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Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:52:24 GMT
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US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel, July 31, 2025 (photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)
The officials said Witkoff's visit to the country was expected to begin on Tuesday.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:49:36 GMT
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A truck carrying humanitarian aid at the Rafah border on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
Despite the reopening of Rafah, Israel is still limiting the entry of foreign and Israeli journalists and insisting on supervising their visits.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:40:23 GMT
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Deni Avdija #8 of the Portland Trail Blazers warms up before the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Moda Center on February 01, 2026 in Portland, Oregon.  (photo credit: Soobum Im/Getty Images)
More fans voted for the Israeli than for LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, and many others.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:52:43 GMT
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Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gather to protest what they say is U.S. interference in Iraq’s sovereignty near the entrance to the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. embassy and other missions, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 29, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)
Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new president and prime minister.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:21:46 GMT
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Headquarters of Lahav 433 – The National Crime Unit in Lod, pictured August 6, 2025. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
According to police, an undercover investigation into alleged diversion of wartime donations led to searches at homes and offices and to the detainees being taken for questioning.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:05:54 GMT
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The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens to pedestrian traffic on Feb. 2, 2026. (photo credit: TPS-IL)
Rafah is one of the sticking points in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas and was often the focal point of the war that began in October 2023.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:07:39 GMT
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The Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026.  (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
Israel has appeared to be nonplussed by the committee and has not yet empowered it to work in the half of Gaza that Israel controls.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:21:35 GMT
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IDF demolishes the home of terrorist Mahmoud Yusef Abed, in the village of Halhul, West Bank. February 2. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Abed, together with another terrorist, carried out the shooting attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the Etzion Brigade area, in which Shalev Zabuloni was murdered.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:47 GMT
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Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik speaks with The Jerusalem Post. (photo credit: Canva)
Dodik strongly criticized what he described as rising antisemitism in Europe, singling out Sarajevo and Bosnian Muslim political institutions.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:36:14 GMT
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REPRESENTATIVES FROM the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Magen David Adom, and COGAT at the delivery of ambulances at the Syrian border.  (photo credit: IFCJ)
Today, as Christian communities just across our border face persecution and fear, it is our turn to stand with them.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:36:38 GMT
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British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson walks on the day British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss Iran , in London, Britain, June 18, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JAIMI JOY)
Peter Mandelson, who was fired by UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer as Britain's ambassador to the United States last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein.
Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:55:49 GMT
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US DOJ site following removal of several files released as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. (photo credit: screenshot)
The full documents were screenshot and saved by internet users following the release, who uploaded them to multiple online archives.
Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:16:45 GMT
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Volunteers on Good Deeds Day 2025 (photo credit: courtesy of the Ruach Tova Association of the Arison Group.)
Good Deeds Day 2026 will take place on March 10 in Israel and April 12 worldwide, under the key message: United in Good .
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:42:41 GMT
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“It was a secret poll which said that 92% of the Iranian people hate their regime,” Sabti said, according to a transcript provided to The Jerusalem Post.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:57:00 GMT
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Social media influencer Loay Alshareef at The Jerusalem Post conference in Miami, Florida (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit on Wednesday, Alshareef called on Israel and the Jewish people to back Iranians seeking freedom, as Netanyahu voiced solidarity with the protesters.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:10:20 GMT
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Ido Mahatzri ,CEO TALMA (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, TALMA CEO Ido Mahatzri showed how teachers, language and values reshape Israel’s periphery.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:48:03 GMT
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Panel - Israeli Society and the Jewish People – 2036 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, IDF veterans and civil-society leaders highlighted service, dignity, and Diaspora responsibility as pillars of Israel’s next chapter.
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:27:15 GMT
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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference 2025 (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
Amid changing geopolitics and evolving Diaspora-Israel relations, the conference served as a platform for powerful ideas, bold discussions, and building bridges across continents.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:25:31 GMT
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a press conference at the Prime Minister
The hearing formed part of the prosecution’s cross-examination in the cases in which Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:29:38 GMT
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IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine in a previous meeting.  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
During a quiet visit to Washington, IDF Chief Eyal Zamir met senior US military leaders in closed-door talks tied to Iran and regional security, according to diplomatic sources.
Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:28:00 GMT
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A protester holds a banner depicting an IDF soldier on January 11, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. People gathered in Melbourne to protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog
"The whole article is about my client who wasn't even there," the defendant's lawyer Steinhoefel added.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:01:44 GMT
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‎Inauguration ceremony of the Knesset building, August 30, 1966. (photo credit: Knesset Archives)
The event celebrating Israel’s parliament is expected to host more than 2,000 visitors, including soldiers, police officers, Holocaust survivors, and students from schools across the country.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:44:29 GMT
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post. (photo credit: Chen Schimmel/The Jerusalem Post)
“The World Health Organization has long since ceased to operate as a professional and objective organization,” MK Limor Sonn Har Melech said during a Knesset discussion on the matter.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:01:44 GMT
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‎Inauguration ceremony of the Knesset building, August 30, 1966. (photo credit: Knesset Archives)
The event celebrating Israel’s parliament is expected to host more than 2,000 visitors, including soldiers, police officers, Holocaust survivors, and students from schools across the country.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:53:54 GMT
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Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat. (photo credit: Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)
“These photographs document a tradition that continues today and connects generations and Jewish communities around the world,” Sinai said.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:24:19 GMT
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 syphilis (photo credit: INGIMAGE)
Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema pallidum" yet, sharpening evidence that treponemal diseases predate European contact.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:22:48 GMT
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa
In a Maariv interview with Edy Cohen, Khalifa Ibrahim, a businessman from the city of Berbera and an advisor to investors, explained why Israel was and remains his country's natural ally.