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Footage of Hamas terrorists using UN facilities for cover and transport, May 14, 2024

IDF reveals Hamas terrorists use UN vehicles, UNRWA compound as cover in Rafah

Several terrorists and gunfire can be seen near UN vehicles and in the area of UNRWA's logistics warehouse compound in eastern Rafah, which is a central point for the distribution of UNRWA's aid.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attends a press conference with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stephane Sejourne and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi following a meeting discussing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Tahrir Palace,

Israeli-Egyptian tensions rise over closed Rafah crossing

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.

US says it 'doesn't see' genocide in Gaza, Hamas uses UN facilities for cover

An infographic of the UNRWA complex in which the Hamas war room was embedded

IDF kills Hamas terrorists embedded inside UNRWA school in Gaza Strip

Breaking News

Islamic state claims responsibility for attack killing Iraqi forces on army post in northern Iraq

German far-right regional leader Hoecke fined by court for using banned Nazi slogan, media says

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing

Top News

Egyptian cleaning workers are seen in front of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, while trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians await for it to open to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 19, 2023.

State Dept. calls for investigation into 'incredibly disturbing' reports killed UN worker

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Displaced Palestinians prepare to evacuate a tent camp, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024.

US: Israel can’t totally defeat Hamas in Gaza, end game needed

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli reserve soldiers take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, May 8, 2024

Citizen killed, five IDF soldiers injured by Hezbollah anti-tank missile in Western Galilee

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalized with 'blood-red hands'

By MICHAEL STARR

Nothing wrong with Gaza death toll figures, WHO says

Israel-Hamas War

IDF Chief Herzi Halevi salutes during a ceremony marking Memorial Day in Jerusalem on May 13, 2024

The great non-resignations, non-probe of Oct. 7 and the end of personal responsibility- analysis

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani makes statements to the media with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Doha, Qatar, October 13, 2023.

Talks over Gaza ceasefire at stalemate after Rafah operation, Qatar PM says

US NATIONAL Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv earlier this month

White House: We do not believe genocide is occurring in Gaza

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Soccer Football - South Africa Invitation XI v Palestine - Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa - February 18, 2024 Fans display flags in support of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Official Hamas propaganda distributed at Mandela Foundation and fringe Jewish organization event

IDF soldiers gather next to tanks near the Israel-Gaza border, May 8, 2024

Biden administration believes Israel has enough troops to enter Rafah in expansive op. - CNN

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Marking Remembrance Day in an increasingly complex Israel

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Only in our absurd world, terror is rewarded with statehood

By ALAN BAKER

Israel is on a rollercoaster - and the ride weighs heavily on the Israeli public

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Israel must lead the Jewish community in the fight against global antisemitism - opinion

By ADAM MILSTEIN

The Western support for Palestinians: Does it pass the 'Lady Justice test'?

By DAVID KIRSHENBAUM

Israel News

Israeli president Isaac Herzog speaks at a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. May 5, 2024.

Large diplomatic turnout for Israel’s Independence Day

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024

Protesters call for Jewish settlement of Gaza during Sderot march

By EVE YOUNG , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World leaders congratulate Israel's 76th Independence Day in the shadow of Gaza war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Friends and family members mourn near graves of Israeli soldiers on October 7, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 9, 2024

Honoring Israeli wartime heroes on Independence Day

Dizengoff Square on the eve of Independence Day 1966.

A trip back to the birthplace of modern Israel: Tel Aviv

By INBAL AHARONI

Analysis and Features

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv last week.

President Herzog to 'Post': Hamas started this war, we will never give up

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Remembrance Day ceremony at Mount Herzl. May 13, 2024.

Netanyahu shuns traditional Independence Day events; Opposition: goal was to avoid demonstrations

By ELIAV BREUER

Israel at 76: A look back at how the Jewish state developed

‘The Quad’: A different type of current affairs show

By PAULINA FELDSCHAREK

(L-R) Hồ Chí Minh in Paris, 1946; Portrait of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 1949

A tale of two leaders: The Paris meetings between Ben-Gurion and Ho Chi Minh

By ALEX WINSTON

HEROINES OF SWORDS OF IRON

Ono Conversation Corner

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Real Estate Listings

(R to L) Michal Cohen, CEO Rashi Foundation; Yitzhak Danino, Mayor of Ofakim; and Oren Sagi, CEO Cisco Israel, at the Magnet youth center in Ofakim

Reviving Israel’s periphery

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a Republican fundraising dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 5, 2023.

16 Republican senators demand IRS investigate fiscal sponsor of Students for Justice in Palestine

By LUKE TRESS/JTA

An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Despite war, Israeli universities rise in global rankings, Hebrew University placed highest

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Mindy Rutstein, this week's Jerusalemite of the Week.

Mindy Rutstein, the art and sustainability organizer of Nahlaot

Market Data

Middle East

IDF soldiers operate in the Jabalya area of Gaza. May 13, 2024

IDF warns Hamas leaders: We're coming like a roaring flood

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Joe Biden (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right)

Biden administration denies holding intel on Hamas leaders' locations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Independence Day: Prominent Israeli voices share 76 words on the holiday this year

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians sit to next to belongings as people flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2024.

Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive in Gaza as cash shortage worsens misery

Tel Aviv children milling around the illuminated fountain in Dizengoff Square, on the eve of Independence Day 1966

Most Israelis want this Independence Day toned down, poll finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

Police speak with people after detaining a man with a Palestine flag at a vigil for Israel held by Manchester Jewish Community in Manchester, Britain, October 11, 2023

ISIS-inspired terror attack against British Jewry thwarted, suspects charged

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) addresses attendees as she takes part in a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol

Rashida Tlaib calls on ICC to arrest Netanyahu; US Senators tell ICC to back down

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The White House is lit with the colors of the Israeli flag in Washington, US, October 9, 2023.

Former US military intelligence official says he resigned over Gaza war

Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

Turkey says to apply to intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel

The judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands.

World Court to hold hearings over Israel's Rafah attacks

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Antisemitism / BDS

Gal Gadot attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 9, 2020.

Gal Gadot appears to lose a million followers after sharing a story supporting Eden Golan

By MAOR BEN HAROSH

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks prior to U.S. President Joe Biden delivering remarks on the federal government's debt limit during a visit to SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla in Valhalla, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman accuses Israel of 'onslaught against innocent civilians' during primary debate

By LUKE TRESS/JTA

School district grilled at Congress clashed with parent over Gaza war lessons

School district grilled by Congress accused of teaching one-sided lessons on Gaza

By MICHAEL STARR

Students take part in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in New York City last month. Many students demonstrating against Israel likely do not know basic facts about the Mideast, the writer argues.

President of NY union subpoenaed for not cooperating with antisemitism investigation

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Pro-Palestinian protesters maintain an encampment on Columbia University campus on April 24, 2024.

PFLP: The lesser known terrorist group fueling protests in the US

By MICHAEL STARR

Environment & Climate Change

Superdeep borehole facility on the Kola peninsula, taken in 2020. Uploaded on 14/5/2024

Due to worrisome reason, the 'Entrance to Hell' in Russia is sealed

Different color fabrics.

From silk to silence: MIT unveils lightweight fabric that can tackle noise pollution

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A 3D model of mRNA is displayed on the day of opening of German pharmaceuticals company BioNtech mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant to serve the African market in Kigali, Rwanda December 18, 2023.

Hebrew University study finds zebrafish provides clues to RNA's role in embryo formation

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Isopods eat soil crust. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

New study from the Hebrew University unveils Isopod eating habits which affects the ecosystem

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Artist's impression of the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b shown as of a arid (but not completely water-free) rocky Super-Earth.

Ozone has a key role in influencing the climate of habitable exoplanets

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

JPost Spotlight

Still from Come Closer

Movie by Israeli director Tom Nesher to be shown at Tribeca Festival

The movie stars newcomers Lia Elalouf and Daria Rosen in the lead roles, and the rest of the cast includes Ido Tako, Yaakov Zada-Daniel, and Neta Garty.

Remembrance Day ceremony held on May 12, 2024 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Remembering the unsung American and Canadians heroes in Israel

Since 1967, the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel has held an annual ceremony to recognize fallen Israeli soldiers from North America.

People walk on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, during Israel's 76th Independence Day celebrations, May 13, 2024.

Looking at a split screen on Independence Day

Every day in Israel is Independence and Remembrance Day, and we can never forget the sacrifices made by so many to establish the country and bring it to the great heights it achieved.

Tel Aviv citizens waiting to have their passport photos taken, January 23, 1949

Before biometrics: Israel's earliest passports and travel documents

The first Israeli passport issued was in the name of Golda Meir, who at the time worked for the Jewish Agency and was soon to become Israel’s ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Israel Real Estate

Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023

Evacuees' return to the South: Hundreds of apartments approved in quick procedure

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illiustration: The IMI Systems Hashalom complex

Surprising price: Tel Aviv entrance land sold for surprising price

By OFER PETERSBURG

Criminal seizure of machinery and tools in Arara

End factory noise: Peace for town residents

By OFER PETERSBURG

Palestinian workers at the end of a workday, Eyal Crossing, May 2015.

Israel already employing 28,000 Palestinians; Renovation sector in crisis

By OFER PETERSBURG

A view of the luxury apartments and tall buildings in downtown Jerusalem, on October 27, 2015. Most of the luxury apartments are owned by foreign residents or by Israelis who use them as vacation homes. The city with the largest number of phantom apartments is Jerusalem.

Ghost apartments: How empty homes haunt Jerusalem's housing landscape

By ALEX WINSTON

Christian World

A MAN PORTRAYS Jesus at the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters Association International Christian Media Convention, addressed by former US president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Nashville, Tennessee, in February.

No, Jews didn't kill Jesus - and many Christians know it

With God’s grace, Jewish-Christian relations have evolved in positive and productive ways over the past 60 years, thanks, in large part, to the bravery and sensitivity of Christian leaders.

The spiral stairs of the Vatican Museums, designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932.

Vatican Museums staff start unprecedented legal action over labor conditions

"Workers have decided this action only after all their demands and requests over the years were left unanswered."

Luis Andrade, President of the International Observatory of Human Rights, Gabriela Cantergi, President of B'nai B'rith International Portugal, and the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda.

Portuguese Jewish orgs commemorate Christian figures who were kind to Jews

A nun who made kaddish for a Jewish man when no one else would was honored alongside the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda.

A person holds a crucifix outside a Catholic church in Harare, Zimbabwe March 29, 2024.

'God has intervened': Gun failure saves Pittsburgh church pastor from shooter

A church congregant wrestled the shooter to the ground and restrained him until police arrived.

Health & Wellness

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

Erdogan: more than 1,000 Hamas members being treated in Turkish hospitals

BEN’S SYMPTOMS included hot flashes.

Exploring the unspoken: Male menopause and the taboo around It

By ANDREA SAMUELS

PRACTICE GRATITUDE for the things going well in your life.

Coping one day at a time: Israeli perspectives on war and emotional resilience

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

Rabbi Rimon addresses students at the Jerusalem College of Technology.

Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon: Influencing the fate of millions with muscular dystrophy

By DAVID BRUMMER

An illustrative image of a brain.

Researchers link disturbances in metal to memory

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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Arab-Israeli Conflict

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

New Israel Fund raises $750,000 for Palestinian civilians in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

Protesters torch aid trucks headed for Gaza through West Bank

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Science

Fake news

People are more likely to avoid the news as concerns on misinformation grow, study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Institute marks a new collaborative effort to bolster Israel's competitive edge in AI

The AI revolution: Is Israel keeping up?

Archaeology

Sanhedria derives its name from the Tombs of the Sanhedrin, an ancient complex of tombs believed to be the final resting place of the Sanhedrin.

Sanhedria: Living in the Great Council’s long shadow

By ALEX WINSTON

An ancient coin from the reign of the last Jewish king, Antigonus II Mattathias is seen after having been recovered from an alleged thief in eastern Jerusalem.

Discovery of 17th century coins may prove legend of infamous Polish conman actually true

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Money Mind Hack Poster

In Maryland, AIPAC has poured $4.2M into a congressional primary where Israel is not an issue

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Joe Biden

US offers Israel intelligence information to avoid full-scale Rafah op.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Diaspora

Eden Golan representing Israel walks on stage during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024.

What anti-Israel feeling? Europe's public vote shines for Eden Golan at Eurovision

By ALEX WINSTON

L-R: MAJ.-GEN. (RES.) Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency, David London, CEO of AACI, US Amb. Jack Lew, former AACI president Julian Landau, laying wreaths at AACI Memorial Wall.

AACI holds memorial ceremony for North Americans who fell in battle and victims of terror

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Judaism

A demonstrator carries an Israeli flag as he walks through fields to avoid a check-point and reach a protest against the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel an

Zionism isn't inconsistent with the Torah: Rather, they go hand-in-hand

By URI PILICHOWSKI

Israelis cheer during the annual Bible Quiz on Israel's Independence Day. April 16, 2013

Israel Independence Day Bible Quiz: Bringing Jews worldwide together

Food

The weekly Tuesday Farmers’ Market at the First Station. The Israeli flag reads ‘Now is the time to buy local – strengthening Jerusalem businesses.’

Down (South) on the farm: Bringing southern produce up to Jerusalem

By NATAN ROTHSTEIN

COOKING WITH Henny Shor.

Grill it easy

Culture

LIOR ASHKENAZI in a scene from Eytan Fox's 'Walk on Water.'

Looking back on 2004, a breakthrough for Israeli cinema

By HANNAH BROWN

Netta Lieber Sheffer’s gargantuan ‘Order of Priorities’ sets the scene for the art-meets-archaeology exhibition.

An intriguing Israel Museum exhibition looks at art new and old, and how they bond

Travel

The Market House Jaffa.

Market House Jaffa: A cool boutique hotel a stone's throw from the shuk

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

ANANTARA KALUTARA, a resort on the picturesque southwest coast, where the Kalu Ganga River meets the Indian Ocean.

Is Sri Lanka the new luxury hospitality getaway for Israelis?

By MOTTI VERSES

Podcasts

Adam Rakib and Liat Ashkenazi

Meet the Israeli gaming co. fighting October 7 censorship

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yifat Calderon, cousin of Ofer Calderon, who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, and supporters in front of the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv. "Entry into Rafah is a death sentence for the hostages. The government is sacrificing the hostages. We will not allow it to bury the deal."

What is Qatar's role in hostage negotiations?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

FIGHTING THE WhatsApp war, with a group of 800 volunteers.

Meet the Oleh rabbi making a difference for families in Tel Aviv

DAVID BEN-GURION officially declares the State of Israel, in Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall, May 14, 1948.

A Zionist story from the founding days of the State of Israel

By DAVID GEFFEN

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Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

Paris Olympics 2024 - Arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille - Marseille, France - May 8, 2024 French police officers patrol the streets in the Old Port before the arrival of the Olympic flame

Huge manhunt launched in France as gunmen kill two guards, free inmate from prison van

Illustrative image of a court gavel.

Jews were excluded from California county’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

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