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IDF soldiers engage in operational activities in relation to Israel-Gaza violence.

IDF 8200 intelligence soldiers call on gov't to stop fighting, bring back hostages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ROBERT SESSELMANN of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a vote last Sunday to become a district leader, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls.

German parties form gov't that excludes AfD, far-right party that worries many Jews

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Police commissioner Danny Levi seen in Beit Shemesh, April 9, 2025

Ben-Gvir, Israel Police head heatedly discuss court rulings at weapons display

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A military truck seen on top of a truck in traffic, on their way to the northern border with Lebanon, on Road 1, September 18, 2024

Invisible infrastructure is the base of social resilience during a crisis

By OMER WEINBERG

Hacker in front of Israeli flag

Yossi Karadi takes over as Israel's top cybersecurity chief, gov't confirms

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

President Ahmed al-Shara'a speaks during the formation of the new Syrian government. March 29, 2025.

HTS members, Druze, and Kurds: A look at Syria's diverse new goverment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing down in an illustrative featuring credit agency Moody's.

Israel's economic resilience comes despite gov't policy, expert tells TML

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line

JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin addresses the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Social solidarity – in a time of war – is cracking more and more; the main responsibility for the situation lies with those in power, who are determined to relaunch the judicial reform, the writer asserts.

Reviving the judicial reform: Israeli leadership sows divisions and refuses to learn

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Jon (left) and Rachel (right,) parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, holding a sign of their son. Uploaded on 10/6/2024

Father of Hersh Goldberg-Polin criticizes Israeli gov't over failed hostage negotiations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Why dismiss Shin Bet head? Newly leaked quotes from Netanyahu reveal rationale

RESERVE SOLDIERS of the Be’eri Battalion.

IDF officer fired after publicly rejecting continuation of fighting, criticizing leadership

By JOANIE MARGULIES

The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

US antisemitism task force to meet leadership of four major cities

By MICHAEL STARR

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Sa’ar, haredi parties initially silent on firing of Bar

By ELIAV BREUER

Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu announces plan to fire Shin Bet chief as agency probes 'Qatargate'

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, June 2021

Knesset tensions rise as opposition seeks to block budget cuts

By ELIAV BREUER , EVE YOUNG

Yair Lapid (left), Mansour Abbas (center left), Arye Deri (center right), Bezalel Smotrich (right), in front of a hostage deal protest (illustrative).

Joint list of Arab parties would win at least 13 seats

By ELIAV BREUER

ELON MUSK, who currently oversees DOGE, applauds as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress last July.

Israel needs its own DOGE, but not like what the US has

By TOMER LOTAN

THE ISSUE of haredi conscription into the IDF has once again been brought into the spotlight this week, even as the Knesset continues its inability to legislate the matter. If elections come soon, the haredi parties could be in danger of losing their place in government, and their reality may change

Dancing on the brink: Haredi draft dodging video triggers national backlash