Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026
 Israelis clash with police during a protest against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025.

Most Israelis say social division bigger threat to country than Iranian nuclear threat - poll

Packs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a brand of Unilever, for sale at a Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York, US, November 6, 2025.

Ben & Jerry's board chair refuses to resign as Unilever pressure intensifies

 US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution


Artist The Weeknd donates $2.5 million to Gaza residents

Celebrities have taken public stances on the Israel-Palestine conflict since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7 terror attacks that left over 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped. 

The Weeknd performs during the halftime show

Before they hit the National Mall, these pro-Israel rally-goers stopped for lox and prayers

Over 200,000 Jews at the National Mall in DC gathered to hear from a range of speakers, including survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres that launched the current Israel-Hamas war.

 From left: Ari Barnett, Moshe Felson and Asher Blum on their way to the pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2023.

Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2023: Spielberg's Indifference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

For Biden, being the leader of the free world is more relevant than ever - opinion

And Biden is sticking to the strategy that has guided him since the beginning of the war – to allow the State of Israel to act against Hamas within the limits of international law.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden continues to back the Israeli military operation in Gaza. While this is not easy, especially with protests on campuses and on the left of his party, it is the right thing to do, maintains the writer.

White House asks Congress for $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine wars

Biden also wants more than $9 billion for humanitarian relief, including for Israel and Gaza, where the population faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.

 US President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023

Hamas resumes rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel

More than 3,600 wounded, 1,300 murdered • IDF: 126 families of missing Israelis have been contacted

 Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 14, 2023.

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

The death toll in Israel from Hamas' attack has reached 1,300, with more than 3,000 people injured, as hostages remain trapped in Gaza.

 Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2023.

JFNA announces $500 million fundraising goal in response to Israel war

At least $70 million from the funds raised by US Jews have been raised by the UJA-Federation of New York.

 Israeli soldiers patrol in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 11, 2023

A cookie-wielding mother and gun-toting grandfather: Meet Israel’s newest heroes

Rachel Adari, who met Hamas terrorists who held her hostage with hospitality and cookies, is among the stories of creative Israeli survivors of Hamas' massacre.

 Rachel Adari offered the Hamas terrorists holding her and her husband captive cookies as they awaited help for 15 hours.

Jerusalem feels like ghost town amid Gaza war

Jerusalem's normally-bustling streets grow dim as shops close and residents amid Israel's war against Hamas.

A cat is seen walking across the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in Jerusalem amid the tightened coronavirus lockdown.