Israel denies evacuations of embassies around the world over Iran fears
According to Israeli media, diplomats serving abroad have expressed their concern that their embassies will be the target of Iranian retaliation.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFProtesters burn US and Israeli flags during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2024(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Senior Israeli-Arab community leader calls for ceasefire at Herzog’s Iftar dinner
Ali Salem urges ceasefire in Gaza at President Herzog's Iftar dinner, emphasizing peace-making capacity of attendees. Arab-Jewish unity emphasized, focusing on partnership for peace and solidarity.
ByGREER FAY CASHMAN President Isaac Herzog reveals an antisemitic book found in Gaza at the Munich Security Conference, February 17, 2024(photo credit: CHAIM TZACH/GPO)Go to the full article > >
The prime minister's diaries: This is what Netanyahu did on October 7
Despite many meetings and phone calls being censored, Netanyahu's diary entries provide an insight into the PM's psyche on and after October 7.
ByTAL SHALEVPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, December 23rd, 2018(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)Go to the full article > >
Wounded victim from stabbing attack in Gan Yavne dies from wounds
He leaves behind an 18-month-old daughter and a wife, pregnant with the couple's second child.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Lidor Levy, 34, died from his wounds on Thursday, after he was severely wounded in the terror attack in Gan Yavne on Sunday. April 4, 2024.(photo credit: Via Walla!/Courtesy of family )Go to the full article > >
Hamas official claims Netanyahu not interested in releasing hostages
Hamas official Osama Hamdan, while speaking from Beirut, claimed that the group showing "flexibility" in ceasefire deal.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MENASHE KOREN Hamas official Osama Hamdan attends a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, March 20, 2024(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)Go to the full article > >
IDF halts leave for combat troops, intel chief warns 'worst is yet to come'
IDF Military Intelligence Directorate head: Israel is facing "complex days" ahead amid increasing threats of strikes by Iran.
'Stop it now': US first lady Jill Biden to president on Gaza - report
The White House was quick to assure the press that the first lady's words expressed pain over the deaths of civilians but not a request that the Biden administration change policy.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFU.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden await the arrival of Jordan's King Abdullah, Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2024.(photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Israeli minister: US government changing stance on Israel due to presidential elections
Energy Minister Eli Cohen made remarks about US intervention in the Middle East, stating "The only change I see in the Americans' stance is because of the upcoming elections in the United States."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFFOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen: We are the only Middle Eastern country to send a foreign minister to Kyiv. That means something.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)Go to the full article > >
IDF intel. analysis chief from Oct. 7 resigning due to cancer diagnosis
Former IDF intelligence analysis chief Itai Brun, who had the role from 2011-2015, has replaced Saar on an emergency and temporary basis
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB Brig.-Gen. Amit Sa'ar speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2022(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
134 hostages remain in Gaza, 36 of which killed in captivity, IDF says
