YUVAL BARNEA

Yuval Barnea is a Podcast Producer and Breaking News Writer and Editor at The Jerusalem Post. He was born in Israel but grew up mostly in the UK, where he completed his BA in Linguistics at the University of Manchester, with a substantial Middle Eastern Studies component. He made aliyah in 2021 and completed his MA in International Relations/Diplomacy at the University of Haifa, with a dissertation on adapting Ibn Khaldun’s political theory for the modern day.

For podcast-related inquiries, Yuval can be contacted at podcast@jpost.1eye.us.


Dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks and other armoured vehicles, owned by Freddy Versluys the CEO of Belgian defence company OIP Land Systems, are seen in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium January 31, 2023.

Anti-Israel activists damage tanks destined for Ukraine at Belgian arms factory

 IDF explains how the IRGC's Quds Force transfers funds to Hezbollah.

IDF reveals Iran's shadow currency transfer network supplying Hezbollah

 Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

'This is our Berlin wall moment': Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi calls for regime change in Iran


WATCH: Israel strikes Iran's infamous Evin Prison, Basij Headquarters, officials confirm to 'Post'

Evin Prison holds many Iranian political prisoners and is where many of the anti-regime protesters are sent following arrest.

Screenshot from a video shows a reported Israeli strike on the entrance of Iran's infamous Evin Prison in Tehran, June 23, 2025

Palestine Action to be proscribed following break-in, vandalism of RAF base

If Palestine Action is proscribed, it would make it illegal to be a member of the group, provide material support to the group, or voice public support for the group.

Palestine Action vandalize US President Donald Trump's golf course.

Iranian ballistic missile damages oldest, second oldest mosques in Haifa

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that the attack had injured the Muslim clerics who were in Al Jarina Mosque at the time.

Impact site following Iranian missile strike on downtown Haifa, next to the 300-year-old Zahir al-Umar Mosque, June 20 ,2025.

Iran's Araghchi attempts to justify strike on Soroka with AI-generated map

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that the hospital was used primarily to treat IDF soldiers and that the destruction of "94% of Palestinian hospitals" justified the bombing.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart after their meeting in Cairo on June 2, 2025.

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building.

 Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.

India's October 7: Ambassador J. P. Singh speaks to 'Post' on terror attacks in Kashmir

Diplomatic Affairs: For many in India, the attack felt like an echo of the October 7 attacks, a reminder that terrorism is a global phenomenon.

 FOR MANY in India, the attack in Kashmir in April felt like an echo of October 7, a reminder that Islamist terrorism is a global phenomenon.

German gov't appoints Holocaust survivors' granddaughter as first Jewish minister in 100 years

Karin Prien is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and will be the first Jewish Woman to serve at this level and the first Jew since 1922.

 Designated German Family Minister Karin Prien poses for a picture, on the day of a CDU party conference to formally sign off on a coalition agreement reached with the Social Democrats, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2025.

Malta investigates neutrality breach after Israeli plane seen in airspace before flotilla attack

Malta opened an investigation into an Israeli plane recorded in airspace before a flotilla attack by a Gazan activist.

 Graffiti is seen on the hull of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as activists prepare to sail for Gaza. Malta August 16, 2024.

Over 1,000 families of fallen soldiers sign letter calling for continuation of war until victory

The letter was organized by the Gvura Families of the Fallen Forum to create a public opposition to recent calls from various sectors of the security establishment to refuse service and end the war.

 The letter signed by around 1000 families of fallen soldiers organized by the Gvura Forum.

US Air Force strikes several areas of Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sana'a

US jets struck several areas of Sana'a only one day after it attacked a Houthi fuel port in the north of the country.

Smoke rises after Israeli strikes near Sana'a airport, in Yemen, December 26, 2024