Iran’s shadow aviation network keeps weapons flowing under sanctions

Fifty years of Islamic rule can’t erase 2,600 years of Jewish-Iranian friendship

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An Iranian soldier holds an RPG on Quds Day, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2024
An Iranian cleric holds a weapon during an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025
 Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles, seized from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen, sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) during an inventory process, in the Gulf of Oman in Arabian Sea, in this photo taken January 7, 2023.

Military chiefs summit set for next month as Trump pushes to advance Gaza's ISF

EXCLUSIVE
US and Israeli soldiers convene at the Civil Military Coordination Center, overseeing the implementation of President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, November 17, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio represents one outlook of Republican Christian constituents, while others adhere to 'replacement theology.'

Marco Rubio announces sanctions on ICC judges over Israel investigations

Police prevented protesters affiliated with the Peleg Yerushalmi group from entering Ashkelon on December 18th, 2025.
WATCH

WATCH: Police block Peleg Yerushalmi protesters at Ashkelon city entrances, arresting eight

Egypt: Gas deal with Israel 'purely commercial,' doesn't change Palestine stance

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest following the issuance of a parking ticket in Jerusalem, December 18, 2025

Thirteen officers injured as ultra-Orthodox Jews riot over parking ticket, four arrested

WATCH
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest following the issuance of a parking ticket on Bar-Ilan Road in Jerusalem, on December 18, 2025.

Haredi rioters hurl stones at bus carrying IDF soldiers in Jerusalem

Rabbi Levi Wolff lights a menorah at Bondi Pavilion to honour the victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.

Five nights of antisemitism: Is this most dangerous Hanukkah in recent years?

A PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY activist holds a placard outside the St George’s Cathedral during an interfaith prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 17, 2025.

Bondi Beach attack shows fractures in Muslim social media cohesion, battles over 'real' narrative

A rebel fighter takes away a flag that belonged to Islamic State militants in Akhtarin village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016

Islamic State calls Bondi Beach mass shooting 'source of pride' without claiming responsibility

Suspects are arrested in connection with a planned violent act,  in southern Sydney, Australia, December 12, 2025.

NSW police intercept cars en route to Bondi Beach, detain seven to stop ‘violent act'

US agency implements ZAKA’s knowledge

Dubi Weissenstern CEO of ZAKA &  Exec Dir Moshe Rozenberg at the signing ceremony for the cooperation agreement in Washington with outgoing CEO of US National Sheriffs’ Association Jonathan Thompson

IDF targets Hezbollah weapons depot, training camp in southern Lebanon

Greece, Israel, Cyprus working on 2,500-strong force for Mediterranean defense

REPORT
Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025.

France, US, Saudis to meet Lebanese army chief to push Hezbollah disarmament plan

Displaced Palestinians walk through floodwaters near their tents following heavy rains in Gaza City on December 15, 2025.

Flooding in Gaza Strip hampers search for remains of final hostage Ran Gvili

REPORT
 2nd Brigade troops operate in Gaza along the Yellow Line.

IDF’s 2nd Brigade completes Gaza mission, hands over sector to 16th Brigade

Egypt: Gas deal with Israel 'purely commercial,' doesn't change Palestine stance

For first time, Bedouin-Israeli administratively detained for drone weapons smuggling

Diaa Rashwan, head of Egypt's Press Syndicate and chairman of the State Information Service (SIS), speaks in Cairo, Egypt, May 15, 2022

IDF evacuates Israeli settlers who crossed into Gaza, demanding resettlement

Israeli settlers from the Nahala movement seen in Gaza after infiltrating across Israel's border, December 18, 2025

Herzog, Pope Leo discuss rise in worldwide antisemitism ahead of Christmas

President Isaac Herzog meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, September 4, 2025.

Palestinian trash burning is a national security threat, Katz and Smotrich say

 Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi (R) speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014.

Europe is sleepwalking into the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game

OPINION
VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians

OPINION
 Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa.

United Arab Emirates named as Elbit's mystery $2.3 billion customer

REPORT
Author, journalist and commentator Ben Shapiro speaks at a Buckley Institute event, How October 7 Broke America's College Campuses, at Yale University on October 7, 2024.

Ben Shapiro denounces Tucker Carlson at Heritage, urges policing of conservative movement

Flooding in Gaza Strip hampers search for remains of final hostage Ran Gvili

REPORT

Kurds mark Kurdistan flag day with calls for unity, freedom

Displaced Palestinians walk through floodwaters near their tents following heavy rains in Gaza City on December 15, 2025.
REPORT

Houthis begin mobilization for offensive in southern Yemen

Police station

Supreme Court upholds seven-year prison sentence in rape conviction

A drone view shows people carrying a giant, long flag on the day of a military parade, as Syrians mark the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025.

Syrian government, Kurdish-led SDF edge closer toward security agreement

ANALYSIS

'So totally cruel': Ten-year-old Bondi victim, Matilda, laid to rest; Australia vows hate crackdown

London mayor tried to block London vigil for Bondi victims, Hanukkah event, says CAA Gideon Falter

Mourners carry the casket of 10-year-old Matilda the youngest victim of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall, in Sydney, Australia, December 18, 2025.

BBC faces backlash for calling First Intifada 'largely unarmed and popular uprising'

A person walks outside BBC Broadcasting House. November 16, 2025.

Immediate action: Four arrested in London for Globalize the Intifada chants at Palestine protest

A protester leads the chants during the demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice as the Judicial Review starts on November 26, 2025 in London, United Kingdom

Bondi's father-son terror duo likely attended infamous 'Gas the Jews' protest in Sydney

Nearly two year after disappearance: Police arrest suspect linked to missing girl Haymanut Kasa

Sydney Sweeney stuns in dress designed by Israeli fashion designer Galia Lahav

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.
OPINION

A year into the new Middle East, concerns over Hezbollah and Syria's ideology remain

 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.
BySARIT ZEHAVI

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

‘Making Kiss-story’: DC’s lovebirds break record for most couples kissing under mistletoe

US approves $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, largest ever

Why Germany’s Arrow 3 purchase is more than military hardware

OPINION
Signs of the US and Taiwan symbolising bilateral cooperation are seen on the Barracuda-500, a low-cost autonomous cruise missile jointly developed by NCSIST and US company Anduril, during the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in Taipei on July 18, 2025.

Drone Dystopia: War-torn Ukrainian towns exist as shells of themselves amid Russian assualt

A LORA quasi-ballistic missile by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exhibited at the DEFEA Defence Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

Israeli's defense technology playing a key role in Greece's military modernization - analysis

ANALYSIS
Rafael's Spyder air defense system

Rafael delivers Spyder air defense system to Georgia

MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro killed inside Brookline home

'Sleepy Joe Biden': Trump adds plaques criticizing Biden, Obama on White House ‘Walk of Fame’

People passing through MIT's campus stop to take pictures of a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was placed on top of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Great Dome by unknown pranksters, December 17, 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Spain investigates possible lab leak behind African swine fever outbreak

Police and others stand at the entrance during the registration of the IRTA CReSA laboratory amid an investigation of African swine fever in Bellaterra, north of Barcelona, Spain, December 18, 2025.

Russia sentences British man to 13 years for fighting in Ukraine

The defendant named by the office of Russia's Prosecutor General as Hayden Davies, a 30-year-old British citizen convicted of being a paid mercenary fighting for Ukraine against the Russian army amid the military conflict, attends a court hearing in Donetsk  in this image released December 18, 2025.

New frescoes unearthed in villa near Pompeii show 'extraordinary details and colors'

A fresco of a peacock unearthed at the Villa Poppaea in Oplontis, on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in Torre Annunziata, Italy, in this handout released December 18, 2025.

Adding Light Through Giving Blood

Yair Lifshitz

Love in the third age like the first

Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

From vision to action

SHABBOS KESTENBAUM has become a sought-after speaker and advocate

How innovation-led diplomacy can help rebuild Israel’s global reputation

OPINION

Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to reality

Global investors speak to audience at PLANETech Connects during PLANETech Week.

Oman boosts solar supply chain with Italian-built automated production line

 Gigawatt Global's 7.5 MW Solar Field in Burundi, completed in May 2021, providing over 10% of the country's electricity.

Stuck with an old flat? Israeli firm offers car-style trade-in

Israeli real estate developer Av-Gad Holdings has launched what it says is the first “trade-in” program for new apartments in Israel, allowing buyers to hand over their existing home as part of the deal when purchasing a new unit.

TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges

Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency

Heavy rains flood Gaza shelters, killing 12 and displacing thousands

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on the US economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, US December 9, 2025.
STUDY

Israeli scientists use AI to improve irrigation and spot plant stress early

The Yarkon River Authority establishing a monitoring system for pollution in the Yarkon River.

Advanced pollution monitoring begins in the Yarkon River

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Dozens rescued in severe flooding as Storm Byron wreaks havoc on Israel

WATCH

A life-saving injection: How MDA responders saved an infant from severe allergic shock

New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years

MDA motorcycles

'I wanted to serve fully': NGO support program enables young deaf adults to serve in the IDF

Israeli firm receives FDA approval to begin clinical trial of chronic corneal edema treatment

ADHD study uncovers measurable, modifiable brain activity patterns in children

Emerging Real Estate Hotspots in Israel

Bonnie and Meir Chasan: Senior citizens giving back through volunteering

Beer Sheva City Israel Aerial Shot

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

Dr. Norman Bloom.

Aliyah and Integration Ministry director-general speaks at 'Post' Washington Conference

Adv. Avichai Kahana, Director General of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration

Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

SEA ONE: A new standard of resort-living for English speakers in Israel

How long does urban renewal take to launch? 'Only' 16 years

SEA ONE Outdoor Pool

When land no one wanted becomes good news for students

First Urban Renewal in Kiryat Malakhi.

Data reveals: housing demand in Kiryat Malakhi is on the rise

Master Plan Agreement Signing.

The growing city in Israel: 17,000 additional apartments in Dimona

All JPost Conferences   

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

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

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

LIVE: The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

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   

JPost sits down with David Broza.

The ever-evolving David Broza: A new live jazz album

Will Israel go back to Gaza fighting, draft haredi men? MK's weigh in

Layers of Nuremberg: shadow and light

US Politics   

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025.

Trump claims 'peace in Middle East for first time' in nationwide speech from White House

Miriam Adelson pledges $250 million for a third Trump term at White House Hanukkah party

Trump expresses friendship, love, support, for Jews at White House Hanukkah celebration

Diaspora   

Antwerp mayor Els Van Doesburg speaks during the official appointment of the new acting mayor of Antwerp city, during the city council, in Amsterdam, on February 24, 2025.

Belgium to pull federal police security for Antwerp's Jewish Quarter

Australian PM Albanese introduces sweeping new reforms to tackle 'evil scourge' of antisemitism

'He knew they were Jews, he only thought of saving lives,' Ahmed al-Ahmed's lawyer claims

Judaism   

Preschoolers at Temple Judea ECC, which received a grant from EarlyJ to open a toddler classroom.

Early childhood will be the foundation of a Jewish Renaissance

Ex-haredim experience isolation and anxiety similar to immigrants, study finds

PM Netanyahu visits Western Wall to light second Hanukkah candle, speaks to IDF soldiers

Christian World   

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai receives a chalice from Pope Leo XIV (R) at a Holy Mass during the pope’s first apostolic journey, in Beirut, on December 2.

Pope Leo decries leaders who invoke religion for violence and nationalism

Sen. Bernie Moreno urges Israel to fight ‘propaganda war,’ highlights Christian solidarity

German police foil allegedly 'Islamist-motivated' Christmas market attack, arrest five suspects

Food   

Scenes from Daliyat al-Karmel - Illustrative photo

Nurah’s Kitchen: Kosher Druze food in Daliyat al-Karmel

Salta revisited: Inside the Ra’anana dairy gem celebrating 20 flavorful years

Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel gets 'soupersized' for winter's Soup Festival

Archaeology   

Drone imagery of an archaeological site.

Israeli AI, drone imagery revolutionizing mapping of archaeological sites

160-million-year-old dinosaur fossils reshape scientists' understanding of evolution of flight

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

Science   

A microscope.

Israeli, US scientists uncover viral switch that could help defeat antibiotic resistance

Americans tune out news as social media becomes main source of information, Pew finds

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

Culture   

 An Oscar statue is seen on stage after the 82nd annual Academy Awards nomination announcements in Beverly Hills February 2, 2010.

"Butcher’s Stain' lands Oscars shortlist as Israel shut out of international feature race

Hapoel Tel Aviv wins first Euroleague home game, Mac TA survives Dubai, Jerusalem prevails

Eurovision host says it won't ban Palestinian flags, drown out boos during Israel's performance

History   

Shlomo Shamir (L) with 2nd battalion commander, on the way to secure horses for post-war agricultural training.

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem

'Jewish Roots of American Liberty': Explaining the Jewish connection to the American story

OMG   

A couple share a romantic glass of champagne in the Golan Heights

Cuddle up for winter: OkCupid reveals data on Israeli's dating habits

'First, go Bills!': Chuck Schumer makes tone-deaf remark before addressing deadly Bondi shooting

Mazal tov! Donald Trump Jr. engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, NYT reports

Consumerism   

Paris Hilton

Meet the Israeli beauty device that stole Paris Hilton’s heart

Alpine A290: How to launch a rocket without waking the neighbors

Entered the business world with a bang: Deni Avdija launches a new protein brand

Astrology   

Horoscope.

Daily Horoscope for December 8, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

Daily horoscope for December 7, 2025 – all zodiac signs

Daily horoscope for 05/12/2025 – all zodiac signs

Small Patients, Big Emergencies

Small patients, big emergencies

In the face of war, Reichman University’s international students demonstrate remarkable resilience

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams

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