Iran launches new satellites in show of defiance ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting

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

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
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage, carrying two satellites including Iran's Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite, blasts off from its launchpad in Russia, July 25, 2025
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage, carrying two satellites including Iran's Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite, blasts off from its launchpad in Russia, July 25, 2025

Defense Ministry rolls out Iron Beam laser air defense system across Israel

WATCH
The Iron Beam laser defense system, pictured in December 2025.
 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)

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

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.

Amid low flu vaccination rates, rising morbidity, health officials clash over inoculation policies

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

 Maj. Gen. David Zini visits families of fallen Israeli soldiers during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.

High Court dismisses petitions challenging Zini’s appointment as Shin Bet chief

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.

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

 Flags of China and U.S. are displayed on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023.

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

OPINION
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.

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

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 17, 2018.

'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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel’s Oct. 7 reckoning will be decided at the ballot box

ByMARK LAVIE/THEMEDIALINE
An illustrative image of newspapers covering the Israel-Hamas War.

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

OPINION
(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya

Hamas set to elect new terror leader with Hayya, Mashaal in pole position

REPORT

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

ANALYSIS

Strategic misfire? Israel’s Somaliland move fuels new tensions

OPINION
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

Parents, child rescued after being trapped in flash flood in western Negev

Heavy winds and rain at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, December 10, 2025.

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

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

Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar speaks at a ceremony marking the reopening of the newly renovated Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, August 11, 2025.

Israeli film awards proceed as boycotting nominees reverse course

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

Netanyahu-Trump meeting: What the PM is expected to ask for, what he shouldn't concede

OPINION
 While worshippers were performing Friday prayers at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, a violent explosion shook the entire building, spreading panic and chaos among the congregants, who suddenly found themselves engulfed in a cloud of smoke, blood, and shrapnel.

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

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

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

ANALYSIS

Israel Police 'not responsible' for border security, illegal infiltration, Ben-Gvir says

Israel becomes first UN member state to recognize Somaliland, Netanyahu declares

Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Netanyahu's office was warned about Feldstein before his appointment, Ben-Gvir claims

Police apprehend terrorist who murdered two in combined terror attack, December 26, 2025.

Two murdered, two wounded in combined terror attack in three sites in northern Israel

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an interview in Tehran, Iran, August 28, 2025.

Pezeshkian: Iran in 'full-fledged war' with Israel, US, and Europe

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

Lox & Loaded: Jewish gun club grows in popularity amid wave of antisemitism across US

 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!’

Odessa A'zion at A24's "Marty Supreme" New York Premiere on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York, New York.
OPINION

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

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

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

ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

When it comes to Somaliland recognition, foreign policy is not a popularity contest

EDITORIAL

Triumphs and tragedies: Unpacking 2025's top stories from Israel and the Jewish world

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

Is Army Radio a threat to Israel’s democracy?

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.
ByYISRAEL MEDAD
INTERVIEW

Watching the Gaza border: An IDF observer on warning signs, war, and loss

Yael Segre celebrates the end of her academic training to further her military career, becoming an IDF captain.
INTERVIEW

Tiferet Sigala, Yarden Cohen: Giving space, community for Jerusalem’s teen geeks

New Israeli lab aims to boost space innovation

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

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

INTERVIEW

Netanyahu to decide election date after US trip, citing problems passing draft law

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

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

US ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz (L) and Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon (R) before a UN Security Council meeting to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza at the UN headquarters, New York, November 17, 2025.

Trump says US won't follow Israel's lead on recognition: 'Does anyone know what Somaliland is?'

US President Donald Trump attends a press conference, as he makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet" at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025.

Russian man arrested for deadly stabbing of ex-wife at five-star Dubai hotel

A fleet of Dubai Police cars (Audi RS7, Rolls-Royce Cullinan and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG) arrive at the finish line during the 1000 Miglia Experience UAE 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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

Israel’s aviation rebounds in 2025 with 33% increase in passengers

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

AN EL AL flight takes off, 14 July, 2025,

Your Investments: The cost of investor overconfidence

Stock market.

Your Taxes: Leaving Israel? Leave your pension here

Israeli shekel

NYC Jewish-Syrian community buys two Jerusalem towers in deal worth over NIS 1 billion

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

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

STUDY

From test results to bad news: Avoiding info can be coping strategy for threatening situations

STUDY
DR. TAHLI FRENKEL.

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

STUDY

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

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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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

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'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   

The Deep Dive: 2025 recap

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

'I’m not religious but I started praying': Bondi survivor Arsen Ostrovsky speaks

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

US Politics   

An illustration of oil rigs over a background of a Venezuelan flag.

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   

Ronen Shapira adapts his Cultural Piano to numerous genres and styles.

Boundless Bach at the 12th rollout of the Jerusalem Piano Festival

What to watch in Israel: Crime drama on Jewish-Arab life and a pop culture phenomenon

Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar and a roomful of Jewish writers

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

Astrology   

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Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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

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