Swiss Jewish teen sisters, Alicia and Diana Gunst, confirmed dead after ski resort fire

REPORT

Venezuelan VP: US attack capturing Maduro has 'Zionist undertones'

Alicia and Diana Gunst who died in the Swiss ski resort New Year's Eve disaster in an undated picture.

Civil Advocacy Center head urges single ‘command’ for Israel’s public diplomacy

INTERVIEW
Civil Advocacy Center head Eliav Batito speaking at the Jerusalem Theatre.
US President Donald Trump sits near Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio stand in front, as they watch the US military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026.

After Maduro’s fall, Iran, Russia, China and others watching Washington closely

ANALYSIS
A munition fired by an Israeli jet above the skies of Beirut's southern suburbs

US military audit uncovers missing sensitive weapons sent to Israel

ANALYSIS

When Khamenei speaks, Iran’s crackdown on protests hardens

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.

Netanyahu: Israel stands in solidarity with the Iranian people

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

Terrorist sentenced to life in prison for murder of 83-year-old Holocaust survivor

A man walks past a mural showing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, after US President Donald Trump said on Saturday the US has struck Venezuela and captured Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela January 3, 2026

Maduro held in New York, Mamdani revokes Jewish executive orders - January 4, 2026

LISTEN
Eurovision 2026 logo

Boycotts and rule changes don’t stop Israel topping Eurovision odds

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Sixty Australian athletes call for Royal Commission into Bondi attack despite Albanese refusal

An Iranian crosses a street next to a billboard bearing the portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a quote reads in Persian 'Sing Oh Iran' at the Enqelab Square in Tehran on July, 9, 2025.

Intentionally or not, the US's capture of Maduro is a threat to Iran's regime

ANALYSIS

The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel

Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino

Gaza’s tiny Christian community struggles to survive after war

IDF destroys Hamas shaft in northern Gaza with loaded 'ready to fire' rocket aimed at Sderot

WATCH
Palestinian worshippers attend a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, to honor those killed during the war, including victims of the 2023 Israeli strike on the church, in Gaza City, October 24, 2025.

‘They shot the dog, they shot Emily’: Berman twins reveal life and fear under Hamas

A woman stands at the site of a burned house in the aftermath of the deadly October 7 attack, at moshav Netiv Ha’asara which borders the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 19, 2023.

BBC compensates family who survived Oct. 7 after filming inside home without consent

REPORT
Hackers from the Handala group claimed to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone.

Handala hackers claim to have hacked former MK Ayelet Shaked's phone, share pictures, videos online

Philippine ambassador targets surge in Israeli tourism through direct air link

'Anti-Zionist propaganda': Sukkot pushes Education Ministry to remove Haaretz texts from exams

Islands of the bay and mountains, Palawan, Philippines

This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat

Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School dedicated the “Hall of Heroes,” a permanent memorial honoring 25 alumni of the yeshiva who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks over the past decades, including 11 who fell in the past two years.

Qatargate: Police transfer case to prosecution, seek extension of restrictions on Urich

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Israeli women honored at Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards

A demonstrator uses a megaphone during a protest against US military action in Venezuela, at Lafayette Square in front of the White House, Washington, DC, January 3, 2026.

'Hands off Venezuela': Anti-Israel activist groups hold protest against US for Maduro arrest

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026.

A weakened regime, fragmented protests: Iran at a critical juncture

ANALYSIS
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reacts as he speaks with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ahead of the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023.

From Mukalla to Gaza: Saudi Arabia’s quiet pivot away from Gulf moderate unity

OPINION
 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

How Israel's migration figures are liable to affect the next election results

OPINION

‘Generation V’: Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi hails Iran’s youth as eighth day of protests begins

'Seeking to rebuild the state': Lebanon's Salam outlines 2026 agenda with reforms, elections

 Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addresses the media during a press conference on June 23, 2025 in Paris, France.
FRONTLINES

Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people

A firefighter walks past a destroyed anti-aircraft unit at La Carlota military air base, after US President Donald Trump said the US has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026.

Lapid, Chikli: US arrest of Maduro a message to Iranian regime

Defense Minister Israel Katz on a tour in the Gaza Strip, August 5, 2025.

Katz instructs IDF to prepare to resume combat in Gaza as Hamas refuses to disarm

Hamas uses “Humanitarian Aid” mask in Italy to fund its terror

OPINION

Mamdani defends decision scrapping executive orders on antisemitism amid criticism from Jewish orgs

Hamas-affiliated activists arrested in Italy.

Mamdani reverses antisemitism order defining anti-Zionism as hate

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.
REPORT

Iran's Jewish community maintains low profile amid nationwide protests

Iranian Jews, including Rabbi Younes Hamami Lahlezar (R), hold an anti-Israel meeting in a Tehran synagogue in solidarity with Hamas terrorists and Gaza amid the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, October 30, 2023; illustrative.

Children’s author who received public grants defends Bondi massacre, killing of Rabbi Schlanger

Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people

FRONTLINES

'The hour of freedom has arrived' says Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado

A DELEGATION from Chile stands with Israeli hosts at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao (the representative with a headband behind the Israeli flag) is the president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao.
OPINION

Jordan is the Palestinian state the world refuses to see

Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestine march in Berlin January 10, 2009. More that 6000 people shouted anti-Israel slogans to protest against the air strikes and the military action in the Gaza Strip, police said on Saturday
ByREUVEN BERKO 
EDITORIAL

Mamdani's first act as mayor made a turning point become reality for NYC Jews

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji stand onstage during his inauguration ceremony in New York City, U.S., January 1, 2026.
FEATURE

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation

FRONTLINES

In an unstable world, Israel’s defense tech has become its diplomatic anchor- opinion

OPINION
DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.

First Ro’em howitzer delivered to IDF's artillery corps

An autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel is seen during trials in Singapore

Taiwan launches massive unmanned sea drone program

Rafael's SPICE missile

India to get Israeli SPICE missiles as part of $8.7 billion arms deal

Who is Delcy Rodriguez, the vice president who could replace Venezuela's Maduro?

EXPLAINER

UN, world leaders dismayed by US Venezuela op. and capture of Maduro, label it 'dangerous precedent

Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a meeting with accredited diplomatic representatives in Caracas on September 29, 2025.

Twenty-four of those killed in New Year's fire have been identified, Swiss police say

A person stands near tributes placed outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026.

Trump says US captured President Maduro amid strikes, Venezuela declares national emergency

A column of smoke rises during multiple explosions in the early hours of the morning, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026 in this screen grab obtained from video obtained by Reuters.

UN Security Council to meet Monday over US action in Venezuela

Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting to discuss 'ongoing US aggression' against the country, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, December 23, 2025.

“Israel must be able to stand alone”: Amir Avivi’s war for strategic independence

Missiles aimed at Ashkelon during the 12-Day War. ‘We had to immediately, within  hours, produce large amounts of diesel. If BAZAN had not supplied that diesel, Israel  would have lost power within days'

From gaming to infrastructure, Zoran Milosevic building Golden Matrix Group brick by brick

ZORAN MILOSEVIC at  the NASDAQ bell ringing  ceremony: ‘If you don’t own  the technology, you don’t  control the risk.’

Where research becomes impact: Bar-Ilan University’s healthtech vision

HealthTech Valley is on the grounds of Bar-Ilan University, a joint effort by Bar-Ilan and Sheba

Your Investments: Greatest danger to Israel's moral mission is prosperity without discipline

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

Child with Israel flag 370

Your Taxes: New Israeli taxation rule calls for immediate action

 Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption

HBO Max arrives in Israel with Superman, Euphoria blockbusters, Warner Bros. Discovery announced

HBO Max arrives in Israel, Warner Bros. Discovery announced.
OPINION

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years

BySTAN POLOVETS

Meterological Service: 2025 was historic year in Israel's climate history

Turkey averaged six earthquakes an hour in 2025, one of its most seismically active years on record

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025
WATCH

Firefighters rescue two Israelis trapped in vehicles on flooded roads in West Bank

King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures

King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures

A white-tailed ptarmigan in a snowy meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Colorado’s color-changing wildlife face new risks as snow vanishes

Police arrest man accused of impersonating healthcare professional, selling false measles cure

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

Evidence found in the home of man accused of selling fake measles preventative and cure.

The psychology of knowing and how we decide when to ignore information

Knesset advances bill to recognize Israeli Sign Language as first language of deaf people

Israel sees record-breaking number of rabies cases in 2025

From Paraguay to Israel: Daughter inspires family to make aliyah

'Come home!': FM Gideon Sa’ar urges Diaspora Jews to make aliyah to Israel

Esther Levin and her family at a simcha before their aliyah.

Australian family makes aliyah from Sydney, becoming 2026's first olim

Sydney family becomes first olim of 2026, landing at Ben-Gurion on January 1

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK AI

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

Micol Radzik on the Tayelet in Tel Aviv, 2019.

It’s all about the timing

Construction starts surge, transactions stall: More declines ahead?

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

2026 in urban renewal: Less magic, more depth

Construction Site.

Festive tenders: Thousands of apartments on the way - Ma'ale Adumim in focus

Urban Renewal.

Nice presentations, less reality: Supervision in urban renewal under criticism

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

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

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

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

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

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

'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   

Iranian protesters set fire to a building in Asadabad, in western Iran, December 31, 2025

Iran's streets are burning, why Israel cannot look away

Jews of China special (part 1)

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

US Politics   

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5 2021.

Ted Cruz weighs 2028 presidency run as he continues to fight right-wing antisemitism

Nicolas Maduro, wife Cilia Flores indicted in New York after US confirms capture in Venezuela

Trump shares image of Nicolas Maduro aboard US warship after capture

Diaspora   

Protesters hold banners and wave Palestinian flags during a rally in support of the people from Gaza, in the Palestinian territories, in Barcelona on January 20, 2024.

Jewish community files complaint over Catalonia map identifying Jewish, Israeli-linked businesses

Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch mark milestones as first Orthodox Jewish mayors in their cities

Hind Rajab Foundation files complaint against former IDF soldier in Prague

Judaism   

 THEODOR HERZL.

How orthodoxy is redefining modern Zionism

Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that, 100 years later, hasn’t gone

'Disasters of Biblical Proportions': From ancient Exodus to modern lessons in fear and faith

Christian World   

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

FOZ founder Mike Evans tells Netanyahu evangelicals are ‘overwhelmingly united’ in Israel support

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

Food   

Chicken soup.

Winter in Jerusalem: Cozy soups, simple treats to warm your heart and home

Studio Gursha: Pan-African fine dining reaches Tel Aviv

Mamilla Hotel hosts wine weekend, attracting Israelis from all over the country

Archaeology   

A four-wheeled canopy wagon was recovered from the Lchashen cemetery near Lake Sevan, December 29, 2025.

Bronze Age ‘covered wagon’ emerges as Armenia’s best-preserved ancient vehicle

Pottery fragments found near Ararat renew debate over site of Noah’s Ark

Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street

Science   

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

Culture   

The Department of Magic.

‘Let’s start bigger’: Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’ detail creative process

What to watch in Israel: War is over with ‘Murder at the Dead Sea’

'A Letter to David' to open Israel Film Festival in LA, features new ending for 2026

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   

THE TEXAS Tech Lady Raiders bench celebrates after a play against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls during the second half at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, March 7, 2025.

Texas Tech women's basketball team scores tallest woman in college basketball history for team

Imposter Mossad agent uncovers Assad regime's plan to destabilize Syria

China taxes condoms, contraceptives, in push to combat declining population

Consumerism   

IKEA’s GREJSIMOJS collection

When design meets play: IKEA’s new collection is transforming children’s rooms

We drove the Japanese Toyota Corolla back in Israel

With an investment of NIS 1 million: The sportswear brand opened a new store in Petah Tikva

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 11, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 10, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

President-CEO Eric Fingerhut addressing attendees at the 2024 General Assembly.

“We know what needs to be done”: Eric Fingerhut enters JPost DC Conference with hopefulness

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

From vision to action

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