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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:45:05 GMT
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US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus listens to statements following a meeting with Lebanon
Israel and Lebanon are sending diplomats to the Naqoura ceasefire meeting for the first time, aiming to show movement in the stalled talks.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:58:57 GMT
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  Iron Beam, Iron Beam M, and Lite Beam (photo credit: RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS)
The Jewish state, born in the shadow of history’s worst vulnerability, is now defending itself with light. This laser does not seize territory. It intercepts trajectories.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:44:37 GMT
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 (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Iran and Hezbollah flags. (photo credit: Canva, PMO, SHUTTERSTOCK)
The talks come one year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which Israeli officials say is eroding.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:15:30 GMT
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Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS)
National Center of Forensic Medicine confirm that the findings brought yesterday from Gaza for examination do not belong to Israeli hostages.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:54:11 GMT
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A sign featuring a Tesco logo in London, Britain, September 29, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/Corey Rudy)
BDS alleged Tesco had suspended the worker “for refusing to handle blood-soaked Israeli goods."
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:13:38 GMT
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IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025. (photo credit: Michael Giladi/ Flash90)
Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said that the vote proved how the General Assembly was "detached... from reality."
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:50:31 GMT
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The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women, Reem Alsalem, addresses a press conference in Ankara on July 27, 2022.  (photo credit:  ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images))
The letter’s signatories include several leading rabbis as well as former antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:49:39 GMT
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A view of damaged buildings after massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020 (photo credit: ZAATARI LEBANON/Flash90)
The four individuals allegedly assassinated were customs department officers and journalists who pointed to Hezbollah's connection with the deadly explosion.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:57:33 GMT
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. October 20, 2015. (photo credit: Hillel Maeir/TPS-IL)
By detecting subtle structural differences in volatile compounds, the sensors could power non-invasive breath tests for diseases such as lung cancer or diabetes.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:43:55 GMT
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US President Donald Trump speaks inside the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, November 12, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)
The list of countries targeted includes Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:26:46 GMT
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of the Iranian flag and screenshots of pro-regime messages on X/Twitter in Arabic. (photo credit: LISI NIESNER/ REUTERS, Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS, SCREENSHOT/X)
A closer examination by The Jerusalem Post of dozens of X accounts replying to Khamenei’s speech revealed a set of numerous common patterns.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:41:35 GMT
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VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT Nicolás Maduro attends a rally against a possible escalation of US actions against his country, at a military base in Caracas in November 2025. (photo credit: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)
When societies struggle, many leaders find it easier to blame Jews than fix their own problems, as Venezuela demonstrates today
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:13:11 GMT
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L to R: Jewish Agency Leadership: Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors  Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive; Bruce Sholk, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and Yehuda Setton, CEO and Director General. (photo credit: Lior Daskal for The Jewish Agency)
Community representatives met with relatives of hostages and with bereaved families, toured war-affected areas, and discussed plans to increase aliyah while confronting antisemitism.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:34:52 GMT
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An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:37:45 GMT
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 Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot at the site of an Iranian missile strike on Bat Yam. (photo credit: Oz Schechter)
Iran is targeting Bat Yam residents for recruitment, Mayor Tzvika Brot said, urging locals to report any suspicious outreach before causing “irreversible harm.”
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:55:02 GMT
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
The ambush that met the Israeli forces on their way out, and the airstrikes that followed, turned the operation into a diplomatic issue stretching from Damascus to Washington.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:28:34 GMT
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MK Ohad Tal attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
This is the moment to dismantle Hamas’s remaining capabilities. Israel can and must finish the mission, not out of ambition, but out of necessity.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:52 GMT
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A building at the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science remains damaged following an Iranian missile strike on Sunday, in Rehovot, Israel June 19, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/VIOLETA SANTOS MOURA)
Some critical Israeli sites were struck by Iranian ballistic missiles during the war, including Beersheba's medical center, the Haifa Bazan oil refinery, and the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:21:55 GMT
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir confronts the families of the hostages. October 27, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
The visit follows weeks of sharp clashes between the two and criticism Ben-Gvir faced during his previous trip to the town.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:25:32 GMT
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 LEFT: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara RIGHT: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (photo credit: Canva, YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
The attorney-general argued that Ben-Gvir's continued interference in internal affairs constitutes violations of the Israel Police's independence.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:27:47 GMT
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US AMBASSADOR to Israel Mike Huckabee visits the Western Wall in August. The words on his kippah read: ‘Together we will fight.’ American interests are served when Israel acts from strength, the writer asserts. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
The prizes, awarded in memory of Christians who resisted fascism and fought against Nazi oppression during the Second World War, were presented during a ceremony in Israel for the first time.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:13:53 GMT
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An illustrative image of a teenager with the word "HATE" written on their hand. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
Teen violence is a wake-up call. It invites us to rebuild the social fabric that has unraveled. The choice of what the coming years will look like for this generation rests in our hands.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:43:52 GMT
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 (Illustrative) TURNING POINT USA executive director Charlie Kirk speaks at US President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day ceremony at the Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20, 2025. (photo credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)
The initiative is expected to expand over the coming year, incorporating multiple languages, shorter digital content, and first-person testimonies.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:16:44 GMT
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Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/HANNAH MCKAY)
During the hearing, and according to reports in recent weeks, it transpired that some of the intelligence in the police's report included dramatically incorrect statements.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:26:44 GMT
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Somali residents look out of the lobby of the Riverside Plaza, an apartment complex popular among Somali-Americans, amid reports of a planned federal operation targeting Somali immigrants, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, December 2, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Tim Evans)
Minnesota leaders push back after Trump escalates attacks on the state’s Somali community.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:54:45 GMT
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Former US president Joe Biden meets with current President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)
“There is absolutely no constitutional or legal basis” for Trump to reverse pardons due to the use of an autopen, said Bernadette Meyler, a professor at Stanford Law School.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:13:55 GMT
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A mural of Mahsa Amini painted by Chilean-American artist Rodrigo Pradel in collaboration with Yasi Farazad, his Iranian-American friend, is pictured in Washington, United States in this undated handout picture. (photo credit: Yasi Farazad/Handout via REUTERS)
A Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran’s 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini’s death, issuing another political ruling amid strained ties.