Israel should not force Gulf’s hand on Iran

EDITORIAL

Missile hits in central Israel as sirens sound nationwide, IAF strikes Beirut, Tehran

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 Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attend a group photo session with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025.
An illustration of the Israeli and UAE flags.
L to R: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords. September 15, 2020

Khamenei's son Mojtaba named as new supreme leader of Iran, state media announces

WATCH
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a missile hit, March 9, 2026.

Iranian missile fragment hits central Israel, one moderately injured from flying rocks

Screengrab from an IDF video showing a pilot as he flies of Iranian territory. March 6, 2026.

IDF launches wave of airstrikes on Islamic Regime in Iran, Hezbollah in Beirut

Iran unleashing unprecedented terror campaign against Israelis abroad, senior official warns

Fire and smoke rise in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, UAE, March 4, 2026; illustrative.

Iranian debris damages UAE petrol facility, drones damage Bahraini residences, injures 32 civilians

Smoke billows after airstrikes on oil depots on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28.

Secret site bombed by IDF critical to Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli sources tell 'Post'

EXCLUSIVE
Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

'US will abandon you': Syria's Kurds caution Iran's Kurds against aligning with US against Tehran

An Emirati Air Force F-16 performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai, November 17, 2025

UAE denies striking desalination facility in Iran, hits out at 'inappropriate' Israeli conduct

Container ship Valili carrying Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) cargo is seen in the waters of Singapore Strait off Sentosa island February 6, 2012; illustrative.

Iranian ships leave Chinese port with suspected missile fuel during war

REPORT
 Iran and Israel flags on geopolitical map.

Why war with Iran may not deliver the normalization Israel hopes for

ANALYSIS

Startup Nation perseveres: Israeli innovation heads to Texas amid challenging times

Startup Nation meets the Scale-Up State in Texas

State Attorney should lead Sde Teiman leak case investigation, Justice Ministry legal advisor says

Mayor and deputy of northern city in moderate condition after being shot

REPORT
Supreme court justice Yael Willner arrives for a court hearing on who will have authority over the Sde Teiman leak probe, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

Government to arrange unpaid leave for parents with kids under 14 as schools remain remote

An illustrative image of a supportive mother talking to her child.

Mossad can detect, catch if Iranian nuclear officials move enriched uranium, US intel suggests

 People attend a protest against the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, in Tehran, Iran, June 22, 2025

Two IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon

Roxana Mohammadgholinezhad.

'Miss Grand Iran' praises Netanyahu, IDF at London anti-regime rally

 Three women – Neomi, Shani, Nastia – who all survived the Supernova Music Festival massacre on October 7 are seen in the IDF reserves, their faces blurred as they are on active duty.

IDF marks International Women’s Day by spotlighting women serving in Operation Roaring Lion

Tommy Robinson wears a UTK logo ("Unite The Kingdom") on his clothes as he is seen at a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran on January 11, 2026 in London, England.

Tommy Robinson is writing for Jerusalem Post, and that makes some people uncomfortable

OPINION
An empty classroom (illustrative).

Education Minister Kisch to 'Post': Schools to stay remote for safety as war may last weeks

INTERVIEW

Yemeni national arrested for throwing stones at Israeli Consulate in Munich, trying to break in

Tucker Carlson is right: A demonic spirit has been unleashed, but it's him

OPINION
A police car passes the main entrance of the venue of the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) the hotel "Bayrischer Hof" in Munich, southern Germany on February 12, 2026.
ANALYSIS

Toronto’s synagogue attacks show how anti-Israel campaigning can quickly become violent

People gather in support of Palestinians as the Palestinian flag flies at Toronto’s City Hall, after Canada officially recognised the Palestinian state in September, in Toronto, Ontario Canada, November 17, 2025.
FEATURE

Be a refusenik: Survival guide for Jewish students facing campus antisemitism

David Hazony (from L) Natan Sharansky, Rawan Osman, Izabella Tabarovsky, and  Noah Shufutinsky at the January launch event for Be a Refusenik at the Menachem  Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

NYC Mayor Mamdani’s wife liked pro-October 7 Instagram posts

Israeli strike in Tehran eliminates senior Iranian official linked to anti-Israel ops

IDF kills five top IRGC Quds Force-Hezbollah officials in strike on Beirut hotel room

An IAF F-35 participates in Operation Roaring Lion, March 5, 2026.

'Enemies of Islam will regret it': Military, IRGC back Mojtaba Khamenei's accession amid oil surge

Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 7, 2026.

Israel’s strikes expose the vulnerability of Iran’s energy lifeline

Smoke rises following a drone explosion at the airport of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released March 5, 2026.

Iranian President Pezeshkian pledges investigation of drone incident to Azerbaijan leader

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, the man chosen as Iran's next supreme leader?

EXPLAINER

Iranian regime isn’t as divided as it seems, experts tell ‘Post’

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019.

‘Facing the Middle East’ spotlights women champions for change, power in action

Felice Friedson.
STUDY

Israelis value women’s wartime role but cite major representation gap, WIZO study finds

Female IDF combat soldiers.
INTERVIEW

Meet the Jewish girl who escaped Iran and saved thousands of lives from Israel

Missile, drone strikes against US radar put air defense resilience under question

ANALYSIS

A historic shift: How US, Israel's war on Iran is changing modern warfare

FRONTLINES
A satellite image of destroyed radar system at Zahedan airbase
OPINION

The invisible high ground: How a new era of intelligence is redefining global security - opinion

ByJOSEPH YAKER
IAF pilots and crew prepare fighter jets for strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, August 24, 2025

Shorter, faster, deadlier: World’s militaries stunned by the power of the Israel Air Force

ANALYSIS
SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

Israeli defense tech company SmartShooter begins trading on TASE

US military aircraft land in UK after Starmer grants US permission to use airbases

REPORT

Seventh US service member passes away during Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM says

A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster comes in to land behind a USAF B-1B bomber parked beside the runway at RAF Fairford airbase, in Fairford, Britain, March 8, 2026.

NYC police says device thrown during protests outside Mamdani's house was an explosive

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is seen at a press conference after a car slammed into Chabad headquarters, last month. The election of Mamdani is the product of anti-Jewish hatred, not the cause, the writer says.

‘Regime fall is inevitable,’ Iranian academic says as war enters second week

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Shots fired at Rihanna's house in Beverly Hills, no injuries reported, media say

Rihanna attends the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York City, November 3, 2025; illustrative.

A frontline in uniform

Operation Roaring Lion, March 2026

Texas is America’s new defense‑tech powerhouse, and Israeli startups are taking notice

Unicorn Rodeo Conference

Shaping Tomorrow: The Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit Returns for 2026

Women Leaders Summit 2026

US offers $20b. reinsurance plan to spur Gulf oil flow amid Operation Epic Fury, Iranian attacks

Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018.
OPINION

Iran's cyber warfare against Israel: The APT groups operating behind the scenes

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.
ByDORON SIVAN

Israeli team of BIU and NVIDIA researchers moves along with new AI technique

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.

Traders warn $100-a-barrel oil is imminent if Iran war keeps raging

Shell shocked: Israel Police rescue turtle struck by Iranian missile fragment

First-ever chimp count in Uganda's Bwindi park shows 426 specimens, a boost for conservation

Israel Police locate and rescue turtle hit by Iranian missile fragment, March 6, 2026.

The Dead Sea isn’t dead: A winter hike through Israel’s most misunderstood landscape

Factory chimney releases smoke.

Israeli companies fall behind on global climate reporting standards, says CDP report

Stray dogs in Israel

Animal rights organization urges Nature and Parks Authority to cease shooting of stray dogs

Israeli pilots admit using stimulant pills on long Iran missions, doctors warn public against use

How a Chabad house in Panama built world’s most critical retreat model for IDF veterans

FEATURE
An Israel Air Force fighter jet on the way to strike targets in Iran on March 4, 2026.

Israel's public morale shifts dramatically amid Iran war, survey finds

No coffee, no Ritalin: The secret that keeps fighter pilots at peak alertness

Ben-Gurion University study discovers hidden value of long-term ‘yo-yo dieting’

Over 330 new applicants file for aliyah during first week of Operation Roaring Lion

Sandy Leigh’s journey from San Antonio to Jerusalem

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

Ben-Gurion Airport closure delays arrival of 140 new immigrants amid Operation Roaring Lion

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive to the Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on June 25, 2025.
FEATURE

Hinenu at 10 million: 100 lives that tell Israel’s real story

Ortal Pelleg connected to the author through surfing.

Finding faith, family, and business: Ben Woolf’s story from England to Jerusalem

Ben Woolf dons his own Promise State Israel logo shirt.

Midtown Jerusalem

High response to Israel Lands Authority tenders: A sign of developers’ confidence in the market

A landmark project - Midtown Jerusalem

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The new campus of NVIDIA in Kiryat Tivon.

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

Israel’s real estate map is changing

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 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   

 Iran's existential crisis: US-Israel joint operations and shifting alliances in Middle East.

Iran's existential crisis: A shift in the Middle East

Turkey joins the fighting, Khamenei's son posed for succession

From Hollywood to aliyah and wartime: Diane Neal’s leap of faith

US Politics   

US President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at his side, looks on as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, US, March 7, 2026.

Trump pragmatically changes course, 'has no interest' in Kurdish offensive in Iran

Rep. Tony Gonzales drops out of Texas race, clearing way for candidate he called a ‘known neo-Nazi’

Lev Parnas, Jewish Trump ally turned critic, running for Congress as a Democrat

Diaspora   

KOSHA DILLZ is led away by police  at a pro- Iran protest in Washington Square Park on March 5, in Manhattan.

Israeli American rapper disrupts Khamenei vigil in NY, says 'I'm not a hero or a victim'

Arson at Jackson synagogue jolts Institute of Southern Jewish Life, but its mission persists

Jewish groups ask Pentagon to stop Messianic chaplains from wearing Jewish insignia

Judaism   

Like the red heifer's ashes, the destruction of Iran's instruments of death can become the catalyst for cleansing. A woman walks on the street following an Israeli and U.S. strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026.

Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage

Christian World   

An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

Tremors in Washington: The targeted campaign to turn Christians against Israel

Tucker Carlson 'totally wrong' about Christian mistreatment in Israel, NGO founder says

Food   

Sushi at Sushi Bayit Vegan.

Sushi Bayit Vegan, Har Homa: Mehadrin sushi spot with cooked fish options

In the kitchen with Henny: An international Purim celebration

For the first time, Israeli-grown hops make it into commercial beer

Archaeology   

Cone-shaped clay vessels, known as cornets, found across hundreds of sites in Israel and Jordan, February 27, 2026.

Israeli researchers crack century-old mystery of cone-shaped vessels found near Dead Sea

Ancient Polish 'princess' burial date revealed after decades of archaeological mystery

Rare half-shekel coin used in biblical census count discovered by archaeologists in Judean Desert

Science   

A scientist looks through a microscope

Brain drain: US-based scientists choose Europe, harming American institutions

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Turtles’ brains shed light on evolutionary developments dating back hundreds of millions of years

Culture   

SHEINA VASPI is Israel’s first athlete to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games, she will be skiing – on one leg – down the slopes of Cortina, Italy over the next few days.

The skirt, the snow, and the spirit: Sheina Vaspi’s uphill race to Paralympics

Luka Gadrani anchors Beitar Jerusalem’s defense as championship race heats up

From DC to Jerusalem: Larry Liss’s journey as a chef and culinary artist

History   

Cars belonging to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak members were also mutilated on Oct. 7,  2023.

What history teaches about October 7, according to Rafael Medoff

After 144 years, Health Ministry to move from Jerusalem’s Ottoman-era health building

US Holocaust Memorial Museum acquires rare World War II-era Captain America comics

OMG   

Smoke rises from what US Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an Iranian drone carrier that was struck by US forces, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an unknown location, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on March 5, 2026.

SpongeBob, Iron Man, and Call of Duty: Inside the US meme war against Iran

Polymarket user wins $200,000 betting on date of Israeli attack on Iran

Real-life Indiana Jones: British Museum to hire ‘treasure hunter’ to find stolen artifacts

Consumerism   

Project courtesy of Buchhalter Studio for Architecture and Interior Design.

Open skies: How the skylight became the new luxury element in designed homes

Will we get a clamshell iPhone? Apple has not yet made a final decision

Ariston expands the scope of solar collector production in Israel

Rabbi Kalman Ber, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel with Eduard Shyfrin, businessman, mathematician, and Kabbalah scholar

Israel’s Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits Monaco Jewish community

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

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