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Sharaa's general intelligence behind attack on IDF in Syria's south, Druze in east

Those who attacked the IDF overnight were reportedly tied to the Syrian regime’s general intelligence and were the same group who organized attacks against Druze in Khader.

'He was our greatest enemy': Inside the swift IAF operation that killed Hezbollah's military chief

A person holds up an image of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a protest in support of Syrian territorial unity and against division, in Damascus, Syria, November 28, 2025.

Hezbollah has the 'right to respond,' terror group's secretary-general says after Beirut strike

BREAKING

"We have the right to respond, and we will determine the timing," Qassem claimed. "The assassination of Tabatabai was a blatant act of aggression."

Hezbollah supporters hold images of late former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

Sheikh Tarif meets with a delegation from The Jerusalem Post to discuss the crisis in Syria.

'We need America': Head of Israel's Druze community appeals to Trump as Syrian brethren massacred

The Jerusalem Post traveled to the home of Israel's Druze leader, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, where hundreds of former Druze IDF soldiers have mobilized for Syrian Druze after months of genocide

EXCLUSIVE

Trump says all executive orders signed by Biden with autopen to be 'terminated'

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 13, 2025.

Trump voices support for candidate of Palestinian descent in Honduras's presidential elections

FEATURE

Abba Hillel Silver: The American Zionist leader who brought Israel into being

FEATURE

Israel's other front: Inside the IDF's battle to win world's toughest information war

People wave Palestinian flags as they protest in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, outside an event attended by the US vice president on April 4, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

NC activists claimed ‘victory’ in their Israel-divestment push, state treasury says they are wrong

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

Hadar no more: How the Zionist establishment has betrayed the Jewish people

OPINION

A resident walks near a school building destroyed during Russian air strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 25, 2025.

Witkoff, Kushner to offer Ukrainian land to Putin in Moscow meeting

REPORT

Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak looks on, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024.

Ukrainian chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption police search home

'It just makes perfect sense': Ira Green on Beersheba, sustainability, and World Zionist Village

WATCH

WATCH NOW: JPost’s Corinne Baum in conversation with Ira Green about rebuilding Zionist dialogue and shaping a global educational hub.

Host Corinne Baum speaks to Ira Green, World Zionist Village CEO

Inside the IDF’s female field intelligence unit spying deep inside Syria

EXCLUSIVE

Commander hints that the IDF is not leaving Syria any time soon, despite US-sponsored talks

Israel, US 'running out of patience' on Hezbollah disarming, officials warn

ISRAELI/SYRIAN border fence near IDF Position 720 at the Israel-Syria-Jordan tri-border.

Daughter of formerly detained Hamas official claims Israel-backed militia abducted her

IDF troops of the 55th Brigade operate in Beit Jen, southern Syria. November 28, 2025.

IDF kills, arrests Jaama Islamiya terrorists in southern Syria, six reservists wounded

WATCH

Weapons confiscated in IDF raids on the West Bank over the past week.

Tackling West Bank terror: IDF arrests more than 40 suspects, seizes weapons in a week of raids

WATCH

Israeli Air Force hero Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky passes away at 104

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky will be laid to rest, with a full military ceremony, on Monday at 2:30 PM at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Tel Aviv.

AI will transform higher education and employment - is Israel ready?

FEATURE

BREAKING

20-year-old shot dead in violent incident in Arraba in northern Israel

FRONTLINES

In Israel's clash of politicians and generals, IDF holds the upper hand over government

DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir feuded this week in a bruising confrontation that spilled into the open, dominated headlines, and led to public questions about whether the defense establishment is losing its focus, says the writer.

'Endangers future of the state': Hanegbi slams proposed haredi conscription law

Spotlight

Olwen Fouere attends the premiere of "The Survivalist" during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas on April 16, 2015 in New York City.

Actress Olwen Fouéré rejects honorary doctorate from University of Galway because of Israeli ties

REPORT

Protesters take part in a protest against Tunisia's President Kais Saied, accusing him of entrenching one-man rule through the use of the judiciary and police, in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2025.

Tunisia hands prison terms between 5 and 45 years to opposition leaders

In the Kitchen with Henny: Shabbat in a snap

Schmearz Bagel Shop: Just like being in New York

REVIEW

Voices from the Arab Press: The Trump-MBS meeting and AI

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

IDF soldier moderately wounded during operations in Gaza

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince MBS in the White House’s Oval Office, Nov. 18.

IDF, police detain 13 Israelis who crossed into Syrian territory from Golan Heights

New field hospital treating Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

New field hospital established in the Gaza Strip, COGAT announces

IDF troops in northern West Bank operation.

UN says Israeli forces' killing of two wanted West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'

Palestinian restaurant Ayat names location ‘Hind’s Hall’ to honor pro-Palestinian campus protestors

In an Instagram post, the restaurant Ayat NYC announced that its new storefront in Morningside Heights would be renamed in solidarity with pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia.

Jewish group urges halt to ‘Nakba’ exhibit at Canadian Museum of Human Rights

A pro-Palestinian student protester leans out a window of Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, April 30, 2024, in New York.

Majority of US Jews think Mamdani is antisemitic, anti-Zionist, poll finds

Left-wing populist figures like Zohran Mamdani use their platforms with fierce and relentless hostility toward Israel.

‘Jews, we know what you did’: Jewish teens chased in antisemitic attack in Uruguay

People with Uruguayan and Israeli flags attend a rally in support of Israel, in Montevideo on October 11, 2023.

British pro-Israel org will not counter-protest pro-Palestinian march for first time

International Jerusalem Post publishes final issue: Memories, and the old and new world

FRONTLINES

MEDIA AFFAIRS: The International Jerusalem Post connected Israel with the Diaspora for generations. Now it's time to say goodbye.

How AI reshaped the battle for consciousness in Israel and the Gaza battlefield

OPINION

THEN-‘INTERNATIONAL Jerusalem Post’ editor Liat Collins holds a bound volume open at the first edition of the paper, with a letter from David Ben-Gurion in the center, on the occasion of its 60th anniversary in September 2019.

Inward fury: How Iran has changed domestic oppression after Israel-Iran war

Naz Gharai, from Tehran, is covered in red paint as protesters call on the United Nations to take action against the treatment of women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, during a demonstration near UN headquarters in New York City on November 19

OPINION

Planning first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner, and not bitter about being beaten

Deborah Danan speaks about the White City Shabbat Guinness Record-breaking dinner before it began in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2014.

ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA

EXCLUSIVE

Can new MAG Itay Offir save the IDF's legal corps - and shield Israel from ICC war crime threat?

US asks Lebanon to return undetonated GBU-39 bomb used by IAF, fearing it could reach Russia, China

REPORT

The GBU-39 is a glide bomb manufactured by Boeing. Once launched, it deploys wings and can glide up to 110 km, despite lacking its own engine.

Israel's top 30 under 30 in defense-tech

National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS)

Israeli, German manufacturers to supply hundreds of suicide drones to NATO

From drones to robot dogs, Israeli startups are reshaping emergency response

A missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Jerusalem, June 19, 2025.

IAI chief: ‘The war of the future is already here’ as drones and AI reshape combat

Trump spoke with Venezuela's President Maduro last week - NYT

REPORT

The newspaper added that there were no plans at the moment for such a meeting, which, if it occurred, would be the first-ever encounter between the authoritarian Venezuelan leader and a US president.

Greta Thunberg, Francesca Albanese attend transport-disrupting Israel protests in Italy

US President Donald Trump looks on as he walks to board Marine One to depart for Joint Base Andrews, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 22, 2025

Trump says US just ordered a lot more B-2 bombers

A B-2 Spirit proceeds to an undisclosed location after flying a mission over Iraq, March 27, 2003.

ANALYSIS

Washington’s ‘breakthrough’ on Ukraine exposes deep fault lines in Kyiv and Europe

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov, and other officials, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 7, 2025.

Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia November 14, 2025

In Collaboration

At The Jewish Agency Board Meeting, ‘we act to impact’ becomes a blueprint for Israel’s recovery

L to R: Jewish Agency Leadership: Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive; Bruce Sholk, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and Yehuda Setton, CEO and Director General.

Secure your future in Israel with a home of your own

Hashomer Hachadash Youth’s November Conference Opens with Volunteer Work

Hashomer HaChadash conference began with volunteer work at an agricultural farm

Your Taxes: The National Insurance obligations for Israelis overseas

OPINION

Relocating abroad? Israel’s National Insurance rules can follow you, with monthly payments and tax rules depending on your job and residency.

'Cafe Ba'Hazor': MiluimTech signs up 1,000 reservists in 48 hours, linking them with tech leaders

View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.

OPINION

Your Investments: This Black Friday, we should focus on giving

PEOPLE STAND in line outside a clothing shop advertising Black Friday sales in Tel Aviv, in 2020.

ByAARON KATSMAN

Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening holiday travel

An Airbus A320-214 passenger aircraft of Lufthansa airline, takes off from Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, in Malaga, Spain, May 3, 2024.

Feel unsafe in New York? Start looking for a home in Israel

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025.

Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

Newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Manipur in India, members of the 'Bnei Menashe' community arrive to the Ben Gurion international airport on March 22, 2018. The 'Bnei Menashe' community belongs to one of the 10 'lost tribes' of Israel exiled by an Assyrian empire 27 centuries ago.

Knesset committee addresses aliyah issues as Israel anticipates postwar immigration surge

Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer during a special session of the Knesset’s Aliyah and Immigration Committee on Monday.

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

Jerusalem Post Miami Conference returns, shaping the future together

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

Conference

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

Episode three of The Deep Dive discusses mass conspiracy on X, Trump desginating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and whether Israel is going back to war in the North.

Antisemitic assassination conspiracy, Muslim Brotherhood, and regional flare-ups

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

Chabad Hospitality in the cloud forest of Boquete, Panama

US Politics

Who are the anti-Israel activists on key committees of Mamdani's transition team?

Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from 'Third World Countries' after DC attack

A house committee is investigating allegations of antisemitism in Philadelphia schools

Diaspora

Author Sally Rooney poses for a photograph ahead of the announcement of the winner of the Costa Book Awards 2018 in London, Britain, January 29, 2019

UK’s Palestine Action ban could lead to Sally Rooney's books being removed from shelves

Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable

Herzl’s city, their future: Jewish teens renewed Zionist covenant in Budapest

Judaism

An illustrative photo of religious books.

From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination

Parashat Vayetze: Unlistened truths

Parashat Vayetze: 'Wise people, be careful with your words’

Christian World

PASAGES STUDENTS attending last week's rally in Washington to show their support for Israel

Over 1,000 people, the largest-ever US evangelical delegation set to visit Israel, FOZ says

Pope Leo to meet Christian leaders in trip across Middle East in bid for unity

Erdogan praises pope's 'astute stance' on Palestinian issue

Food

Edible dreidels and pull-apart sufganiyot: Must try recipes for the Hanukkah season

'Full-on Israeli' Thanksgiving – with a side of turkey and candied yams

The Almera, a nice surprise hotel in Bat Yam

Archaeology

Ancient Spanish skull reveals Roman campaign of intimidation, adds to sparse record of war

Are mummies responsible for NJ Devils' string of injuries? Archaeologists, players weigh in

Two pharaohs in one tomb? Shosenq III's grave may contain body of royal predecessor

Science

Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023

AI more likely to claim consciousness when blocked from lying, study finds

Endangered elephant population count recieves boost from dung DNA study

NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'

Culture

Soccer Football - World Cup - Asian Qualifiers - Group A - Iran v North Korea - Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran - June 10, 2025

Iran to boycott World Cup draw over US visa issues

Israel opens World Cup qualifying campaign with tough tests vs. Germany, Croatia

Israel's national curling team delivers best-ever Deaflympics showing in Tokyo

History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Holocaust museums are 'false propaganda' used to blackmail world, AMP director claims

Drafts of Ben-Gurion's 'Revolution of the Spirit' speech unveiled in honor of first PM's death

Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction

OMG

Costumed humans pretending to be robots at an Iranian tech expo in November.

Sharaa's general intelligence behind attack on IDF in Syria's south, Druze in east

'He was our greatest enemy': Inside the swift IAF operation that killed Hezbollah's military chief

Hezbollah has the 'right to respond,' terror group's secretary-general says after Beirut strike

'We need America': Head of Israel's Druze community appeals to Trump as Syrian brethren massacred

Trump says all executive orders signed by Biden with autopen to be 'terminated'

Trump voices support for candidate of Palestinian descent in Honduras's presidential elections

Abba Hillel Silver: The American Zionist leader who brought Israel into being

Israel's other front: Inside the IDF's battle to win world's toughest information war

NC activists claimed ‘victory’ in their Israel-divestment push, state treasury says they are wrong

Hadar no more: How the Zionist establishment has betrayed the Jewish people

Witkoff, Kushner to offer Ukrainian land to Putin in Moscow meeting

Ukrainian chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption police search home

'It just makes perfect sense': Ira Green on Beersheba, sustainability, and World Zionist Village

Inside the IDF’s female field intelligence unit spying deep inside Syria

Israel, US 'running out of patience' on Hezbollah disarming, officials warn

Daughter of formerly detained Hamas official claims Israel-backed militia abducted her

IDF kills, arrests Jaama Islamiya terrorists in southern Syria, six reservists wounded

Tackling West Bank terror: IDF arrests more than 40 suspects, seizes weapons in a week of raids

Israeli Air Force hero Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky passes away at 104

AI will transform higher education and employment - is Israel ready?

20-year-old shot dead in violent incident in Arraba in northern Israel

In Israel's clash of politicians and generals, IDF holds the upper hand over government

'Endangers future of the state': Hanegbi slams proposed haredi conscription law

Spotlight

Actress Olwen Fouéré rejects honorary doctorate from University of Galway because of Israeli ties

Tunisia hands prison terms between 5 and 45 years to opposition leaders

In the Kitchen with Henny: Shabbat in a snap

Schmearz Bagel Shop: Just like being in New York

Voices from the Arab Press: The Trump-MBS meeting and AI

IDF soldier moderately wounded during operations in Gaza

IDF, police detain 13 Israelis who crossed into Syrian territory from Golan Heights

New field hospital established in the Gaza Strip, COGAT announces

UN says Israeli forces' killing of two wanted West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'

Palestinian restaurant Ayat names location ‘Hind’s Hall’ to honor pro-Palestinian campus protestors

Jewish group urges halt to ‘Nakba’ exhibit at Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Majority of US Jews think Mamdani is antisemitic, anti-Zionist, poll finds

‘Jews, we know what you did’: Jewish teens chased in antisemitic attack in Uruguay

British pro-Israel org will not counter-protest pro-Palestinian march for first time

International Jerusalem Post publishes final issue: Memories, and the old and new world

How AI reshaped the battle for consciousness in Israel and the Gaza battlefield

Inward fury: How Iran has changed domestic oppression after Israel-Iran war

Planning first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner, and not bitter about being beaten

Can new MAG Itay Offir save the IDF's legal corps - and shield Israel from ICC war crime threat?

US asks Lebanon to return undetonated GBU-39 bomb used by IAF, fearing it could reach Russia, China

Israel's top 30 under 30 in defense-tech

Israeli, German manufacturers to supply hundreds of suicide drones to NATO

From drones to robot dogs, Israeli startups are reshaping emergency response

IAI chief: ‘The war of the future is already here’ as drones and AI reshape combat

Trump spoke with Venezuela's President Maduro last week - NYT

Greta Thunberg, Francesca Albanese attend transport-disrupting Israel protests in Italy

Trump says US just ordered a lot more B-2 bombers

Washington’s ‘breakthrough’ on Ukraine exposes deep fault lines in Kyiv and Europe

Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp

In Collaboration

At The Jewish Agency Board Meeting, ‘we act to impact’ becomes a blueprint for Israel’s recovery

Secure your future in Israel with a home of your own

Hashomer Hachadash Youth’s November Conference Opens with Volunteer Work

Your Taxes: The National Insurance obligations for Israelis overseas

'Cafe Ba'Hazor': MiluimTech signs up 1,000 reservists in 48 hours, linking them with tech leaders

Your Investments: This Black Friday, we should focus on giving

Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening holiday travel

Wizz Air steps back from Israel hub, citing poor economics and Ben Gurion slot gaps

Israel wasted 2.6 million tons of food in 2024, worth $7.2 billion

Australia PM says formal deal reached for Turkey to host COP31 climate summit

Rare prehistoric Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore in South Carolina

Largest Israeli humanitarian mission since October 7 heads to Jamaica

US companies hold the line at climate talks despite Trump

New drug combo nearly doubles survival for BRAF-mutated lung cancer patients, trial shows

Israeli MedTech draws record interest at MEDICA 2025 in Germany

Ten-year-old girl dies from flu as cases surge in central Israel

Invisible costs of trauma and post-trauma: The economic plight Israel faces

Israeli doctors use patients' own cells to attack blood cancer cells in medical breakthrough

Preparing for the worst case scenario: Israeli gov't holds wargame for emergency aliyah

A comical series of bureaucratic frustration: Effi Frohwein's aliyah story

Feel unsafe in New York? Start looking for a home in Israel

Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

Knesset committee addresses aliyah issues as Israel anticipates postwar immigration surge

Bubble alert: The report that proves housing prices around the world are out of control

Entrepreneurs become suspects, the state forgets they are the ones building it

Construction time lengthens, rent rises, and young people pay the price