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Israelis protest the judicial reform at the southern entrance to Haifa on March 9, 2023.

Israeli 'Day of Paralysis' in protest of judicial reform begins

Protestors gathered to demonstrate outside the homes of Arye Deri and Education Minister Kisch.

Children protest the judicial reform at Habima, March 23, 2023.

Thousands of Israelis take part in 'Day of Paralysis' against judicial reform

Israeli MKs are seen in the Knesset plenum following a day of voting on March 22, 2023

Incapacitation Law passes after overnight Knesset debate

Torn Israeli flags are seen in this illustrative photo taken on March 22, 2023

Israel's judicial reform is in trouble - analysis

Breaking News

Protest leader Shikma Bressler arrested in judicial reform demonstration

Russia has regained part control of approaches to Ukrainian town of Kreminna, UK says

Break the Wave: Israeli forces arrest 8 terror suspects in the West Bank

Top News

A tanker drives near a chasm suspected to have been caused by a heavy downpour along an underground fault-line near the Rift Valley town of Mai-Mahiu.

Africa is splitting into two as new ocean forms, researchers say

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view shows an empty street and buildings damaged by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 3, 2023.

Russian missiles batter Ukraine, but Bakhmut offensive seen stalling

Satellite documentation of the location of the attack

Tunnels used for missile production in Syria attacked in Monday airstrike

By MAARIV ONLINE

Israel's anti-proselytizing bill draws criticism from evangelical allies

By MAYA ZANGER-NADIS

FORMER PRIME minister Ariel Sharon (left) meets with then-US president George W. Bush during the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations

Israel trashed US two-state hopes but did it violate the Bush agreement? - analysis

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

QR code signs leading to a candidate's resume were posted up and down Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard.

Israeli immigrant uses QR code to help with job hunt

By JOANIE MARGULIES

MKs Oded Forer (L) and David Bitan meet at a special joint session to discuss IDF lone soldier debt, on March 22, 2023.

More than half of IDF lone soldiers in financial debt, says army

Sonning Court, the home of Israeli psychic and mystifier Uri Geller in the United Kingdom, now up for sale.

Israeli psychic Uri Geller puts sprawling UK estate for sale at £7.95m.

A black soldier fly.

Inside Israeli Innovation, ep. 3: The food tech revolution

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Market Data

Middle East

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a screen during a religious ceremony marking Ashura

Nasrallah: Silence on Meggido bombing is psychological warfare on Israel

UAE Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Al Khaja, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog cut a ribbon during the opening ceremony of the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel July 14, 2021.

UAE, Jordan consider reducing diplomacy with Israel - report

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran is preparing for the day after an Israeli strike, US should, too - opinion

By MARC GREENDORFER , ROZ ROTHSTEIN

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, March 19, 2023.

Saudi, Iranian FMs to meet, discuss reopening embassies -Saudi state news

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh in the West Bank on May 28, 2022.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers break through checkpoint into Homesh - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

Netanyahu causing cumulative damage to US-Israel ties - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

A critical crossroads - opinion

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Is Netanyahu trapped or out of touch with the Israeli public? - opinion

By ANDREA SAMUELS

World Jewry must not stay silent in fight for Israeli democracy - opinion

By SARA DOBNER

Iran must be penalized for poisoning young girls - opinion

By FARHAD REZAEI

Analysis and Features

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023.

Netanyahu causing cumulative damage to US-Israel ties - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Russian and US flags are pictured before talks between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at the United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland January 10, 2022.

A nuclear war with the US is more likely than ever, Russia warns

A fifth question this Passover: what makes Trader Joe’s matzah different from all other matzah?

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Archaeologists discover oldest physical pearling town in UAE

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tomer Cohen, Chief Product Officer, LinkedIn

Tomer Cohen: The LinkedIn tech executive who embodies the Israeli dream

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

Cancerous cells forming a lump in the pancreatic tissue

Israeli scientists find how pancreatic cancer spreads and kills - study

The new study, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, opens the door to possible treatments for pancreatic cancer.

Running

Plastic surgeon warns: This type of exercise leads to wrinkles

Fitness and exercise are known to improve our overall health and appearance. Yet, is there a chance that one activity will make us look older?

Baby (Illustrative).

Assuta embryo case: Two couples potentially genetic parents of baby

A report from the inspection committee of the Ministry of Health indicates that a defect in the identification of the patient probably resulted in a mistake.

Columns at the temple of Khnum, Esna

Archaeologists discover rare Zodiac imagery in Egyptian Esna temple

The team made the discoveries during excavations at the temple of Esna, where they had been preserved by a layer of dirt and soot for almost 2,000 years.

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Israel News

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav Miara attends a conference of the Israeli chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in Tel Aviv, earlier this year.

A-G not in conflict of interest over Israeli judicial reform - High Court

By MICHAEL STARR

Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.

Only 57% of IDF paratrooper reservists showing up for duty - report

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Activists offer to pay Arabs to store Paschal lambs near Temple Mount

Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Israel repealed the Disengagement law: What comes next? - explainer

Israel Air Force F-15i Ra'am fly at a Graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force soldiers who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert. June 28, 2016.

What laws apply to Israeli soldiers protesting judicial reform? - explainer

By MICHAEL STARR

World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023

China watching the world's response to war in Ukraine - Blinken

Russian national flag flies with backdrop of the Kerch bridge after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022

As Russian warship ammo destroyed, Ukraine says missile strategy failed

By MICHAEL STARR

Police fence off the area outside Denver’s jail and courthouse in Colorado, US, September 26, 2020

Student accused of shooting two faculty members in Denver found dead

View of the research vessel Petrel after it tipped on its side in a dry dock in Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, March 22, 2023.

Research vessel tips over in Scotland, 35 people injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022.

Ukrainian official accuses Putin of sending a body double to Mariupol

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Christian World

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service on Orthodox Christmas at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia January 6, 2018.

Eastern Orthodox Church could set up in Lithuania to rival Russian church

Orthodoxy in Lithuania dates back to the 13th century, Bartholomew said, when it fell under the ultimate supervision of Constantinople.

THE US Supreme Court building in Washington: As many in Israel believe today, the Anti-Federalists, who opposed the constitution, objected to governorship by the court and feared such power granted to the court could render it an absolute ruler.

US Supreme Court rejects Christian preacher's challenge to university

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, in recent years has taken an expansive view of religious rights, though this case came to the justices as a free speech dispute.

Tourists walk while fishermen collect fish from the Sau reservoir next to the church of the village of San Roman de Sau which was partially submerged and re-emerged as Sau reservoir has the lowest level since 1990 due to extreme drought in Catalonia, near Vic, Spain March 15, 2023.

1000-year-old church rediscovered in Spain thanks to drought

The Church of San Roman, built in the year of 1062, is now fully visible for the first time since the 1960s.

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023.

Pope Francis says he might lift celibacy requirements for priests

Francis, who previously opposed the idea that celibacy was an option for leaders of the church, appeared to loosen his stance when speaking with Argentine outlet Infobae.

Health & Wellness

A person receives a test for diabetes during Care Harbor LA free medical clinic in Los Angeles, California September 11, 2014

Gut microbes can help diagnose gestational diabetes in 1st trimester - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Illustrative image of statins.

Israeli researchers develop medication to treat statin myopathy - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Israeli-American Council Celebrate Israel Festival, Los Angeles

Israel is the fourth happiest country in the world, new ranking shows

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Few people can experience the joy of missing out

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Fresh vegetables are sold at the shuk (market)

Five vegetables that should definitely be eaten on the regular

Antisemitism / BDS

University of Florida Auditorium with Century Tower in the background

Florida bill attacking ‘critical theory’ in higher education worries Jewish academics

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.

Iranian regime TV airs antisemitic tirade against IAEA head

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

YIDDISH COLLECTION from Barbara Shaw Gifts.

My grandmother was a 'Sherlock Holmes' but couldn't solve antisemitism

By RABBI AVRAM MLOTEK/JTA

Antisemitism on Twitter more than doubled since Musk takeover - study

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Men wearing black tops and shorts perform the Nazi salute on the steps of the Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia March 18, 2023 in this picture obtained from a social media video

Australia to promote law banning Nazi salute in coming months

By ZVIKA KLEIN , REUTERS

365 Days of Israeli Culture

Ethiopian Israeli singer performs in legendary London Jazz club

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Chinese version of Israeli play Ghetto staged in Beijing

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli ambassador hosts iconic Japanese culinary show

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli and Austrian students produce short movie together

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Symphony orchestra plays video game scores by Israeli composer in Los Angeles

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Environment & Climate Change

Drinking water (illustrative)

UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water

TripleW's team.

TripleW raises $16.5m. for its industrial waste infrastructure conversion

By ZACHY HENNESSEY

Science

Artistic depiction of an asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas of the sulfur-rich Yucatan Peninsula in what is today southeast Mexico, killing the dinosaurs.

Big asteroid impacts may be more damaging than we thought - study

View from the Saudi Arabian shore of the Gulf of Aqaba looking towards the Sinai Peninsula.

Red Sea is younger, smaller version of Atlantic Ocean - Saudi study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Archaeology

Roman villa model

Ancient Roman villa mosaic found on UK supermarket construction site

Close-up of the flower decorations on the mosaic.

Archaeologists uncover Roman-era church mosaic along Israel Nat'l Trail

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

Ambassador to the US Mike Herzog speaks at the Museum of the Bible.

US summons Israeli envoy, Netanyahu says 'we won’t rebuild settlements'

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , OMRI NAHMIAS

An American Jew wearing a kippa embroidered with the US and Israeli flags attends a Hanukka reception at the White House last year

Americans feel more positive toward Jews than not, Pew survey finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Diaspora

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about the strikes and protests against the judicial reform

UK Jews: Netanyahu hasn't asked to meet us

Israeli flags and signs shown at AFL games in support of Harry Sheezel.

Australian Football League: Israeli flag shouldn't have been permitted at game

Judaism

STATE AND local chief rabbis attend a ‘Prayer to strengthen Judaism in the Holy Land,’ at the International Convention Center, in Jerusalem, last year.

Aliyah eligibility should not depend on level of Jewish observance - opinion

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Haggad AI- first AI Haggadah

Meet Haggad.AI, the world’s first Haggadah created by artificial intelligence

Food

ChickP's cheese alternatives

ChickP introduces new plant-based cheddar and cream cheese

By ZACHY HENNESSEY

Black Iron's wagyu beef

Meat shortages in Israel: Passover's around the corner, but the meat isn't

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Culture

Ryan Lavarnway of Israel in action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics vs. South Korea, Yokohama Baseball Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, August 2, 2021.

Ryan Lavarnway, Team Israel veteran and World Series champ, retires from MLB

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Israelis dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale television show protest the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023.

Margaret Atwood responds to Israel’s Handmaid’s Tale protesters

By HANNAH BROWN

Travel

THE HALL of Names at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, April 20, 2020.

Holocaust museum Yad Vashem ranked in world's top 50 tourist attractions

Passengers wait to check in at Ben Gurion airport

Alarmed by judicial reform, more Israelis are seeking to move abroad

By Deborah Danan/JTA

Podcasts

A locked door to a Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) location on Sand Hill Road is seen in Menlo Park, California, US March 10, 2023.

After SVB collapse, will Israeli banks crash too?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission attends a meeting with Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Minister of State and national secur

Israel is not prepared for potential disaster. Here's why

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016,

Over 1,600 olim in Israel call on Israeli gov’t to halt judicial reform

WITH CHILDREN Haim and Maya.

This woman moved to Israel from Russia and got back into hi-tech

Real Estate

THE NEWLY reopened Elkonin Hotel in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv's Elkonin Hotel rises from the ashes

By YEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV

A sign reading "for rent" outsdie a former shop in central Tel Aviv, on August 26, 2020

Israeli apartment rents rising at fastest rate since 2008

By Arik Mirovsky/Globes/TNS

Conferences

Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York 2023

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Western Wall

Western Wall Heritage Foundation

The Western wall: A direct route to the heart

Jerusalem Day at the Kotel

Planning your visit to the Western Wall

OMG

Pilots in the cockpit of an airplane (illustrative)

Pilots suspended after cockpit coffee photo goes viral

Indian crested porcupine

Investigation underway after porcupines escape from zoo

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