Israel survives diplomatic tsunami as global ties slowly rebound

FRONTLINES

Heavy rains flood Gaza shelters, killing 12 and displacing thousands

Has there been a slight shift this week in Israel’s diplomatic outlook? Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speak to the media during a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar with Bolivia's Finance and Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinosa.

Newly-obtained footage shows six Gaza hostages lighting Hanukkah candles in Hamas tunnel

WATCH
IDF-obtained footage of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi lighting Hanukkah candles while in Hamas captivity.
 MELBOURNE 2025/02/08 Police force a protester away as they attempt to cross a police line.

'Go to the gas chamber': Rabbi and children targeted in antisemitic verbal attack on Melbourne tram

IDF strikes in Lebanon, no changes in northern security measures

 US President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing an executive order on AI, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US December 11, 2025.

Trump receives Israel Allies Foundation lifetime achievement award for diplomatic contributions

FEATURE

Stan’s the name: Inside Israel’s growing partnerships across Central Asia

WATCH

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

Zoran Milosevic, CEO Meridianbet

Meridianbet CEO Zoran Milosevic champions Israel as 'moral, ethical and strategic'

In Collab
Amb. Gilad Erdan with MDA volunteers

Erdan: Israel's enemies target Magen David Adom because it is the backbone of national resilience

ONE YEAR after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria, under Ahmed al-Sharaa, is perhaps a nicer place to live, but the suspicion that Sharaa’s formula is but a variation of Assad’s has raised questions about Syria’s long-term direction. Here, the president speaks, marking one year since Assad’s fall, o

Middle Israel: Can Ahmed al-Sharaa move Syria forward?

OPINION
DePaul university student Max Long

Jewish students at DePaul continue to face threats after violent campus attack

INTERVIEW

Driving innovation at the frontiers of genomic medicine

AERIAL VIEW of the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. (Totem Imaging and Animation Ltd.)

Hezbollah terrorists increasingly approach northern border, soldiers critique IDF response

Israel agrees to fund Gaza reconstruction 'for time being' at US demand

REPORT
 IDF soldiers seen operating in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border, September 18, 2024

Bereaved parents call on Ben-Gurion University to dismiss prof. who called IDF soldiers 'murderers'

Posters of Ran Gvili, whose body is still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, seen at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. December 02, 2025.

Israel received leads about burial site of final hostage Ran Gvili's remains, sources say

IDF soldier Noa Marciano who was killed while being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

'Gazan doctors killed my daughter by injecting air into her veins,' father of murdered soldier says

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

WATCH

Mossad's new outsider: Inside Roman Gofman's uphill battle as Israel's spy chief

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

US lawmakers say Israel hasn't held to account those involved in 2023 strike that killed journalist

 The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah who was killed on October 13 during an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

'One big family': Rescued hostage Noa Argamani thanks Nvidia for never forgetting Avinatan Or

Released hostage Avinatan Or reunites with his partner Noa Argamani on October 13, 2025.
OPINION

Israel’s media has not learned the lessons of the October 7 massacre

ByYAAKOV KATZ

Brunelleschi's Dome and Giotto's Campanile of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore) are pictured from a panoramic point of Florence, in Tuscany region, Italy, April 15, 2024.

Florence's historic monuments targeted in $35M international fraud scheme

People move people; ideas alone rarely do.

Parashat Vayeshev: Leadership does not equal influence

Most conflicts do not stem from malice but from a lack of genuine understanding.

Parashat Vayeshev: Bringing hearts closer

 Ben Gurion Airport

Ghana and Israel go tit for tat deporting each others' citizens in diplomatic storm

Some 60% of journalists killed in Gaza were part of terrorist organizations

STUDY

Iran's army lied about downing Israeli F-35s, media chief admits

Illustrative

US envoy Tom Barrack to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu in coming days, source tells 'Post'

A "Ceasefire in Gaza" banner hangs in the window of an Amnesty International store in Lund, Sweden, June 11, 2024; illustrative.

Murder, rape, and extermination: Hamas guilty of crimes against humanity, Amnesty charges

A table at a memorial service held for Mohammad Hossein Tajik following his death.

Iranian cyberwarfare officer led double life, spied for CIA, 'Atlantic' investigation reveals

‘Evangelical pastors gave theological cover for Gaza war,’ Tucker Carlson says

Database that doxed Canadians who joined IDF publishes list of schools, synagogues they attended

Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., September 21, 2025
STUDY

#JewGoal phrase migrated from FIFA to real football commentary, normalizes antisemitism

; View of the game ball before a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Bank of America Stadium

Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo announces they are returning their trophy in protest against Israel

Nemo, representing Switzerland, performs "The Code" during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024.

Jews ‘own everything,’ sports commentators Shannon Sharpe, Chad Ochocinco claim

This Hanukkah, my synagogue is illuminating our walls with relics of our Jewish immigrant stories

TerraUSD creator Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over $40 billion crypto collapse

An exhibition launching in December 2025 at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism in New York City celebrates congregants' family immigration stories.
COMMENT

Editor's Notes: Death of American Jewish media leaving dangerous void

An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.
OPINION

My Word: Playing the dangerous boycott game

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for an Irish boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if there is Israeli participation, outside RTE Irish public television studios in Dublin, last month.
ByLIAT COLLINS

OpenAI, Microsoft sued in California state court for allegedly enabling murder-suicide

Ex-IDF air defense chief: Arrow-3 protecting Germany defies imagination after Holocaust

China using cyber weapons to instill societal havoc, chaos across US and West - CISA official

People stand in front of the Arrow 3 system during an event of the German Air Force at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025

Rafael delivers Spyder air defense system to Georgia

Iran's Hadid-110 suicide drone

IRGC reveals new stealth suicide drone, fastest in Iran's history

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

SMARTSHOOTER secures SMASH 3000 contract in Australia

Venezuela's Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro

One stabbed in Macy's flagship location in Manhattan, one taken into custody

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during her visit to the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.

Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo announces they are returning their trophy in protest against Israel

Nemo, representing Switzerland, performs "The Code" during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024.

Ukraine special forces target Russian vessels in Caspian Sea

A Ukrainian sea drone shows the Dashan, a tanker part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", being struck by another sea drone in the Black Sea, December 10, 2025

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing appears in court, judge mulls media access

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., December 11, 2025.

95 years on the frontlines: The story of Magen David Adom

EMERGENCIES IN Israel are not interruptions but a rhythm, and MDA needed to be ready before events unfolded.

Small patients, big emergencies

Small Patients, Big Emergencies

From vision to action

SHABBOS KESTENBAUM has become a sought-after speaker and advocate

Your Taxes: How does Israel tax foreign pensions? The laws all olim should know

Omri Casspi expands Swish Ventures with $100 million opportunity fund

 Many Jews from abroad view property purchases in Israel as a form of pension plan.

Your Investments: The learning power of Hanukkah, using gelt as educational tool for kids

An illustrative image of a cat alongside Hanukkah paraphenalia.

Bank Hapoalim leads NIS 5B financing for Israel’s Kesem power plant

Smokestacks at an Israel Electric Corp power station are seen from the Mediterranean, some 10 kilometers from Hadera.

Long-awaited gas export deal with Egypt to be signed 'in days,' source tells 'Post'

Storm Byron brings relief to Israel’s farmers, ending year of drought with substantial rain

Intense Storm Byron sparks nationwide flood preparedness measures

Israeli agriculture
INTERVIEW

Leket founder says Israel needs to rethink the culture of food waste

A collapsed road in Tohoku, northeast Japan, following an earthquake, December 9, 2025; illustrative.

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Japan's northeast region, tsunami advisory issued

Lightning illuminates the sky over the upper Galilee, during a rain storm on November 13, 2025.

Israeli yacht lost at sea made contact with authorities, sailing home ahead of Storm Byron

Outbreak of contagious skin disease among naval officer cadets halts training, IDF confirms

While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

Israel Navy soldiers; illustrative.

EU Council and Parliament reach agreement to overhaul drug rules, speed patient access

OPINION

Hospital discharge should not be the finish line: Doctors must help patients reintegrate

ByEMIL ILIONSKI

Children born with deadly immune flaw get powerful new gene therapy option

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

Rabbi Sid Slivko: Helping pave the way for olim to live and thrive in Israel

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

Bonnie and Meir Chasan: Senior citizens giving back through volunteering

Bonnie and Meir Chasan.
FEATURE

Anglo olim step up to the blackboard to teach English to Israelis

Students in the Herzog Teacher Training program.

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Young family dreaming about moving into new house.

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

How to revive a stagnant market? This is how to bring oxygen back to the real estate sector

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Conditional Aliyah: Jews are ready – Israel much less so

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New mega-neighborhood with 1,500 apartments approved near Tel Aviv on metro line

Kfar Azza's new temporary residence: ‘Kfar Azza is not just a place – it’s an idea.’

Housing priority in the Gaza Envelope: Locals and fighters come first

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'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   

There are so many architectural styles in Nuremberg Castle, which dominates the old town skyline.

Layers of Nuremberg: shadow and light

Netanyahu requests for pardon in trial as one hostage remains in Gaza

The future of Israel's drone warfare: Alon Unger on dominance and defense

US Politics   

National Guard members stand together behind yellow tape, after two National Guard members were shot near the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 26, 2025.

Trump troop deployments to US cities have cost more than $340 million, senator says

Trump says US will attend meeting on Ukraine if there's a good chance of progress

Trump attacks Marjorie 'Traitor Brown' over scathing 60 Minutes interview

Diaspora   

Two Israeli rabbis visited Jewish synagogues and a school in Aleppo city during a religious-cultural event, marking the first visit of its kind in decades on December 2025.

Israeli rabbis tour archaeological Aleppo synagogues in historic visit alongside Jewish delegation

Budapest becomes unexpected haven for Israelis as post–Oct. 7 migration surges

Rio de Janeiro law makes October 7 a memorial day for Israeli victims of Hamas

Judaism   

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

US 'Dancing with the Stars' airs first Hanukkah-themed dance in holiday special

The struggle to perceive miracles in real time links Hanukkah’s origins to recent events

Christian World   

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno at The Jerusalem Post Conference in DC

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

New York Catholic Church agrees to mediation for 1,300 sexual abuse claims

Christmas returns to Bethlehem after two years of silent nights

Food   

Christmas villages abound throughout Cyprus.

Holiday in Cyprus: The hottest winter escape

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

Opa: Vegan stylings in Tel Aviv

Archaeology   

A bronze coin from the Asia Minor city of Side found at Horbat Bet Zecharia south of Jerusalem, where the Maccabees fought the Greek Seleucid army.

Hanukkah miracle: Israel discovers evidence of Judah Maccabee’s battlefield near Jerusalem

Oldest-known fire-making found in Britain, pushing Neanderthal mastery back 415,000 years

Neanderthals were selectively targeted for cannibalism in Ice Age Europe, study reveals

Science   

Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel shakes hands with Meredith McKay, NASA’s deputy administrator for international relations.

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

'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research

AI infighting: Patients use bots to fight health insurance claim denials

Culture   

 Tourists on vacation

US proposes 5-year social media review for World Cup tourists

Hapoel defeats Towers in first European basketball game in Israel since October 7

Alon Leichman becomes first Israeli head pitching coach in the MLB

History   

Or Yesha Meusharim from Machzor Worms (13th c.)

National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript

On This Day: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, thrusting US into WWII

Margaret Thatcher biography: All about the UK prime minister in one centenary volume

OMG   

Gold Isn't Going Up, Your Money Is Just Losing Value

Jewish billionaire couple falls off Forbes's Rich List after donating nearly half their fortune

Unexpected dinner guest: Opossum dines with family at Disney World

Spectator execution: Teenage boy shoots his family's murderer in front of crowds in Afghanistan

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

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Small patients, big emergencies

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

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