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Israeli-Druze group crosses border into Syria, IDF says working to bring them back - KAN

The illegal crossings come after the US announced an alleged ceasefire between Israel and Syria.

Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, US ambassador to Turkey says

IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

IDF intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen after sirens triggered from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The launch from Yemen was intercepted by Israel's Arrow 3 system, in what was the third time since Wednesday that the Houthis has fired a missile towards Israel and was then intercepted.

A missile from Yemen is intercepted by Israeli defense systems on July 10, 2025.

Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025.

Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, Mossad chief discusses Gazan relocation in US

Israeli-Druze group crosses border into Syria • Netanyahu tells pope hostage talks progressing • Hamas claims it proposed releasing all hostages • IDF confirms deaths of four terrorists in Gaza

Israeli spy chief visits US amid bid to move Palestinians out of Gaza

A protester holds a placard that reads 'Don’t touch my Jew,' during a march against antisemitism, part of national protests called for by the Belgian League Against Antisemitism, in Brussels in December 2023.

'It felt like October 7': How antisemitism became normalized in Belgium

Antony Blinken: US, partners 85% done on Gaza ceasefire before Trump

Huckabee threatens reciprocal visa measures over Israel's restrictions on evangelical groups

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.

Israel's battle-tested air defenses 'exceeded expectations' in Iran war, missile defense chief says

IR SUPERIORITY proved the decisive factor in both the Six Day War and Israel’s 12-day war against Iran. During Operation Rising Lion, dozens of IDF fighter jets conducted waves of strikes across Iran, decimating the country’s defense systems – more than 1,500 km. from Israeli territory.

Israel's eyes and ears: The IDF squadron that the entire Middle East fears

People walk out of the West Wing of the White House with "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" binders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025

US files motion to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein

ON HIS first-ever trip to Israel, Ricky Flowers Jr. was able to find common ground with Jews of all backgrounds, including those who looked like him.

Ohio preacher to voice for Israel: Ricky Flowers Jr.'s unforeseen path to Jewish identity

Nofei Yerushalayim: A groundbreaking community where the residents call the shots

Where comfort meets care in the heart of Jerusalem.

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Israel at War

Israel at War

Israel has 'made significant strides' in Qatar talks, Hamas is curbing progress - Israeli official

"The flexibility and constructive approach shown by Israel in the negotiations are not matched by Hamas,” the official said.

Israel's first test as a regional superpower: Defending Druze in Syria's Sweida

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

Iran rushing to rearm Mideast terror proxies after IDF, US strikes on Tehran

IDF confirms death of Hamas commander Muhammad Uthayn, July 18, 2025.

IDF confirms death of Hamas commander who infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7

Footage released by the IDF says to show Israeli soldiers conducting operations in a location given as Tel Al-Sultan area, Rafah Governorate, Gaza, in this still image taken from an undated handout video, released April 2, 2025.

IDF probes commander who allegedly ignored soldier's attempted suicide

Israel News

Israel News

After three children die in 24 hours, child welfare organization advises caution this summer

Over the past five years, some 236 children were killed in traffic accidents and another 79 from drowning, according to data collected by Beterem.

Ben-Gvir files lawsuit against journalists, media outlets for NIS 1 m., claims 'false blood libel'

Ramot residents are locked in an ongoing struggle over the public swimming pool

Biden-era tax dollars funded anti-Netanyahu, judicial reform protest groups, US gov't report finds

(Illustrative) Former US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin, US, September 5, 2024.

Hamas says it will not agree to an interim truce if latest round of talks fail

Hamas terrorists carry grenade launchers at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, February 7, 2025.

REPORT

Netanyahu tells pope hostage talks are in advanced stages in phone call

Spotlight

DR. SCOTT LAWRENCE treating soldiers within three days of the Oct. 7 war breakout.

Scott Lawrence: The Manhattan doctor who became an accidental Zionist

ELENA VAVILOVA, photographed in the 1980s, was a colonel in the KGB First Chief Directorate Foreign Intelligence Service until 2010.

'The Illegals': Soviet infiltration, observation, and subversion into the West

Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994.

On this day in history: Hezbollah terror cell bombs AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina

French Jew Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank on January 13, 1895, in this illustrative depiction.

Does apathy toward antisemitism pave the way to Jewish assimilation?

Middle East

Middle East

Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack against Palestinian Bedouins

Palestinian leadership called the alleged attack an attempt to displace people in the West Bank.

Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed

A veterinarian tends to a wounded sheep after settlers attacked a Bedouin community in the Jordan valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 18, 2025.

Israel airstrike hits vicinity of Syria's Sweida, Syrian state news agency says

SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

What makes someone a settler? The loaded politics of a single word

IDF SOLDIERS walk out of a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, last month. Israel will continue to strike fiercely against enemy strongholds from Khan Yunis to Isfahan, states the writer.

Israel adopts superpower mindset in Middle East as it upgrades war doctrine

Antisemitism

Antisemitism

Jewish student can take Berlin university to trial over failure to combat antisemitism, judge rules

The judge's ruling approves a Jewish student's request to go to trial against the Free University of Berlin (FU) over its alleged failure to combat antisemitism.

'Someone tried to murder them': French Rabbi's house 'completely destroyed' in arson attack

A sign at an entrance to the Free University in Berlin, Nov. 13, 2023.

'Yahud' should be translated as Jews, not Israelis, experts tell 'Post' in light of BBC inquiry

'Just an agriculture minister': BBC news head implies Hamas gov't are politicians not terrorists

Deborah Turness, CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs speaks at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London, Britain, May 15, 2024.

'Dirty Jew': French rabbi attacked with glass bottle by fifth time antisemitic offender

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Analyses & Features

Analyses & Features

Normalization with Israel? Saudis need to make that choice, Haskel tells 'Post'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Normalization with Saudi Arabia is possible even without a Palestinian state, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says.

Eyal Gur: Fighting in Jerusalem for Israel's democratic, religious, Zionist values

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel sat with ‘The Jerusalem Post’ to discuss Palestinian statehood, the chance of peace with Saudi Arabia, and the wars in Gaza and with Iran.

EDITORIAL

Israel's strike on Syria: Defending the Druze and standing up for justice

Druze residents protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with their community in Syria, July 16, 2025.

Israel's living soundtrack: The Tower of David's exhibit on Yehoram Gaon

MENAHEM GOLAN started filming a new musical with Gaon, ‘Kazablan,’ 1973.

Geula: Jerusalem's beating heart of ultra-Orthodox life

World News

World News

UN pushes for Syrian gov't to end violence against Druze in Sweida

In his statement, Turk condemned the mass displacement and acts of violence in Sweida, including reports of killings, kidnappings, destruction of private property, and looting of homes.

Trump administration tells US diplomats abroad not to opine on foreign elections

UNITED NATIONS High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference in Damascus, in January. The UN would have condemned Moses and Aaron as war criminals, says the writer.

Sa'ar greenlights aid to Syrian Druze as Shara'a's forces redeploy to Sweida

Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Russia convicts dozens for anti-Israel riots at Dagestan airport two years ago

A view shows planes of Red Wings airlines at the airport in Makhachkala in the region of Dagestan, Russia October 31, 2023.

Elderly Israeli woman dies in Greece after five story fall from hotel

Locals preffer tourists with deeper pockets. Corfu island in Greece

In Collaboration

Where vision meets concrete: Ayala Londner and the JDA are building the future of Israel’s capital

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City Gate Quarter, Yaffo st.

Crossing borders, closing deals

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THOSE WHO purchase homes ‘on paper’ in Israel often have the opportunity to customize their apartment layout.

How one woman's modern vision reimagined winemaking in the Judean hills with ancient clay

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Lina Slutzkin: "Life takes us to paths we can't always predict."

Business & Innovation

Business & Innovation

Israel to open Shafdan water education and innovation hub in 2026

Construction is slated to begin early next year, with the first cohort of researchers and entrepreneurs expected to move in during the second half of 2026.

Exodigo’s underground mapping technology draws attention with $96m. series B funding boost

IGUDAN and Mekorot to establish a National Center for Water Education and Innovation at the Shafdan wastewater treatment complex near Rishon LeZion.

OPINION

Your Investments: Reflecting on the past for a better future

SATCHEL PAIGE warms up before a game in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx in 1952.

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OPINION

Your Taxes: Recovering VAT on employee fringe benefits

An illustration showing VAT in 2025.

ByLEON HARRIS

From immigrant to innovator: Oleh entrepreneur lights up business world with Shabbat-friendly light

Environment & Climate Change

Environment & Climate Change

7.1 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Alaska

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

Asteroid the size of 145 Elmos to fly past Earth on Tuesday, July 15 - NASA

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Large fires breaks out in Jerusalem Hills, multiple firefighting teams responding

People walk in downtown Seville during a heatwave, in Seville, Spain, July 3, 2025.

Heatwaves in Spain caused 1,180 deaths in past two months, ministry says

Researchers inspect sea turtles for their study.

Sea turtles reveal alarming rise of drug-resistant bacteria in Mediterranean

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Trump diagnosed with vein condition causing leg swelling, White House says

Despite his condition, which is common in people over 70, the White House confirmed that President Trump is in "excellent health."

Knesset members urge Yuli Edelstein to lead discussion on IDF suicides, mental health crisis

US President Donald Trump gestures after returning early from the G7 Leaders' Summit in Canada, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 17, 2025

FDA lifts ban on Juul's e-cigarette, authorizes US sales

Wartime distress: Thousands of Israeli troops turn to mental health org. for emotional support

Surviving a plane crash: What seat location gives you the best odds?

Aliyah

Aliyah

Bureaucratic battles: The struggles of new Israeli olim at the Interior Ministry

Daily bureaucratic obstacles can really take a toll on new immigrants who are trying to find their footing in a new country.

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

THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.

OPINION

Zio-tourism: Pro-Israel tourists, arise and embrace the Jewish state

AMERICAN JEWS should remember: Two flashy family trips to Disney World or the Caribbean cost the same as a pilgrimage of a lifetime to Israel, states the writer.

FEATURE

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

An illustrative image of a female IDF soldier.

Shifra Jacobs: Adjusting to life in Israel as a young olah

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

Israel Real Estate

Israel Real Estate

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.

14 HaRav Kook – Where luxury meets the sea

Alma project - Cnaan Group

Belief in the Haredi sector: Ruby capital to finance two projects worth NIS 245 million

Israel Europe project in Bat Yam

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

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

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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

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Today's top stories: Syrian-Druze crisis, deal updates, Jerusalem wildfires

Sharren Haskel: Confronting Iran and Hamas, and what we owe the Middle East

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

US Politics

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

Trump orders release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein case

US did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria, State Dept says

Trump reclassifies some federal workers, making them easier to fire

Diaspora

How Dov Forman used social media to tell of his great-grandmother's survival

How Dov Forman used social media to tell of his great-grandmother's survival

‘Miracle’ in Ukraine: Rabbi and family survive Russian suicide drone hit completely unharmed

Israeli-American Michael Mizrachi wins World Series of Poker

Judaism

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Parashat Pinchas: Every Jew is torn between hope and history

Parashat Pinchas: Zealotry: The impetus to do the right thing

Christian World

Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa walks during the visit of the town of Taiba, a Christian village in the West Bank, following settler attacks, July 14, 2025.

Clerics accuse West Bank Jews of attacking Christian sites

Tehran has arrested at least 21 Christians since Israel ceasefire, non-profit claims

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

Food

The entrance of Kebara cave.

Did Neanderthals have 'family recipes'? Study suggests butchery practices in ancient groups

Oshpalao: Uzbekistan beckons with an amazing selection of Bukharan food

Wine Talk: The essence of Scotland

Archaeology

One of the two statues uncovered by archaeologists in the southeastern Jordanian desert is pictured during a news conference in Amman, Jordan February 22, 2022. (illustrative)

Ancient Christian settlement unearthed in Jordan, illuminating Middle East's religious past

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

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

Science

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

Asteroid the size of 145 Elmos to fly past Earth on Tuesday, July 15 - NASA

Bloomfield Science Museum hosts 400 new first graders in OneFamily special event

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

Culture

One of Hapoel Tel Aviv's new signee Vasilije Micic

Stars align in Tel Aviv: Hapoel, Maccabi steal summer spotlight with Micic, Brissett

Brad Pitt's LA home the latest hit in celebrity burglaries

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom confirm split, shift to ‘co-parenting’ relationship

History

Danish missionary, Lydia Christensen, and her husband British soldier, Derek Prince, with their eight adopted Jerusalemite girls.

From Denmark to Israel: A journey of faith, war, and miracles

Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day

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

OMG

Andy Byron with HR chief Kristin Cabot

Kiss cam gone wrong: AI CEO caught in affair with HR chief at Coldplay concert

Baby stolen in Argentina reunited with family after nearly 50 years

Uri Geller: Israel used secret group of military psychics, AI to attack Iran

Consumerism

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.

Horoscope for Wednesday,16/7: Taurus – A good day for connecting to inspiration and self-expression

Daily horoscope for Tuesday, 15/7: Sagittarius – Heightened sensitivity at home and in the family

Weekly horoscope: July 13–19, 2025

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