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Hamas in Rafah Street

Hostage talks revival appears to hit a dead end

News that Hamas was standing its ground came as the war cabinet and security cabinet met to discuss efforts to release the remaining 125 hostages.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

IDF destroys Gaza tunnels, Hamas refuses to negotiate amid war

A man walks through a replica of a Hamas tunnel built by Pro-Israel activists on Berlin's historic Bebelplatz square, the site of Nazi book burnings, in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2024

Behind enemy lines: How IDF destroyed Gaza tunnels that held hostage bodies

Map of combat position in an UNRWA school in Rafah, May 30, 2024.

WATCH: IDF uncover weapons stored in UNRWA school

Breaking News

Jury reaches verdict in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial

Russian police arrests Israeli ex-soccer player Liron Basis - report

Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US arms, Politico reports

Top News

An Israeli tank maneuvers, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, in southern Israel, May 30, 2024

IDF tech innovation redefines the war in Gaza

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A person stands watch at an entrance to the encampment on the university grounds as protests continue at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 25, 2024.

Former US-Israel Policy forum head's daughter backs anti-Zionist campus protests

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks at the coffins of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024.

Israel sent messages to Tehran to avoid Iranian retaliation for embassy attack - agency

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran promoting terror in Europe ahead of Olympics, Israel's Mossad says

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , TOVAH LAZAROFF

Members of the NYPD and Federal Law Enforcement create a security perimeter on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2023.

Man attempts to run down Jewish students in Brooklyn

By MICHAEL STARR

Israel-Hamas War

A view of the wreckage of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter at the crash site on a mountain in Varzaghan, northwestern Iran, May 20, 2024

Iran rules out sabotage in helicopter crash killing president, FM

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

FORMER US vice president Mike Pence speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Spring Kick-off, in West Des Moines, in April.

Pence to 'Post': The US must give Israel full support until Hamas is destroyed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gives a statement to the press, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2024

US must sanction ICC over Israel, or we’re next, Lindsey Graham warns

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli hostage Eitan Mor's family at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on his birthday, in attempt to have aid brought over to him.

Hostage's father brings aid to Kerem Shalom for captive son's birthday

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Gaza hostage Alexander Trupanov in a video published by the PIJ, May 30, 2024.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad publish new video showing hostage Alexander Trupanov

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Israeli parties should follow Labor’s example and set primaries for new leaders

By JPOST EDITORIAL

The academic community must avoid politically motivated boycotts

By GILA GAMLIEL

How Raisi's death will affect the relations between Azerbaijan, Armenia

By MORDECHAI KEDAR

The horrific ordeal the hostages experience in Gaza demands immediate action

By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA

The ICJ's ruling on Rafah helps Hamas carry out more terror

By NEVILLE TELLER

Israel News

L-R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Minister Benny Gantz

Gantz's National Unity submits bill to dissolve Knesset, Netanyahu's Likud fires back

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

After Oct. 7, only 19% of Israeli Jews believe in peaceful coexist with a Palestinian state

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Images of death and devastation in Rafah rattle some of Israel’s most ardent defenders

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MK Benny Gantz

Who is more suitable as Israel's PM: Netanyahu or Gantz?

By WALLA! , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Entrance of the 200 meter-long tunnel shaft in an agricultural area in the Gaza Strip, March 15, 2024.

Two soldiers wounded as IDF locates 20 tunnels near Egypt-Philadelphi corridor

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Analysis and Features

Tel Aviv University Honorary Degree 2024

TAU awards honorary degree to first Jewish woman appointed to Canada's Supreme Court

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A views shows a room in the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 2, 2024.

Hamas denies patients treatment, Gazans don't support them, foreign volunteer doctor reveals

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

'Born to be Free': Tens of thousands march in Jerusalem Pride, call for hostage deal

New HU study challenges Kurt Lewin's theory of motivational conflict resolution

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023.

Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win Mexican presidential election, polls show

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

HEROINES OF SWORDS OF IRON

Ono Conversation Corner

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Real Estate Listings

New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

IDF: Hamas stole millions of shekels from Gaza banks

An illustrative image of a digital lock for cybersecurity.

Israel must improve its cybersecurity measures to protect its citizens

An illustrative image of an asteroid passing Earth.

Chinese, Ukrainian scientists develop new asteroid imaging technique

Illustration.

Hebrew U. discovery offers new, predictive tool for cancer that uses nano informatics and AI

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Market Data

Middle East

Israeli soldiers operate in Tulkarm, the West Bank, May 6, 2024

Hamas and Islamic Jihad seek to enflame West Bank

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement seen next to a memorial named “Shehab Field,” a drone made by al-Qassam, in Gaza City, September 21, 2022.

Hamas is preparing long-term insurgency in Gaza

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Hamas's weapons: What have the terrorist group got in their arsenal?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Yair Golan speaks after winning the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024

Labor Party's new chairman calls for civil disobedience in Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Palestinian man waits outside of the UNRWA headquarters building in Gaza City on April 6, 2013.

Knesset passes preliminary bill designating UNRWA terrorist organization

By MATHILDA HELLER

World News

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, Culture Minister Asta Vrecko and Economy Minister Matjaz Han attend a press conference about the recognition of the Palestinian state, in Ljubljana, Slovenia May 30, 2024.

Slovenia's government recognizes Palestinian state, needs parliamentary approval

By REUTERS , TOVAH LAZAROFF

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a plenary session of the lower house of the Spanish parliament, in Madrid, Spain, May 22, 2024.

Spanish PM holds talks with Palestinian Prime Minister, Arab Leaders

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

WHILE MANY view the ICJ as an independent judicial body, it is inherently political. Its judges are elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, bodies notorious for anti-Israel bias, the writer says.

'Your bias is outrageous': WSJ editorial condemns ICJ ruling against Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a virtual speech, on the occasion of the Prophet Mohammad's birthday, in Tehran, Iran November 3, 2020.

Khamenei urges US students: 'Keep fighting against ‘genocidal’ Israeli policies'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes a statement during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2024.

Blinken warns against Gaza chaos, as Israel predicts 7 more months of war

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Antisemitism / BDS

Human rights NGO Amnesty International has a booth at the Detroit People's Conference for Palestine which occurred on May 24-26, 2024.

Amnesty International had a booth at the pro-terrorist Detroit conference

By MICHAEL STARR

A police officer speaks with security personnel after a shooting incident at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada August 21, 2023

Canada sees second shooting at Jewish school in a week

By MICHAEL STARR

Image of books. Uploaded on 29/5/2024

Controversial Oct. 7 yearbook quote spurs school to apologize and investigate incident

By MICHAEL STARR

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Did the Abraham Accords cause October 7? AOC says 'absolutely'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023.

South African Jewish community condemns president's chant of 'from the river to the sea'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Environment & Climate Change

An Arabian babbler bird.

Study reveals impact of habitat disturbance on the Arabian babbler bird in the region

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Anemones in the Negev.

Eucalyptus leaves for koalas are causing harm to the ecological balance in the Negev

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Hot lava flows from Mount Ruang volcano during an eruption in Sitaro, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, April 17, 2024.

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December

Jewell Baggett, 51, sits on a bathtub amid the wreckage of the home built by her grandfather, where she grew up and three generations of her family lived, and which Hurricane Idalia had reduced to rubble, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023.

Deadly storms, twisters wreak havoc across central US

Migratory birds take flight. May, 2024.

KKL-JNF unveils new program to protect migratory birds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

The proccess of bringing kindeys for transplant from the Czech Republic to Israel.

Miraculous kidney donation between friends spans continents and save lives

The complex and sensitive cross-continental operation required coordination between senior officials in both countries.

THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

War threatens women's progress in the political sphere, study finds

Many argue that this lack of female input is responsible for errors made since October 7 and before – but there has been no proof.

Newspapers [Illustrative]

Marc Klein, Bay Area editor who led Jewish journalism into the digital age, dies at 75

Added former J. managing editor Sherwood Weingarten, “Under his auspices, the paper went from a small community weekly into a much larger operation."

Eric Clapton attends a press conference to promote the film "Life in 12 Bars" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2017.

Eric Clapton: 'Israel is running the world'

Late last year, Clapton released a song called “Voice of a Child,” accompanied by a video featuring images of extensive destruction in Gaza that ignored the October 7 massacre committed by Hamas.

Israel Real Estate

Sorting for Indian workers who want to come to work in Israel.

Filling in the gaps: How many foreign workers landed in Israel last week?

By OFER PETERSBURG

1215 HaMa’apil St. Dimona

Undoubtedly the cheapest apartment sold in Israel in recent years

By OFER PETERSBURG

Rishon LeZion and Bat Yam: Cities announced for discount apartment raffle

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illustration: urban renewal of the Metropolis company in Tel Aviv.

In your city? 10 new urban renewal projects announced

By OFER PETERSBURG

Herzliya Studios/

For approximately NIS 145 Million: Companies to Build 94 Apartments in Herzliya Studios

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

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

Christian leaders call on global followers to pray for Israel

Franklin Graham encouraged Christians to "pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu and all of Israel’s leadership as they go through these very dark days."

ROMAN/BYZANTIUM Solomonic candlesticks are included in the Heritage Collection.

Vatican hides ancient Byzantine relics that are divine heritage of Jews and Christians

"Baldwin’s Treasure" is a premier collection of Byzantine sacred antiquities, including rare Christian and Jewish objects, currently held discreetly in Vatican museums.

Inkosi Phakama Shembe of the Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church at a declaration of friendship ceremony at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on May 12.

South African church leader returns from Israel to preach solidarity

Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church Leaders were moved when meeting a survivor of the October 7 Massacre and promised the survivor that they would support her and share her story.

Rev. Johnnie Moore visits southern Israel in January 2024.

Evangelical leader Moore: ICC decision made by 'white-collar antisemites'

Evangelical Pastor Johnnie Moore condemns ICC's warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant as corrupt acts, emphasizing the defense of Zionism and moral clarity.

Health & Wellness

Are there health benefits to abstaining from sex and masturbation? (Illustrative)

Virility Medical introduces tech solution to premature ejaculation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Doctors at BGU’s Medical School, Assuta Ashdod (Illustrative).

Health Ministry to grant interest-free loans for students to study medicine abroad

By AVICHAY CHAIM

Soroka Medical Center - Surgery room

Soroka Medical Center: Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ of health

By ANDREA SAMUELS

Tzafon Medical Center near Tiberias.

Israeli lobby accuses Poriya hospital of denying victims access to rape room treatment

Nirlat production continues following the October 7 factory fire.

From the ashes of October 7, Nirlat and NANOSONO create paint that prevents disease

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Treating an injured colleague in the living room

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MDA ambulances in the south of Israel

'I did everything I could'

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Conferences

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Archaeology

A 2,300-year-old gold ring found at the Givati Parking Lot, outside Jerusalem's Old City, May 27, 2024

Ancient gold ring, 2,300 years old, discovered in City of David

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

View of the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is to inaugurate the second phase of the restoration project on it, in Darb al-Ahmar, in Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 2024.

Egypt unveils renovation of 14th-century Maridani mosque

US Politics

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken walks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry as they attend a US-Arab meeting, also with the participation of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and the Palestinian Authority, in Riyadh, last month. Uploaded on 29/5/2024

US offers conditional intelligence assistance to Israel during ongoing war with Hamas - opinion

By SALEM ALKETBI

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress in 2015. ‘I am currently experiencing déjà vu,’ says the writer.

Netanyahu, you need to refuse the invitation to address US Congress

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Diaspora

THE HERO of ‘Legend of Destruction,’ Ben Batich.

Israel Film Center fest in New York to premiere ‘Legend of Destruction’

By HANNAH BROWN

An ElAl boeing 744 plane.

How this Jewish Chicago day school pulled off a last-minute, multi-generational Israel service trip

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA

Judaism

A tornado spins at Payne's Valley Golf Course in Branson, Missouri, United States, May 13, 2024.

Tornadoes unleashed by divine forces: Kabbalah’s mystical take on nature's fury

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A MAN looks at a Lag Ba’omer bonfire on Saturday night in Jerusalem. The joy and warmth of Lag Ba’Omer stand in stark contrast to the pain and sorrow of the past months, the writer notes.

Lag Ba’Omer is a beacon of unity amid the trials of our time

By TZILI SCHNEIDER

Food

HOME MADE ice tea.

In the Kitchen with Henny: Lag Ba’omer picnic

LEON SHVARTZ (L) and Guy Krieger, partners in The Rabbit Hole cocktail bar in Jerusalem, enjoy some cocktails made with beer.

Beer cocktails: Some delicious new variations to try

By DOUG GREENER

Culture

Dudu Tessa (left) and Jonny Greenwood (right) perform at the Barby Club in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood performs in Tel Aviv, demonstrates for hostage release

THREE OF the photos in the ‘Incomplete’ open air exhibition in Tel Aviv.

A new photography exhibition in Tel Aviv aims to keep the hostages in Gaza in our minds

Travel

THE AMMOS Hotel in Crete.

Take a Cretan hop: Dive into the hospitality – sea, sun, sand, and mountains included

By LAUREN GUMPORT

flight

Pampered pooches can travel in style as new doggy airline 'Bark Air' takes flight

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Podcasts

A Palestinian flag flutters next to the protest encampment in support of Palestinians in Gaza at The University of Sydney, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sydney, Australia May 3, 2024.

US campus anti-Israel protests have come to Australia, influencer says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aerial view of the Tel Aviv beach promenade. June 11, 2023.

Rebooting Israeli Tourism Plus India and Azerbaijan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

BAT SHERUT Devora Ruderman.

Devora Ruderman: A lone ‘Bat Sherut’ making a difference

Pictured left to right, Yaron Shavit, Deputy Chair of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Minister of Aliyah and Integration, MK Ofir Sofer, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh

'These young people making aliyah are not alone': Young olim explore IDF opportunities

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Science

Artist’s view of a massive black hole mergers in a cluster, possibly like GW190521, a gravitational wave observation by LIGO/Virgo.

Scientists explain missing black holes, dark matter with new model

An asteroid is seen orbiting near Earth in this 3D illustration.

Asteroid the size of 54 Donald Trumps to pass Earth Friday - NASA

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

Channel 14 presenters discussing a controversial graph, May 29, 2024.

Right-wing Israeli news channel suggests leftists were less likely to survive Oct. 7

A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea, May 29, 2024.

North Korea sends balloons carrying excrement to the south as a 'gift'

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