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IAI launches Dror-1 communications satellite 36,000 km above Earth with the help of SpaceX

The satellite covers a distance of 3 km per second, and the first part of the flight lasts 3 minutes and 42 seconds.

IAF pilot almost emergency landed in Tehran during strikes over fuel malfunction

Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Iranian president reportedly wounded during 12 day war, Netanyahu speaks to Fox on Gaza, Iran

IAI launches satellite with the help of SpaceX • Hamas likely to step up efforts to kidnap IDF troops • Most Israelis favor single-phase deal to return hostages, end Gaza war

Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2025.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after meeting with US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025

Iran willing to use nuclear bomb against Israel, Netanyahu warns in Fox News interview

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Fox News on the Life, Liberty, and Levin show in a pre-recorded interview hosted by Mark Levin.

Iranian advisor posts video depicting nuclear strike on Israel

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.

Iranian president lightly wounded from Israeli attack on Tehran during 12-day war

Hamas likely to step up efforts to kidnap IDF troops, experts warn

PMO: Hamas is sabotaging hostage deal negotiations to pressure Israeli public

An illustrative image of the silhouettes of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to a backdrop of their respective countries' flags.

Iranian official claims Israel deployed supernatural spirits, Jinn during war with Iran

IDF soldiers operating in southern Syria to apprehend terrorists in an Iranian terror cell, June 2, 2025.

Inside the IDF's covert 10 km. mission to capture Iran’s Quds Force in Syria

Demonstrators take part in a protest to demand the immediate release of all hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre, near the US Consulate in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2025.

Most Israelis favor single-phase deal to return hostages, end Gaza war

Tucker Carlson, founder of Tucker Carlson Network, holds a pack of nicotine pouches while speaking during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 19, 2024.

Tucker Carlson claims ‘everyone in Washington' believes that Epstein was a Mossad operative

From real estate to reality: How the Alma project built a bridge between Israel and the US

When Jews from Great Neck and Kings Point bought 50 homes in Alma, Kiryat Ono, they built more than real estate - they sparked a historic bond, leading to a sister city pact with US towns.

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Israel at War

Israel at War

Smoke clouds across Beit Hanun after IAF strikes 35 Hamas targets

Earlier on Saturday, the IAF struck and killed a terrorist in Hezbollah's anti-tank unit in the area of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

IDF targets Hamas, PIJ explosives, observation posts in bid to stop ambushes on troops

(Illustrative) Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip. January 14, 2025.

COGAT says no ban, restrictions against baby food, formula from entering Gaza

An illustrative image of a female IDF soldier.

Women of war: The IDF female combat soldiers guarding the Israeli-Egyptian border

(Illustrative) The Elbit-made Hermes 900 drone.

Writing the pages of history: IDF drone cmdr. recounts tense moments of striking Iranian missiles

Israel News

Israel News

Donation infiltration: How Iranian spies infiltrate IDF donation networks to target Israel

Iranian operatives are using Facebook or WhatsApp groups of mothers of IDF soldiers to spy on Israel.

Netanyahu shared top-secret Iran strike details with MK Gafni to prevent gov't collapse

Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.

WATCH

Arab rioters slingshot stones at West Bank Jewish shepherds, sparking severe clashes

West Bank Arab residents throw, slingshot rocks at Jewish shepherds in the West Bank, July 11, 2025.

OPINION

High Court ruling on Shin Bet head may trigger Israel's descent into lawlessness

Maj.-Gen. David Zini attends a ceremony held at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024

ByAHARON GARBER

OPINION

Israel needs to accept that revenge is a valid option

ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Spotlight

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protest in New York. (illustration)

Will the socialist, pro-intifada Mamdani make New York inhospitable for Jews?

NEW YORK CITY mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves at the crowd during the 2025 Pride March, June 29, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: New York and Mamdani: Stranger than fiction

TAIWAN HAS taken several lessons from the Israel-Iran War, as tensions with China continue to rise. Here, Taiwanese reservists participate in pre-combat training on the first day of the annual Han Kuang military exercise in Miaoli on Wednesday.

Taiwan reshapes war manual on Chinese threats, based on Israel's successes in Iran

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara. Last week, the A-G and her office issued a sharply critical advisory opinion on a government decision to change the traditional firing process of the attorney-general, one of many back-and-forths Baharav-Miara has had with the government.

The case of Israel's attorney-general: Why the role exists - and should it be changed?

Analyses & Features

Analyses & Features

With Iran threat gone, it's time to expand Israel's sovereignty

Now that Israel is in a more secure situation, it can afford to put more thought into growth, and the first steps of that growth should be extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright?

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony dedicating a new neighborhood in Kiryat Arba, outside Hebron, in 2020. Now is the time for Israel to extend its sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the writer maintains.

Israel’s role in ensuring autonomous vehicles are safe

ByRAM MACHNESS

Against the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs at the Glastonbury Festival in England, on June 28.

LA Creative Community for Peace unobtrusively garners support for Israel in Hollywood

THE K-12 Fairness Center of StandWithUs holds a rally outside the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon earlier this month to support Jewish educators, students, and allies.

Education in the US: Ideological battleground or the home of critical thought

Business & Innovation

Business & Innovation

US bureaucratic gloves are off: Hegseth announces he has rescinded all drone production red tape

In a memorandum released to the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth announced unhindered US drone production and new implementation of drone combat in military training.

Your Investments: Don’t let summer heat burn your finances

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over an undated US Air Force handout photo of a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

Nvidia CEO to meet with Trump as market value goes above $4 trillion

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Huawei seeks AI chip deals in Middle East, Southeast Asia, Bloomberg News reports

Missouri’s top lawyer threatens tech companies after AI chatbots rank Trump low on antisemitism

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DHGATE

Craft Resumes

MDA Heroes

Antisemitism

Antisemitism

Right-wing Polish MEP says gas chambers fake, Auschwitz pushes 'psuedo history'

MEP Grzegorz Braun previously put out the candles of Poland's menorah with a flamethrower during a national commemoration of Hannukah.

In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis

Far-right European Parliament member from Poland, Grzegorz Braun, looks on during the first plenary session of the newly elected parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 16, 2024.

OPINION

Europe's anti-Israel bias: The EU's problem with Jews and the Jewish state

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, in May 2025.

ByERIC R. MANDEL

London police arrest more than 40 supporters of banned pro-Palestinian group

Lisa Minerva Luxx of the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action delivers a speech outside the High Court in London, Britain, July 4, 2025.

OPINION

The Gaza food aid 'massacre': Yet another modern blood libel

ByWALTER E. BLOCK, ODED J.K. FARAN

World News

World News

US Syria envoy puts pressure on US-backed Kurdish forces

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism.

Syria’s president visits Azerbaijan, marking shift in bilateral ties

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2025.

Father confesses to honor killing 16-year-old daughter over TikTok use

RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attend a state reception in Pyongyang, earlier this year.

Russia and North Korea's diplomatic ties warm as Moscow gets cold shoulder from the West

IN RESPONSE to threats posed across the Taiwan Strait, the island has significantly bolstered its defenses. Here, a soldier is seen in front of a Hsiung Feng III mobile missile launcher during Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s visit to the base in October.

US demands clarity from allies on their role in potential war over Taiwan, FT reports

In Collaboration

BGU Expands Global Reach: StandWithUs Conference and University Partnerships

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BGU International

Danielle Goldwirth, Dr. Stavi Baram, Kathryn Paul, and Maura Kleeman Resnick (left to right)

‘Not just sentimental’: Christian leader Johnnie Moore on faith, Zionism, and Jewish-Christian bond

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JNF - USA

Breaking News Editor Corrine Baum interviews Rev. Johnnie Moore, President of the Congress of Christian Leaders

‘It’s amazing to see what education can do’

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Canadian Friends of Hebrew University

FROM L) Gideon Pollack, Jonathan Goodman, Finkelstein, and Jeff Hart at a Hebrew University event. The four were involved in fundraising for the Walk in their Shoes campaign.

Middle East

Middle East

Israel's midnight strategist: How IDF chief Eyal Zamir rewired the doctrine on Iran

The Magazine delves into the life and character of Eyal Zamir – featuring conversations with peers from his years in military positions, people close to his family, officers who served alongside him.

Matan Angrest's bag recovered by IDF from Gaza

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City

REPORT

IDF res. brigadier-general removed from position after reports of sexual assault

Female IDF soldiers in the field are seen dealing with extreme weather conditions.

OPINION

Israel's nuclear ambiguity no longer enough to deter future Iran threat

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi looks on during a news conference in Istanbul last month, amid Iran’s war with Israel. The writer asks: What should be Jerusalem’s next protective steps?

ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES

REPORT

Trump not opposed to another Israeli attack on Islamic Republic if nuclear program continues

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington DC, US, July 8, 2025

Environment & Climate Change

Environment & Climate Change

How Texas could have prepared for its deadly floods, and didn't

The Texas State legislature had a bill on the books to improve emergency weather preparedness systems statewide, but it failed in the Senate.

Debris lies on the ground after deadly flooding in Hunt, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2025.

From microplastics to antisemitism, San Diego teens tackle IAC’s Eitanim Innovation Challenge

These San Diego students won second place in the IAC Eitanim high school competition for inventing an AI-driven platform that identifies antisemitic content in high school and college classrooms.

Israeli cow breaks milk yield record as climate change cuts dairy output

CAPTION - PROF. AYAL KIMHI with friends on his moshav, Kfar Warburg.

European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths, scientists estimate

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Ex-hostage undergoes surgery to remove bullet lodged in ankle from Oct. 7

Gilboa noted in her Instagram post that the day of her surgery was "one of the happiest days of [her] life."

Israel lags when it comes to requiring addition of iodine to salt

Daniella Gilboa and nurse at Beilinson Hospital

Can coordination exercises slow down aging? New research from Haifa University

An illustrative photo of smiling and frowning faces.

Post-Iran war trauma: Navigating the emotional storm of the 12-day war

Memory

Mental health on the front lines: Israel’s parallel crisis amid war

Aliyah

Aliyah

Gov’t debates bill proposal to cancel Law of Return Grandchild Clause

The committee decided to debate the proposal once again in a month’s time.

'We understand why we're here': New olim share their aliyah experiences

ALIYAH EMBRACE, Bnei Menashe. Photo from Laura's exhibition.

Reflections on almost 48 years of aliyah: An American family arrives and grows

Undeterred by war, over 2,000 immigrants expected to arrive in Israel this summer

Bavarian policeman keeps job after wishing Holocaust survivor gets sent to camps

Israel Real Estate

Israel Real Estate

Now is the time to live by the sea in Gush Dan

Living by the sea in central Israel is no longer a dream. At Sea&Park by Tzarfati Shimon Group, you can enjoy coastal views and a great location - all at a realistic price. It’s finally within reach.

The scenario that could reignite Israel’s real estate market

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A billion-Shekel project: Massive urban renewal launches in the heart of Gush Dan

Israel Europe project in Bat Yam

A new flavor in the heart of Gush Dan: The 'Umami' neighborhood surprises young people

Visualization – Umami Project in Kiryat Ono

14 HaRav Kook – Where luxury meets the sea

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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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Feel close to Israel with The Jerusalem Post International Edition

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

Conference

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Israeli Minister Nir Barkat sign economic partnership at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025'

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

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

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

Amazing vistas from the infinity pool at Dukley Hotels & Resort

Dukley, Montenegro: A stunning view and kosher options too

Chief Rabbi denounces South African government for supporting Iran

Why should Israelis move down to the Negev?

US Politics

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu hands over a nomination letter as he tells US President Donald Trump that he has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, at the White House, last week.

Peace through strength: Why the Nobel Prize Committee won't honor Trump

Patriotic crisis: American's can be proud of the US and protest the gov't

Dan Bongino considering resigning from FBI over bungled Jeffrey Epstein probe

Diaspora

Members of the Palestine Action Group gather ahead of a rally, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sydney, Australia May 3, 2024.

'Urgent action': Australian antisemitism report proposes university funding cuts, deportations

Romanian Jewish representative criticizes president for challenging hate speech bill

Ari’el Stachel, an ‘Arab Jewish’ actor with Tony Award, has a message for Zohran Mamdani

Judaism

RABBI DR. YISRAEL LEVITZ with Family Institute graduates, 2015.

The Family Institute: Changing views on therapy in the haredi world

Haredim cannot say God is theirs if they cut themselves off from Israel

Seeing the end from the beginning: Every Jew should see himself as a messianist

Christian World

People's Liberation Army PLA members, carry an injured person near Sagaing Region in Myanmar November 23, 2023

Attack on monastery in Myanmar's Sagaing kills at least 23, witnesses say

‘Not just sentimental’: Christian leader Johnnie Moore on faith, Zionism, and Jewish-Christian bond

Last Christian West Bank town calls on global community to assist against settler violence

Food

The Macallan Distillery in the Highlands of Scotland.

Wine Talk: The essence of Scotland

In the Kitchen with Henny: No-sweat summer dishes

Ima: Welcoming back a beloved Jerusalem tradition

Archaeology

A decapitated donkey found in Tell es-Safi, south Israel, July 2025.

Ancient donkey sacrifice ritual unearthed in Israel sheds light on Egyptian trade links

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

Oldest known 15th-Century Orit Books of Ethiopian Jewry uncovered by TAU researchers

Science

A mechanical clock

Scientists warn that the Earth’s rotation is accelerating, making Wed. shortest in living memory

Ireland experts to begin identification of 800 dead children in home for unmarried mothers

A tragedy for science: Weizmann Institute mourns irreplaceable research losses from Iran attack

Culture

Jerusalem Post senior editor David Brinn is seen recording music in his studio, in Ma'aleh Adumim.

'A Little Something': New album by 'Post' senior editor that touches on themes of war, hostages

'Awakening to Radical Islamist Evil': A record of the Israel-Hamas War

Jake Gillis: The man behind the 'Sababoosh' podcast

History

A NAMING ceremony conducted by SS members at a Lebensborn home in Rheinhessen, Germany, c. 1936-1944.

'The Sunflower House': A Nazi past discovered under the floor

KKL-JNF releases rare collection of '40s–'50s summer photographs of childhood in Israel

Staro Sajmiste: Belgrade's fairground of death for the Balkans' Jews

OMG

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel, June 23, 2025

Jaffa resident turns Iranian missile attack rubble into profit

Hermes' original Birkin bag sells at auction for record $10 million

Gaza hostage survivors Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen announce engagement

Consumerism

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

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

The Rise of Humanized AI: Impact on Businesses & Writers

Astrology

Horoscope

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

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

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

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