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Aragchi tiptoes around Iran-Israel ceasefire after Trump announces end of fighting

The US president said that Iran will immediately cease attacks and Israel will join the ceasefire on the 12th hour of the agreement.

Israel yet to confirm Iran ceasefire, Netanyahu asks ministers to avoid comment

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks in Baghdad, Iraq October 13, 2024.

Qatar mediated between Israel and Iran to reach ceasefire, source tells 'Post'

US President Trump spoke to the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani before the agreement was reached, a source familiar with details told the Post.

L to R: US President Donald Trump, Qatar PM Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of Israel and Iran's flags; illustrative.

US President Donald Trump gestures after returning early from the G7 Leaders' Summit in Canada, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 17, 2025

Iran's Aragchi denies ceasefire agreement, demands Israel end attacks to stop war

Iran to stop missile launches as ceasefire begins, Israel to cease 12 hours after • Iran targets US bases in Qatar, Iraq • Qatar helps mediated ceasefire

Iranian official tells CNN Tehran never received ceasefire proposal

Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on at an anti-Israel rally, in Gaza City, in 2022.

Hamas leaders' October 7 letter reveals attack strategy and plea to Hezbollah

IAF intercepts drones launched from Iran after Trump announces incoming ceasefire

Israel to wrap up war on Iran in 'coming days', defense sources tell 'Post'

An illustrative image of a soldier set to Israeli and Iranian maps and flags.

Taking down Iran: The only way to guarantee Israeli lives, Middle East stability

DEMONSTRATORS HOLD a banner that reads: ‘Save the hostages, end the war,’ in Tel Aviv earlier this month. It’s against a relatively small organization – Hamas – that Israel is struggling, says the writer.

Axis of the weak: Iran's proxy network has been severely damaged

Fire of Israeli attack on Shahran Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

‘You have 12 hours to escape’: Israel launched covert campaign to intimidate Iranian officials

A view of the perimeter wall of the site of the Evin prison fire, in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

'Israel is killing the killers': Former Evin prisoner speaks out after Israeli strikes

History remembers those who stand tall

Israel and the United States are standing shoulder to shoulder in defense of the free world.

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Israel at War

Israel at War

Israel does the dirty work – and Europe fires back with sanctions

While Israel is fighting a war for its survival, Europe is distracting it on two levels - on the leadership level and on the people's level.

Israel kills hundreds of IRGC members in strikes on Tehran's Basij, Alborz forces

ON DAY ONE, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer labeled Israel’s operation in Iran ‘concerning,’ characterized it as an escalation, and urged ‘all parties to step back and reduce tensions,’ the writer notes.

Israel was notified of Iranian strike on US targets ahead of time, regional diplomat tells 'Post'

A poster calling for the ouster of Iran's Islamic government is seen in the Little Tehran neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US, June 22, 2025

Israel goes all in on regime change in Iran, but refrains from killing Khamenei

A demonstrator holds an anti-war sign during a protest against Israeli strikes on Iran, in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025

Americans worry conflict with Iran could escalate, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Israel News

Israel News

Israel strikes Iran's infamous Evin Prison, Basij HQ, officials confirm to 'Post'

Evin Prison holds many Iranian political prisoners and is where many of the anti-regime protesters are sent following arrest.

Launches from Shiraz: The IDF's newest challenge against Iran

Screenshot from a video shows a reported Israeli strike on the entrance of Iran's infamous Evin Prison in Tehran, June 23, 2025

Holocaust survivor killed by Iran in Petah Tikva missile strike

Yvette Shmilovitch

Is Iran switching to a ‘trickle’ of missiles to target Israel?

A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this picture obtained on December 31, 2022.

IDF warns Tehran residents: Strikes on military targets to continue in coming days

Spotlight

A picture of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran June 15, 2025.

Iran reportedly withdrawing IRGC commanders from Baghdad, driven by US airstrikes

BEN SARAF drives to the basket while playing for Ulm against Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga finals, which the 19-year-old Israeli hopes to win tonight ahead of the NBA Draft.

NBA Draft-bound 19-year-old Israeli guard Ben Saraf shines on big stage

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

US strike reset Middle East, paves for Saudi-Israel pact, Lindsey Graham tells 'Post'

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in February. Netanyahu’s suggestion that Israel should begin drawing down US aid deserves serious consideration, says the writer.

US-Israel aid: The real cost, and why it’s worth every penny

Analyses & Features

Analyses & Features

Finding God in the foxhole? Netanyahu reveals spiritual side in midst of Iran war

Some critics say Netanyahu's religiousness is tactical. However, if Netanyahu wanted to use faith for political gain, he has had many opportunities to do so, but he never did.

IDF reveals secret electromagnetic unit prevents Iranian suicide drone attacks on Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement at the Weizmann Institute of Science, which was hit by an Iranian missile barrage, in the central city of Rehovot, Israel, June 20, 2025

Why Israel's war with Iran has international significance

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi calls for regime change in Iran

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seen on the backdrop of the pre-revolution flag of Iran (illustrative)

Iranian officials reportedly consider removing Ali Khamenei in plot to replace supreme leader

Business & Innovation

Business & Innovation

DeepSeek aids China's military and evaded export controls, US official says

Among the allegations, the official said DeepSeek is sharing user information and statistics with Beijing's surveillance apparatus.

Tehran warns Iranians: Don’t install Elon Musk’s Starlink internet

DeepSeek

Government, labor associations announce compensation for businesses amid Iran war

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (center) with Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David (right of center), Presidency of Business Organizations chair Dubi Amitai (left of center), and others announcing compensation for businesses, June 23, 2025.

Israel’s strategic wins against Iran could bring economic boost, says former INSS head

Iran and Israel flags on geopolitical map.

Anti-regime hackers infiltrate Iran's banking system

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Craft Resumes

Aliyah Portal

DHGATE

MDA Heroes

Ono Conversation Corner

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Real Estate Listings

Antisemitism

Antisemitism

Florida campus roiled after antisemitic student wins award for paper defending white supremacy

Preston Damsky received the “book award” for a paper he wrote for a class last fall in which he argued for the removal of voting rights protections for non-white citizens.

Tucker Carlson: The GOAT of replacement theology

Gainesville, Florida

Mahmoud Khalil says detainment ‘felt like kidnapping’ in first interview since release

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil stands next to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a day after he was released from immigration custody, at Newark airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.

Kneecap rapper, facing UK terror charges over his pro-Palestinian activism, may headline US show

Members of Kneecap pose on the red carpet at the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards in Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 2025.

Palestine Action to be proscribed a terrorist organization, UK Home Sec. announces

World News

World News

Iran launches missiles at US Mideast assets in retaliation for nuclear site strikes

Sirens were heard in Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Two US officials told Reuters that no US personnel were injured by the missile attacks.

Germany's Merz sees no reason to criticize Israeli, US attacks on Iran

Traces are seen in the sky after Iran's armed forces say they targeted The Al-Udeid base in a missile attack, in Qatar, June 23, 2025

Why did Iran tip off US, Qatar on its missile attack targeting US bases in Middle East?

A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 20, 2025

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei, military chiefs hail attack on US bases as 'decisive response'

Flags are displayed as supporters of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and pro-Israel demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a protest in London, Britain, June 22, 2025.

Mass pro-Ayatollah rally in London turns violent, Israeli-Iranian counter-protest stands strong

In Collaboration

Under fire: MDA teams continue life-saving work amid ongoing missile threats

In collab with:

Magen David Adom

MDA on scene at an impact site

Uniting Against Digital Hate: Israeli Tech and Global Leaders Convene in NYC

In collab with:

8200 Alumni Association and Generative AI for Good

Hack the Hate event in NYC. Among those pictured: Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Rabbi Ari Berman, Anne Neuberger, Shiran Mlamdovsky Somech and Steve Mulder

One Family mobilizes as war with Iran escalates

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One Family

Moshe Saville, CEO of One Family, visiting the wounded at Wolfson Hospital

Middle East

Middle East

Evin prison’s brutal legacy of electric shocks, sensory deprivation and rape

Evin’s reputation for cruelty extends beyond Iranian dissidents to foreign nationals caught in Tehran’s political crosshairs.

The narrative of ethnic fragmentation in Iran is a dangerous mistake

A view of the entrance sign of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

Families of Oct. 7 victims blast Arye Deri for saying Hamas massacre ‘saved Israel’

Shas chairman Arye Deri.

IDF to demolish homes of four terrorists who killed Israelis in shooting attacks

IDF troops operate in the West Bank, May 30, 2025.

Photographing homes, payment in crypto: Two Israelis arrested for spying on behalf of Iran

(illustrative) A hooded figure conducting espionage for Iran

Environment & Climate Change

Environment & Climate Change

Israel's forests burn while gov't continues to underfund Fire and Rescue Authority

Our forests are burning, yet the government is stoking the conflagration by cutting budgets.

A forest fire is seen burning in Israel.

Gaza faces a man-made drought as water systems collapse, UNICEF says

A Palestinian carries water amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip February 4, 2025

China pulls decade of rubbish from park that inspired sci-fi film 'Avatar'

A view of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's southern Hunan province May 10, 2004.

FEATURE

Wildfires and wars: Search and Rescue Brigade revolutionize Israel's emergency response

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Why paracetamol – one of the world’s most common painkillers – works

A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.

Under fire, under pressure: Managing stress in a war without pause

ByEINAT SASSON

Doctor bandaging patient's burned hand at table (illustrative)

New Israeli-developed bioengineered skin could heal burn wounds twice as fast

THE WRITER addresses a recent ICAR Collective conference, which took place with the participation of international experts, policymakers, professionals, and influencers to discuss the most urgent challenges in the realm of mental health and showing resilience in the face of trauma.

On mental health, crisis, and (in)action

Aliyah

Aliyah

A warzone welcome for olah who arrived hours ahead of Iran attack

Eve Karlin’s Aliyah the day before Operation Rising Lion began strengthened her resolve.

Israel under fire: English-language resources for state of emergency

Eve Karlin with her luggage at Ben-Gurion Airport.

FRONTLINES

Cultural ulpan: 'Post' speaks with immigrant who lost home to Iranian ballistic missile

Reichman’s journey: Building a global academic home for the Jewish people

Miami to Tel Aviv: Rafi Horwitz’s journey of faith, volunteering, and discovery

Israel Real Estate

Israel Real Estate

14 HaRav Kook – Where luxury meets the sea

Occupancy beginning Summer 2028.

What does a NIS 50 million penthouse look like? Major deal signed in Neve Tzedek

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Innovative wartime solution: Ram Aderet offers blast-protected apartment

Rendering: Ramat Adarot project in Ariel by Ram Adarot Group

The municipality steps up: 108 families in the center to move into their new, reinforced apartments

Occupancy of Urban Renewal Project in Kiryat Ono

The project that proves there’s another way: How urban renewal can move fast

Rendering: HaSavorai 2–4 Tel Aviv project

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Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language.

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The International Jerusalem Post, a weekly digest, publishes the best of the Jerusalem Post's news for the readers abroad.

Conference

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is interviewed at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025'

Trump admin. stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel, Steve Witkoff says

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Israeli Economics Minister Nir Barkat sign economic partnership

ANeustart wins Next-Gen Women entrepreneurship award at Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit

MDA Heroes

A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

Podcasts

The Jerusalem Post Senior Editor David Brinn joined The Jerusalem Post studio to share his experience of heading to the public bomb shelters during the most recent attacks by Iran.

Dodging missiles and sleeping in shelters: How are Israelis impacted by Iran strikes?

'We're all settlers anywhere we live in Israel': Jewish West Bank residents tell all

'The war in Gaza, will come to us:' Palestinians, Israeli Arabs share how war has impacted them

US Politics

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.

Pakistan condemns Trump's bombing of Iran - a day after nominating him for Peace Prize

Trump’s Iran strike: The day America thought like Israel

Midnight Hammer: How Trump outsmarted Congress, the media, and Iran in one move

Diaspora

FROM LEFT: Dayan Menachem Gelley of the CER’s European Beth Din; Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the CER; and Gady Gronich, CEO and chief of staff, attend the Munich Conference of European Rabbis.

A seat at the table: Discussing Jewish issues in Europe

Chalkida: The little Greek town that could – save its Jews

'American Maccabee': American Jewry and antisemitism during the days of Teddy Roosevelt

Judaism

AI-generated image of Cyrus the Great liberating the Jews from Babylon (illustrative).

Israel liberating Iran from tyranny as the Persians once did for Jews

Senior Israeli rabbis after US attack on Iran: Jews should not say tachanun, say Hallel

David’s dilemma: Having a healthier relationship with God

Christian World

Syrian security forces secure the area at Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus following a suicide bombing, in Syria, June 23, 2025

Israel condemns deadly Damascus church bombing, reaches out to Syria's Christians

Israeli Christian leaders condemn church suicide bombing, urge Syria to act against terror

Pope Leo warns politicians of the challenges posed by AI

Food

An illustrative image of grains.

What are the advantages of sprouted grain bread?

Wine Talk: A land of mountain vines, cats, and roses

Conflict & Cuisine: The 'Post' taste tests summer drinks to go with your summer news

Archaeology

Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei

Archaeologists reveal mythological scene on ancient sarcophagus found in Caesarea

Sacred stones scandal: How a five-ton Kotel relic shook Jerusalem

Science

Image of a keyboard.

Israel’s MKNL Technology is solving keyboard language disruptions through a color-coded solution

Step by step: How to build a nuclear bomb

Iran missiles severely damage Weizmann Institute labs, 'irreplaceable' samples destroyed

Culture

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a rally in support of the current Israeli government, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2025.

Karhi, Ben-Gvir spar with AG over international media live footage ban

Israel U19 basketball team heads to FIBA World Championship in Europe

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija headlines blue-and-white’s EuroBasket roster

History

BYSTANDERS WATCH as the ‘Altalena’ burns after being shelled near Tel Aviv on June 22, 1948

This week in Jewish history: Altalena, sin of the spies, Jews expelled from France

'The Most American King': Journalist Aaron Magid details Jordan's King Abdullah rise to power

45 years ago, Iran waged its own preemptive strike on nuclear facilities

OMG

Cyber Attack

Welcome to the password apocalypse: 16 billion Apple, Google, Facebook passwords leaked

Ex-police chief convicted of rape, murder recaptured after escaping prison

Mother who starved three-year-old on extreme vegan diet admits to fault in his death

Consumerism

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As Antisemitism and Global Crime Rise, Israeli-Trained Dogs Become the First Line of Defense

I Have Tested 20 Resume Writing Services - This Is The Best One

The Rise of Humanized AI: Impact on Businesses & Writers

Astrology

Our Message to Aquarius Women

Is your friend an Aquarius? We have a sharp message for her!

Tuesday's horoscope: Capricorn - Ability to empower and be empowered

Daily horoscope for Sunday: Virgo – Try not to make rash decisions

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