'This is the moment': US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says Damascus uninterested in fighting Israel

INTERVIEW

“After October 7, Israel doesn’t trust anyone,” Barrack declared. “That’s why we’ve offered to serve as a peacekeeping force. Verification replaces trust.”

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

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.

'Gazan doctors killed my daughter by injecting air into her veins,' father of murdered soldier says

Avi Marciano said that rather than treat his daughter Noa for her wounds, a doctor at al-Shifa hospital killed her. He was sent a video of her last moments.

IDF soldier Noa Marciano who was killed while being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
A "Ceasefire in Gaza" banner hangs in the window of an Amnesty International store in Lund, Sweden, June 11, 2024; illustrative.

Amnesty International accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity during Oct. 7 massacre

Amnesty International released a report accusing Hamas of crimes against humanity, including murder and torture, for the October 7th massacre and the treatment of the hostages taken

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

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.

Hamas hoarded, hid tons of baby formula in Gaza over past six months, Gazan activist accuses

EDITORIAL

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

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal: Over half of 18-21 year-old Americans are active in Hamas 'resistance'

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

Neanderthal revelation: Oldest fire-making evidence found in England, site dates back 415,000 years

A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, an on-site aid worker said on December 11, 2025 as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month

At least 30 killed, over 70 wounded in Myanmar junta airstrike on major hospital in Rakhine state

Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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

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

US condemns Houthi detention of embassy staff in Yemen

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

WATCH

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

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

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

Trump administration officials have discussed hitting UNRWA with sanctions as a result of their terrorist connections.

IDF carried out mission to locate former hostage Avera Mengistu a day before Oct. 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bluth failed in his duty and "in practice turned the IDF into an aid force for the establishment of illegal Jewish terror outposts" in the West Bank, Peace Now CEO Lior Amihai argued.

Several Israelis attempt to cross into Gaza, escorted back to Israel by IDF

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

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

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

PM Netanyahu holds phone conversation with Bolivian president amid resumed relations, PMO confirms

Spotlight

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.

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

INTERVIEW
MOSSAD CHIEF David Barnea attends a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv earlier this year. On Sunday, he met with US envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Qatari official, says the writer.

Mossad Chief Barnea announces new deputy director with approval from Prime Minister Netanyahu

The South Yemen flag flies as soldiers from the Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the Presidential Palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025.

UAE-backed forces seize South Yemen oil belt, reshaping war and Gulf power balance

ANALYSIS
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at The Jerusalem Post conference in Washington.

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

Daughter of executed software engineer calls for the UN to establish 'ZAKA for Iran'

Gazelle Sharmahd, whose father, Jamshid Sharmahd, was executed by the Iranian regime in 2024, issued a public plea to the UN after her father's body was returned with multiple parts missing.

US House votes to repeal 'Caesar' sanctions on Syria

A demonstrator holds a picture of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd , who has been sentenced to death in Iran, with his daughter Gazelle Sharmahd during a demonstration for his release in front of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin on July 31, 2023.
EXPLAINER

How Middle East countries cover Human Rights Day

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

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

Leader of the Druze community in Israel Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif speaks with Reuters at his house in Julis, northern Israel March 13, 2025.

Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian minority

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

Iceland, which has never won the song contest, will join Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia in their boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.

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

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

Bari Weiss reshapes CBS News by appointing Tony Dokoupil to anchor, amid a focus on Israel and journalistic integrity.

Why the new Group of Eight Arab-Muslim coalition is bad for Israel

OPINION
CBS Mornings co-anchor Tony Dokoupil (r) challenges author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel in a controversial on-air interview, September 30, 2024. On December 10, 2025, Dokoupil was named the new CBS News evenings anchor.
OPINION

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

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall
ByAVI SHAKED
OPINION

Qatar, Turkey, and a deal undone: How Doha, Ankara are taking over Trump's Gaza plan

US SECRETARY of State Marco Rubio speaks with US military personnel at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat in October. The US is ignoring the plainly anti-Western ideological motives of its supposed partners, the writer asserts.
ByPESACH WOLICKI
OPINION

Trump’s ‘defeat’ of Hamas is a shallow peace

ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES

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

OPINION

Facing rising antisemitism and strained ties with the West, Israel should seize a rare chance to embed itself in Asia’s defense and technology networks.

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

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

Lander targets Goldman over AIPAC ties in Congressional race, with support from Sanders and Mamdani.

Saudi Arabia, Iran abide by Beijing-brokered peace as both look to reset the Middle East

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

Does Trump have a deadline for Ukraine deal?

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz chat outside 10 Downing Street after a meeting on Monday.
ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Thailand, Cambodia keep fighting across contested border ahead of expected Trump calls

Village security volunteers patrol a village amid deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Buriram province, Thailand, December 9, 2025.

US bombers join Japanese jets in show of force after China–Russia drills, Tokyo says

Eurofighter Typhoon (L and R) and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets fly over the military air base in Laage, south of Rostock, northeastern Germany, during a demonstration as part of a press day on September 23, 2025.

In Collaboration

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

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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

Australia's new ban on under-16s using social media faces hurdles as some young users find ways around it. Global reactions are mixed, with experts raising concerns about its effectiveness.

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

"An initial inspection conducted indicates that the ship was not in distress but merely lost contact," the Transportation Ministry said in a statement.

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

A critical, defined part of a medical team's job must be managing the patient's transition to the community.

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

The 6-1 decision by the Supreme Court overturns a precedent set only months earlier, and restores the Interior Ministry’s longstanding interpretation of the law.

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

With Jewish safe spaces shrinking and synagogues politicized, Israel faces rising immigration but lacks a real plan. Ofer Petersburg urges action before the gates open.

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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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   

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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   

US Senator John Fetterman with Jerusalem Post Correspondent Amichai Stein

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

Trump’s Israel policy 'clear and firm,' says US Commerce Secretary

Senators at 'Post' Washington Conference insist support for Israel remains strong and bipartisan

Diaspora   

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage in Gaza. (Screenshot)

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

How Europe turned Jewish visibility into a thought crime

Judaism   

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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   

Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative)

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

Hasmonean era 'first wall' section revealed at Tower of David museum excavation

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   

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

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

Man arrested after allegedly robbing liquor store with ‘old timey musket’

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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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