Ariella Roitman

Ariella Roitman is a Breaking News Writer and Editor at The Jerusalem Post. Originally from Colombia, she moved to Israel to study at Tel Aviv University, where she earned degrees in Business Management, Digital Culture & Communication, and Psychology.

A man rides his motorbike past a billboard installed alongside a road as Pakistan prepares to host the U.S. and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 10, 2026.

US-Iran deal to include dismantling of Iranian nuclear program, US official says

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.

Final text of US-Iran peace deal agreed upon, Pakistani PM announces

PEOPLE TAKE part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2026.

Demonstrators denied entry to Tel Aviv Pride Parade over anti-Ben-Gvir shirt, protest signs


IDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, one Hamas commander in precision strikes

The terrorists, identified as Qasslam Hassan Saleh, Sami Jamil Abu Dalal, and Ubay Mamoun Saleh Farwana, were planning attacks against IDF troops.

Terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street during Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, May 27, 2026.

US's Wednesday strikes on Iran damaged drinking water facility near Strait of Hormuz - report

Iranian media posted images showing a damaged reservoir that provided drinking water to around 20,000 people, alongside images of fragments appearing to belong to a US-made bomb.

An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026

Top Iranian official claims Tehran willing to negotiate with US, but its behavior 'must change'

"If we could reach confidence that they are people of negotiation, then the Islamic Republic would have no problem with negotiating," said top Iranian official Ebrahim Azizi.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.

Trump's refusal to return to war with Iran will 'cost him dearly', Saudi expert claims

Saudi analyst Mubarak al-Ati said that the US's decline on the international stage has prevented Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States from taking Trump's demands to join the Abraham Accords seriously.

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.

White House officials push for $250 bill featuring Trump's portrait - report

The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing said several legal and procedural obstacles would delay the bill's printing by several years, although some officials are pushing for immediacy.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds up a Washington Post article about a possible 250 dollar bill with the portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 28, 2026.

IDF preparing to arrest haredi draft dodgers as early as next week - report

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu commended the IDF's haredi Hasmonean Brigade for simultaneously learning Torah and serving, as the IDF prepares to arrest those avoiding military service.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk through a forest near the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, attempting to reach the Lag BaOmer celebrations after the site was closed by police following Home Front Command restrictions, May 5, 2026.

Six Israeli citizens arrested for weapons, drugs smuggling on Egyptian, Jordanian borders

Pistols, M16 assault rifles, and machine guns were among the weapons smuggled from Jordan and Egypt into Israel since 2024.

Humanitarian aid enters Gaza through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2026.

US strikes Iranian boats, missile launch sites in 'self defense,' says CENTCOM

"US Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire," CENTCOM spokesperson Navy Captain Tim Hawkins said regarding the strikes.

US Navy sailors transfer ordnance on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, February 27, 2026.

IDF strikes Hezbollah infrastructure targets as Home Front Command tightens northern guidelines

The IDF began increasing strikes on Hezbollah following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's instructions to "hit the gas" on attacks against the terror group.

Israeli soldiers take position during a Hezbollah attack near the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, May 19, 2026.

IDF arrests three terrorists in Hebron who were planning shooting terror attack

In another operation, a suspect was arrested in the West Bank village of Deir al-Ghusun for planning to establish a terror organization.

IDF forces conduct counterterrorism operations in the West Bank.