UK gov't welcomes Egyptian activist who supported killing Zionists, whites, called British 'dogs'

Anti-Israel activists disrupt Boxing Day shopping in London, Toronto malls

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, greets family and friends at their home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025.

Iron Beam laser system rolled out across Israel, reshaping air defense

WATCH
The Iron Beam laser defense system, pictured in December 2025.
French flag in France

France elected to lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2027

Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.
STUDY

Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens dramatically increased Israel focus in recent months

FBI says it uncovered $250 million fraud scheme tied to Minnesota aid programs

The Safir satellite-carrier rocket, which was designed for Iran's Omid satellite, is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran in 2009

In show of defiance, Iran launches new satellites ahead of Netanyahu-Trump summit

Snow seen on Mount Hermon on December 28, 2025.b

Rain, snow hit Israel as powerful winter system sparks flood warnings, road rescues

 View of the IDF's Army Radio station headquarters in Jaffa, November 12, 2025

High Court freezes government move to shutter Army Radio pending ruling

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump share a warm moment in the Knesset in October 2025.

Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida, talks to center on Gaza, Iranian missiles, Lebanon

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus sign 2026 trilateral work plan for military cooperation, December 28, 2025.

Trilateral work plan for military cooperation between Israel, Greece, Cyprus signed

EXCLUSIVE
A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Israel moves to crack down on prostitution and shut down brothels

Chatam: The Anglo community in Rehovot you’ve probably never heard of

Rabbi Ashenberg, together with participants at the Semichas Chaver Siyum in Jerusalem

Hezbollah chief Qassem denounces Beirut's inaction following alleged kidnapping of Ahmad Shukr

The decisive battle for Israel isn’t in Gaza – it’s in the world’s imagination

OPINION
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.

'Gatekeeper's fall': Handala releases photos, documents allegedly from Braverman's phone

Iranians hold banners of Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual al-Quds Day in Tehran, Iran, March 28, 2025

Iran-linked hack group Handala publishes vaguely threatening poem addressed to Netanyahu

Bita Shafiei moments after her release from prison, December 27, 2025.

Bita Shafiei walks free: Iranian activist released on bail following prison stint

High Court freezes Tel Aviv chief rabbi election, citing flawed consultation process

2025 deadliest year on record for Arab society in Israel, Abraham Initiatives report finds

 SUPREME COURT President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing last Tuesday on petitions against the cabinet’s firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.

'Breaking the glass ceiling': Border Police appoints first Arab-Muslim battalion commander

Yasser Hadaya Asadi graduated as thew first ever Arab-Muslim Battalion Commander of the Israeli Border Police. Asadi, 52, was the only Muslim from 107 graduates, Ynet reported on Sunday.

Katz alleges Army Radio workers misled High Court in bid to halt closure

Minister of Defence Israel Katz visits the Mahaneh Yehudah Market in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2025.

Court clears Beersheba assault suspect of link to Haymanut Kasau disappearance, extends detention

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach out to shake hands at the White House last week. The world must support the Trump-Netanyahu framework in which Hamas is held accountable and peace can take root, says the writer.

Trump, Netanyahu talks shaped as much by politics as by policy

ANALYSIS
A Jordanian flag flies over the capital city, Amman, Jordan August 17, 2025.

Jordan carries out airstrikes in Syria, signaling frustration over border security

ANALYSIS
Somalis react after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 27, 2025

The Red Sea strategy: What does Israel stand to gain from recognizing Somaliland?

ANALYSIS
Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on December 26, 2025.

Strategic misfire? Israel’s Somaliland move fuels new tensions

OPINION

Three killed as Alawite protest in Syria’s Latakia turns violent

Mosque bombing in Homs during prayers leaves eight dead, dozens wounded

People from the Alawite sect protest as they demand federalism and an end to what they say is the killing and violations against Alawites, in Latakia, Syria, December 28, 2025
OPINION

US giving F-35s to Saudi Arabia is hardly a threat to Israel

ByYITZHAK SHICHOR
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian man speak in Beit Lid, near Tulkarm, in the West Bank, November 7, 2025

Two Israelis rescued after entering Tulkarm under influence of alcohol

Israeli security forces at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist was shot after carrying out an attack at several locations near the city of Afula, December 26, 2025.

Terrorist who killed two in Israel's North discharged from hospital, brothers arrested

Australian rabbis join calls urging Albanese to launch a royal commission on antisemitism

Instead of tackling antisemitism, cities worldwide are placing Jews under house arrest

OPINION
General view of the memorial at Bondi Pavilion on December 21, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.
STUDY

Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens dramatically increased Israel focus in recent months

Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.

Newest member of Mamdani's inaugural committee praised people tearing Israeli hostage posters

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’

Zionism didn’t start in Europe, and Ethiopian Jews can prove it

OPINION

Israel has chosen the US over China, now it must act accordingly

OPINION
ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, in November 2025.
OPINION

The euro in the collection box: How Western ‘charity’ bought Hamas’s rockets

President of the Palestinian Association in Italy, Mohammad Hannoun, carries a Palestinian flag during a nationwide strike, called by the USB union, in solidarity with Gaza and against the government and its plan to increase military spending, in Rome, Italy, November 29, 2025.
ByAMINE AYOUB
OPINION

Why Israel recognizing Somaliland matters – and why the US should follow suit

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on December 26, 2025.
ByASHER LUBOTZKY
ANALYSIS

Israel’s recognition highlights Somaliland’s entrapment in world’s colonial past

Israel launches national space lab to lower barriers for domestic satellite, space tech development

Israeli firm that detects divers and submarines considers listing on Tel Aviv exchange

Satellite in Space.
INTERVIEW

Israel’s defense-tech revolution: How MAFAT is shaping the evolution of Israel's warfare

 The Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile system.

Anti-Israel Colombia integrates IAI's Barak air defense system

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024

Netanyahu: Israel to spend $110 billion on independent arms industry

Zelensky to meet Trump in Florida amid Russian strikes on Ukraine

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland

President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 17, 2025.

Russia preparing for wider war with the West, outgoing Swiss army chief says

LIEUTENANT GENERAL Thomas Süssli, Chief of the Armed Forces of the Swiss Army, attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, March 16, 2020.

French actress, icon, advocate: Brigitte Bardot passes away at 91

Pictures of former actress Brigitte Bardot are displayed during a media preview of an exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt, western Paris September 25, 2009. The exhibition devoted to the French star will run from September 29, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
INTERVIEW

Israeli recognition is historic 'lifetime achievement,' Somaliland official tells 'Post'

Director-General of Somaliland's Foreign Ministry, Mohamed Abdirahman.

Why was Gal Gadot Chosen to be the 2026 Laureate of the $1 Million Genesis Prize?

STAN POLOVETS, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation / Gal Gadot

Ester Ben David’s Zionist blueprint for building a stronger state

Ester Ben David and her team: “They are my rock.”

A legacy reinforced: Keren Hayesod shows its impact in Israel’s challenging times

Keren Hayesod World Chairman Sam Grundwerg, CEO & Dir Gen Edna Weinstock-Gabay, Dr. Tzachi Slutsky, Soroka Deputy Hospital Manager, visiting ruins from an Iranian missile at Soroka Hospital, Beersheba

New Israeli airline recruiting pilots as commercial operations set to start in 2026

Your Taxes: Leaving Israel? Leave your pension here

A Tus Airways Airbus A320-200 is seen landing at Ben-Gurion Airport, in Israel, July 12, 2021

Smotrich threatens to double tax on Israeli banks if consumer benefits canceled

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Delta launches service that will change the flying experience once and for all – Israel included

Delta Flight Wi-Fi.

Your Investments: The cost of investor overconfidence

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

Religiosity among Israelis determines what they're willing to do about climate crisis

STUDY
A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron

FILLING A stainless-steel bottle in the corridor’s dispenser at Hilton Paris Opera.

Refill era here to stay? Luxury hotels ditching bottled water

People take part in a ceremony ahead of the demolition of a damaged building, following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan April 5, 2024.

Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude earthquake, no major damage reported

Israeli health officials call for sanctions on anti-vaxxers as flu morbidity rate rises

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

STUDY
A patient at a Maccabi Health Center in Jerusalem receives a vaccination against the 'H1N1' swine flu. Israeli health authorities has started vaccinating the population against swine flu. December 20, 2009.
STUDY

Babies begin forming expectations of their parents as early as their first year

Why spending time with grandchildren can ease war trauma for Israel's seniors

Pharmacies report localized shortages as weight-loss injection Mounjaro arrives in Israel

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

Israel expected to advance aliyah emergency aid plan for new immigrants

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.

Israel advancing emergency aliyah plans in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

Ofir Sofer (middle), Rabbi Eli Schlanger (Far right)
POLL

'Eyeing the exits': Nearly half of British Jews don't feel welcome in UK, don't see future

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

It’s all about the timing

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Nice presentations, less reality: Supervision in urban renewal under criticism

Construction Site.

Construction starts surge, transactions stall: More declines ahead?

The Command Compound – Heart of the Old City.

Beersheba’s southern command to be vacated and transformed into a residential and leisure complex

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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

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

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US Politics   

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White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Trump 'shares love of young girls,' Epstein wrote in card purportedly sent to Nassar

Diaspora   

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and his wife Michal attend a ceremony marking one week since the mass shooting attack in Sydney. His recent appearance at the American Zionist Movement (AZM) Biennial National Assembly should be understood not as a courtesy call, but as a meaningful marker of shared destiny, t

Why President Herzog reaffirms the shared destiny of Israel and the Jewish world

Mezuzahs torn from Toronto seniors’ apartment building in second incident in month

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Judaism   

DESPITE BEING fully recognized by the Chief Rabbinate, many Orthodox converts are living in legal and social limbo, denied citizenship, as they face systemic bureaucracy and discrimination at the Interior Ministry. Here, women pray at the Western Wall.

Recognized by rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in Israeli legal limbo

When brothers reunite: Ezekiel’s prophecy and Israel’s deepest divide

Parashat Vayigash: A shoulder of tears

Christian World   

Tour Guide Ofek Ron Carmel leads Israeli tourists from all backgrounds through the cobblestone streets of Mi’ilya. They wear Santa hats to be festive and keep their ears warm.

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

Christmas passes peacefully in the Middle East

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   

Rare Byzantine-era gold coins discovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert.

Byzantine-era coins, ring discovered in Judean Desert point to Christian presence in region

Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old labyrinth that reveals India’s role in ancient global trade

Oldest evidence of transport technology uncovered in White Sands, New Mexico

Science   

An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

The world is pushing for nuclear fusion energy. Israel has the keys to crack it

Culture   

BEITAR JERUSALEM’S Omer Atzili celebrates after his goal during the 2-1 victory for the capital city side over Ironi Tiberias in the State Cup round-of-32.

State Cup weekend sees Beitar comeback and dominant displays by top clubs

Surging Maccabi Tel Aviv continues Euroleague push

Israeli film awards proceed as boycotting nominees reverse course

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   

eople look at the artifacts found during the construction of the new metro line at the Colosseum metro station which promise to dazzle locals and tourists with museum-like displays of archaeological discoveries, in Rome, Italy December 16, 2025.

New Rome metro stations showcase ancient treasures after years of delays

Trump tells children, 'US military is tracking Santa' at NORAD's Christmas calls event

Amanda Seyfried learns about Shaker founder for film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

Consumerism   

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Investors eye growth: Airwallex raises $330M in successful funding round

Narin Ammara turns adversity into ambition with the upcoming launch of Narins Beauty

Wood, bamboo, and warm light: Celebrate Hanukkah with green and unique design

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Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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