Iran's ballistic missiles are a real threat, but exaggerated claims can hurt Israel's case

ANALYSIS

Albanese drowned out by jeers as Australians hold vigil for Bondi Beach massacre

WATCH
A view of Iran's domestically made satellite launch vehicles (SLVs) and missiles in the National Museum of Holy Defense in Tehran, Iran on April 17, 2025.

UK may impose sanctions on aid flotilla organizer, alleged senior Hamas member

ZAHER BIRAWI (far left) with former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (second from right)
 Wikipedia homepage on the computer screen under magnifying glass. Wikipedia is a free Internet encyclopedia.

Wikipedia's Israel page now unequivocally states Jewish state is 'committing genocide'

PROF. YIFAT MERBL. Just last year, she received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category, which is given to scientists for groundbreaking or innovative research that has the potential to advance the health of mankind

Israeli scientist makes ‘Nature’ journal’s top ten list of shapers of science in 2025

Best and worst - JPPI analysis reviews world leaders' statements after Bondi Beach shooting

Palestinians walk past a sign with information on Area A, near Jordan Valley, in the West Bank, June 13, 2020

'Disaster only matter of time': As Hamas incitement rises, more Israelis enter West Bank's Area A

Footage from the supposed underground base used by pro-Iran militias, December 20, 2025

Secret Iranian underground base supposedly revealed in new footage from Syria

WATCH
Geffen Biton.

Gefen Bitton, Israeli who tried to stop Bondi Beach shooter, in coma in critical condition

A US military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the US Coast Guard, days after US President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea December 20, 2025.

US intercepts another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, officials say

A firefighter rescuing an infant from a building fire in Beersheba, December 21, 2025.

Firefighters rescue six, including infant, from apartment fire in Beersheba

WATCH
A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16.

US Navy launches first one-way attack drone from ship amid growing threats

US agency implements ZAKA’s knowledge

Dubi Weissenstern CEO of ZAKA &  Exec Dir Moshe Rozenberg at the signing ceremony for the cooperation agreement in Washington with outgoing CEO of US National Sheriffs’ Association Jonathan Thompson

US, mediators push forward Gaza peace plan as 2025 comes to a close

ANALYSIS

Trump admin. pitches 'Project Sunrise' to turn Gaza into 'futuristic coastal destination'

REPORT
 Palestinian woman walks past residential buildings damaged and destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, December 14, 2025

In three incidents, Air Force strikes suspects attempting to cross Yellow Line in northern Gaza

Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025.

In dual strikes, IDF targets two Hezbollah terrorists in Yater area of southern Lebanon

 Israeli drone.

Iran-linked hackers claim to expose alleged Israeli drone engineers, offer $30,000 bounties

Netanyahu trial is too long and mismanaged, former Supreme Court president says

Katz says gov't will approve shutdown of Army Radio today after 75 years of broadcasting

Former high Court president Aharon Barak is seen at a conference of the Israeli Association of Public Law (IAPL) in Haifa, earleir this month. Arguments over judicial overreach and activism in Israel have been ongoing for years, the writer notes.

Police arrest three October 7 terrorist infiltrators, seize weapons in Rahat

A Hamas terrorist sits inside a vehicle in Gaza City, November 20, 2025; illustrative.

Israeli father killed in Thailand motorcycle crash, son seriously injured

Motorcycles are seen at a bustling street in Pattaya, Thailand (illustrative)
WATCH

Woman goes viral for blowing out Hanukkah candles at Tel Aviv mall

 An illustrative image of elderly Israelis.

Seniors can still learn new things via frontal-lecture courses, Israeli study finds

People gather at the floral tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Bondi attack: A predictable antisemitic murder

OPINION
TWENTYSHILLING BARROW as it was first uncovered.

3000-year-old burial site uncovered in Scotland sheds light on devastation in the Bronze Age

An illustration of a woman checking a fuse box by candlelight during a power cut.

Power restored for about 110,000 customers after major outage hits San Francisco

Iran's Crown Prince slams Islamic Republic after execution of Iranian accused of spying for Israel

Israel launched Operation Narnia on Iran's nuclear scientists with US backing

REPORT
Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference on June 23, 2025 in Paris, France.

Kurdish PM meets with Egypt's Sisi to discuss Middle East stability, trade deals

A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard as Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with people in Sweida, on July 17, 2025.

Washington’s Syrian mistake: Empowering HTS, endangering Kurds

OPINION
Younes Sadaghiani in the Knesset.

Lion of Persia: The online warrior fighting for Iran's future - and Israeli coexistance

INTERVIEW

'We did not protect you': NSW Premier says government failed Australian Jewish community

J’accuse: Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood led to Bondi Beach

OPINION
A rabbi lights the menorah during a tribute for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025.

Australia arrests suspect for alleged antisemitic threats on flight to Sydney

The man is alleged to have made antisemitic threats and hand gestures indicating violence towards the alleged victim
OPINION

Bondi massacre was not about free speech – it's the cost of normalizing antisemitism

A PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY activist holds a placard outside the St George’s Cathedral during an interfaith prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 17, 2025.
BySHARON PARDO

New South Wales moves to outlaw 'globalize the intifada' slogan following Bondi Beach massacre

250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

Bar Rose's most recent albums bring complex instrumentation to the forefront

'Pride and Prejudice' was first brought to the silver screen in 1940, and was reprised in 2005.
INTERVIEW

Jewish producer Lawrence Bender talks antisemitism in films and Red Alert

Lawrence Bender with Lana Melman.
OPINION

Winning the eighth front: Israel's fight for legitimacy, narrative

DEMONSTRATORS HOLD a banner which reads: ‘Stop genocide! From the river to the sea, Palestine will win!’ in Madrid, earlier this year. The ultimate and explicit goal is the destruction of the State of Israel through a combination of military pressure, including terrorism, and international pressure,
ByBRIAN EGLASH
OPINION

Haymanot Kasau's disappearence: Why Israel must fix how it handles missing children

BySHMUEL LEGESSE

Ukraine hits Russian 'Shadow Fleet' tanker in Mediterranean with drones

US approves $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, largest ever

A Ukrainian sea drone approaches to strike the Dashan, a tanker part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", in the Black Sea, December 10, 2025, in this picture obtained from a video. S

IDF establishes artificial intelligence division in response to Oct. 7 failure

 Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa.

United Arab Emirates named as Elbit's mystery $2.3 billion customer

REPORT
 Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).

Germany doubles its investment in Israel's Arrow 3 with new $3.1 billion expansion deal

Netanyahu to brief Trump on new plans to strike Iran in upcoming meeting

REPORT

Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting, police hunt for suspects

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump embrace on the Knesset plenum, October 13, 2025.
REPORT

Greece weighs sending engineers to Gaza under Phase II of Trump's ceasefire plan

Greek army soldiers march during a military parade to mark the national "Oxi" (No) Day in Thessaloniki on October 28, 2025, commemorating Greece's refusal to accept the ultimatum given by fascist Italy in 1940 during World War II; illustrative.

Matilda Bee tribute goes viral as Build-a-Bear stock vanishes in days

A portrait of 10-year-old Matilda, victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, sits on a flower memorial beside Bondi Pavilion on December 17, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Photo of Donald Trump removed from released Epstein files, Democrats decry 'cover-up'

A photo from the publicly released Epstein files which was removed without explanation from the Justice Department’s collection.

Adding Light Through Giving Blood

Yair Lifshitz

Love in the third age like the first

Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

Jewish Agency Shlichim Strengthen Communities Worldwide and Spread Hanukkah’s Global Glow

Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog and CEO Yehuda Setton with Jewish Agency shlichim

Average salary in Israel rises in first half of 2025, as gender pay gap widens

Egypt: Gas deal with Israel 'purely commercial,' doesn't change Palestine stance

 View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.

Google, Apple warn staff with US visas against international travel due to embassy delays

Warsaw, Poland - September 20, 2024, A smartphone displaying the Apple logo is positioned in front of the Google logo, illustrating the tech rivalry between these two tech giants.

Jensen Huang says Israel is 'our second home' as Nvidia confirms new campus plans

 The Nvidia logo is seen on a building (illustrative)

Your Investments: Patience consistently beats prediction when navigating market fluctuations

Jerusalem apartment destroyed by fire during Shabbat, seven injured

WATCH

Israeli scientists use AI to improve irrigation and spot plant stress early

STUDY
The aftermath of a fire that burned down an apartment in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood, December 20, 2025

Winter in Jerusalem: Valleys, rails, and the city’s stories

MIRIAM ADELSON looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 16, 2025.

US House of Representatives passes bill to expedite permitting for big energy projects

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on the US economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, US December 9, 2025.

Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency

'Aging in Wellness and Adversity': Embracing patients coping with old age, dementia

REVIEW

A life-saving injection: How MDA responders saved an infant from severe allergic shock

Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

Four-year-old dies from flu in Israel's North in fifth fatal case this year

More than 1500 runners join 'For The Heroines' run in support of women with breast cancer

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

Israel expected to advance aliyah emergency aid plan for new immigrants

Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants

 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.
OPINION

Jews cannot confront antisemitism by themselves

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2025.
ByZEHAVIT GROSS

Finding her place: Leora Leeder's journey from New York to Israel

Leora and her daughter run the Jerusalem marathon.

Emerging Real Estate Hotspots in Israel

Beer Sheva City Israel Aerial Shot

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

It’s all about the timing

Data reveals: housing demand in Kiryat Malakhi is on the rise

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Plan approved: Giant neighborhood of approximately 3,000 apartments to be built in this city

SEA ONE Outdoor Pool

SEA ONE: A new standard of resort-living for English speakers in Israel

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When land no one wanted becomes good news for students

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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

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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   

Rabbi Levi Wolff lights a menorah at Bondi Pavilion to honour the victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. (photo credit: HOLLIE ADAMS/REUTERS)

Are Australia's Jews safe? The crucial security, spiritual insights taken from Bondi Beach massacre

The ever-evolving David Broza: A new live jazz album

Will Israel go back to Gaza fighting, draft haredi men? MK's weigh in

US Politics   

IMMIGRATIONA AND Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents check the identity documents of a group of agricultural workers at a grocery store parking lot during an immigration raid in Mecca, California, US December 19, 2025.

Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash

Trump officials refused Israeli request to keep some US sanctions imposed on Syria

Republican critics fear incomplete disclosure of Epstein files will loom over midterms

Diaspora   

Hungarian EU Affairs Minister and Envoy for Combating Antisemitism János Bóka. He says EU states would need to work together to counter rising antisemitism.

Defending Jewish communities is part of fight for Europe’s soul, Hungarian minister tells ‘Post’

Toronto trio arrested for alleged attempted abductions of Jews, women

Israel-Diaspora relations are fracturing - both sides must invest in repair

Judaism   

 Col. Richard Kemp lights a hanukkiah in the field.

Heroes of PALMAR: Hanukkah and the few against many

Bondi, Oct. 7: A deliberate pattern of terror on Jewish holidays

Hanukkah 2025: From Hellenism to today’s culture wars

Christian World   

Christmas in Nazareth

Christmas returns to Nazareth, marking a gradual revival of the city's Christian tourism

Herzog, Pope Leo discuss rise in worldwide antisemitism ahead of Christmas

Pope Leo decries leaders who invoke religion for violence and nationalism

Food   

Aaron Reich and Shir Perets enjoy their donuts in Jerusalem Post's studio.

The donut debate: What is the best sufganiya in Jerusalem on Hanukkah 2025?

Gaston Steakhouse at Airport City: Where meat is an art

Amaia: Stellar dairy and fish in Jerusalem

Archaeology   

A worker uses a laser to clean a section of the Column of Marcus Aurelius during restoration work, in Rome, Italy, December 18, 2025.

High-tech cleaning brings back brutal detail of Rome’s Danube wars

New frescoes unearthed in villa near Pompeii show 'extraordinary details and colors'

Israeli AI, drone imagery revolutionizing mapping of archaeological sites

Science   

A microscope.

Israeli, US scientists uncover viral switch that could help defeat antibiotic resistance

Americans tune out news as social media becomes main source of information, Pew finds

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

Culture   

NEOT SEMADAR has a dazzling desert view

Kibbutz Neot Semadar: Israel's desert oasis quenches thirst for tranquility, nature’s raw beauty

Seaside museum becomes resilience hub for Israel's war-scarred survivors

Jerusalem hosts fourth-annual ‘Own Your Voice’ business conference

History   

PORTRAIT OF Jewish poet Naftali Herz Imber, from The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1920.

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem

OMG   

Bowen Yang attends the premiere of the film 'Wicked: For Good' in New York City, US, November 17, 2025.

Bowen Yang breaks silence on ‘SNL’ exit in heartfelt goodbye

Haredi rioters hurl stones at bus carrying IDF soldiers in Jerusalem

Thirteen officers injured as ultra-Orthodox Jews riot over parking ticket, four arrested

Consumerism   

Airwallex Team.

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

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

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Small patients, big emergencies

In the face of war, Reichman University’s international students demonstrate remarkable resilience

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams

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