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Aliza Bloch snubbed Netanyahu's Likud offer - here's why

Dr. Aliza Bloch, Beit Shemesh's first female mayor, turned down a Likud seat to join Erdan and Edelstein's new Unity Party, and she explains why.…

Sbarro bombing at 25: Malki Roth's parents fight for justice

Twenty-five years after the Sbarro pizzeria bombing, Arnold and Frimet Roth are still fighting to bring their daughter Malki's killer to justice.

Israel has 3,500 homeless people on paper. The real number is hidden

Israel officially recognizes 3,500 "street dwellers." Ori Shoham, who has worked with them for 13 years, says the real figure is far higher, and…

Yoav Heller: 'Do you have the courage to vote different?'

Most Israeli parties are founded by one person's ambition. Dr. Yoav Heller's was founded by a vote, 11,000 members of his grassroots Fourth Quarter…

'55% of new olim don't feel welcome in Israel' | Alex Rif, Yashar

Alex Rif spent her childhood trying to erase her Russian accent. Now she's running for Knesset on Gadi Eisenkot's list to make sure no immigrant has…

Haredi, Zionist, Palestinian: three Israelis, one conversation

A Haredi writer, a religious Zionist philosopher and a Palestinian Israeli from Nazareth sit in one room and talk about the conflict, without…

Why some new olim leave Israel, and what makes aliyah stick

Most olim aren't lost on the way to Israel, they're lost the week after. Ofer Nachshon and Rabbi Sid Slivko explain why so many go home. Olim Paveway…

'We are a country in trauma': Israel's youngest Knesset candidate

At 23, Yonatan Shalev could become the youngest lawmaker in Israel's history. He fought a year in Gaza, buried his best friend, and now wants the…

'It's an immoral law': Why Sharren Haskel quit the government

Gadi Taub: 'October 7 proved the pessimism of the right was prophetic'

He grew up in the triangle between the Knesset, Hebrew University and the Israel Museum, the son of a Bank of Israel official. At 12, he cried when…

Ten years without Elie Wiesel: his son on the fight he inherited

Ten years after Elie Wiesel's death, his son answers the American politician who told Israel it has become a pariah. Elisha Wiesel, chairman of the…

Iran's cyber war on Israel never stopped: 'There is no ceasefire in cyberspace'

Iran's missiles have stopped. Its cyberattacks haven't. Former Unit 8200 intelligence officer Julia Kogan Ehrlich explains the war nobody sees.…

Lindsey Graham dies: what Israel just lost | Sharren Haskel

Lindsey Graham is dead at 71, and Israel has lost the man Netanyahu called its greatest friend in Washington. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel…

Antisemitism drove her from LA, but she chose Israel at war

Born in Jerusalem, raised in Colorado, building a creative career in LA, until October 7, and rising antisemitism sent Zoe Manor back to Israel, in…

Rahm Emanuel: Israel is a pariah, US alliance can't survive

Obama's former chief of staff and a lifelong defender of Israel, Rahm Emanuel came to Tel Aviv with a blunt message: this alliance can't survive as…

Held 804 days in Iran, she refused to spy

Jailed for 804 days in Iran on false spying charges, academic Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert refused the Revolutionary Guard's offer of freedom, if she'd…

The IDF soldier who landed first at Entebbe speaks on Gaza hostages and aliyah

Doron Almog was the first Israeli soldier to land at Entebbe in 1976. Now, 50 years later, he chairs the Jewish Agency and sees history repeating. In…

Did the US-Iran deal betray Israel? American insider gives both sides

American businessman and longtime US diplomatic insider Harley Lippman returns to Israel for the first time in two years to give a blunt geopolitical…

Montana Tucker discusses debuting new song at Maccabiah Games

Montana Tucker, dancer, content creator, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, is hosting the 2026 Maccabiah Games delegation parade and debuting…

Can MDMA treat combat PTSD? Inside Israel's clinical trial

Six years ago, Dr. Anna Harwood-Gross and her team began designing one of the world's most ambitious psychedelic therapy trials, an Israeli study…

What does Jewish peoplehood mean in 2026?

74% of young Jews worldwide say they can positively shape their community, nearly twice the optimism rate of Jews over 60. After October 7, hostile…

Can Iran fans wave the old flag at the 2026 World Cup?

The White House's point man for the 2026 World Cup, Andrew Giuliani, on how the US is bringing Iran's national team into Los Angeles, and why he…

NGO monitor founder: Hamas-linked groups shaped NYT op-ed

Dr. Gerald Steinberg, founder of NGO Monitor, traces how Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, which he says has documented Hamas ties, helped shape a viral…

Ethiopian Jewish leader: Israel must learn to unite

Dr. Shmuel Legesse, an Ethiopian Jewish writer and activist, described his life’s mission as a call to strengthen Jewish unity, defend Israel’s…

'Blood on their hands': Rabbi Brander on haredi draft refusal

In this conversation with The Jerusalem Post 's senior field reporter Sam Halpern, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President of Ohr Torah Stone (OTS)…

'Victims of Zionism's success': WZO vice chair on Israel's crisis

Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization and a 10th-generation Jerusalemite, argues Israel has created an "unholy connection…

'Charisma of a boiled potato': Isfahani on Iran's new supreme leader

Khosro Isfahani, research director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, said anger is building inside Iran following months of war, internet…

Jerusalem Day: A son's tale of an Ammunition Hill hero

Alon Wald never met his father, a paratrooper killed at Ammunition Hill during the Six-Day War when Alon was just 10 months old. Today, he runs the…

From David to Goliath: how the media turned against Israel

Prof. Eli Avraham has spent 25 years researching international media coverage of Israel — and his verdict is stark: Hamas earns a 9/10 for its media…

Yeshiva University president highlights faith partnerships, post-Oct. 7 shift

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, outlined a vision of Jewish leadership rooted in faith, values, and cross-religious…