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Eylon Levy speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2024.

A special forces hasbara unit: Eylon Levy's strategy for turning the narrative war for Israel

People are needed to fact-check negative comments about Israel and the Jewish People and to respond with logic and accuracy, Levy said.
Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024.
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IDF airstrike targets Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. March 8, 2024.

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Tzav 9 protesters outside of UNRWA Jerusalem offices, March 20, 2024.

Knesset to hold preliminary vote designating UNRWA a terror organization

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French police stand guard as a forensics member collects evidence after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024.

US man threatened synagogue he'd 'kill all the Jews and the children'

By MICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as they protest calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024.
EDITORIAL

Israel's government has failed and must do more

By JPOST EDITORIAL
Police officers stand guard, on the day a pro-Palestinian activists' set up an encampment, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Los Angeles, California, US, May 23, 2024.

Woman imprisoned for 240 hate calls against ex-Tree of Life synagogue head

By MICHAEL STARR
OPINION

Is Netanyahu bound to a path of ruin?
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Danny Danon (left) taking a picture with Nikki Haley (right) in front of Israel and US flags. Uploaded on 27/5/2024

Danny Dannon welcomes former UN envoy Nikki Haley for her solidarity visit to Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Last year's Swedish Eurovision winner says she won't hand over trophy to Israeli contestant

Loreen from Sweden holds her trophy after winning the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, Britain, May 14, 2023. Uploaded on 11/5/2024
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Donald Trump: 'If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the country!'

Former US President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Waterford Township, Michigan, US, February 17, 2024.
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Jewish children savagely beaten by man in New York City attack

An unidentified man assaults Jewish children in in New York. May 12, 2024.
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Iran’s aerial attack in April irrevocably shifted how its nuclear threat is viewed

Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as drones and missiles fired from Iran, as it seen over the West Bank city of Hebron, on April 14, 2024.
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UN seemingly halves estimate of Gazan women, children killed

THE UNITED NATIONS headquarters building in New York City, and the UN logo: Today’s UN needs to be reimagined and reformed to address the limited problems it can effectively handle, says the writer.

Israel-Hamas War

An Israeli soldier stands guard as a truck carrying humanitarian aid makes its way to the Gaza Strip at Erez Crossing in southern Israel, May 5, 2024.
REPORT

United States considers sanctioning Gaza humanitarian aid-blocking protesters

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a war cabinet meeting on January 10, 2024

War Cabinet to debate new proposal for a hostage deal

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
A photo from Hamas purporting to show rockets fall on Tel Aviv. May 26, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War Day 233: What's happening in Gaza?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Israel on March 17, 2024

Israel blasts Germany for declaring it will arrest Netanyahu

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
IDF operates in the Gaza Strip. May 23, 2024.
ANALYSIS

The IDF has the Netzarim corridor and Gaza border today - what comes next?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
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Knesset speaker Amir Ohana (left) and Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar (right.) Uploaded on 27/5/2024

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi refuses to shake Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana's hand due to sexual orientation

By YAKI ADAMKER
A WEARY Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has 'gone off the rails,' taking country down, says former IDF official

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Gallant: Ultra-Orthodox draft bill agreements stuck at 80%, Gantz disappointing
By TAL SPUNGIN
The masked soldier being investigated for threats of insubordination against IDF commanders
REPORT

IDF dismisses masked soldier who threatened mutiny after investigation

By JOANIE MARGULIES
Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019

IDF clarifies no soldier was abducted in Gaza, denying Hamas claims

By REUTERS

Analysis and Features

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
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House earlier this month. US policy toward Israel since its founding has been to prevent Israel from gaining as complete a victory as possible over its enemies, the writer maintains.
OPINION

The principle of no victory for Israel during the war

By YISRAEL MEDAD

Pittsburgh man arrested for having explosive material, defacing synagogue
By MICHAEL STARR
OPINION

Ben-Zakai and Akiva's differing approaches to defense and diplomacy
By TOVA HERZL
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.
OPINION

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

By TZILI SCHNEIDER
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US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a video meeting with G7 leaders to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel, at the White House on Sunday.

G7 finance leaders to call on Israel to maintain Palestinian bank links

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The photo of Binyamin and Sara Netanyahu that caused an uproar on the Internet

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Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024.

Gantz submits resolution for establishment of state inquiry into events of Oct. 7

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Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 26, 2024

Why IDF's swift response to fabricated ‘kidnapping video’ surprised Hamas

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Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip and activists protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 9, 2024.

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IDF announces names of two soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza

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WOMEN, THEIR faces painted with the colors of Iran’s flag, take part in a protest to show solidarity with the Iranian people, in Brussels, earlier this year.

'IRGC on UK soil': Attacked anti-Iran protester claims stolen phone is in Iranian embassy

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Iranian hold pictures of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, during a gathering in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, October 7, 2023.

Iran respects strength, takes advantage of weakness, says fmr. US CENTCOM commander

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2024

'Revolution has begun': IDF soldier who called for rebellion's social media past revealed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place across the entrance to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, prior to the commencement ceremony, last week. The formation of Faculty for Justice in Palestine is a threatening development, the writer warns.
OPINION

Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests

By EDWARD H. KAPLAN
NORWEGIAN FOREIGN Minister Espen Barth Eide: Norway’s deafening silence and its failure to forcefully demand accountability from Hamas and its supporters, the immediate release of the hostages and the disarming of Hezbollah is highly disturbing, the writer asserts.
OPINION

A letter to Norway’s foreign minister: Your country's actions have been disturbing

By GERALD M. STEINBERG

Antisemitism / BDS

An NYPD car.

NYPD seek vandals who drew swastika on repeatedly defaced Israeli cafe

By MICHAEL STARR
Teitelbaum Viviane, 22 January 2020. Uploaded on 27/5/2024

Two sanitation workers in Brussels are accused of chanting for the death of Jewish politician

By MICHAEL STARR
IDF CHIEF of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the Western Wall. Says the writer: ‘For 2,000 years the Jewish people talked, prayed, and dreamed about living in their land. The dream has become a reality in our day.’
OPINION

Where is a Jew to Live?

By MOIS NAVON
Fredericton Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigate apartment complex which was the scene of a shooting incident in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada August 10, 2018.

Shots fired outside Jewish girls elementary school in Toronto, none injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , MICHAEL STARR
A STUDENT holds a Palestinian scarf at the New York University (NYU) graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City, earlier this month.
OPINION

Is the US higher education inherently anti-Israel?

By FRED NAIDER

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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

By REUTERS
Cocoa beans

Swiss experts produce sustainable chocolate amid cacao tree decimation

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Migratory birds take flight. May, 2024.

KKL-JNF unveils new program to protect migratory birds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A POOL on the Nahal Darja trail in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea.

Hiking the Holy Land: Standing pools and small miracles

By SUSANNAH SCHILD
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

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Demonstrators in support of Palestinians stand outside the Israeli embassy after Ireland has announced it will recognise a Palestinian state, in Dublin, Ireland, May 22, 2024
OPINION

Irish government rewards Palestinian terrorism with a state

The Israel-Ireland Alliance, as well as the majority of the Jewish community in Ireland, opposes the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
MEMORIAL CANDLES are lit at a gathering at Washington University in St. Louis, in October, following the Hamas massacre in Israel.
OPINION

On college campuses: Chabad fights darkness with light

The remarkable shluchim on campuses globally will continue inspiring, guiding, and teaching – because the best way to fight darkness is with the light of Jewish life.
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'Kabbalah Today' uses mass media to hasten final redemption

Magazine's executive editor says the pursuit of pleasure is the source of all of humanity's problems. And Kabbalah is the cure.
Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City visits at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 22, 2023

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, supporter of Israel, attending Jerusalem Post Conference

The conference, which will take place on June 3 in New York City, promises to be of paramount importance, especially amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and the broader turmoil in the Middle East.

Israel Real Estate

Herzliya Studios/

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

By OFER PETERSBURG
The area on which the new hospital in Be'er Sheva will be built.

This trail starts here: Soon the health city of Israel

By OFER PETERSBURG
Construction Site.

The restoration begins: Plan approved to transform Ofakim from end to end

By OFER PETERSBURG
Foreign workers in the construction of the light rail Jabotinsky axis Petach Tikva April 23, 2023

Is there a solution to Israel’s foreign worker crisis? "My Outline" launched

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Registration opening soon for discount apartment lottery

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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.
OPINION

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.
INTERVIEW

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

Heavy industry air pollution (illustartion)

Air pollution during pregnancy linked to low birth weights, according to an Israeli meta-analysis

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The Brazilian yellow scorpion, or the Tityus serrulatus.

Brazilian girl killed by South America's most dangerous scorpion

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Hope is always our best option: Staying hopeful in Israel during a war

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN
From left to right: Dr. Tal Pelag-Sagy, Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum, Andy Ifergane, and Dr. Mijal Luria at the Congress of the European Federation of Sexology in Bologna on Friday.

Israeli sex therapists discuss lasting impact of Hamas's sexual violence

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative image of a dairy cow.
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Therapy animals have strong feelings on the gender of their patients - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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The remains of the church discovered in Rahat.

Church walls in Negev reveal depiction of 1,500-year-old contemporary ships

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
An aerial shot of the islands of Alderney (centre) and Burhou (upper right) in the Channel Islands.

'Murder and massacre': New inquiry reveals disturbing details of UK-based concentration camps

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

US Politics

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 23, 2024

White House walks back denial of Israel's Rafah evacuation capabilities - WSJ

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US PRESIDENT Franklin D. Roosevelt (at his desk in Washington, 1944): ‘He was told! He knew!’

The US should sanction or shut down the ICC to save Judaism

By GOL KALEV

Diaspora

18th century manuscript, found in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel, includes details from the first 130 years of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon, including numbers of the victims, charges and sentences

Porto Jewish community to produce film on children kidnapped during inquisition

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A smartphone with a displayed TikTok logo is placed on a computer motherboard.

How systemic bias against Jewish, Israeli content creators influenced me to leave TikTok

By BARAK HERSCOWITZ

Judaism

Servitude to God is not degradation; it is the path to freedom.

Parashat Behar: Who is the servant and who is the master?

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Cuneiform tablets are displayed during an exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, February 3, 2015.

In Egypt, a piece of Jewish pottery suggests a woman’s role that was stolen from history

By RABBI JILL HAMMER\JTA

Food

HOME MADE ice tea.

In the Kitchen with Henny: Lag Ba’omer picnic

By HENNY SHOR
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

Ron Dahan co-compiled the new ‘Saturday, October 7th’ book of survivor testimonies due to be launched at the festival.

Jerusalem Writer's Festival returns amid the Israel-Hamas War

By BARRY DAVIS
AIDA OKSANA VOLKOVA as Amneris in ‘Aida.’

The price of a homeland: ‘Aida’ hits the Silver Screen during wartime

By HAGAY HACOHEN

Travel

THE AMMOS Hotel in Crete.

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

By LAUREN GUMPORT
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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.
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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

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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From Argentina to the Air Force: Yael Berolsky's incredible aliyah story

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Silent but perilous: Pedestrians more likely to be hit by Hybrid cars

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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New algorithm will combat invasive species around the world

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Finance

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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

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Rashida Tlaib attends conference honoring terrorists, hosting terrorist speaker

By MICHAEL STARR
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks during a joint press conference with the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, in Brussels, Belgium May 26, 2024.

Spain's foreign minister condemns 'scandalous' Israeli flamenco video posted by Israel Katz

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