Turkey does not meet legal requirements to receive F-35, State Department says

EXCLUSIVE
An F-35 pilot prepares for take off from the Vermont Air National Guard Base with the flag of the United States, in South Burlington, Vermont, US, May 22, 2020
US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before attending a NATO leaders summit, at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2026
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is flown as part of a display on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 in in Farnborough, south-west of London, on July 20, 2026.

Iran continues strikes on Bahrain, Jordan after rejecting Iraqi-led ceasefire proposal

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Trump says US 'locked and loaded' for increased Iran strikes, no final decision made

US President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Taking in a Tanach lecture, Alon Shvut.

At Israel's biggest Bible study gathering, thousands turn to Tanakh for answers on politics

FEATURE
 Saudi Arabia's national flag is seen at the Khoba frontline border with Yemen

Saudi attacks target Houthi military sites at Hodeidah port city in Yemen

FRONTLINES

'Mr. Security': Inside Amir Baram's mission to secure Israel's military future, defense ties

American aircraft take off from Ben Gurion airport, during the Israel/US war with Iran, March 04, 2026.

US Embassy warns of potential flight cancellations due to security situation

Kuwaiti Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft fly over during an airshow commemorating Kuwait's 65th Independence Day in Kuwait City on February 25, 2026.

Bahrain, Kuwait secretly sent fighter jets to strike Iran earlier this month

REPORT
Every generation has its super powers.

On Shabbat Nachamu, Isaiah reminds us that human power is just an illusion

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan talks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands January 16, 2025.

ICC dismisses prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations, diplomatic sources say

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States of America at City Hall in New York, NY, US, July 3, 2026.

Charles Kushner leaves New York over what he calls Mamdani's 'antisemitism'

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest in April 2025.

Will Netanyahu step down quietly like Hungary's Orbán? Hard to imagine

OPINION

Who are the most influential young Zionists of 2026?

In Collab
25 most influential young Zionists of 2025

Missing 4-year-old Yuval Kogan found alive after overnight search near Ashkelon

Yuval Kogan is found by Israel Police officers in Ashkelon on July 24, 2026.

Netanyahu to fly to Washington Monday at Trump's invitation

FEATURE

How Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem

Koftan Halabi (L), founder of Isfiya's D-TEC, and Nechemia Peres, co-founder of Pitango Venture Capital, at the D-TEC Druze Tech-Fest.

Netanyahu orders West Bank crackdown after two Israelis killed in terror shooting amid clashes

(From R-L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Council head Shmuel Ben-Ezra, military secretary Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno, IDF chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, IDF Intelligence head Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet head David Zini consult, July 24, 2026.

IDF kills terrorist who fatally shot two Israelis, wounded three others in West Bank

Motorists drive their vehicles past a political billboard featuring US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz along Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 26.

By mistaking delay for diplomacy, the West is again falling into Iran's negotiation trap

JERUSALEM REPORT
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan's Democrats list cements Labor's shift to the far Left

OPINION
The rolling hills of the Western Galilee during Spring.

How Israel's western Galilee is rebuilding through tourism after war

JERUSALEM REPORT
A supporter of Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope) coalition, holds a Malaysia flag during an election campaign rally on November 16, 2022; file photo.

Malaysia amb. to US summoned by State Department over country's Israel policy

Hillel files, then withdraws, brief supporting Harvard's campus antisemitism fight against Trump

A sign at Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, on December 12, 2023.

French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters

Attacker yells 'Allahu Akbar,' stabs two in potential Manhattan antisemitic hate crime

 The Lincoln Square Synagogue at 200 Amsterdam Avenue on the corner of West 69th Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1970 and designed by Hausman & Rosenberg.

British Jews feel abandoned, no longer trust UK institutions on antisemitism, new report reveals

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.
REPORT

Metropolitan police reopen war crimes probe against four British IDF veterans

Iran repairing missile bases, sites bombed by US, Israel faster than previously anticipated

REPORT
A satellite view shows vehicles at an entrance to Pickaxe Mountain tunnels, of the of the Natanz nuclear facility, near Natanz, Iran, June 21, 2026.

US deployed B-1 bomber in Iran strikes for first time since war resumed, sources tell 'Post'

INTERVIEW

Could Iran invade Kuwait? New threats raise fears of wider Middle East war

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026.

Sirens sound in Bahrain as Iran completes second week of strikes against Gulf States

Maj. Ella Waweya, the new Arabic language spokesperson.

IDF is ready and prepared for fighting with Iran to resume, Arabic spokesperson Waweya says

The next October 7 could begin in Kalkilya

OPINION
A PALESTINIAN gunman takes part in the funeral of someone killed by IDF troops during clashes, near Kalkilya in the West Bank, in 2023.

'Land for arms': Can Israel finally make a peace deal with Lebanon work?

FRONTLINES
OPINION

Has Israel been sidelined as the new regional order is being written?

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Bestepe Presidential Compound during a formal welcome for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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Murder is murder, trespassing is trespassing: Crime must be prosecuted regardless of perpetrator

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of a shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Havat Gilad in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.

Parashat Va'ethanan: Behind the curtain

Jeen Technologies deepens footprint in defense sector

INTERVIEW
Hacker. Autonomous AI Agents.

IDF considering purchase of anti-submarine aircraft amid growing Turkish threat

Greece approves €3.5 billion defense package for Israeli missile defense tech

Lockheed Martin unveils MORFIUS X-Rotor high powered microwave counter-drone solution

Lockheed Martin unveils MORFIUS X-Rotor to fry drones with high-power microwaves

An explosive drone launched by Hezbollah is seen near the Israeli border with Lebanon during a Hezbollah attack in northern Israel, May 19, 2026.

IDF still working to determine origin of drone intercepted near Syrian border

British military ready to defend country after IRGC threatens bases over presence of US bombers

 A 5th-generation F-35 lands at RAF Lakenheath, in Mildenhall, England, January 7, 2026

Court rejects Trump administration's bid to re-detain pro-Palestinian Georgetown scholar

In first, NATO fighters in Romania shoot down drone in airspace incursion

An Iranian Shahed Drone is displayed by the United Against Nuclear Iran at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22, 2025.
REPORT

US, Ukraine pushing to bring Russia back to negotiating table, hopeful for partial ceasefire

US President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

US Treasury sanctions Turkish, British-based Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas financial networks

An illustrative image of a silhouette over the backdrop of the Hamas flag.

Could Australia be Israel's secret gateway to global success?

Rear view of adult Australian woman looking at Kangaroo Point Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia.

Breathing Data: How environmental data is rewriting public health in Israel

Prof. Lena Novack at Soroka Medical Center

Searching for hope in an age of extinction

Prof. Uri Roll: "The love of nature was already there."

AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom

Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle

Israeli cybersecurity firm reaches deal with US giant over sharing technology, systems

Your Investments: Financial independence starts with work, not wishful thinking

AN OLD olive tree in the town of Bar, southern Montenegro, earlier this month.

Your Taxes: Can AI tax agents replace human experience in the tax field?

A conceptual illustration of global data networks, proxy servers and artificial intelligence technologies powering modern web data collection.

One in three startups at Google’s cybersecurity forum are Israeli, organizers announce

Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC

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Twenty killed, 100 missing after flash floods hit Afghanistan, authorities say

US government reverses longstanding endangered species regulation, opens habitats to development

Israelis hike at Nahal Hava in the Negev, southern Israel, January 30, 2026; Illustrative.

Hebron’s sewage crisis flows south toward Negev

A Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree stump in Stanley Park on August 4, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another

Defense Ministry, FIDF to establish new brain injury rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers

IDF soldiers patrol by the Lebanese border in northern Israel, June 9, 2026

FDA reverses lettuce warning: Taylor Farms cyclospora test was a false positive

US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak

Health Ministry announces restaurant sector reform, eases requirements

Taxi driver suspected of swindling dementia patient he picked up from Ichilov out of NIS 10,000

Chani Kaplan: Finding her place in Israel, from Sydney to Jerusalem

Chani Kaplan.

Government approves initiative to streamline licensing for psychologists who make aliyah

Israel launches 'Masa diplomacy' program in push for pro-Israel advocacy through Diaspora youth

An anti-Israel protest in New York City. Ilustrative.
FEATURE

'Go big and go home': North American families make aliyah in the shadow of war

DJ Raphi entertains the kids, leading them through fun dance moves set to catchy music.

‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families

Staff Sergeant Oren Metzuyanim, a 21-year-old lone soldier at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.

From two construction families in Even Yehuda to leading real estate group: Shponder & Fadlon story

Shponder & Fadlon Project.

Luria: A Jerusalem-inspired project with modern boutique design

An ultra-luxury Jerusalem icon

Luria Project, Jerusalem Moradot Arnona.

Tzarfati Shimon launches phase 2 of Luria Project in Jerusalem's Moradot Arnona

The INFINITY Project.

It’s all about timing! 2026 is a rare opportunity window for Tel Aviv real estate

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Heading ‘Down Under’: The Jerusalem Post announces Sydney Summit

Sydney, Australia Summit

Past Event - Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Past Event - The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog

Michal Herzog: Women must 'use their voice' to shape Israel’s future

'Without human insight, innovation is useless'

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

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   

Missiles are displayed during a military parade held by the Houthis, who are armed primarily by the IRGC.

Houthis threaten a second chokehold on shipping routes, Hormuz remains contentious

Israel's most volatile election season begins with integrity warnings, coalition chaos

Iran hits Jordanian territory again in missile attack, tensions escalate in the Middle East

US Politics   

US President Donald Trump salutes during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2026.

Trump returns to White House correspondents' dinner after April attack halted gala

Minnesota man gets life in prison for assassinating Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman

US Education Department removes rules against discrimination, civil rights groups condemned move

Diaspora   

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits down with MAGA provocateur Laura Loomer in Kyiv as Loomer shifts her views to support Ukraine's war against Russia, July 24, 2026.

MAGA influencer Laura Loomer mounts Jewish apology tour in Ukraine, meeting with Zelensky and rabbi

Hillel files, then withdraws, brief supporting Harvard's campus antisemitism fight against Trump

Limmud LA to return in 2027 with more than 100 Jewish learning sessions

Judaism   

Every generation has its super powers.

On Shabbat Nachamu, Isaiah reminds us that human power is just an illusion

At Israel's biggest Bible study gathering, thousands turn to Tanakh for answers on politics

Parashat Va'ethanan: The positive within the negative

Christian World   

Israeli envoy to the Christian world George Deek.

Many Christian Arabs proud to be part of Israeli society, ambassador to Christian World says

'Does JD stand for Jew Defamer?': Evangelical leader urges Trump to reject Vance's Israel remarks

A future pope will 'welcome us back', says priest from excommunicated antisemitic Catholic sect

Food   

AN ARRAY of Belgian chocolates are created on-site.

Chocolate De Luxe brings handmade kosher luxury to Netanya

Chef Aviv Moshe returns to Tel Aviv with kosher Italian restaurant Bella

Cooking at the cutting edge

Archaeology   

The Indian, Kachchhi/Gujarati, document.

Researchers decode 200-year-old Red Sea navigational chart, revealing lost seafaring secrets

Byzantine gold artifacts help archaeologists uncover past of ship wrecked off Croatian coast

Oldest copy of Homer’s Odyssey in book form joins Christopher Nolan's film press tour

Science   

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Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another

Jonty Hurwitz brings mind-bending science, art, and optical illusions to Jerusalem

Culture   

NOGA EREZ performs at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, last year.

'Crazy, moving': Noga Erez documentary charts music star's rise through tragedy and triumph

Tom Wesselmann's American pop art takes center stage at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

What to watch this week: Larry David's new HBO comedy, talking sheep, and Kim Novak

History   

HANNAH SZENES, 16, in Budapest.

'Out of the Sky': The Jewish parachutists who jumped into Nazi-occupied Europe

'Digging Deep': The lost Jewish football greats who once shaped European soccer

This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers

OMG   

Erling Haaland of Norway in action during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match between Brazil and Norway at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 5, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Over 500 Peruvian babies named after Norwegian soccer star Haaland after legendary World Cup run

Psychic Uri Geller vows to help England win World Cup, calls on millions to 'neutralize' Messi

Iran-backed Lego AI propaganda channel claims regime behind Graham's death, threatens Laura Loomer

Travel   

The big winner is right next to us: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Global tourism shift: Saudi Arabia surges as Israel ranks last

Demand surges: Airline significantly expands operations in Israel

Syros ranked among this year’s top islands

David Alexander, Deputy CEO of Phoenix Financial

Israel’s hidden strength: Institutional capital pools

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

Evolving regional economic opportunities

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