IDF says Iranian missile fragments hit near Kirya base, Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz

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Dancing through the crackdown: The satirical song soundtracking post-Khamenei Iran

A building damaged after an Iranian missile barrage fired against Israel on April 4, 2026.
IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon.
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz, also known as Madiq Hurmuz, and 3D printed oil barrels are seen in this illustration taken March 26, 2026.

IDF strikes petrochemical complex in Iran, key for regime's weapon manufacture

WATCH
Israeli Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war, March 31, 2026.
US President Donald Trump talks to members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 29, 2026.

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make a deal before 'all hell reigns', hunt goes on for US pilot

Israelis protest against the war in Jerusalem during the war between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah, April 4, 2026.

Anti-war protests held across Israel under wartime gathering limits

US agents arrest niece, grand niece of Iran's Qassem Soleimani after Rubio revoked green cards

AFSHIN JAVID, a former member of Iran Basij paramilitary force’s execution squad, as a young child in Iran (L) and now in Germany. Javid left Islam and later became a devout Christian.

Former IRGC child executioner tells ‘Post’ how he became devout Christian dissident

FRONTLINES
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Arad, March 22, 2026.

IDF admits air defense failures after Dimona, Arad missile impacts

INTERVIEW
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, US, March 23, 2026

Zohran Mamdani: What side of the Muslim world are you on?

OPINION
A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

Carlson, Mamdani must accept Israel cannot exist without being a Jewish state

OPINION
IDF soldiers are seen operating in southern Lebanon, April 1, 2026

After October 7, containment is dead: Israel must redraw its borders

OPINION
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.

From diplomacy to bombs: Western nihilism fueled Iran’s expansion

OPINION

Yael Camp: Europe’s premier Jewish summer experience

Arriving at Yael Camp

IDF confirms Iranian missile fragments hit near Kirya, multiple cars ablaze in Ramat Gan

WATCH

IDF announces Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar died while fighting in Lebanon

Falls reported in central Israel after an Iranian missile attack on April 4, 2026.
OPINION

Netzach Yehuda's CNN altercation: Why religion is driving Israel toward extremism

A member of the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion is seen at the Western Wall, last year.
BySHALOM TZVI SHOR

IDF recovers remains of soldier killed in War of Independence after 78 years

IDF Private Dov Permat who was killed in battle in the Malkiya area in 1948
POLL

Young Israeli voters shifting right, Netanyahu leads as preferred candidate

TZRUYA ‘SUKI’ Lahav‎ in 2008.

'The first woman E Streeter': Springsteen band drummer remembers Suki Lahav, Jewish violinist

ISRAELIS TAKE cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026.

Caught in the crossfire: The American highschoolers who stayed behind to help amid the Iran war

ISRAEL POLICE at the scene of a fallen piece of an Iranian missile, March 5, 2026.

Israel Police decry online defamation campaign against female officer in Jerusalem

YARON SHANE: Members remain in the database ‘until they break the glass.’

Inside Chiburim: Yaron Shane’s mission to help IDF soldiers find Love After War

FEATURE

Police investigating explosion at Israel Center in the Netherlands

Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial shut down by German authorities

Police officers stand outside a Jewish school following an explosion that caused minor damages, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 14, 2026.

Three suspects in UK Hatzalah ambulance arson arrested, charged for attack

Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026.

Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media

Fairfield College Preparatory Academy in Fairfield, Connecticut, as captured in 2018.

Tensions flare at Passover seder over Mamdani’s inclusion

Turkey’s rearrest of fugitive revives mystery of Syrian defector’s disappearance

US intel. says half of Iran’s missiles, drones are still intact as Trump, Netanyahu claim otherwise

REPORT
Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, in the custody of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization.
ANALYSIS

Hezbollah sees potential win as Israel backs down from disarmament goal

A general view of Riyadh city during the early hour of evening at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 28, 2025.

Iranian drone attack on US embassy in Riyadh more destructive than initially revealed

REPORT
Smoke billows from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport as vehicles drive on a highway in Dubai on March 16, 2026.

Debris fall in Dubai marina after aerial interception, one killed by shrapnel in Abu Dhabi

The war with Iran is a major setback to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

OPINION

Voices from the Arab press: US-Israel Iran war faces political limits

THIS MAP illustrates China’s ‘New Silk Road’ initiative
STUDY

Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound is not a tomb, but a memorial to a natural disaster

Excavations of Raknehaugen, Norway, in 1939.
OPINION

The Jewish passion for freedom, human rights was hijacked by the West

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a  protest to mark Al-Quds Day, in London, Britain, March 15, 2026
ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
FRONTLINES

By claiming total failure, Israel's opposition hurts itself - and helps Netanyahu

AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike

Chinese Shahed-like drones offered online despite Alibaba ban

AeroSentinel’s production facility sustained heavy damage after an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel on April 2, 2026.

Romania weighs cancelling drone contract with Israel's Elbit Systems

A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III lands at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 8, 2026.

Israeli 3D-printing firm joins major Pentagon manufacturing program

IWI's Negev 7 Light Machine Gun

India receives first batch of NEGEV 7.62 LMGs from Israel’s IWI

Behind enemy lines: How US Air Force's well-oiled rescue machine operates

IRGC tightening grip as Iran faces economic collapse, internal rift

US Air Force crew work on a Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules before take-off from RAF Fairford on March 18, 2026 in Fairford, England.

Katz to Hezbollah chief Qassem: You won't live to see Israel’s full response to Passover attacks

Illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz and Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem.

Hamas wants guarantees of Israeli troop withdrawal before disarmament talks, sources say

This photo of a TV screen shows the new spokesperson for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in Bureij refugee camp Central of Gaza Strip on December 29, 2025.

Trump proposes 'historic' defense spending budget, eyes 10% cut to other federal programs

US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony for an execituve order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.

The memory that turned into a song

Eduard Shyfrin- UNCONDITIONAL

“The human capital of Israel’s economy is what continues to drive its growth”

Chairman of the Board of Bank Leumi, Uri Alon

Amid war with Iran hospitals in central Israel operate under emergency conditions and severe strain

Dr. Alon Bar, Head of the trauma unit at the Kaplan Medical Center on the scene of an emergency

The invisible risk: Can you really trust your ‘private’ AI assistant to keep your secrets?

FRONTLINES

AI is already coming for your jobs, your Passover song parodies may be next

The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025

Netanyahu: 'Only long-term solution for Hormuz crisis is rerouting pipes to Mediterranean'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.

‘Perfect storm’: Israel's high-tech faces human capital crisis, lack of new students in age of AI

There is a shrinking number of young people interested in pursuing high-tech jobs in their academic careers in Israel.

Your Taxes: You can't have your matzah and eat it, too

Hundreds of kilos of protected plant seized by Israel Nature and Parks Authority in Golan

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South

FEATURE
Some of the bags seized, including the Gundelia tournefortii - which is in danger of extinction due to over-harvesting.
INTERVIEW

'Silent murderer': Israel must deal with air pollution, epidemiological research finds

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 during a federal parliament sitting following the Bondi terror attack at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2026.

Anthony Albanese deploys troops to aid flood-hit Katherine communities

A Judean Desert carpet of spring wildflowers.

The Judean Desert in bloom: Following ancient paths of healing just beyond Jerusalem

FEATURE

Dream Care: This haredi male nurse is helping redefine private nursing care in Israel

FEATURE

As Israel’s PTSD crisis deepens, new treatment offers hope for IDF veterans

FEATURE
Matan Nitzky with assorted Dream Care patients

Slowness: The healing village in Israel's Lower Galilee that restores body and mind

Israel’s hospitals are beginning to recognize, empower family caregivers

Health Ministry reveals wartime preparations in Eilat, Dead Sea amid tense security situation

Some 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover

Herzog visits Jerusalem absorption center, hails wave of new immigrants

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.

She moved to Israel during war and this chess champion says she would do it again

CHESS CHAMPION Tícia Gara.

Despite Iran war, 40 American, Canadian Jews make aliyah ahead of Passover

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.

Knesset advances bill granting five-year tax exemption to olim, returning residents

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

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

Prime Jerusalem – the next home for the Jews of the world in the capital

Israel’s real estate map is changing

In Collab
Prime Jerusalem lets Jews worldwide own a luxury home in the heart of Jerusalem.

Midtown Jerusalem

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

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'

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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

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   

Is Iran surviving the US‑Israel offensive?

Could Israel and the US achieve victory over Iran? An expert weighs in

Building collapses in Tel Aviv, Houthis join the fight

Budapest: Spa hotel, Jewish heritage, and Danube nights

US Politics   

US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony for an execituve order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.

Trump proposes 'historic' defense spending budget, eyes 10% cut to other federal programs

Trump considers cabinet shake-up as several senior officials face possible removal

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce

Diaspora   

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed

A lost novel from 1943 that predicted the Holocaust has been recovered

Bath, UK mayor resigns after amplifying idea that Jewish ambulance arson was ‘false flag' attack

Judaism   

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Passover reimagined: How Jews reinterpret freedom at the Seder table

Seder night: A crumpled white shirt reveals Passover’s deeper meaning

Christian World   

LATIN PATRIARCH of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shakes hands with a person, as he passes through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, says they have 'hands full of blood'

Sarah Mullally enthroned as first female Archbishop of Canterbury after 1,400 years

Food   

Chinese almonds

Post-Passover recipes to try: Bagels, veggie soup, chicken, and almond cookies

Rashel in Tel Aviv Port: Moroccan feast of holiday flavors

Lifta, the art of food: Inside chef Eli Davis’s bold Jerusalem dining experience

Archaeology   

Excavations of Raknehaugen, Norway, in 1939.

Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound is not a tomb, but a memorial to a natural disaster

China’s largest meteorite iron artifact found at Bronze Age ritual site

Iron Age hoard rewrites history of wagons in Britain, may have been part of royal funerary display

Science   

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 1, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II mission takes off with four astronauts for historic lunar journey

Researchers tie vaping to mouth and lung cancers in new analysis

Countdown to a lunar comeback: NASA readies astronauts for Moon journey

Culture   

Israeli pitcher-catcher duo, Ben Simons and C.J. Stubbs.

Israel closes out WBC campaign with statement victory over Netherlands

Nomads again: Barda’s Ironi Kiryat Shmona scrambles for season restart

Omri Airlines: The meteoric rise of Israeli midfielder Gandelman with Italy’s Lecce

History   

Prince Phillip, 2008.

New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack

'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears

OMG   

Cases of Kit Kat are displayed at a Costco Wholesale store on July 12, 2025 in San Diego, California.

Kit-napped: Viral Kit Kat heist sparks responses from brands, cities, and even a Real Housewife

Near an IKEA store: Wolf bites woman in the face in Hamburg shopping area

False AI match sends US grandmother to jail for five months

Consumerism   

Yoniev wet vacuum cleaner.

New devices in the wet vacuum cleaner market

Finally: Artificial Intelligence arrives on WhatsApp in a new update

A moment for ourselves: The balcony becomes a sanctuary of calm and breath

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

From vision to action

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