SHIR PERETS

Shir Perets is a Breaking News Desk Manager at The Jerusalem Post. She grew up in central Israel and is a graduate of Bar-Ilan University, where she studied English literature and communications.

When she isn’t writing, Shir can be found painting, building Legos, feeding stray cats, or singing along to Taylor Swift.


Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025.

Knesset passes preliminary vote on political probe into October 7

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

'Worst treason in Israel's history': Bennett, Netanyahu trade barbs over Qatargate

A woman holds a picture of dead hostage Ran Gvili, whose body hasn't been returned yet, as Israelis attend a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, more than two years after the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, at Hostages Square.

In AI video released by forum, final Gaza hostage Ran Gvili begs Trump to free him


Smotrich urges Netanyahu to return from US ‘with de-facto sovereignty’ for West Bank

He cited settlement construction and administrative work as part of recent advances, adding that without a cabinet decision to apply sovereignty, Israel risks missing a “historic opportunity.”

Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and Mateh Binyamin Regional Council Head Israel Ganz at ceremony marking official transfer of Civil Administration service units to permanent civilian complex, December 23, 2025.

IDF returns Israelis who illegally crossed into Syria from Golan Heights, second time in two days

The civilians were recovered and transferred to Israel Police for further handling. The same civilians attempted to cross the border yesterday, a security source noted.

 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border

'Eat s***': JD Vance hits out at Nick Fuentes over racial slurs hurled at wife Usha

Since 2024, Fuentes has repeatedly spoken against Vance's wife, Usha, calling her a "j***" (an offensive slur against Indian people) and calling Vance a 'race traitor' for marrying her.

White nationalist Nick Fuentes (L), VP JD Vance over a backdrop of a person wearing a MAGA hat.

UK pro-Palestine activist calls bin Laden's 9/11 letter 'voice of freedom'

He did not address the Bondi attack in his comments but later called it “callous” on X while condemning the IDF as “depraved,” the report said.

Moazzam Begg is released from Belmarsh Prison on October 1, 2014 in London, England.

Alumni keep close ties after Israel-focused fellowships and consulting - study

“While a lot of energy and focus is on protests and encampments, the next generation of global leaders isn’t taking their cues from attention-seeking demonstrations,” TAMID CEO Yoni Heilman said.

Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel

Photo of Donald Trump removed from released Epstein files, Democrats decry 'cover-up'

The photo was one of 16 in file number 468, which disappeared from the Epstein Library shortly after the collection was uploaded on Friday.

A photo from the publicly released Epstein files which was removed without explanation from the Justice Department’s collection.

The donut debate: What is the best sufganiya in Jerusalem on Hanukkah 2025?

‘The Jerusalem Post’ annual Hanukkah ‘sufganiya’ roundup is here. This year we chose a different theme: the cookies and cream donut, also known as the Oreo flavor.

Aaron Reich and Shir Perets enjoy their donuts in Jerusalem Post's studio.

Over 100 Holocaust survivors light fifth Hanukkah candle at Western Wall in ceremony of resilience

Claims Conference and Western Wall Heritage Foundation hosted the ninth annual event honoring survivors, October 7 victims, and the fight against rising antisemitism.

Some 120 Holocaust survivors lit the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall, December 18, 2025.

No link between Bondi Beach shooting to Palestinian recognition, Australia's Albanese stresses

"And overwhelmingly, most of the world recognises a two-state solution as being the way forward in the Middle East," he said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Hanukkah discovery: Rare Hasmonean lamp, Second Temple stylus found near Jerusalem

The Civil Administration said the artifacts add to a growing corpus of Second Temple–era material recovered in recent years across the West Bank.

An archaeologist of Israel Antiquities Authority displays an oil lamp and coins dating back to the Sanhedrin era which have been uncovered at the Tel Yavne excavation site in central Israel, on November 29, 2021.