds

Culture   

LIRAZ CHAMAMI (right) and Talia Lynne Ronn in ‘Unconditional.’

What to watch now: New Israeli drama 'Unconditional’ and a fading ‘Hacks’

Hodaya Cohen wins Israel's 78th Independence Day Bible World Quiz for Youth

Memorial Day ceremony honors 47 fallen lone soldiers since October 7

History   

File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623  in London, England, July 7, 2006.

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

'Godfather of denim’: an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

OMG   

MACAQUES HOLD food while an infant sits between them at the Rock in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, July 27, 2019.

Gibraltar's monkeys find clever way to avoid junk food bellyache

Starbucks tests ChatGPT to suggest drinks by how you dress, your ‘vibes’

“VeryChinese”: Gen Z’s latest meme crowns China the new cultural tastemaker

Consumerism   

Kamisa Winery.

Celebrating spring: New wine series bringing freshness to the table

Up to NIS 150,000 off: Parallel imports surge and Porsche cuts prices

These are the best beaches in the world for 2026

Rabbi Kalman Ber, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel with Eduard Shyfrin, businessman, mathematician, and Kabbalah scholar

Israel’s Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits Monaco Jewish community

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

From vision to action

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