Juliane Helmhold

Juliane is a former breaking news and blog editor at The Jerusalem Post. Originally from Germany, she lives in Tel Aviv.

Juliane graduated with a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Security and Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University.


Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort

Report: Manafort met Julian Assange months before Clinton email leak

Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Report: Syrian regime grants citizenship to Iranians, Hezbollah fighters

Jonathan and Esther Pollard

U.S. rejects Netanyahu's request to allow Pollard to immigrate to Israel


Gideon Sa'ar: Window of opportunity for strike on Hezbollah is closing

"If Hezbollah will achieve precision strike capabilities, they will cause us very significant damage. This is a clear redline."

Former minister and member of the Security Cabinet Gideon Sa'ar

Airbnb decision to remove West Bank listings causes social media outrage

THE TEL AVIV skyline

Berkovitch considers legal action after Deri calls him 'devil's recruit'

Minister of the Interior and Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri launched a fierce attack against Lion's rival during a party meeting in Tel Aviv.

Ofer Berkovitch and Aryeh Deri

In Pictures: Ethiopian Jews celebrate Sigd in Jerusalem

The holiday connects the renewal of the covenant with the return to Zion and the yearning for Zion.

Members of the Ethiopian community celebrate the Sigd festival in Jerusalem, 7 November, 2018

Report: Iranians with fake Israeli passports detained in Bulgaria

It is unclear, how they traveled through Turkey and why they sought to enter Bulgaria posing as Israelis.

An Israeli passport

Report: Israel sold $250m. of sophisticated spy systems to Saudi Arabia

These are the most sophisticated systems Israel has ever sold to any Arab country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Politicians congratulate Kochavi on appointment as new IDF chief of staff

"May he be strong and very courageous for the security of the people of Israel, our land and our state."

MAJ.-GEN. YOEL STRICK (left) walks with his predecessor at the Northern Command, Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, at the unit’s headquarters in Safed yesterday.

Aviv Kochavi to become new IDF chief of staff

Current IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot is set to step down in less than six months, after serving close to four years as the IDF’s top officer.

Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi briefs US military representative Joseph F. Dunford

Israel Studies Assoc. supports alleged BDS activist Alqasem ahead of trial

"As academicians and as people knowledgeable about Israel, we think the best strategy for combatting boycotts is precisely the path Ms. Alqasem has chosen—a genuine education."

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

Mladenov condemns Palestinian death allegedly caused by Jewish extremist

Israeli police and the Shin Bet are investigating the possibility that a Jewish extremist threw the stone.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV