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

WATCH

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

Heavy floods seen across Yavne as Storm Byron reaches Israel, December 11, 2025
A flooded recreational center is seen at the Tel Aviv promenade as Storm Byron reaches Israel, December 11, 2025
An ambulance is seen as Storm Byron makes landfall in Israel, December 11, 2025

Taiwan's deputy foreign minister made secret trip to Israel, sources say

Illustrative image of the Israeli and Taiwanese flags.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025

Netanyahu warns former officials against involvement in October 7 inquiry

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

Iran's Hadid-110 suicide drone

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

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

REPORT

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

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.

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

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

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

Supporters of jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party Imran Khan chant slogans as they gather during a protest over concerns about their leader's health, on a road leading to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 9, 2025.

Pakistan military court jails ex-spy chief Faiz Hamid for 14 years, charged for misuse of authority

'What I always enjoyed about studying at TAU was learning how to approach new problems'

WATCH
Omer David Keilaf, Co-Founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.

Haredi IDF enlistment could save Israeli economy up to NIS 14 billion annually

Abu Shabab's death sparks wave of anti-Hamas militia recruitment

Haredi soldier

Majority of young American adults 'active in Hamas resistance,' Khaled Mashaal claims

 Palestinians gather to collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution center of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2025.

Gazan activist: Hamas hid tons of baby formula for months to manufacture starvation crisis

US President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with business leaders at the White House in Washington, December 10, 2025.

Trump: Gaza 'Board of Peace' membership will be announced early 2026

IDF declares curfew, all army activities reduced to essentials only ahead of Storm Byron

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

Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 16, 2023.
INTERVIEW

Syria is uninterested in fighting Israel, US envoy Barrack tells 'Post' conference

Tom Barrack, the US Ambassador to Turkey and US President Donald Trump's envoy to Syria, speaks at The Jerusalem Post conference in Washington DC, December 10, 2025.

Israel to ban student use of cell phones on school property, starting February

Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.

Israel's cyber industry funding hit new records in 2025

Mike Walz, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations met with President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

President Herzog meets with US's UN ambassador Walz to discuss Israel-Gaza peace implementation

 Jews from Yemen are seen heading to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet.

Israel marks national day of commemoration for Yemenite Jewish aliyah

 HAMAS TERRORISTS keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages, in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025.

The West refuses to call out Hamas's blatant manipulation of public opinion

EDITORIAL
The author, Rubi Liani, flying drones

Drone revolution is a human revolution: HGA expands capability, not just automation

OPINION

US deepens cooperation with Syria as CENTCOM expands anti-ISIS operations

ANALYSIS

Graham: MBS ‘will get killed’ if Saudi–Israel deal lacks better outcome for Palestinians

US President Donald Trump meets Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the White House, Washington, DC, November 10, 2025

Sa’ar: Israel–Syria security deal ‘farther than before’ after Damascus raises new demands

 MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022.

Gotliv accuses Shin Bet official of meeting with Hamas commander before Oct. 7 massacre

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (C) meets with Israel Police officers, local leaders in the West Bank; illustrative.

Peace Now CEO demands dismissal of Central Command Chief Avi Bluth over West Bank settlement policy

Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision in protest of go-ahead for Israel

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

VÆB, representing Iceland, perform "ROA", during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025.

Wikipedia deletes pages written by brother of slain Israeli hostage

Family and friends mourn at the funeral of Israeli soldier Ron Sherman who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and whose body was recovered during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, at the cemetery in Lehavim, December 15, 2023.
STUDY

New study urges Holocaust historians to rethink Nazi category of ‘half-Jews’ and ‘quarter-Jews’

How do you define a 'half-Jew?' A torn yellow Star of David, worn by Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.

Kaploun plans overhaul of US antisemitism office, pledges accountability on UN textbooks

Israel's Druze use AI to present to UN testimonies of 'sexual terrorism' against Syrian Druze women

Peace is possible: My political party reached a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority

OPINION
Leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, speaks at his house in Julis, northern Israel, July 28, 2025
REPORT

Freed hostages Gali, Ziv Berman return to Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity

Freed hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman attend an Israeli soccer match, Tel Aviv, November 9, 2025; illustrative.
INTERVIEW

80 km. on foot: Sharren Haskel’s three-day march in protest of haredi draft bill

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, as she marches on a three-day journey from Kfar Saba to Jerusalem to protest the current outline of the haredi conscription bill.

Bari Weiss names Tony Dokoupil, who defended Israel on-air to top CBS News anchor job

How Israel can plug into Asian supply chains and outmaneuver China and Iran

OPINION

Israeli defense-tech start-ups attract $1b. in financing rounds, mergers and acquisitions in 2025

 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.

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

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, DC, US, March 3, 2022.

Silicon Valley-backed defense firms face growing pains after hot streak

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a presentation of a joint statement after their delegation level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.

Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources say

US seize tanker said to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran

Trump kicks off Gold Card program offering fast-track citizenship for million-dollar donors

 A coast guard boat of the Venezuelan Navy operates off the Caribbean coast on the day Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says that Venezuela would deploy military, police, and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across Venezuela, amid heightened tensions with the US, Sept. 11, 2025.

Venezuela's GNB guilty of crimes against humanity, including rape and torture, UN finds

Members of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard stand in formation as they carry out an increased security patrol along Lake Maracaibo amid rising tensions between Venezuela and US, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, October 26, 2025.

US weighs hitting UN Palestinian refugee agency with terrorism-related sanctions

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025

US condemns Houthi detention of embassy staff in Yemen

HOUTHI TERRORISTS carry weapons as they stand near the site of Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, in September.

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

Australia leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online

Lava Network’s digital coin now trading on Kraken and Binance

A notification from Snapchat requesting age verification is displayed on a mobile phone as a law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in this picture illustration taken on December 9, 2025.

Trump says CNN should be sold as part of Warner Bros Discovery deal

US President Donald Trump looks on during a signing ceremony with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (not pictured) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025.

US dollar slides after Fed cuts rates, as expected

 US and Israeli currency (1 dollar bills and 1 shekel coins respectively) are seen in this illustrative photo of money.

Shekel surge: Currency hits three-year peak as dollar weakens, stocks climb

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

Climate change is a catalyst of Iran's water crisis, but core problem is in government

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

Intense Storm Byron sparks nationwide flood preparedness measures

Leket Founder Says Israel Needs To Rethink the Culture of Food Waste

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

INTERVIEW
 Crocodile, close up view.

Animal rights orgs. hit out at 'ridiculous' claim crocodiles were culled over terrorism fears

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

OPINION

New Israeli, US research shows that learning doesn't have to slow down because of human aging

 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

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

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

Unvaccinated 11-month-old baby dies from measles-related health complications

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.

Conditional Aliyah: Jews are ready – Israel much less so

Licensed architects plus inspection institutes mark a new era in the construction industry

A group makes aliyah

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

Construction Site.

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

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'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

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 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

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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   

Lander, who is Jewish, is running to represent the 10th Congressional District, which includes Lower Manhattan and parts of western and central Brooklyn.

Brad Lander launches run for Congress against pro-Israel Jewish incumbent Dan Goldman

US House votes to repeal 'Caesar' sanctions on Syria

Fetterman: I was the only Democrat ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites

Diaspora   

Israeli flags and pictures symbolising victims are placed in Copacabana beach by NGO Rio de Paz, one month on from the October 7th attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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

Ran Gvili, last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, featured on two Times Square digital billboards

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

Judaism   

Dancing with the Stars Hanukkah Special, December 7, 2025

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

In Hula Valley, a Hanukkah crane ritual connects modern families, ancient texts

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   

Neanderthals ate maggots from rotting meat, new research finds. Illustration.

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

In first-ever discovery, archaeologists find ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off Alexandria coast

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   

‘HITLER’S REICH – A German Journal’ will be shown at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

Jewish film fest brings holiday food for thought

Haifa holds Holiday of Holidays Festival

Israeli cinema to have global comeback at Sundance 2025 with 'Independence' and SIPUR films

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   

The famous cross-eyed opossum Heidi peers out of its box before it is taken to the enclosure at the newly built tropical hall of the Zoo in Leipzig, June 9, 2011

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

Labrador swept out to sea rescued by San Diego Fire Department lifeguards

Consumerism   

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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

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Daily Horoscope for December 8, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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