Sam Halpern

Sam is a breaking news desk manager at The Jerusalem Post where he has worked since June 2023. He is a James Madison University alumnus where he graduated cum-laude with a degree in English and minors in Creative Writing and Environmental Studies.


A LIT UP Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah Menorah are displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 4, 2025.

Israel Police denies claims officers raided Haifa Christmas event after footage spreads online

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with the German Chancellor after their meeting in Jerusalem on March 17, 2024.

'Israel will respond': PM vows reprisal for Hamas ceasefire violation after officer wounded by IED

 Smoke billows from Nabatieh district, following Israeli strikes, according to two Lebanese security sources, as seen from Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon, May 8, 2025.

IDF strikes Hezbollah launch sites and infrastructure in southern Lebanon


Jewish-Israeli mother, child rescued from Bethlehem after intentionally entering city

Bethlehem is in Area A of the West Bank and under the civil and security control of the Palestinian Authority. Israeli law prohibits Israelis from entering the sector.

A Palestinian flag is pictured in the Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on December 22, 2024 days ahead of western celebrations of Christmas.

‘Dance, pig’: Man harasses young Jewish boys in France, orders them to ‘free Palestine’

“Are you gonna free Palestine, bro?’ the man asked, adding, “If you don’t free them, I’ll snatch your hat, bro.” the man said to the children.

Youtube screenshot of the video.

Three Palestinians, three settlers wounded in West Bank clash near Route 437

MDA evacuated five of the wounded individuals, including two of the Palestinians, to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah-University Medical Center for further medical treatment.

Screenshot of the clash between settlers and Palestinians on December 22, 2025 near route 437 in the West Bank.

Video shows Jewish man assaulted on NYC train, Danny Danon labels it 'deeply disturbing hate crime'

“This is a deeply disturbing hate crime targeting young Chabad men on a train in New York, whose only act was sharing the light of Hanukkah,” Danon posted on X/Twitter along with the footage.

On of the assailants grabs a Jewish man on a train.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese visits Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al-Ahmed in the hospital

“Your courage is inspiring,” Albanese told Ahmed in a video posted to his X/Twitter account.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks next to Ahmed al-Ahmed in the hospital after the latter was wounded confronting one of the Bondi Beach shooters. December 16, 2025.

Haredi teenager suffers head injury in hit-and-run at Bnei Brak protest, arrests made

Footage of the incident shared by public broadcaster KAN News appeared to show the vehicle as it passed through the crowd, having knocked several protesters over.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protests attempts to establish a draft bill in the Knesset, in Bnei Brak, December 8, 2025.

Sudthisak Rinthalak identified as deceased hostage returned to Israel, PMO confirms

The PMO noted that Rinthalak's family, as well as the Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienphan, expressed their appreciation for Israel's efforts to return Rinthalak's remains.

Sudthisak Rinthalak

Findings transferred by Hamas from Gaza not connected to hostages, PMO confirms

National Center of Forensic Medicine confirm that the findings brought yesterday from Gaza for examination do not belong to Israeli hostages.

Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

Two soldiers lightly wounded in West Bank terror stabbing attack, assailant killed by IDF

Magen David Adom noted that its paramedics subsequently arrived at the scene and provided medical care to the men.

Magen David Adom on the scene where two young men were attacked and mildly wounded near the Israeli settlement of Ateret in the West Bank on Tuesday December 2nd, 2025.

All Palestinian fugitive murderers in West Bank locked up or killed

“I don’t recall the last time we were in a situation where all the fugitive murderers had been either arrested or eliminated,” IDF Central Command chief Avi Bluth said.

Israeli soldiers patrol the streets of Tubas in the West Bank during a military operation on November 26, 2025.