AMICHAI STEIN

Amichai Stein is an Israeli journalist currently working as a diplomatic reporter for The Jerusalem Post and i24NEWS' Hebrew channel. From 2017-2024, he worked as a foreign affairs and diplomatic correspondent for KAN News.


Smoke rises in an area within the Yellow Line boundary, marking IDF-controlled Gaza territory, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2025.

US official to ‘Post’: International Stabilization Force to be deployed at beginning of 2026

Mike Waltz and UN Ambassador Danny Danon observe at the US military base in Kiryat Gat on November 9, 2025.

‘This is significant’: Danon says Waltz’s Israel visit reflects Washington’s commitment to region

 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

'Fake news': PMO denies Netanyahu refused to sign Syria security agreement at UNGA


Italy considering joining Gaza's ISF, positioning it to be first European country to do so

In recent days, talks have been taking place -mainly at the Civil-Military Coordination Center- to define the mandate and authorities of the force, including rules of engagement.

Italian army soldiers stand in formation during the visit of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to the multinational battle group at the Novo Selo training ground, Bulgaria, December 19, 2024.

Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Trump to meet on Dec. 29, PMO confirms

The Prime Minister's Office confirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting on December 29.

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.

Senior Qatari official meets Mossad chief Barnea and Steve Witkoff in New York talks

A trilateral meeting is currently underway between a senior Qatari official, Mossad Director David Barnea, and Steve Witkoff, in New York a source told the Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

 US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, May 28, 2025

Hamas launches search across Gaza City to locate remains of last hostage Ran Gvili

N12 News reported on Friday that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad know how to find Gvili’s body to return it to Israel.

An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official speaks with an Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists after transporting a white body bag believed to carry the remains of an Israeli hostage in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2025.

WATCH: Herzog, German Chancellor Merz discuss final Gaza hostage, Arrow 3 exchange in Jerusalem

Merz will also meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday morning, before visiting Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial later in the day.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025.

Hostages as leverage: Iran's secret demand aimed at crippling Israel's agriculture - exclusive

If Thailand complied, it would deliver a painful blow to Israel’s agricultural sector at the very moment it was struggling to recover from the shock of the attack.

 A poster of hostage Bipin Joshi, a citizen of Nepal, is displayed at the protest camp for hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack,Jerusalem, November 13, 2024.

Ukraine optimistic on Russia peace, but not at any price, Kyiv official Iryna Mudra tells 'Post'

Iryna Mudra to 'Post': Ukraine committed to diplomacy based on international law, not Russian demands • On Israel ties: 'We want Israeli businesses to become core architects of Ukraine's future'

Then-deputy justice minister of Ukraine Iryna Mudra talks to the media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters, February 4, 2025

Abu Shabab militia chief shot in Gaza gunfight, dies in Israeli hospital

Yasser Abu Shabab, head of a Gazan militia that had reportedly been collaborating with Israel, was rushed to an Israeli hospital after being shot in an internal clan scuffle.

Yasser Abu Shabab, head of the anti-Hamas Abu Shabab militia in Gaza

Israel, Lebanon hold first senior-level talks in decades as US pushes engagement

An Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that the Israeli representative spoke directly with the Lebanese representative and that another meeting is expected to take place soon.

Hezbollah supporters hold images of late former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

Former Gaza hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak remains are identified, IDF confirms

Israel's Public Health Service is in constant contact with the families of the final two victims, the PMO confirmed.

Red Cross personnel wait to head towards an area within the "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire, as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Gaza City November 20, 2025.