MATHILDA HELLER

Mathilda is the international affairs correspondent at The Jerusalem Post . She made aliyah five weeks before the war from rural England. After attending university, where she studied English and Spanish literature, she moved to South Korea and taught at a British School in Jeju. She spent five months working at the Prime Minister's Office international desk helping the hasbara effort in foreign languages before coming to the Post . In her free time she does martial arts, tutors, and writes. She lives in Tel Aviv, and speaks several languages.

Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City. The group is calling for freedom for Palestine, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and to protest President Trump.

Fringe rabbis recruit Jewish clergy to lobby against US military aid to Israel, halt weapons sales

Hundreds of pro-Palestine activisits, carrying the flags of Palestine and Lebanon, march in Toronto, Canada, on October 20, 2024 to show solidarity with Palestinians.

Muslim Brotherhood networks embedded into Canadian politics, schools, report says

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader addresses CAM's sixth-annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism, in Santo Domingo, Aug. 25, 2026.

Dominican Republic announces adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition


German prosecutors identify likely suspect in deadly 1970 Munich Jewish center arson

On the evening of 13 February 1970, the building of the Jewish Community of Munich at 27 Reichenbachstraße in Munich, which was also a retirement home, was set alight using a petrol mixture.

Some hundreds of people gather on the square in front of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019; illustrative

Organ harvesting, dog rape: How an anti-Israel report turns allegations into 'systemic' abuse

The report calls the graphic accounts of the rape of Israeli women on October 7, 2023, "fabricated" and intended to depict Palestinian men "as barbaric and depraved."

Code Pink activists take part in a pro-Palestinian march on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 19, 2024.

Jewish cemetery in Poland damaged by bulldozer during unsupervised repairs, org. tells 'Post'

The tractor entered through the main entrance and broke many tombstones on the way to the work area, scattering human bone fragments, J-nerations told the Post.

A tractor which drove over graves, smashed gravestones, and dug directly into graves in the Brzesko cemetery in Poland.

Sa'ar bans two 'anti-Israel' Swedish MEPs from entering Israel, day before planned PA visit

According to the Foreign Ministry, the two have "consistently acted against Israel in recent years, including by calling for international legal proceedings to be advanced against Israelis."

Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Jerusalem. March 23, 2026.

UK's proposed ban on Israeli settlement trade would breach int'l legal obligations, lawyers warn

Furthermore, UKLFI puts forward the argument that bans on trade could "harm the very Palestinian population it is supposedly intended to assist."

Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti

Barghouti is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist organization that carried out many suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the Second Intifada.

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.

Ukraine, Israel ‘fighting against same axis of evil,’ Ukrainian ambassador tells ‘Post’ - interview

Yevgen Korniychuk thanked Israel for its support for Ukraine in its struggle for “independence and peace and prosperity,” citing polls showing that over 85% of Israelis support Ukraine in its war.

Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk speaks during a confrence of Democrat TV in Jaffa, June 7, 2022.

Ted Cruz hails $3.2 billion in Israeli investment, 4,200 jobs created in Texas

"Now that investment is expanding into AI, cyber, defense, water, and agriculture," said Cruz. "Texas gets the jobs, the capital, and the technology. That’s a partnership worth growing."

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference on October 31, 2025.

‘Lowest of lows’: US Holocaust survivors targeted in fake restitution scam

New York regulators warned of a scam by an entity calling itself the “Jewish Holocaust Claims Center,” which solicits compensation claims and is under investigation.

New York State Capitol in Albany, New York

Democratic Senate candidate El-Sayed’s mother worked for Hamas, Taliban-linked group

Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for the Islamic American/African Relief Agency, which the US Treasury designated in 2004 over ties to terrorist financing.

US Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks on stage, with vote counting continuing for Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, in Detroit, Michigan, US, August 5, 2026