IDF intel chief, Mossad head visit US to present advice on striking Iran

From sanctions to warships: How Trump’s Iran policy brought US to the brink of war

ANALYSIS
Members of the National Guard walk near the White House on the National Mall, in Washington, DC, US, August 21, 2025
Mossad Director David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 23, 2025.
IDF Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder speaks during a replacing ceremony held at the IDF Intelligence Command headquarters in Glilot, August 21, 2024.

Trump says Hamas was 'big factor' in return of hostages, 'looks like Hamas will disarm'

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026
Shin Bet director David Zini participates in the state memorial ceremony for the October 7 massacre on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, October 16, 2025

Police probe Shin Bet chief's relative in smuggling of goods from Israel to Gaza

BREAKING
 Fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025
REPORT

Tehran to convert metro stations, underground parking lots into 'war shelters' as US threat looms

Israel returned bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, Red Cross confirms

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite armed groups gather during a rally in solidarity with Iran's government in Tehran,near the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad,Iraq January 16, 2026.

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq declare support for regime in case of war against US

Iranian soldiers take part in a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024.

Another US destroyer enters Middle East waters as Iran receives 1,000 new drones

REPORT
: Images of people killed during the recent protets in Iran are seen displayed on the Place Saint-Michel on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France.

Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest, sources say

Here, posters display assassinated military leaders, including IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami (center), in Tehran at the end of June.

'Region does not need new war': EU designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organization

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, January 27, 2026, as he travels to Iowa.

Trump weighing new, major action against Iran, including regime change

REPORT
US Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) hold a press conference at Karmel Mall, after the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 28, 2026.

Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of faking town hall attack, congresswoman blames Trump's hateful rhetoric

Own your flame

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli presenting an award to Deputy Mayor of Rome Tobia Zevi, who received it on behalf of the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, honored for his unwavering support, his commitment to Jewish education, and his role in strengthening Jewish life in Rome and beyond.

IDF confirms some 70,000 Gazans died in Israel-Hamas war, none from starvation

IDF discusses disarming Hamas, opening Rafah Border Crossing: What’s next?

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

Gaza captivity shattered belief in coexistence, ex-captive says

 Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, who was kidnapped by hamas terrorists on October 7, and was held captive in Gaza until the Israeli army rescued him a month ago, returns to his home town Or Yehuda.July 7, 2024.

IDF spared Gazan terrorists in hopes to locate hostages, senior commander reveals

 Andrei Kozlov (left) and Alomg Meir (right) after being rescued by Israeli special forces, June 8, 2024.

‘Unacceptable’: 11 foreign ministers condemn Israel over UNRWA HQ demolition

Jewish worshippers pray during morning services at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, West Bank, January 29, 2026

Jewish worshippers hold daytime prayer at Joseph's Tomb for first time in 25 years

WATCH
Israeli Authorities Probe Large-Scale Smuggling Network Moving Goods Into Gaza

IDF announces Gaza death toll, Joseph's Tomb opens in daytime

LISTEN
Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, with the Iranian, Lion and Sun flag.

Crown prince preparing to join allies in 'final battle' against regime, Pahlavi tells 'Post'

EXCLUSIVE
People attend the funeral of the security forces who were killed in the protests that erupted over the collapse of the currency's value in Tehran, Iran, January 14, 2026.

‘Freedom is God’s idea,’ pastor says, casting Iran showdown as a moral mandate

Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus

Man arrested for driving vehicle into Chabad's New York headquarters

WATCH
After a long career at the Anti-Defamation League, Aryeh Tuchman has left for a senior role at the Nexus Project, an antisemitism watchdog group that is often critical of the ADL.

Qatar ties linked to anti-Western ideological shift at Georgetown, Middle East Forum reports

A man holds a Palestinian flag as Georgetown students hold an on-campus protest in support of Palestine at Georgetown University on September 4, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

US Vice President JD Vance (R) and his wife Usha Vance (L) visit the gravestone with the ashes of an unknown prisoner and the wall with the inscription "Never again" in five languages, during a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.

Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery

Iran regime using hospitals to trap protesters, doctors that provide aid

REPORT

IDF suggests limiting humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza as part of deal's Phase II

A woman holds a placard during a demonstration in solidarity with protestors living in Iran, in Israel's central city of Holon on January 24, 2026.
ANALYSIS

Saudi-UAE split fractures anti-Houthi coalition as Iran-US tension threaten Red Sea

Ghassan Duhine (center) with members of the anti-Hamas Abu Shabab militia in the Gaza Strip, September 2025.

Anti-Hamas gangs utilizing new tactics in Gaza, putting terror group on high alert

REPORT
Hamas terrorists stand at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the body of the last deceased hostage, in Gaza City December 8, 2025.

'We need to let this fantasy dissipate': Former Mossad division head on disarming Hamas

INTERVIEW

Netanyahu turned down 11 plans to kill Yahya Sinwar before October 7

REPORT

Trump weighs Iran strikes to inspire renewed protests

ANALYSIS
 Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022
EDITORIAL

Israel’s hostage dilemma: The need for clear, firm guidelines to break the cycle

 Hostage posters seen at the Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Father of former Gaza hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

 JONATHAN DEKEL-CHEN, the father of Sagui Dekel-Chen, speaks to reporters after he and other family members of American hostages being held by Hamas, participated in a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 25, 2024.

'False and ungrateful': Biden envoy Hochstein slams Netanyahu’s claim US embargo killed IDF troops

Lockheed Martin to quadruple THAAD anti-missile interceptor production

Microwave weapon aims to knock drones out of the sky, Epirus pitches Leonidas

 US Army 1st Lt. Tony Gosser with Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, views a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. October 26, 2017.
OPINION

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative

ByHILLA HADDAD CHMELNIK
 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

Former CIA chief tech officer warns: ‘AI needs security now to avoid the Internet's fate’

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Former IDF officer says key to AI is still 'person behind the algorithm' at Cybertech conference

Foreign Minister Sa’ar meets Togo’s top diplomat in Jerusalem, vows to deepen ties

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Togo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meet in Jerusalem opn January 29, 2026.

Putin agrees to Trump request not to fire on Kyiv for a week

US President Trump meets with Russian President Putin in Alaska, August 15, 2025

Trump’s 'No. 1 fan,' Nicki Minaj pledges up to $300,000 towards new investment accounts

US President Donald Trump and musician Nicki Minaj hold hands onstage at the US Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit, in Washington, DC, US January 28, 2026.

Sweden Democrats leader backs IRGC, Muslim Brotherhood terror listings amid rising antisemitism

Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson gives a speech during the Party's election night in Nacka, near Stockholm on September 11, 2022, after exit polls were released during the general elections in Sweden.

A luxury Passover escape by the sea

Pesach at the Carlton Tel Aviv

Israel’s real estate map is changing

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

Dr. Sivan Mercer reveals: From salmon DNA to biostimulators: The hottest trends in aesthetics

Dr. Sivan Mercer MD

Investment firm offers to buy 51% of Israeli med tech company at $18 per share

‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Why quantum encryption matters for Israel’s security

 The Stock Market. Illustration

IDB Chief Economist Einat Meir on Israel’s 2026 economic outlook and the global picture

Einat Meir, chief economist at Israel Discount Bank

World has three years to prepare for quantum threat, experts warn at Cyberweek

Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

A life and death market: Starlink smuggling to Iran surges

Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 34 with 32 still missing

Next years 'critical' for Israel's earthquake preparedness, Katz warns

Indonesian rescue members search for victims at the site of a landslide following heavy rains in Pasir Langu village, West Bandung regency, West Java province, Indonesia, January 27, 2026.

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide

Indonesian rescue members carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim from the site of a landslide after it hit Pasirlangu village, West Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, January 24, 2026.

Indonesia resumes search for 80 after landslide kills 17 in West Java

A man walks through the snow as Winter Storm Fern arrives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, January 23, 2026.

US braces for record-breaking winter storm hitting 40 states, with 180 million Americans affected

History in Israel: Rabin Medical performs countries 1,000th lung transplant

How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

Amram Hazan, a lung transplant recipient with Dr. Dror Rosengarten, Deputy Head of the Pulmonology Institute at RMC, and Dr. Osnat Livneh Streichman- Head of the Pulmonology Institute at RMC.

Israeli Holocaust survivors foregoing medical treatment due to inaccessibility of care, study finds

STUDY

More than half of Israelis take dietary supplements and vitamins, new survey reveals

Neural 'on/off' switch discovery may shed light on sex differences in social behavior

Any solution but the obvious: Israel can't rely on aliyah to fill IDF manpower shortage

OPINION

IDF unveils ‘Olim Al Bet’ program for fast-track immigrant reserve enlistment

AN IDF reserve soldier reports for a military drill along the border with Lebanon and Syria.

Aliyah from Denver to Jerusalem: ‘One picture wasn’t enough’

Sample of Tami Ellison’s figure-ground visual illusion photography.

Aliyah to Israel: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

 Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.
OPINION

Homeward bound: Why South African Jews are making aliyah now

South African Jews, aged 60 and over, recently arrived via a Jewish Agency aliyah project, meet at Telfed - South African Zionist Federation in Raanana.
ByBRENDA KATTEN

Yamim ha’Tzeira. Your home by the sea, in Netanya

Contrary to reports: "Cancellation wave of less than half a percent"

 Yamim ha’Tzeira residential complex.

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Urban renewal under the “Evacuation and Reconstruction” framework in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa.

Massive urban renewal plan approved in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa under “evacuation & reconstruction”

.

Want to choose a lawyer for an urban renewal project? Here are 5 tips you must read

All JPost Conferences   

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

Past Event - Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Past Event - The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Diplomatic Conference, September 2025

Conference   

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion Museum, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

Past Event - Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

MDA Heroes   

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

Podcasts   

Dr. Micha Breakstone: An entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells.

Dr. Micha Breakstone: Entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells

Song honors Bondi attack hero: Jewish musicians from Sydney in praise of Ahmed al-Ahmed

Can Israel trust Trump's Gaza board on border security?

US Politics   

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.

Trump nominates Colin McDonald as assistant A-G for national fraud enforcement

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown liquid during Minneapolis Town Hall

US deports three former members of Iran's IRGC who entered illegally, DHS says

Diaspora   

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.

Activists urge Jewish Museum to help preserve Wilbur J. Cohen Building at risk of demolition

Brazil is a 'Christian, Jewish country,' Bolsonaro tells 'Post'; pitches pro-Israel reset

Holocaust survivor gives speech in Hebrew for first time in history at UNGA Holocaust Remembrance

Judaism   

Actress Toni Kalem, who appeared in “The Sopranos,” reads an excerpt from “Other People’s Houses" at the opening of an exhibit of the life and work of writer Lore Segal, Jan. 22, 2026.

A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths

Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds

Entering Pardes: Discovering Jewish identity and tradition through role-playing games

Christian World   

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care

Clergy arrested, businesses shutter as Minnesotans protest Trump's surge in immigration agents

Food   

Tamara Cohen, founder of the Mazál bagel restaurant in Madrid, immigrated from the United States through  Spain's Sephardic ancestry law.

Tamara Cohen's ancestors were expelled from Spain, now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid

Yuval Village's Grand Vista Hotel returns to reclaim its glorious past

HIBA in Tel Aviv: Winter menu marks turning point for chef Yossi Shitrit's restaurant

Archaeology   

The two tombs date from the time of Rome's Republic and were found near that city's northeast Via Pietralata.

Ancient Roman tombs, shrine to Hercules discovered in Rome suburb dig

Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'

Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall

Science   

 Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

How I use AI for writing

Triennial report: Israeli science at the precipice

Culture   

OMAR ETZION as Trump with his Board of Peace.

'I don’t know s***': Trump invites Vecna and Freddy Krueger to Board of Peace on Eretz Nehederet

Israeli Space Week highlights Israel’s growing role in space sector

Hostages Square countdown clock stopped after 843 days following Ran Gvili's return to Israel

History   

Kai Höss at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. January 27, 2026.

Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps

On This Day: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp liberated by Soviet Army

OMG   

Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

France's National Assembly approves banning under-15s from social media

One-week-old baby left outside Bituach Leumi office in Hadera

Consumerism   

Digital Marketing.

Rainmaker: An AI marketing agency responding to global and Middle Eastern market shifts

Why AI alone won’t cut it in healthcare

Can you predict a pitchers' duel before betting odds shift?

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 11, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily Horoscope for December 10, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

President-CEO Eric Fingerhut addressing attendees at the 2024 General Assembly.

“We know what needs to be done”: Eric Fingerhut enters JPost DC Conference with hopefulness

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

From vision to action

JPost Store   

 Ivrit magazine
 Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition