Archives

Jerusalem Post Israel News

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:24:35 GMT
Running through Jerusalem: View the marathon in pictures
Some 20,000 runners registered to participate in the event, which includes a marathon, half-marathon, 10K, 5K, 1.7K Family Race and 800 m. community race.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 05:16:54 GMT
New pre-IDF mechina program for Ethiopian Israelis founded
A new mechina (IDF pre-draft program), a branch of the Bnei David mechina in Eli, was founded to help Ethiopian Israelis contend with an 'identity crisis.'

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 05:01:59 GMT
How traveling the world transformed a family
In 2018, David Gladstone and his wife, Shoshi, set off on a yearlong journey from their home in Tzur Yigal with their children, Mili, then 9, Eyal, 8, and Guy, 5.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:13:02 GMT
Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh retires
Israel’s first IFBB PRO (International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness) female bodybuilder Dana Shemesh plans to retire, citing her age and the fact that she has achieved her goals.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:35:44 GMT
Hapoel Jerusalem coach raises concerns after third loss
The latest Champions League defeat raises questions about Oren Amiel’s ability to lead the Reds.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:37:13 GMT
1917: The birth of the Balfour Declaration
In photos of Arthur Balfour's face, I recognized the happiness he felt for writing the Balfour Declaration. Through those pictures, I can never forget him.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:31:19 GMT
Torture or saving lives: The alleged shin bet abuse of Palestinian detainees
Since 2001, there have been 1,300 torture complaints, but barely any criminal investigations. Even as investigations deepened, there has still not been a single indictment.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:26:20 GMT
Netanyahu protests Yesh Atid minister’s threat
“The government will likely break up between the budget’s passage and the rotation for a variety of reasons,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reportedly said.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:24:23 GMT
Detailed satellite images of Dimona nuclear facility free-to-access
Detailed satellite images of Dimona nuclear facility are free-to-access thanks to a Trump-era change in regulations.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:04:02 GMT
Russia, UK, top EU nations issue rebuke on settlement plans
They called on "both parties" to cooperate and reduce tensions towards "creating the conditions necessary for promoting peace."

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:47:18 GMT
Irrepressible Pinhas and Sons to strut stuff at Red Sea Jazz Fest
The band brought out a debut album a couple of years ago and the incipient sophomore offering will provide the kernel of the Eilat show, on November 12 (4:15 p.m.).

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:42:36 GMT
Israel Story podcast is back with a new season of off-beat tales
The show focuses on real life in Israel, not the Israel of tourism posters or news headlines, and tells fascinating stories that you would likely never hear if you did not tune in.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:37:24 GMT
Fights in Israel's coalition thrust Netanyahu back into the public eye
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Benjamin Netanyahu has been said to be the glue holding the coalition's cracks together, but it may be the cracks keeping the glue around.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:33:00 GMT
Bennett meeting Johnson, Macron in Glasgow after G20 meeting on Iran
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is expected to meet UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:30:36 GMT
Not every Israel-US dispute is a major calamity
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: When Jerusalem and Washington differ, it doesn’t mean a crisis is in the offing.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:07:16 GMT
From Tehran to Jerusalem, Uzbekistan bridges Israeli-Muslim divide
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: In this central Asian country where Jews have lived since the time of the Bible, Uzbek diplomates talk with Iran, the Taliban and Israel.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:07:33 GMT
US State Dept confirms: Israel would have to authorize Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
The US closed its consulate to the Palestinians in 2018, when it openly recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy there.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:58:45 GMT
 Knesset Finance Committee approves budget; Knesset debates start Sunday
Israel's parliamentary finance committee on Thursday approved the 2021-22 state budget, the Knesset said, clearing a key hurdle and paving the way for a final vote in the full plenum.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:56:33 GMT
Sa’ar looks to split A-G role, with or without Knesset - analysis
Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar may be able to fulfill his dream of splitting the powers of the Attorney-General without a new Knesset law.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:37:33 GMT
Rabbi Stav: Israel threatened by division without conversion legislation
JPost One-on-One Zoomcast, Episode 39: Jeremy Sharon and Chief Rabbi of Shoham Rabbi David Stav on decentralizing authority over Jewish conversion.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:01:20 GMT
Remains of IDF's first fallen paratrooper returned to Israel
Private Martin Davidowicz was a Holocaust survivor who was killed during the IDF's first Paratroopers training course.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:44:02 GMT
Gideon Sa’ar, Menachem Mazuz feud on splitting A-G role
Sa’ar has made splitting the attorney-general's powers into a separate chief prosecutor and separate chief legal adviser one of the main campaigns of his time as justice minister.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:41:16 GMT
Jerusalem highlights: October 29 - November 4
What's new in Israel's capital in the upcoming week?

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:35:47 GMT
Grapevine: Building craze
Movers and shakers in Israeli society

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:29:48 GMT
Music fit for a king: Weekend concerts at the King David Hotel
Hotel guests will enjoy a festive toast before the concerts and historical tours of the city’s alleys with biblical archaeologist Dr. Haim Cohen.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:25:50 GMT
Police investigates anti-vaxxers’ threats against senior health official
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expresses solidarity with head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:24:23 GMT
Israeli minister's social network regulation committee underway
The committee, headed by Communication Ministry director-general Liran Avishar Ben-Horin, was given 90 days to submit its interim conclusions to Communications Minister Hendel.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:23:50 GMT
Jerusalem's international marathon is back - did tourism come, too?
Dust off your running shoes. The city’s first international marathon since 2019 is back – and with it, a hopeful return to tourism

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:10:00 GMT
Temporary exhibit turns back time on Kalandiya Airport
Kalandiya, located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, opened in 1925 as the first civilian airstrip in Mandate Palestine.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:01:36 GMT
Home is where the art is
This edition, JB2021, is called “Four Cubits,” which, in Jewish tradition, references a person’s immediate individual environs.



home