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The British government’s decision to ban tradewith Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinianterritories should not be controversial.
Russia and China on Thursday opposed a UN Security Council call for the full resumption of the committee overseeing sanctions on Iran, urging Tehran to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Terry Strada, whose husband was killed in the attacks, says she remains hopeful for justice as a lawsuit alleging Saudi support for the hijackers moves toward trial
The IDF has destroyed Hezbollah's underground infrastructure on the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, completing the establishment of Israel's security zone there, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped achieve what few in Jerusalem thought possible, bringing every Israeli hostage home and reshaping the Middle East.
Netanyahu has become more than Israel’s prime minister for many. Abroad, for instance, he has become Israel’s symbol and the lightning rod for much of the hatred directed against the Jewish state.
The former IDF chief has emerged as the leading opposition challenger to Netanyahu, offering voters a path to a post-Netanyahu Israel.
Since returning to politics, Bennett has shifted from his previous campaigns, taking a more liberal position while maintaining a strong right-wing stance on security.
Lauder has never confined himself to quiet philanthropy - he continues to use his position to demand accountability from political leaders.
US President Donald Trump was in the middle of his Knesset speech when he stopped to thank a woman sitting in the room. She loves Israel, he said. She has $60 billion in the bank. Then he told the Israeli parliament that she had shaped some of the decisions he made about their country.
With Wiz sold, Assaf Rappaport, 43, has become one of Israel’s most active private tech investors. A Calcalist investigation found he is now invested – often alongside his fellow Wiz co-founders – in dozens of start-ups, primarily in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
There is no real job description for the president of Israel. It’s not a 9-5 profession. Nor can it be fully planned on a daily or weekly basis. There are always surprises that were not anticipated in advance.
A special evening of music, inspiration and reflection will take place in Jerusalem on Wednesday, September 16, as IsraelProperty.com and Israel Canada host a Selichot concert on the rooftop of the historic former Shaare Zedek Hospital at 161 Jaffa Street.
As dynamics in Israel’s political sphere continue to shift rapidly, several key figures in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition bloc have played significant roles.
In January 2024, Ackman and his wife, Neri Oxman, made their first investment in Israel, buying a 4.9% stake in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for about $25 million. In September 2025, Ackman made what he described as his first business trip to Israel, spending roughly a week meeting bank executives, insurers, institut…
Larry Ellison, the New York-born Jewish co-founder of the multinational technology company Oracle, is a philanthropist to Jewish causes, including large contributions to the Friends of the IDF and the city of Sderot. He signed the Giving Pledge in 2010, promising to give away at least 95% of his wealth, and has said…
Housing market has been stymied by borrowing costs, as Iran war pushed mortgage rates higher
Jerry Seinfeld, one of the most beloved television creators and Jewish comedians of all time, has been using his celebrity status to fight back against Israel haters and antisemites.
Jewish-American entrepreneurs are among Israel’s biggest supporters, and two household names have taken that commitment to another level: Alex Karp and Josh Kushner. They both fight in a field most people don’t have access to: inside directors’ boards, where getting the facts straight can mean the difference between…
This is an abbreviated version of the profile. A longer, expanded version will be published separately on The Jerusalem Post’s website.
In Israel’s most consequential institutional disputes of the past year, the same three names repeatedly appeared: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, and his deputy, Noam Sohlberg.
In 5786, Israel Ganz fused fluent English advocacy in the United States with on-the-ground governance in Binyamin to keep sovereignty over Israeli-held parts of the West Bank squarely on the agenda. As head of Israel’s largest regional municipality and the movement’s umbrella body – representing some 550,000 residen…
For nearly half a century, Rabbi Sholom Duchman has quietly built one of Israel’s most consequential humanitarian networks.
In recent years, renewable energy has been a major source of innovation in Israel. Founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Ofer Yannay, Nofar Energy specializes in renewable energy projects, having placed solar panels on thousands of roofs across hundreds of communities, especially on kibbutzim.
This is an abbreviated version of the profile. A longer, expanded version will be published separately on The Jerusalem Post’s website.
Nearly 25 years ago, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and businessman Tony Gelbart, bound by friendship and a shared love for Israel, set out to change the course of modern Zionism.
Prof. Amir Yaron, the governor of the Bank of Israel, has guided Israel’s economy through the upheaval of the war that followed the October 7 attack and into its recovery. Tens of thousands of displaced Israelis, hundreds of thousands of reservists, inaccessible agricultural and industrial areas near the borders, li…
This week there's been more mainstream reporting and chatter centered on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. The nuclear development site has been of special interest and focus to the Trump administration due to how immensely fortified it is, meaning the Iranians can conduct uranium enrichment activities deep under the mountai…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed that Iran would not obtain nuclear weapons as long as he remains prime minister, after US President Donald Trump said that Tehran was attempting to rebuild its nuclear weapons capabilities.
Israeli security forces eliminated Hamas terrorist Farah Hamed, who was responsible for a series of deadly attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers and later helped direct terrorism in the West Bank, the IDF, Israel Security Agency (ISA) and Israel Police announced on Thursday.
Boaz Levy, chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries-IAI, has spent more than three decades shaping Israel’s most critical defense technologies. As one of the country’s leading aerospace engineers, Levy’s work has been central to the development of the Arrow missile-defense system and the broader suite of capabilities…
During his term, which ended on May 5, former Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar approved the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah; decimated Hezbollah’s strategic missiles and rockets; bombed much of the Assad Syria regime’s threatening weapons; bombed Ira…
Bezhalel Machlis has served as the president and CEO of Elbit Systems Ltd. since 2013.
Eric Fingerhut turned the Jewish Federations of North America toward two fronts: Israel at war and a Jewish community under siege at home. As president and CEO of the umbrella body for 146 federations across the United States and Canada, he delivered the inaugural State of the Jewish Union address, and pressed for a…
At a time when Israel’s wars are fought not only on battlefields but also in the White House, at the UN, and across American television screens, Yechiel Leiter, Ron Dermer, and Danny Danon occupy particularly important positions.
Those searching for hope in challenging times can look to Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, chairman of the executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel since 2022 and a 2016 Israel Prize laureate.
When Iranian missiles began landing on Israeli cities this year – Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv – the man moving between the impact sites was the same one who joined Magen David Adom as a 15-year-old youth volunteer.
Without a doubt, David Barnea’s term running the Mossad from June 2021 to June 2026 will be judged by Israelis as an overall significant success.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz has spent more than two decades in Congress, becoming one of the Democratic Party’s best-known Jewish lawmakers and one of Capitol Hill’s persistent advocates for the US-Israel relationship.
On the morning of the October 7 massacre, Yair Golan picked up his weapon, got in his car, and sped south to rescue dozens of Supernova music festival-goers targeted by Hamas gunmen.
Several Palestinians were injured on Thursday after an Israeli drone targeted Al-Haq Mosque west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.
King’s College London (KCL) has lifted the suspension of student activist Usama Ghanem, who was disciplined by the university over his pro-Palestine activism.
On October 8, 2023, while Israel was still reeling from the Hamas-led massacre of the previous day, accusations that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza were already appearing at demonstrations and on social media.
Crude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing
The final round of the Saudi Pro League before the first international break of 2026/27 takes place over the weekend. The league table is already taking shape, with some familiar names at the top. There are a few unfamiliar ones, too.
There is an important calculation taking place in Washington about Israel, the Israeli elections, and President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Trump and the Board of Peace have apparently concluded that a public confrontation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Israelis vote could be counterproductive.
US President Donald Trump heckled the leaders of Iran at the first-ever Republican midterm convention on Wednesday, while promoting the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself.
The lightning Houthi advance down Yemen's Red Sea coast this week came with direct guidance from Iran's Revolutionary Guards seeking to open a new front in Iran's war with the US, according to Yemeni government, Iranian, and regional sources.
National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir filed a NIS 100,000 defamation lawsuit against MK Gadi Eisenkot and his party on Thursday over remarks Eisenkot made on KAN News's "How to Do Things" podcast.
Iran has resumed producing ballistic missiles from existing components while working in underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing officials from the United States and the Middle East.
