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WSJ: Israel prepared to strike Iran in the next few days if US proposal fails officials say

The newspaper cited a senior Israeli official as saying a strike could come as soon as Sunday unless Iran agrees to halt production of fissile material, which can be used to make an atomic bomb.

West fears miscalculation between Israel and Iran, diplomats tell 'Post'

L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).

Israel could strike Iran as soon as Sunday WSJ reports, US kills ISIS official in Syria

Qatar submits new hostage deal proposal • Trump says Israeli strike on Iran not imminent, but could happen • US, Iran to hold sixth round of nuclear talks

A war between Israel and Iran (illustrative)

Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage released by Hamas in Gaza last month addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, at U.N. headquarters in New York York City, US, March 20, 2025.

United Nations overwhelmingly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire over US, Israel opposition

The text garnered 149 votes in favor, while 19 countries abstained and the US, Israel and 10 others voted against.

Trump: Israeli strike on Iran not imminent, but could happen

A war between Israel and Iran (illustrative)

Ex-CIA analyst sentenced to prison for leak of classified Israeli plans to strike Iran

US kills ISIS official in precise airstrike in Syria, CENTCOM says

Vandals daub swastikas on Jewish gravestones in Moldova

Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and supporters protest for their release, outside the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025.

Qatar, Hamas draft new Gaza hostage deal proposal based on Witkoff outline

Protesters are arrested in the lobby of Maersk’s office building in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Dozens arrested at pro-Gaza protest at Manhattan office building

The road to hell (illustrative)

'Government-paid demons': IRGC's hell 'Heaven Time' exhibit receives backlash

A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man holds a placard next to a police horse as he takes part in a protest against pressure to conscript into the military in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 5, 2025. The words in Hebrew read "We will not enlist in the enemy army."

Much ado about nothing: Coalition remains standing as core issues remain unsolved

Hamilton Lane Israel head at firm’s 2025 investor event

“Since the war, Hamilton Lane has invested close to $250 million in Israel”.

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Juan Delgado, Co-CEO; Limor Beker, Head of Israel; Yuval Raphael, Israel’s 2025 Eurovision rep.; Andrea Kramer COO; Mario Giannini, Executive Co-Chairman

Israel at War

Israel at War

IDF kills three terrorists responsible for anti-tank missile attack

According to the IDF, two soldiers were moderately injured from the missile fired by the terrorist cell.

US envoy Steve Witkoff: ‘We will never allow a nuclear Iran, no matter the cost’

IDF troops operational activity in the Gaza Strip on June 12, 2025.

IDF's failure to understand Hamas is why terror group hasn't surrendered, Likud MK says

Hamas terrorists against backdrop of humanitarian aid trucks. (illustration)

Hamas attacks GHF aid team in Gaza, killing five, possibly taking hostages

IDF soldiers seize weapons stockpiled by Hamas terrorists in Syria, June 12, 2025.

IDF arrests Hamas terrorists in Syria who stockpiled weapons, planned terror attacks

Israel News

Israel News

Netanyahu's office: Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar's deputy to enter interim role on Sunday

The deputy chief will fill this role until the completion of Major-General David Zini's appointment process, or within a month, whichever comes first.

Ultra-Orthodox minister resigns from Israeli gov't over IDF draft law debacle

Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

Police prepare for the arrival of 60,000 participants for Tel Aviv Pride Parade

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021

Explainer

Who is 'S', new acting Shin Bet chief replacing Ronen Bar ?

(L-R) Shin Bet director Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Easy cash, false identities, and dating scams: Iran's method of recruiting Israelis

Jpost Spotlight

Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei

Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, on September 22, 2024

Syrian girl receives life-saving treatment at Rambam Hospital in Haifa

A man donates blood with Magen David Adom.

New study explores what motivates blood donations in Israel ahead of World Blood Donor Day

Transgender activist and Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner visits Kibbutz Be'eri

Caitlyn Jenner visits Kibbutz Be'eri, calls to bring the hostages home

Analyses & Features

Analyses & Features

'A rare opportunity': KKL-JNF conference in Paris draws Jewish leaders from three continents

Participants included Jewish representatives from across Europe, Asia, and Africa, including Tunisia, Morocco, Russia, Kosovo, Israel, Moldova, Romania, and Hungary.

Major change ahead: What the future of the IDF will look like in the shadow of the Gaza war

KKL-JNF conference in Paris draws Jewish leaders from 22 continents.

Iran tensions spotlight militias in Iraq's role in regional conflict

Image of Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi against a backdrop of the Iranian flag, US flag and fire.

As US evacuates Middle East personnel, Iran appears to downplay tensions

A VIEW of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km. south of Tehran, in 2010

Where are the key facilities hiding Iran's nuclear program?

Business & Innovation

Business & Innovation

Can Israel Aerospace Industries secure a spot in Trump’s 'Golden Dome' missile shield?

IAI officials expressed hope for Israel's chances, noting that Arrow missile defense systems have defended against more ballistic missile targets than any other system.

IDF radar systems up close: 'Post' views defense tech that has thwarted 40,000 threats

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he makes an announcement with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2025.

JetBlue flight rolls off runway at Boston airport, no injuries reported

A Jet Blue plane comes in for a landing at LaGuardia airport in New York, August 29, 2012.

Your Investments: Consistency is the key for securing a financial future

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS head coach Bill Belichick attends a press conference to announce he will leave the team after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl wins, in 2024.

Your Taxes: Negotiating a wartime M&A deal

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Craft Resumes

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50 Influential Jews

MDA Heroes

Ono Conversation Corner

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism

‘We are here standing with one voice’: Staten Island leaders speak out against antisemitism

"Wherever we come from, when we come to Staten Island, we are united in peace, and we treat people with respect," Borough President Vito Fossella.

An existential threat: New York cannot have a mayor who fans the flames of antisemitism

People gather during a rally held in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Staten Island, New York, US, November 14, 2023.

Exclusive

Ukraine rolls out history textbook depicting Jewish State as victim of Arab aggression

Drone shrapnel outside the Jewish school in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Jewish group seeks dissolution of Samidoun France following Brussels Oct 7 reenactment

A person holds a placard during a demonstration against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2023.

US Jews will be under attack for next decade, intelligence expert testifies

World News

World News

EU leaders concerned about Iran's plan to build a new enrichment site

"We have taken note with great concern of the various statements concerning a considerable increase in enrichment capacity, and in particular, the establishment of new infrastructure."

US charges two Chinese scientists with smuggling devastating crop-killing fungus

An Iranian missile is displayed during 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.

Judge in Harvey Weinstein trial declares mistrial on rape charge

A law enforcement officer shoots non-lethal weapon at a protestor during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2025.

Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment as protests spread across US

India’s Dharamsala region.

Search continues for missing American immigrant to Israel in India

In Collaboration

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View of the Ahuzat Bait first district of Tel Aviv from a height

The art of healing: Ono International School’s premier visual art therapy program

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ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE is home of the Ono International School.

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Middle East

Middle East

Iran 'leaks' documents to discredit nuclear chief Grossi amid IAEA sanctions

Grossi has - though slowly - demanded answers from Iran to explain illicit nuclear materials and refusing to accept partial answers that he called "not credible."

Israel considers striking Iran in coming days, US could play logistical role

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi against backdrop of an Iranian missile.

Hezbollah's deadly drone threat: Growing capabilities, strategic shifts

PEOPLE GATHER in Tehran to mourn the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israel Air Force strike in Lebanon, in September. The IAF also destroyed much of the missile arsenal of the Lebanon-based Iranian proxy, the writer notes.

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IDF lone reservists face challenges in lengthy service since October 7

Over 150 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.

Father of kidnapped soldier Matan Angrest accuses PM of failing to act on son’s condition

Matan Angrest.

Environment & Climate Change

Environment & Climate Change

China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to power critical goods like wind turbines, medical devices and electric vehicles.

United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers seen in tin mine factory at Man Maw at ethnic Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 5, 2016. Picture taken on October 5, 2016.

China pulls decade of rubbish from park that inspired sci-fi film 'Avatar'

A view of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's southern Hunan province May 10, 2004.

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Wildfire near Jerusalem's Ein Kerem under control

A firefighting aircraft operates at the site of a fire that broke out near Jerusalem, Israel, June 9, 2025

Teenager killed, 68 wounded as earthquake rocks Greek islands, Turkey

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Health equity report exposes gaps in healthcare between central Israel and the periphery

The district with the highest life expectancy in Israel is Judea and Samaria, followed by the Central district. Meanwhile, the northern and southern districts continue to show the lowest figures.

Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

‘Traumatic invalidation’: Therapists discuss how Jewish distress has been ignored since Oct. 7

TOBACCO SMOKING and second- and third-hand smoking (exposure to other’s smoke or toxins on rugs, curtains, and furniture) accounts for over 70% of COPD cases in high-income countries, with symptoms including coughing, sometimes with phlegm, difficulty breathing, wheezing, and tiredness.

After October 7, 2023: Israel’s smoking rates rise, worsening COPD risks

Use of Ozempic.

Risks with Ozempic: A look at an alternative to weight-loss drugs

Aliyah

Aliyah

Jewish Agency slams Likud MK for comments against Reform Judaism

"We firmly reject any such disgraceful attack on a distinguished branch of Judaism and its representatives," said Mark Wilf and Doron Almog.

Julie Rothschild Levi: Becoming an accidental influencer in Israel

MK Galit Distal-Atbaryan arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset. December 3, 2023.

Opinion

Building Jewish resilience: A three-year journey with Jewish Federations of North America

Shira Berkovitch: A New Jersey native transforming children's education in Israel

Feature

Organized summer fun in Jerusalem: A guide to choosing the best summer camp for your kids

Israel Real Estate

Israel Real Estate

Grove park: The neighborhood redrawing southwest Tel Aviv

Think Tel Aviv has no surprises left? "Flora" in Grove Park offers new green living from NIS 2.85 million - a project designed to keep young people in the city.

Rami Levy's new vision for Jerusalem

Carasso Real Estate’s new project in northwest Kiryat Shalom

Creating a winning apartment mix: Secrets of planning luxury projects

"UTOPIA" on the Linear Park

Unprecedented: 800 villas to be demolished – Massive urban renewal in Be'er Ya'akov begins

Illustration: Private house

After the war: Institutional investors believe in the north and are investing heavily

The “HaRama” project in Katzrin

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Conference

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is interviewed at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025'

Trump admin. stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel, Steve Witkoff says

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Israeli Economics Minister Nir Barkat sign economic partnership

ANeustart wins Next-Gen Women entrepreneurship award at Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit

MDA Heroes

A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

Podcasts

Jewish West Bank residents tell all in JPost Asks Anything.

'We're all settlers anywhere we live in Israel': Jewish West Bank residents tell all

'The war in Gaza, will come to us:' Palestinians, Israeli Arabs share how war has impacted them

The Jerusalem Dispatch: ‘Perfect Storm’ Could Topple Netanyahu Government

US Politics

People leave a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and against student visas being revoked, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 17, 2025.

US Secretary of State Rubio presses to open sanctions investigation into Harvard, NYT reports

FBI delegation in Israel to investigate October 7 crimes on US citizens

‘I’ve called it a genocide,’ comedian, podcaster Theo Von talks Israel, Gaza with JD Vance

Diaspora

Image of Dr Rupa Marya.

UCSF professor fired for antisemitism files lawsuit over violation of free speech rights

Arizona governor vetoes bill that would let parents sue teachers over antisemitism

Bosnia refuses to host a gathering of Conference of European Rabbis it had invited

Judaism

REFORM AND Conservative rabbis and Women of the Wall members hold Torah scrolls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 2016. ‘We will continue to fight for a just, inclusive Israel that embraces all streams of Judaism,’ the writer promises.

The Knesset attack on reform Judaism weakens us all

The king and the rabbi: How Milei’s spiritual quest made him Israel’s strongest ally

Newly elected Rabbinical Court judges inaugurated at President’s Residence

Christian World

Ambassador Mike Huckabee with Passages CEO Zach Bauer, Co-Founder and Board Member of Passages Rivka Kidron and COO Malcolm Fitschen.

Pro-Israel Christian student org. donates $100,000 to honor Majdal Shams victims

Egypt, Greece agree to protect status of Mount Sinai monastery, after court ruling

GHF names Rev. Dr. Johnnie Moore as Executive Chairman amid expanding aid efforts

Food

The Jerusalem Post’s Erica Schachne and Seth J. Frantzman bring you a special taste-testing extravaganza.

Conflict & Cuisine: The 'Post' taste tests summer drinks to go with your summer news

Sandwich of champions: Memes of Greta Thunberg receiving challah sandwich brings Israeli nostalgia

With two oceans and 48 kosher eateries, Panama is a kosher tourist's dream

Archaeology

The side of the marble sarcophagus, depicting the scene of Hercules, sprawled on a lion's skin and holding a cup in his hand.

Archaeologists reveal mythological scene on ancient sarcophagus found in Caesarea

Sacred stones scandal: How a five-ton Kotel relic shook Jerusalem

14th century Shem Tov Bible comes home to Jerusalem

Science

A fragment from the Dead Sea Scrolls that underwent genetic sampling to shed light on the 2,000-year-old biblical trove is shown to Reuters at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) laboratory in Jerusalem June 2, 2020.

Dead Sea Scrolls aged decades older by AI-powered discovery

AI can outperform humans in emotional intelligence tests

For the first time in Israel: Artificial heart is transplanted successfully

Culture

Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

Ending Israel's isolation: Milei receives Genesis Prize in Jerusalem for historic 'Isaac Accords'

Rishon Lezion earns promotion as Leumit League champion

Tamir Blatt delivers in crunch time for Maccabi Tel Aviv

History

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Golan Heights: Where history, conflict, and compassion meet

This week in Jewish history: Anne Frank’s first diary entry, Israel bombs Iraqi nuke reactor

The forced converts of the Inquisition: Rediscovering Spanish, Portuguese roots

OMG

Harvey Weinstein interacts with Press photographers in Manhattan Supreme Court as the jury in his sexual assault trial deliberates in New York, US, June 11 2025.

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein convicted of sex crime in New York retrial

Dr. Phil joined federal agents during Los Angeles immigration operation

Woman mistakenly declared dead wakes up in her coffin in Czech Republic

Consumerism

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Therapeutic body cream for dry skin with olive oil and papaya

Astrology

Our Message to Aquarius Women

Is your friend an Aquarius? We have a sharp message for her!

Tuesday's horoscope: Capricorn - Ability to empower and be empowered

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