War

Haredi leader attacks religious Zionists for waging wars not intended for Israel's protection

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lando's Degel Hatorah faction of the UTJ Party clashed after the latter's comments, with the PM defending soldiers and the party warning against attacking Torah scholars.

 Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.
The waiters and gardeners returned, the high-tech workers stayed home. Job fair

The labor market has not yet recovered from the war

‘ECHOS ACROSS TIME.’ Ending war and striving for peace is a public health imperative, says Prof. Hagit Hochner.

Children of Holocaust survivors face higher schizophrenia risk, Israeli study finds

Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.

'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them


Trump deserves the Nobel Prize in Physics: Israel’s quantum nightmare - opinion

While Trump does not deserve a Nobel Prize in Physics, he may deserve recognition for discovering something about the physics of political perception.

AN AI-made political cartoon.

US says it supports Pakistan's right to defend itself amid renewed conflict with Afghanistan

The US considers the Afghan Taliban to be a terrorist group, and Islamabad accuses Afghanistan ​of harboring terrorists that ​it ⁠blames for plotting attacks in Pakistan.

An Afghan Taliban fighter sit next to an anti-aircraft gun near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025.

Israel’s 30 glorious years – and the social Darwinism we built along the way - opinion

If we can mobilize hundreds of billions to fight a military war, why can we not mobilize less than 10 billion to fight the war against poverty?

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

No favors and no illusions: The need of the hour is political and economic independence

The munitions crisis and embargo in the latest war are a wake-up call requiring us to strive for comprehensive national independence - diplomatic, economic, and armament-related.

Esther Luzzatto

Sanctions at ILA Haifa: Public reception has been suspended

A year after Haifa's Sail Tower was struck by an Iranian missile and staff relocated, the Finance Ministry cancelled their half-hour adaptation period.

The Sail Tower before the missile strike

Iran sold 50 million barrels of oil since the lifting of the American blockade

According to expert estimates, Iran's revenues total approximately $3.5 billion – based on oil prices over the past two weeks.

Iran flag at a Persian Gulf oil facility, July 2005

Katz: War against Israel being waged terror financing, not just on the battlefield

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

The Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest and most infamous battles in history, was intended to break the German lines and bring World War I closer to an Allied victory.

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

Gaza war could have ended a year earlier, achieved more Hamas disarmament, ex-hostage chief says

An overlong war led to huge unnecessary losses in fallen soldiers and the death of up to 40 hostages, former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon said.

Former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon speaks at the Reichman University Conference, Herzliya, July 1, 2026.

The most dangerous component of Iran’s arsenal - opinion

A threat invisible to radar and affording insufficient early warning time requires a different strategy.

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.