Alex Winston

Alex Winston is the News Editor at The Jerusalem Post and the author of the Our Homes, Neighborhood Corner, and Traffic Corner real estate columns.

Originally from Leeds, England, Alex moved to Israel in 2011.

Here, posters display assassinated military leaders, including IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami (center), in Tehran at the end of June.

Fighting the world, losing the war: IRGC talks big after beatdown by Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with the head and officials of the Judiciary Branch in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah, Tehran, July 16, 2025.

Khamenei mourns top military leaders, 40 days after Israeli targeted assassinations

 Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addresses the National Cooperation Convention in Munich, July 26, 2025.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi's Munich Conference: A historic moment for unity in Iran’s opposition


Echoes of old Jerusalem: How 19th-century neighborhoods disappeared but never faded

This week, we are taking a look at ones whose names you may recognize but that have long ceased being used as neighborhoods – particularly the market area around Nahlaot.

A quiet Jerusalem courtyard where the rhythms of 19th-century life still echo amid cafés and modern living.

Iran's water crisis: 'Day Zero' looms as Islamic Republic faces complete shortage

President Massoud Pezeshkian delivered a stark warning during a cabinet meeting on the same day, citing an energy ministry report that revealed the crisis was more severe than publicly acknowledged.

The Amir Kabir dam along the Karaj river in Iran's northern Alborz mountain range is pictured on June 1, 2025.

Geula: Jerusalem's beating heart of ultra-Orthodox life

Originally just one small district, Geula has become so synonymous with haredi life that its name now blankets an entire cluster of neighborhoods. 

 Several haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) are seen walking around Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood.

Iran accuses Israel of 'environmental war crimes' during 12-day war

Iran's Department of Environment condemned Israel's targeting of fossil fuel storage facilities and industrial infrastructure, calling it "a destructive assault on the natural environment"

 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Taiwan reshapes war manual on Chinese threats, based on Israel's successes in Iran

MILITARY AFFAIRS: For Taiwan, the Israel-Iran conflict has become an unexpected case study in how to defend a democracy against a regional hegemon.

 TAIWAN HAS taken several lessons from the Israel-Iran War, as tensions with China continue to rise. Here, Taiwanese reservists participate in pre-combat training on the first day of the annual Han Kuang military exercise in Miaoli on Wednesday.

The hit that wasn’t: When Saddam Hussein offered to kill Khomeini and the Shah said no

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region.

 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) who became Iran's first Supreme Leader after the Islamic Revolution and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who offered the Shah of Iran to dispose of the cleric

Staro Sajmiste: Belgrade's fairground of death for the Balkans' Jews

From formidable fairground to a camp of death, the dark history of the Nazi camp within Belgrade’s borders

 Prisoners of the Staro Sajmište concentration camp in Belgrade.

Motza: Jerusalem’s secret garden

Neighborhood Corner: Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet.

 View of Motza on the hills to the west of Jerusalem.

Why Iran's defeat at hands of Israel has yet to spark a revolution - analysis

The assumption that bombing Iran's strategic infrastructure would immediately trigger a popular revolt shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how people behave under siege.

 A demonstrator holding an Israeli flag and an Iranian flag from the reign of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi takes part in a protest against the Iranian government outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US, June 23, 2025.

‘Let It Burn’: Young Iranians defy censorship, call for end of Islamic Republic regime - exclusive

Iranians rejoiced when the attack on the Islamic regime began. The question was never, "Why did this war start?" but rather: "Why did it stop?"

 Iranians have called for the end of the Islamic regime inside Iran, asking why they have been abandoned by the US and Israel since the ceasefire between the Jewish state and the Islamic Republic.