State cannot continue funding haredi schools that fail to meet legal standards - A-G

In the opinion sent to Education Minister Yoav Kisch, the Attorney-General’s Office stated that the continued funding of institutions that do not meet statutory obligations “cannot persist.”

Will the government be forced to halt earmarked funds for haredi education?

Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in February 2025.
Ultra orthodox jewish kids seen the first day of school at an Ultra-Orthodox school in Neve Yaakov Neighborhood of Jerusalem on August 9, 2021.
Haredi students at the Jerusalem College of Technology

US could maintain oversight of Venezuela 'much longer' than a year, Trump tells NYT

"We will rebuild it in a very profitable way," Trump said of Venezuela, adding, "we're going to be using oil, and we're going to be taking oil."

US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.
IDF graphic showing the trajectory of the rocket that landed short in Gaza on January 8, 2026.

Rocket launched by terrorists in Gaza misfires, crashes near hospital inside Strip

The military noted that it detected the launch coming from Gaza City and that it quickly responded by striking the source of the fire.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addresses the National Cooperation Convention in Munich, July 26, 2025.

Crown Prince Pahlavi urges Iranians to continue protests, warns regime may cut internet

'Innovative, highly sustainable': Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new border protection system

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, May 5, 2025.

US to withdraw from 66 international organizations deemed 'contrary to US interests'

Lebanese army soldiers inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Tair Felsay near Litani river, early on November 13, 2025.

Lebanese army claims control south of Litani outside IDF-held areas, omits mention of Hezbollah

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest at the Bar Ilan intersection in Jerusalem on November 6, 2016, following the arrest of a haredi draft-dodger.

Beyond the bus: Addressing hate behind Eisenthal’s death in a Jerusalem riot

EDITORIAL
An illustration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a backdrop of Iranian flags flying amid fire from an Israeli strike on Sharan Oil depot, Tehran.

Iranians 'have fallen in love with Netanyahu,' Tehran resident tells KAN

REPORT
People gather on the Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of last year's shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, January 7, 2016. France this week commemorates the victims of last year's Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie

Are we watching the collapse of Western Europe in real time?

COMMENT
Breads Bakery in NYC

Employees of Tel Aviv bakery spinoff in NYC call for Jewish Israeli owners to cut Israeli ties

Startup Nation meets the Scale-Up State: Israeli innovation heads to Texas

The Jerusalem Post, in partnership with the Texas-Israel Alliance (TIA), today announced the launch of Unicorn Rodeo, a two-day international conference to be held in Dallas on April 29–30, 2026.

Startup Nation meets the Scale-Up State in Texas

Trump will kill Khamenei if Iranian regime continues murdering protesters, Lindsey Graham says

Graham made the comments during a FOX News interview as the death toll of Iranian protesters at the hands of security forces continues to climb.

Israeli-backed Palestinian militia says it killed two Hamas operatives in southern Gaza

L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.
REPORT

Israel's ban on unsupervised reporters in Gaza causes strategic harm to legitimacy

Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate at University College London, May 15, 2024.

Twenty five US states file brief against AMP, NSJP for providing material support to Hamas on Oct 7

Hezbollah supporters attend a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of their late leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025

IDF strike kills Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon, kill Hamas terrorist in Gaza

WATCH

Bank Hapoalim completes $2 billion overseas bond sale in largest such offering by an Israeli bank

The issuance was led by international underwriters Citi, JPMorgan, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Goldman Sachs, the bank said.

US advancing Israeli-Syrian ski resort project on Mount Hermon, sources tell 'Post'

A woman takes out money from a Bank HaPoalim ATM machiine in Tel Aviv on March 25, 2025

Israel's Mobileye buys CEO Shashua's Mentee Robotics for $900 million

Mobileye has agreed to acquire Mentee Robotics, a robotics startup also founded by Amnon Shashua

MDA ambulances donated to Syrian Druze communities, Israeli Druze MK says

Magen David Adom ambulances

Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, first haredi mayor of Jerusalem and Yad Sarah founder, dies at 74

Spotlight

NSW Premier Chris Minns and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attend a press conference at NSW Police headquarters, following a deadly shooting incident during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Australian PM announces Royal Commission into antisemitism after weeks of resistance

Salt Lake City where a shooting at a Mormon Church leaves two dead.

Shooting at Salt Lake City church leaves two dead, six injured

A New York City police officer stands guard outside Central Synagogue during Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, in New York City, US, October 2, 2025.

Synagogues across the US targeted in bomb threat Bitcoin extortion campaign

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.

Aliyah event protest is the first real test for Mamdani administration

ANALYSIS

How to make sense of contradictory messaging on Iran regime change?

ANALYSIS

Nation-states, including the US and Israel in the past, often pursue multiple goals and prepare for scenarios that may be contradictory.

Pakistan, Saudi in talks on JF-17 jets-for-loans deal, sources say

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with the families of Iranians who died during the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran, January 3, 2026.
LISTEN

US threatens Iran's Ayatollah, Hamas operatives killed by Palestinian militia - January 7, 2026

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

Who makes up Iran's fragmented opposition?

EXPLAINER
A PROTESTOR holds a placard of Iranian opposition leader and son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, during a demonstration against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests in central Paris, on January 4, 2026.

Iran's Crown Prince calls for coordinated protests at end of week as regime forces reportedly flee

'Curse all of you': Queens man indicted for threatening to kill Jews, Zionists, police

The X account, which also had the tag "BXSniper," also expressed animosity toward white people and US President Donald Trump, who was described as a devil and pedophile.

Pardoned January 6 protester Jake Lang does Nazi salute during anti-AIPAC demonstration in DC

A Jewish family walks in Manhattan, NY, May 3, 2024.

Popular Israeli restaurant in Lisbon forced to close due to antisemitic targeting, hostile campaign

Popular Israeli restaurant in Lisbon forced to close due to antisemitic targeting, hostile campaigns

Anti-Israel activists cancel NYC Nefesh b'Nefesh protest

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025. REUTERS

Audio bench bearing testimony of Holocaust survivor destroyed, thrown in lake in Manchester park

Antisemitism in China is not accidental, or marginal

OPINION

Israel must be firm in its rejection of China’s official denials that it has become a breeding ground of antisemitism.

Ingratitude: How Israel supported China and still became Beijing's target

OPINION
Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister for Foreign Affairs of China speaks at Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on September 27, 2024.

Knesset rejects Yesh Atid bill to nationalize KKL, Lapid accuses rivals of 'corruption'

Opposition leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Knesset advances bill to create national memorial day of Oct. 7 attacks

A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 7, 2026.
OPINION

Ousting Hamas is not enough: New reality of Gaza must change

ByGERSHON BASKIN

How new US defense policies impact security and industry - opinion

OPINION

The United States is overhauling how it builds and fields military power. These changes are reshaping national security, the defense workforce, and local economies in ways every community will feel

In the age of AI warfare, Israel’s strongest defense is its people

OPINION
A member of the U.S. Army takes part in a fitness competition with the U.S. Capitol in the background on the day of a military parade to commemorate the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday in Washington, D.C

Morocco deploys IAI's Barak air defense system

Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)

US to triple Patriot missile production in historic defense deal

Illustrative: Various decommisioned aircraft and missiles are displayed at the entrance to the former Naval Air Station off California Highway 1 on June 12, 2022, in Point Mugu, California.

How Israeli defense tech ended up in Venezuela’s hands

EXPLAINER

US immigration agent shoots, kills woman in Minneapolis, city spokesperson says

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey confirmed the shooting in a post on X, blaming the Trump administration for heightening tensions around immigration enforcement.

Trump administration moves to revoke residency of antisemitism researcher

Members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 7, 2026.

Venezuelan Interior Minister: One hundred people killed in US operation to capture Maduro

Jonathan Mayora collects items from his damaged family home, after the US launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela January 4, 2026.

US, with help of UK, seizes Venezuela-linked oil tanker sailing under Russian flag

The vessel tanker formerly known as Bella 1, now the Marinera, at Singapore Strait, after US officials say the US Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, in this picture taken from social media on March 18, 2025.

Dozens dead, thousands arrested, alleged Israeli spy executed as Iran protests move into day 11

Abdanan, Iran. January 6, 2025.

In Collaboration

After the sirens fade, the children remain

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The Diary of Major Eyal Avnion z"l

Major Eyal Avnion leading his troops.

Tel Aviv University launches Global Young Leadership Community

Tel Aviv University's new Global Young Leadership Community on

Bar Refaeli launches Livelle pop-up at Ben-Gurion Airport duty-free

The pop-up, which will operate through February 9, showcases a new CC cream that combines skincare and makeup.

As 2026 begins, AI boom pushes Israeli tech salaries toward NIS 40,000

Bar Refaeli
OPINION

Witnessing Israel’s innovation and moral purpose

Palestinians walk past a sign calling for a boycott of Israel painted on a wall in Bethlehem
ByPAUSHALI LASS

Israel completes $6 billion public offering, returns to pre-war spread levels

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

Bank of America initiates 'buy' on top four Israeli banks, citing post-war momentum

Hadera approves major coal reduction at Orot Rabin power station, pollution expected to drop

The reduction in coal dust pollution is expected to be significant, about 80% of current levels, and the monitoring will enable close oversight of emissions and pollutants.

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

WATCH
A GENERAL view of Israel Electric Corp's Orot Rabin coal-fired power station is seen on the Mediterranean coast near the central town of Hadera April 24, 2013.

Endangered hope: Rare mountain gorilla twins born in war-ravaged Virunga National Park, Congo

A sign displays information about a road closure due to an earthquake on a highway in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, December 9, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

6.2 magnitude earthquake rattles western Japan, infrastructure disruptions reported

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

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

Israeli scientists unlock genetic links to Autism, brain disorder using CRISPR tech - study

STUDY

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic stem cells develop into brain cells.

Subtle face movements can indicate your decisions, scientists say

Autism and ADHD Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence

Trump admin. advises Americans to consume alcohol in moderation in order to be healthier

Sheba to inaugurate Roman Abramovich Theranostics and Nuclear Medicine Center

First infection of Clade 1b strain of monkeypox identified in Israel, vaccines not in stock

From Paraguay to Israel: Daughter inspires family to make aliyah

A 12-year-old’s love for Israel inspired her entire family to leave Paraguay and start a new life in Ra’anana.

'Come home!': FM Gideon Sa’ar urges Diaspora Jews to make aliyah to Israel

Esther Levin and her family at a simcha before their aliyah.

Australian family makes aliyah from Sydney, becoming 2026's first olim

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.

Enough with the slogans: How can Israel truly jump-start the long-term rental market?

Despite years of government plans, the rental market barely moves. Uri Paz of Michlol Financing pinpoints the core issue and proposes a financing solution to enable large-scale long-term rentals.

2026 in urban renewal: Less magic, more depth

Tenting Market.

It only gets worse: How can construction time in Israel be shortened?

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

It’s all about the timing

Housing Market.

The market awaits a drop: Will it happen in 2026?

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

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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

Past Event - 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   

US Vice President JD Vance closes out AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 21, 2025

US VP says Venezuela can only sell oil if it serves US interests

Rubio says he'll meet Danish officials next week to discuss US interest in Greenland

Rubio says US plan for Venezuela is stability, recovery, then transition

Diaspora   

PEOPLE ATTEND a march in support of the Jewish community called No Hate No Fear in Cadman Plaza on January 5, 2020 in New York City.

Antisemitic hate crimes surge to 330 cases in NYC, dominating all other incidents

'Beginning of the End': Venezuelan Jews in Israel and Miami react to Maduro’s abduction

Israelis banned from UK sports arena for their own protection, new evidence suggests

Judaism   

The torah dedication ceremony at Kehillat Harlem on Aug. 31, 2025.

At a former driving school, Kehillat Harlem plants roots for Jewish life uptown

Rabbis after Google: Jewish leadership must be reimagined

Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens

Christian World   

Okotch Mondoh, Robert Weinger, Sarah Boulos, Rory Kaye, and Stephanie Bahn Poteet, with a red, white and blue shofar, at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, January 14, 2025.

Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to address Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast's Mar-a-Lago event

Defending persecuted Christians strengthens Israel

Gaza’s tiny Christian community struggles to survive after war

Food   

Chicken soup.

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

Studio Gursha: Pan-African fine dining reaches Tel Aviv

Mamilla Hotel hosts wine weekend, attracting Israelis from all over the country

Archaeology   

The mandible of an archaic human who lived about 773 000 years ago is pictured after being excavated at a cave called Grotte a Hominides at a site known as Thomas Quarry I in the southwest part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca in this undated photograph released on January 7, 2026.

Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor

'Grandpa, look what we found': Huckabee family uncovers ancient coins in West Bank caves

Roman-era necropolis, ancient workshops unearthed in Egypt’s western Nile Delta

Science   

A VIEW of Jupiter's moon Europa created from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990's, according to NASA, obtained by Reuters May 14, 2018.

Jupiter's moon Europa less likely to hold life than previously thought, scientists discover

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

Culture   

YEHORAM GAON

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

Hapoel Tel Aviv beats Dubai, Maccabi falls in Barcelona

Maccabi Haifa wins north soccer derby against Hapoel Haifa 2-0

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   

An image depicts the characters of Russian children's cartoon Prostokvashino, Sharik the dog and Matroskin the cat, and the animated version of Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a New Year message to the nation in Moscow's Red Square, in the undated footage released December 26, 2025.

Animated Putin joins talking cat, dog for New Year's message in popular Russian cartoon

Israeli students caught after making approx. NIS 600,000 selling bagrut cheat sheets

Jon Hamm to host NFL Honors ceremony ahead of Super Bowl LX

Consumerism   

Basketball.

Deni Avdija’s NBA leap is turning Israeli hoops into must-watch TV

In an unexpected location: The new hotel that draws attention

Bar Mitzvah in Israel: Why more families are choosing Israel for their Bar Mitzvah celebrations

Astrology   

Horoscope.

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