‘They do not spare bullets’: Ex-IRGC member details how regime cracks down on protests

US may impose blockade on Iran rather than a 'kinetic attack,' expert says

 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

CUNY purged Jews from leadership in 'deliberate plan, ' new report claims

 Pro-Palestinian supporters attempt to gain entry to Grand Central Terminal as they protest against City University of New York (CUNY) college allowing the filming of an FBI: Most Wanted episode fictionalising a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in New York City, US, July 22, 2024.
St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

IDF searching for slain hostage Ran Gvili's body in Gaza before time runs out

US President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participate in a roundtable on rural health, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 16, 2026.

Trump defends ICE, blames ‘Democrat chaos’ for Minneapolis shooting

New Shoresh Institute study: Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center

A private jet carrying eight people crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Private jet crashes in flames during takeoff at Maine airport, fate of eight aboard unknown

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office, during Rubio's visit, in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025

The phase II runaway train: Gaza peace plan moves ahead, but Israel is being left behind

EDITORIAL
 A firetruck drives past flames along a road during a wildfire near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 13, 2025.

Food factory fire in central Greece leaves five unaccounted for

U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Bahrain's Minister of the Prime Minister's Court Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani, and Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita,

Pakistan opposition groups oppose Islamabad’s decision to join President Trump’s Board of Peace

Members of the National Guard install a yellow police line at the crime scene where at least 11 people were killed and 12 more wounded during an armed attack at a football field in Salamanca, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on January 25, 2026.

Armed attack in Mexico’s Salamanca kills 11, Guanajuato officials say

A group of men try to help a stuck motorist in the snow while the multi-state Winter Storm Fern hits the metro area of Louisville, Kentucky, US January 25, 2026.

US storm leaves 1 million without power, forces 10,000 flight cancellations

A message from Holocaust survivors: We don't have much time left

Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler z”l (1931-2025)

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on Rafah crossing as IDF searches for Ran Gvili's remains in Gaza

El Al, Arkia ease flight cancellation rules while foreign carriers trim Israel schedules

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

IDF tests readiness for Houthi infiltration via Jordan under manpower limits

IDF troops carry out the Magen Oz drill on November 26, 2025.

Smugglers caught with one million shekels' worth of goods, possibly meant for Gaza Strip

HUNDREDS OF packets of cigarettes being smuggled.

Israel moves forward with potential game-changing cyber law

FORMER HOSTAGE Daniella Gilboa previews her new song in an Instagram post, January 25, 2026.

Former Hamas hostage shares preview of new song one year after release from captivity

NESHOMA

Holocaust remembrance to feature in TV shows, ‘The Pitt’ and the Springsteen biopic premier on TV

A woman waves a flag as demonstrators take part in a protest under the slogan 'Greenland is for Greenlanders' in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14, 2026.

Denmark refuses to consider its own two-state solution, yet preaches one for Israel

OPINION
Destroyed buildings as seen from an Israeli military outpost within the borders of the ‘yellow line’ in the eastern part of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. The photo was taken as part of an IDF ‘embed’ and reviewed by the IDF before publication.

A $112B Gaza rebuild plan sends one message: terror pays

COMMENT

'It’s okay to be antisemitic': Holocaust survivor says antisemitism would push her out of UK

Harley Lippman funds headstones for Holocaust victims found in Poland’s killing pits

INTERVIEW
A march against antisemitism in Leeds, UK.

US sanctions UK-based Palestine activist and purported Hamas member due to terror ties

Zaher Birawi of the Palestinian Forum in Britain at the End Apartheid-Free Palestine rally in London, United Kingdom, May 14, 2022

Netanyahu warns of militant Islam and radical left antisemitism in talks with EU MPs

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Miri Regev meet with members of parliament fom Hungary, Austria, Spain, and France. January 25, 2026.

Israeli comedian Guy Hochman barred from LA venue for not condemning Israel

‘There will be hell in Syria’: Kurdish campaigner urges international intervention

Israel’s safety tied to Kurdish security, Kurdish-Jewish Alliance board tells 'Post'

INTERVIEW
A member of the Syrian army walks with a weapon in the street as civilians flee following renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Aleppo, Syria, January 7, 2026

Iran mural threatens US - 'If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind'

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026.

'State-orchestrated massacre': Khamenei issued no mercy, 'shoot to kill' orders to quell protests

REPORT
US Navy ships operate as a joint, multi-domain force with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, November 13, 2025.

US may impose blockade on Iran rather than a 'kinetic attack,' expert says

Trump’s first year back in office expanded Israel’s freedom of action

OPINION

Faustian pact: Netanyahu's embrace of Trump's Board of Peace gambles Israel's future

OPINION
US President Donald Trump looks on after signing executive orders inside the Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, January 20, 2025.
OPINION

Trump's Board of Peace offers Israel a new alternative to the untrustworthy UN

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.
BySHIMON REFAELI
OPINION

Why we need Qatar to be removed from American classrooms

Children in an American classroom reciting the Pledge of Allegiance”
ByDAVID BERNSTEIN
OPINION

Germany establishes diplomatic ties with Niue, signaling the importance of the Pacific

ByYOSEF SOLOMON

After Trump claimed the Iron Dome: Is it Israeli or American?

ANALYSIS

From cars to combat: Renault is entering the defense industry

 A fundamental key to the success of Israel’s air defense lies in the multilayered defense system that many countries around the world are trying to copy. Here, rockets fired by Hezbollah are intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee last August.
OPINION

Europe marches in New Delhi: Strategic lessons from India’s post-Sindoor realignment

ByDR. LAUREN DAGAN AMOSS
An artificial diamond for quantum sensory technology  is displayed in June 2025 at the  quantum technology fair World of Quantum.

Israel bets on quantum technology as the computing arms race heats up

FEATURE
EuroTrophy GmbH and KNDS Deutschland

Rafael subsidiary strikes deal with four NATO countries for Trophy APS

Iranian merchants only have 20 minutes of supervised Internet access per day for transactions

REPORT

Trucks full of bodies: Iran may have slaughtered 30,000 protesters in 48-hour intense crackdown

REPORT
A man walks on a street in Tehran, Iran, January 24, 2026.

‘Invasion Day’ rallies mark Australia Day as anti-immigration protests also held

People take part in the Invasion Day protest march through Sydney during Australia Day 2026 celebrations, Australia, January 26, 2026.

South Korea’s ex-PM Lee Hae-chan dies of heart attack during official visit to Vietnam

South Korean special envoy Lee Hae-chan attends talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the foreign ministry in Beijing, China, May 18, 2017.

As ICE enforcement surged, Trump administration slashed body-cam expansion, oversight staff

People take part in a demonstration a day after a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 25, 2026.

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Voices of October 7: Ben Zussman z”l final words

First Funeral, 2023

Why making better decisions Is harder than we think

Prof. Choshen-Hillel (L) with Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Aumann and Prof. Maya Bar-Hilel at the  Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality at Hebrew University

Israeli cyber sector soars as exits hit $72.6b. in 2025

Tel Aviv hamburger chain becomes Israel's latest exit in a NIS 65 million deal with Nono Group

Cyber is not a luxury.

Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 68.6% in 2025 due to war, rebuilding expenses - Finance Min.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attend a discussion and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 7, 2024.

KLM, Air France suspend Israel flights as US-Iran tensions escalate

KLM aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam April 15, 2015.

Trump administration to take 10% stake in USA Rare Earth in $1.6b. deal, sources say

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

Dozens of Australian east coast beaches closed after four shark attacks in two days

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, US, 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

Israeli security and rescue forces take part in an earthquake drill at Ziv Medical Center, Safed, northern Israel, December 23, 2025; illustrative.

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

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

'I don’t care about optics': Inside United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem daycare disaster response

High-resolution 3D illustration of a human neuron with glowing axons and synaptic signals, symbolizing brain activity, neuroscience, and neural communication

Healing across borders: The story of the Planetherapy NGO

Medical students who spend a year with seniors rethink aging, Jerusalem study finds

How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

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

Saving lives under fire: A Brazilian doctor’s journey from Brazil to the IDF

INTERVIEW
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

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

 IDF reservists joining the "David Brigades," the five new reservist brigades announced by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, December 17, 2024.

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

Renderings of Noga 1 in Jaffa.

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

Housing Market in Israel.

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

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Prices in the New Carmei Gat Neighborhood Break a new record: NIS 5.8 million for a duplex

All JPost Conferences   

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

Miami Summit 2026

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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   

Sydney musicians pay tribute to Ahmed Al Ahmed, who disarmed Bondi Beach shooter.

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?

Israeli musician Eyal Zakai reflects on Gaza service, song written dedicated to fallen soldier

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 threatens 100% tariff on Canada over possible China deal

US seeks to end Cuba’s communist rule by year’s end - WSJ report

Mamdani defends activist Mahmoud Khalil amid Trump administration deportation push

Diaspora   

Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club, in Doral, Florida, October 7, 2024.

Trump’s antisemitism envoy rebukes European rabbi, draws praise from Elon Musk

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground

Jewish K-12 teachers in US report widespread antisemitism at work, from teachers' union

Judaism   

The players are set to enter Pardes. From L: Chana Ner-Gaon, Victoria Kaufman, Tzvi Jasper, and Aaron Reich.

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

Compassion vs halacha: UK assisted dying bill sparks Jewish debate

Secular Manhattan private school holds annual Shabbat gathering post-October 7

Christian World   

Demonstrators take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026

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

Huckabee says no single church 'speaks for Christians worldwide' in Holy Land dispute

ICEJ challenges church leaders’ claim that Christian Zionism is 'damaging ideology'

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   

MACCABI TEL AVIV'S Will Rayman (11) has earned an increasingly important role with the club and he was instrumental in the yellow-and-blue's 75-71 Euroleague victory over Panathinaikos.

Everyone loves Rayman after Maccabi Tel Aviv's Euroleague triumph

Once Upon a Mattress proves fairy tales are funnier when turned upside down

Concert unites community with music for OneFamily victims in Ra'anana

History   

PORTRAIT OF Aaron Sapiro, the Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford.

Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford for libel remembered in new documentary

Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later

'Last plane to leave Tehran': Mossad's final Iran chief Eliezer Tsafrir dies at 92

OMG   

Ms. Rachel attends the Sesame Workshop 2024 Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 29, 2024 in New York City

Ms. Rachel appears to support antisemitic conspiracy theory in apology post

Online gambler who predicted Israel military action may be security insider

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend Danielle Amit at event marking a year since release from Hamas

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

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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

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