Israel proved technological supremacy over Iran, Rafael chief Steinitz tells 'Post'

FRONTLINES

IDF kills Hamas Bureij Battalion official, weapons cache found Thursday terror attack site

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YUVAL STEINITZ, chairman of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, says Israel has succeeded where global superpowers have failed – bringing laser air defense technology onto the battlefield.
RAFAEL’S NEW laser air defense system, ‘Iron Beam,’ was announced as officially operational on Wednesday and is set to be fully implemented into the IDF in 2025. The system has already intercepted nearly 100 hostile aerial targets – a breakthrough that Yuval Steinitz says will soon eclipse Iron Dome

IDF kills Hamas intel. official in Bureij Battalion

IDF killed Hamas intelligence official of terror group's Bureij Battalion, September 19, 2025.
Far right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, speaks to supporters as he arrives to face contempt of court charges at the Old Bailey in London, Britain, October 23, 2018.

Tommy Robinson asks: '55 Muslim states - but no room for Israel?'

WATCH

Suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant arrested in West Bank

  Palestinian security forces operate in the center of the city of Jenin in the West Bank, December 16, 2024.

IDF arrests West Bank terror cell members after finding rocket launchers aimed at Israel

Israel shuts down West Bank crossing with Jordan following deadly attack

Battle of succession: Will Tomer Bar be replaced as head of air force?

Protesters hold a Palestinian flag as they take part in the 'Stop the Genocide' rally in support of Gaza, at Place de la Republique, in Paris on September 17, 2025.

Japan plans not to recognize Palestinian state for now, foreign minister says

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025.

India says it expects Saudi Arabia to mind 'sensitivities' after pact with Pakistan

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media during a campaign stop with striking members of Teamsters Local 210 in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., September 15, 2025.

Jewish Texas man indicted for anti-Muslim threats against NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

NEXT WEEK will be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 14th speech to the UN General Assembly in that role. Here, he address the plenum last year by warning ‘Israel seeks peace. Israel yearns for peace.

Battered in NY, buoyed in DC: Israel faces split-screen reality ahead of Netanyahu's UNGA trip

FRONTLINES

High Holy Day lifeline: Colel Chabad stands with needy families of IDF reservists

EFRAIM DUCHMAN of Colel Chabad distributes Eshel food cards to reservists.

Acute trauma can cause OCD symptoms, Israeli study on Oct. 7 survivors reveals

STUDY

Hamas: Israel will not receive another hostage after IDF invasion of Gaza City

 The Nova Massacre Scene

IDF, Shin Bet arrest over 75 wanted individuals in West Bank, including Hamas terrorists

Drone strikes hotel in Eilat, September 18, 2025.

Houthi drone crash damages Eilat hotel

Israeli forces at the scene of an attack at the Allenby Crossing at the Jordan border, September 18, 2025.

Jordanian humanitarian aid truck driver kills two soldiers at Allenby Crossing at Jordan border

May Golan's mother completes interrogation process after returning to Lahav 433

Netanyahu's vision of Sparta is not what Israel needs

OPINION
Minister May Golan seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2024
EDITORIAL

Netanyahu's gov't must use Gaza City leverage to return to hostage negotiations

Israeli soldiers stand next to armored personnel carriers (APCs) near the Gaza border, in Israel, September 16, 2025
OPINION

My Word: The boycott culture war on Israel

POLICE OFFICERS block off anti-Israel protesters ahead of the Vuelta de Espana cycling race, earlier this week
ByLIAT COLLINS
OPINION

Middle Israel: Person of the year is Benjamin Netanyahu

ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

French Ambassador Frédéric Journès, German ambassador Steffen Siebert speaking at The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, September 16, 2025.

Journès at 'Post' Conference: France’s Palestine recognition didn’t end ceasefire talks

Oded Ailam, Former director of the counter terrorism center of the Mossad, Researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA).

Ex-Mossad counterterror chief slams Qatar’s support for Hamas at Jerusalem Post conference

Sam Grundwerg, World Chairman Keren Hayesod

Keren Hayesod Head at JP Diplomatic Conference

Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli said at The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion media center in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Chikli at 'Post' Conference: New axis of evil is Turkey, Syria, Qatar

UK couple freed by Taliban after Qatari mediation, official says

Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture

ANALYSIS
 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.
POLL

Likud's strength drops amid Gaza City op. as Bennett-Eisenkot threaten to close gap

(L-R) Benjamin Netanyahu; Itamar Ben-Gvir

Netanyahu accuses Ben-Gvir of leaking details on Red Cross prison visits to the press

Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) hold a flag in the divided city of Deir al-Zor, Syria December 7, 2024.

Syria risks rupturing as armed camps face off across the Euphrates

Greek activists wave anti-Israel 'Free Palestine' banners at Athens Acropolis

'Is there a future for Jews in Belgium?' Belgium symposium asks

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

Billie Eilish, Benedict Cumberbatch join UK concert that raised $2m. for Palestinian charities

An illustrative image of Billie Eilish performing in London.

University leaders among 100+ signatories to Jewish letter decrying Trump’s campus antisemitism war

 Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025.

Italian port blocks arms for Israel as worker protests mount

National Library reunites 15th-century Portuguese mahzor ahead of Rosh Hashanah

On this Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear the voices of Diaspora Jews

OPINION
The Lisbon mahzor

Rosh Hashanah: State of God in our world, 2025

HOW WILL humanity regard its Creator when humans themselves become supreme creators?

Rosh Hashanah: One union

UNITY DOES not mean uniformity of opinion.

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Cyprus’s procurement of Israeli air defense angers Turkey

The future of war hinges on the trust between human and machine

Israeli air defense system.

Israel's 'Iron Beam' fully operational to hit missiles along with drones

 Norway's Air Force F-16 fighters (R) and Italy's Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters patrol over the Baltics during a NATO air policing mission from Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania, May 20, 2015.

‘More visible and credible,’ NATO debuts eastern sentry after Russian drone incursions

Black Eagle 50E unmanned helicopter with payload

Israeli drone companies unveil precision airdrop capability for unmanned helicopter

Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official, sources say

WWII bomb forces overnight evacuation in central Berlin

Taiwan Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Yui speaks next to a screen showing a picture of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan March 21, 2023.

Civilian killings in Sudan conflict jump this year, UN report says

 A view of a burned building and the tail of a Sudan Airways aircraft amid debris at Khartoum Airport, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum Sudan April 26, 2025.

Over 800 Indonesian students suffer mass food poisoning from gov't free meals

Students attend a free boarding school, on the launch of the Sekolah Rakyat flagship education initiative program by the administration of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2025.

Merz: Germany still to decide whether to back sanctions on Israel

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to suspend arms deliveries to Israel has unleashed quite a storm at home, says the writer.

Rabbi Nitzan Reuven establishes a visionary spiritual center for Jewish unity

AHAVAT SHALOM CENTER, architectural rendering

From despair to renewal: Repairing homes, rebuilding lives

.Installing new kitchen.

A Post-October 7th Awakening: The Work Is Far From Over

World Board of Trustees of Keren Hayesod Bruce Leboff, World Chairman of Keren Hayesod Sam Grundwerg and Director General CEO of Keren Hayesod Edna Weinstock-Gabay overlooking Gaza from Sderot.

Regev opens door for Uber in Israel without public process, professional input

Israeli markets fall after Netanyahu’s 'Sparta speech' sparks business backlash

Uber logo is seen in this illustration taken August 5, 2025.
OPINION

Your Investments: On Rosh Hashanah, our finances are also judged

Close up cropped image young woman calculating monthly expenses.
ByAARON KATSMAN
OPINION

Your Taxes: It's time for the maritime areas bill to become law

: London-based Energean's drill ship begins drilling at the Karish natural gas field offshore Israel in the east Mediterranean May 9, 2022.
ByLEON HARRIS

Israeli universities soar in global entrepreneurial rankings: Technion, Tel Aviv Uni. in top 10

Strong quake hits Russia's Kamchatka, no damage reported

A view of the sea during a coastal evacuation following a tsunami warning issued by local authorities after an earthquake (illustrative)

Recording from the deep: Scientists discover new species of bumpy snailfish

 Volunteers work on Israeli farms.

Agriculture Min. must fix local farming deficiencies since war started, comptroller says

Walking in the Judean Hills, it’s clear that the end of summer has descended upon the Land of Israel.

Hiking the Holy Land: The land that wakes the soul

Brazil to protect 140 million from dengue with mosquito super factory

Strong on defense, weak on welfare: Israel neglects the social front

OPINION
An illustrative image of a mosquito with DNA and blood cells in the background.

First group of sick Gazan children arrive in UK for treatment

Parent child bonding scientifically explained by Israeli researchers

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

More Israelis emigrated than arrived over past year, CBS report reveals

Celebrating an 'Aliyanniversary': Despite the chaos, it's been a year with no regrets

OPINION
Israelis walk their dogs on haBima Square in Tel Aviv. September 17, 2025.
OPINION

Israel’s challenge with senior citizens: Preparing for the next wave of immigration

The 65th charter flight organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh in partnership with the Aliyah Ministry and the Jewish Agency. arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport with 225 new immigrants to Israel, August 20, 2025.
ByTOMER ROZENBERG
OPINION

Jewish families in Ethiopia have been forgotten by Israel, they must be brought home

‘WE WILL never forget leaders like Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Abraham Negussie, who has humbly worked to bring our brothers and sisters home,’ says the writer.
BySHMUEL LEGESSE

Ekaterina Korotovskikh: A painter who followed her heart from Russia to Israel

‘CAPTAIN SICILY’: Self-portrait of the artist and her husband in the ‘toe’ of Italy’s ‘boot.’

Riverside in Yehud-Monosson’s Gadot offers luxury living with direct access to Tel Aviv

Urban renewal in Shazar Complex, neighborhood G: Beersheba municipality joins developer

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From Miami to Tel Aviv:

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Mixed-use development in the south: 30-story towers in Kiryat Gat

Real estate market.

Mortgage advisors association: Surge in mortgage volumes

JPost Store   

 Ivrit magazine
 Jerusalem Post Store - International Edition

Conference   

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion Museum, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025

LIVE: The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference - where diplomacy meets the future

'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

'Paying a heavy price: ZAKA head Dubi Weissenstern speaks at 'Post' Trauma Conference

MDA Heroes   

 A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

Podcasts   

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, Israel, September 14, 2025.

Tune into today's top stories: Marco Rubio lands in Israel, Egypt pushes Arab military force

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ legacy: Inside the new Chumash with Jessica Sacks

André Lajst of StandWithUs Brazil on Israel advocacy and public diplomacy

US Politics   

 US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the opening of a temporary migrant detention center informally known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, US, July 1, 2025.

Trump says he would intervene if NYC mayor tried to have Netanyahu arrested

Can Zohran Mamdani divest NYC from Israel? His likely comptroller, Mark Levine, dismisses concern

US would help secure peace after Russia's war in Ukraine, Trump tells Fox News

Diaspora   

A RALLY in support of Palestinians takes place at Columbia University, in New York City in 2024.

For Jewish communal professionals, internal rifts pose the greatest barrier to hope, survey finds

Spain’s government is normalizing violence and targeting Israel - opinion

With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race

Judaism   

Activists ascend the Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk on September 17,2025.

Dozens of religious activists ascend Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk

A Jewish New Year’s wish: A future with less Jew-hatred

Rosh Hashanah calls Jews to choose life after Jerusalem attack

Christian World   

Pope Leo XIV holds a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 17, 2025.

Pope decries 'unacceptable' plight of Palestinians in Gaza, urges truce

‘God’s influencer’ becomes first millennial saint

Pope Leo's meeting with Herzog reveals Vatican's new diplomatic style

Food   

A warm welcome to Wirsberg, a village 20 minutes from Bayreuth

Bayreuth uncorked: Beer, wine & stories between synagogues and palaces

In the kitchen with Henny: Keeping it sweet

Treysar in Tel Aviv: A gourmet port of call

Archaeology   

Copper coins dating back more than 1,600, discovered in northern Israel.

Galilee cave yields 4th-century coin hoard tied to Jewish resistance under Rome

New digital archive gives global access to Israel’s archaeological treasures

Iron Age olive oil center in Beit Aryeh shows Israelite kingdom’s economic power in Samaria

Science   

An artistic reconstruction of Newtonsaurus cambrensis. Background art by Jonathan Metzger.

Scientists identify oldest large dinosaur predator from Welsh fossil found 125 years ago

Ofek 19 satellite passes the test: First successful images received

Israel, Hungary sign agreement to further cooperation in space-related fields

Culture   

An illustrative image of a man looking at himself in a car side mirror.

You're so vain, you probably think this piece is about you: Attacking influencer culture

Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem face off in historic Super Cup

‘Your spirit is present in every medal’: Israel remembers Olympics Munich Massacre

History   

The Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah in a page of the rare 15th century Lisbon Mahzor now at the National Library of Israel.

Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.

Looking at the enduring inspiration of Leon Uris’s ‘Exodus’

Jakob Rosenfeld: The Jewish doctor who became a hero in China during World War II

OMG   

A member of parliament from the Democratic Party, Albania's biggest opposition party, sets off a smoke flare as the parliament gathers for a vote on whether to lift the immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha so he can face corruption charges, in Tirana, Albania, December 21, 2023

Bribe-proof official: Albania appoints first AI minister to tackle corruption

Brigitte Macron to submit evidence in court after Candace Owens accuse her of being male

Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to Nashville electricity bomb plot to make 'k**es lose money'

Consumerism   

Yoga.

Short yoga: Your calm place when everything else feels off

"It's the place where you can experience it all"

I Have Tested 20 Resume Writing Services - This Is The Best One

Astrology   

 Horoscope.

Horoscope for Wednesday,16/7: Taurus – A good day for connecting to inspiration and self-expression

Daily horoscope for Tuesday, 15/7: Sagittarius – Heightened sensitivity at home and in the family

Weekly horoscope: July 13–19, 2025

Sahar Daxa, a Government, Diplomacy and Strategy studies student and competitive athlete from Daliyat al-Carmel

Druze students at Reichman University lead efforts to save their Syrian brethren from crisis

In the face of war, Reichman University’s international students demonstrate remarkable resilience

An HCI Degree - the bridge to Product Teams