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Recording under fire: Israel-US war on Iran shakes the Middle East

Recorded between active sirens, this episode captures a historic and uncertain moment in the region.

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Recording under fire: Israel-US war on Iran shakes the Middle East
Beit Shemesh mayor and Mayoral candidate Aliza Bloch casts her ballot at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Beit Shemesh, February 27, 2024.

American olim in Beit Shemesh may tip the scales in the mayoral election

The race for the mayorship of Beit Shemesh is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic in the current round of local authority elections.

|ByYINON SHALOM YITACH, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Aerial view of the casemate city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa

Archaeological discoveries shed light on early urbanization in the Kingdom of Judah

The findings have revealed fortified cities and common urban pattern characterized by casemate walls, houses abutting the walls and peripheral roads.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turbine for combined cycle power plant.

This real estate sale may increase shares in Bet Shemesh Engines

Bet Shemesh Engines, managed by the Pimi Fund, is expected to generate a capital gain of $125 million before taxes. This is for vacant land totaling an area of 15 hectacres.

|ByYEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV

Beit Shemesh Tel Yarmuth urban archaeology park test case for new cooperation

Archaeologists have been working for a decade to integrate a park located in the middle of a new religious neighborhood into the community

FEBRUARY 24, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Ramat Beit Shemesh view from Tel Yarmuth

14-year-old boy drowns in reservoir during school trip near Beit Shemesh

Search teams from Israel Police, Border Police and volunteers searched for a missing boy throughout the evening, finding him drowned in a Beit Shemesh area reservoir on Thursday.

JUNE 25, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A ZAKA volunteer inspects a recently-formed reservoir near Beit Shemesh where a 14-year-old child was found dead. June 25, 2021.

Firefighting planes extinguish forest fire near Beit Shemesh - WATCH

The heat wave that began on Wednesday has continued to grow in intensity over the weekend, causing wildfires near Beit Shemesh.

MAY 16, 2020ByALON HACHMON
Forest fire in Jerusalem, June 15, 2016