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Key contest for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Lithuania
Yellow-and-blue vying for third consecutive Euroleague conquest as it takes on Zalgiris
By ALLON SINAI \
2/1/2018 1:17:39 AM
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Beersheba snags Kabha on final day of transfer window
Maccabi Tel Aviv wasn’t left empty handed, completing a loan deal for the services of Gidi Kanyuk.
By ALLON SINAI \
2/1/2018 1:23:11 AM
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Bennett to double number of students studying agriculture
During the current academic year, some 47,000 elementary-school students are expected to study and receive an agricultural education on one of these farms.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
2/1/2018 1:56:31 AM
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Anti-Jewish sentiment 'becoming more common in Britain,' group says
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 2:06:27 AM
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Reuven Wabashat becomes chief rabbi of Ethiopian community
Wabashat immigrated to Israel at age 2, ordained by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/1/2018 2:17:59 AM
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A Jewish Super Bowl trifecta
Of the NFL’s 32 teams, 10 have Jewish owners.
By ALLON SINAI \
2/1/2018 2:23:03 AM
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OurCrowd raises $650m., Arab investors show increased interest
Also on Wednesday, OurCrowd announced the launch of its Labs/02 seed-stage incubator, meant to invest in up to 100 early-stage start-ups over the next decade.
By MAX SCHINDLER \
2/1/2018 2:29:04 AM
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UN: We’ll teach horrors of the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Eva Lavi, originally from Krakow, Poland, was invited by Israel Ambassador Danny Danon to address the ceremony, and recounted her harrowing experience.
By DANIEL J. ROTH \
2/1/2018 2:40:13 AM
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MK Oren Hazan calls Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein ‘Stalin’
The Likud provocateur later apologized, calling his comment a “Freudian slip.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/1/2018 2:53:01 AM
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U.S. allows Syrians to stay for another 18 months
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 3:04:06 AM
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Antisemitism in UK again reaches new high
This is the second annual CST report in a row that has found record levels of antisemitism in the country.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/1/2018 3:25:14 AM
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U.S. calls on Poland to 'reevaluate' legislation on Holocaust language
“We believe open debate, scholarship, and education are the best means of countering inaccurate and hurtful speech.”
By MICHAEL WILNER \
2/1/2018 3:37:25 AM
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1940-41 letters describe destruction of Polish Jewry
Notes written on envelopes by Polish postmen read: "The Jews have been expelled."
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/1/2018 4:55:00 AM
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On the problems of political judgment
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
2/1/2018 5:08:23 AM
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‘Don’t be scared of the truth’
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/1/2018 5:13:42 AM
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Haley blasts UN 'blacklist' as 'anti-Israel obsession'
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/1/2018 6:17:03 AM
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Greenblatt to EU envoys: Settlements are not the obstacle
“Peace only has a chance of success through a respectful, continuous dialogue and through continuous negotiation,” Greenblatt said.
By HERB KEINON \
2/1/2018 6:29:25 AM
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Polish Senate passes law criminalizing suggesting complicity in Holocaust
"We have to send a clear signal to the world that we won't allow for Poland to continue being insulted," Patryk Jaki, a deputy justice minister, said.
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 6:52:35 AM
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Turkish airstrikes kill 49 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 8:15:46 AM
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Nevada welcomed Israeli marijuana scientist, US immigration threw him out
“If my husband is being labeled a drug trafficker because he had a marijuana staff card, then what is everyone in the state of Nevada?”
By JTA \
2/1/2018 8:38:24 AM
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French PM: There is a new form of brutal and violent antisemitism in France
The incident marked the second time in less than a month that Jewish children were targeted and violently attacked.
By SHOSHANA KRANISH,TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/1/2018 8:44:31 AM
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The Israeli-Palestinian battle for Africa
Both Israeli and Palestinian leaders alike have been trying to win the hearts of African nations for decades, with varying results.
By DIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE \
2/1/2018 8:56:37 AM
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Siberian synagogue returned to Jewish community
The community is currently completing the construction of a Jewish community center adjacent to its only functioning synagogue.
By JTA \
2/1/2018 9:02:33 AM
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Kenyan journalists, fearing arrest, camp out in their newsroom
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 9:08:58 AM
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Turkey orders detention of 120 army personnel over Gulen links
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 9:11:52 AM
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Caretaker of the land of Israel
With JNF-USA’s afforestation efforts, a thriving Israel begins at its roots
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
2/1/2018 9:33:10 AM
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Rivlin to eulogize late poet Haim Gouri at funeral on Thursday afternoon
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/1/2018 9:39:53 AM
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France to finance exports to Iran to sidestep U.S. sanctions
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 9:40:46 AM
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Turkish chair of Amnesty International held in custody
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 9:43:29 AM
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70 years on: The bombing of the 'Post' offices, and the paper's legacy
Post employees didn't let a half-ton of explosives stop them from putting out a paper on that fateful day in 1948.
By DAVID BRINN \
2/1/2018 11:24:42 AM
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Cyber officials warn of unipharm plague, nuke meltdown, future dangers
'The battlefield is now in the civilian arena.'
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/1/2018 1:59:30 PM
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Khamenei adviser says Iranian influence in region is 'inevitable'
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 10:41:17 AM
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Israel opens brutality probe against Shin Bet security service
It marks the first time that an investigation has been opened since the Justice Ministry established a unit called Mivtan about 18 years ago.
By JTA \
2/1/2018 10:56:39 AM
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Turkey says considers France's remarks on Syrian offensive 'insults'
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 11:03:01 AM
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Watch: Ethiopian-Israeli teen wins Israeli 'X-Factor'
Eden Alene, who received the most votes from the viewing audience, sang “Human” by Christina Perri for her final performance.
By JTA \
2/1/2018 11:08:30 AM
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Military option not believed to be close for solving North Korea crisis
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 11:31:52 AM
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Israeli politicians slam Poland for passing controversial Holocaust law
The Polish parliament on Thursday passed a law that makes suggesting Polish complicity or participation in the Holocaust punishable by prison time or a fine.
By GIL HOFFMAN,SHOSHANA KRANISH \
2/1/2018 12:36:28 PM
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Protest in Kabul as Afghan officials press Pakistan over attacks
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 11:56:48 AM
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Pakistan extends Afghan refugees' stay for only 60 days
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 12:06:33 PM
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‘Homeland,’ hits and Hitchcock
It’s a sad fact that there are no longer any classic movie channels available here, even though so many of us love them.
By HANNAH BROWN \
2/1/2018 12:35:40 PM
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Police seize automatic weapon from Palestinian vehicle
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/1/2018 12:54:35 PM
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The new Judaizers
How American Pentecostals are adopting Jewish trappings in their theology, practices and politics.
By DAN HUMMEL \
3/10/2018 2:18:00 AM
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Voices from the Arab press: Egypt's collective interest
Our main problem today is that we misunderstand the meaning of democracy.
By COMPILED BY THE MEDIA LINE \
2/1/2018 1:06:25 PM
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Protesters calling for jobs halt Tunisia's phosphates output
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 1:08:55 PM
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Red-letter day
A warm embrace, a glass of red wine, a cocktail, some chocolate and lots of red – it’s time to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
By NERIA BARR \
2/1/2018 1:18:33 PM
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In the #MeToo era, these synagogues are banning Shlomo Carlebach songs
"The story we really tell is about the power of music and spiritual life in the world, and how we need to treat that power with extreme care."
By JTA \
2/1/2018 1:25:17 PM
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Wine talk: What goes around comes around
A wine is never just a drink, and you can’t disconnect what you sip from its place of origin and its personal history – and the story in this instance was very special.
By Adam Montefiore \
2/1/2018 1:35:11 PM
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Yad Vashem: Polish law 'jeopardizes free and open discussion' about Holocaust
Israel's Holocaust remembrance center said the law is "liable to blur historial truths."
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/1/2018 1:37:18 PM
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UTJ to push law protecting yeshiva students from IDF enlistment
The party is considering pushing forward a law that enshrines Torah study as an "essential" Israeli value, and would attempt to block yeshiva students from being drafted to the army.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/1/2018 1:48:56 PM
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‘Multicultural Israel’ bill responds to Jewish nation-state proposal
Bill seeks to make Israel a state of all its citizens and change anthem, flag and symbol to also reflect Arab culture; Likud MKs call it "Palestinian nation-state bill"
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/1/2018 1:51:17 PM
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Eilat in the winter
Because Israelis aren’t used to going to Eilat this time of year, many hotels are offering great deals.
By MEITAL SHARABI \
2/1/2018 1:52:12 PM
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Macron says France will double investment in Tunisia over five years
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 1:56:23 PM
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Party of Lebanon's Berri calls on his supporters to halt protests
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 1:58:14 PM
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Iranian women protest compulsory cover
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 2:05:01 PM
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Lebanon using diplomacy to counter Israel over offshore energy tender
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 2:11:35 PM
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Straight out of the taboun
The heat of the taboun browns and softens food, and sometimes even scorches it a tiny bit.
By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN \
2/1/2018 2:14:57 PM
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Russia says interception of U.S. spy plane posed no danger
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 2:20:18 PM
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The human spirit: There's gold in those hills
We need a revolution in tourist sites on the Golan, in the same way that the once standard and prosaic chicken has given way to gourmet delights in Israel’s hotels and restaurants.
By BARBARA SOFER \
2/1/2018 2:23:38 PM
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In plain language: Word to the Palestinians: Grow up!
For 70+ years, through three generations, the Palestinians have been fed, wet-nursed, coddled and accommodated by a global set of ‘parents.'
By STEWART WEISS \
2/1/2018 2:31:33 PM
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The normal life: Secrets of the Start-Up Nation
When you live in a neighborhood like the Middle East, and especially when you’re young and idealistic, nothing seems impossible and Israeli entrepreneurs will try just about anything.
By BRIAN BLUM \
2/1/2018 3:09:11 PM
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Out there: Dog bites man – but this IS news
The streets of Mumbai are full of dogs lazily lying around. Not paying attention, eyes on my phone instead of the road, I stepped on one of them. The dog then did what dogs do.
By HERB KEINON \
2/1/2018 3:17:55 PM
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Morocco arrests seven Islamic State suspects-ministry
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 3:29:02 PM
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Under the cover of night
For decades, Mossad agents have carried out targeted assassinations of Israel’s most heinous enemies.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
2/10/2018 2:14:26 AM
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Hijabs held aloft as Iranian women protest compulsory cover-up
By THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION \
2/1/2018 3:30:13 PM
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Parashat Yitro: Faith, morality and free choice
‘You shall not covet’ is the result of deep faith in God. If you believe that you do not deserve something that is not yours, you will not covet it!
By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ \
2/1/2018 3:36:46 PM
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The tische: Anatomy of a ‘nigun’
Melodies derive from but also reflect the singer’s inner life.
By LEVI COOPER \
2/1/2018 3:43:59 PM
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The medium is only part of the message
Shoni Cooper and Daniel Shugert were working in the video production business independently of each other in Israel before they met and made movie magic.
By ALAN ROSENBAUM \
2/1/2018 3:58:45 PM
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Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 4:01:59 PM
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Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal
The FPO, which says it abandoned Nazi ideology espoused by its founders in the 1950s, entered government last month as a junior partner of Sebastian Kurz's conservatives.
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 4:06:26 PM
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U.S.-born rabbi called ‘extremist,’ kicked out of Russia
Chabad of Russia, which enjoys friendly relations with President Vladimir Putin, strongly protested the US rabbi’s expulsion.
By JTA \
2/1/2018 4:13:50 PM
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ADL: White supremacist propaganda on US campuses ‘staggering’
“White supremacists are targeting college campuses like never before,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said.
By DANIEL J. ROTH \
2/1/2018 4:26:31 PM
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Syrian government slams Turkish offensive in Afrin as 'occupation'
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 4:39:10 PM
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Jewish group wins New Jersey eruv battle
Town of Mahwah agrees to allow pipes, wires to remain, will pay $10,000 in legal fees.
By AMY SPIRO \
2/1/2018 4:42:21 PM
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Knesset plenum rejects committee of inquiry on African deportations
Government plans on expediting deportations * Eritrean leader says Israel should pay refugees $50,000 each to leave
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
2/1/2018 4:51:53 PM
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Suspected Palestinian drug trafficker killed in gunfight with PA forces
Over the past several years, violent clashes have frequently broken out in Balata between PA security forces and Palestinians suspected of various crimes.
By ADAM RASGON \
2/1/2018 4:55:36 PM
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Russia's Putin to meet Palestine's Abbas on Feb 12 in Sochi
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 5:01:47 PM
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Russia, Israel discuss security for 2018 soccer World Cup
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 5:17:00 PM
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Syrian opposition says it will work with Sochi proposal under U.N. auspices
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 5:28:41 PM
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U.S. Federal court suspends Kansas anti-BDS law
The plaintiff in the case was denied a state contract because she participates in the anti-Israel boycott.
By JTA \
2/1/2018 5:31:44 PM
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Israel’s strategic situation is the best it’s ever been despite regional wars
The pragmatic Sunni Arab countries – Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and several of the Gulf States – have understood that the main threat to the region, is not Israel.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
2/1/2018 6:46:01 PM
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Israeli researcher uses satellite data to identify contaminated soil
The satellite found significantly high levels of lead in various places in Israel.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
2/1/2018 6:02:29 PM
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This week in 60 seconds: Netanyahu meets with Putin in Moscow
Got a minute? Here's the week in review.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/1/2018 6:16:37 PM
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SA Zionist Federation condemns call for Davis Cup boycott
South African Zionist Federation chairman Ben Swartz said, 'How does this behavior allow for peaceful negotiations and a way forward?'
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
2/1/2018 6:19:17 PM
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Arab League head says U.S. aid cut to UNRWA puts stability at risk
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 6:30:54 PM
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American destructive relationships with Russia and how to fix it
By Vladimir Minkov \
2/1/2018 6:40:31 PM
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Lebanon using diplomacy to counter Israel over offshore energy tender
Lebanon is on the Levant Basin in the eastern Mediterranean where a number of big sub-sea gas fields have been discovered since 2009 near the Israel-Lebanon border.
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 6:50:26 PM
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White House: Republican memo on Russia probe to be released Friday
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 7:19:00 PM
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Boiler room explosion rocks Turkish capital, three injured
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 7:22:39 PM
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Israel sees improvement by poor students, but still lags behind OECD
According to the report, the majority of students who perform poorly in The Program for International Student Assessment come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
2/1/2018 7:33:00 PM
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Merchants of God
By Naseem Khan \
2/1/2018 7:46:01 PM
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Holocaust-era drawing Ilan Ramon took to space going up again
Thursday would have been the 90th birthday of Ginz, who was killed in Auschwitz at the age of 16.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/1/2018 7:46:16 PM
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IDF arrests four Palestinians who crossed into Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/1/2018 7:55:02 PM
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Report: Syrian army air attacks kill 28 in northwest
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 7:55:40 PM
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U.S. says Syria may be developing new types of chemical weapons
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 8:10:16 PM
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Joint List MK Atauna to resign in rotation agreement
He called the move “a goodwill gesture in order to preserve the Joint List.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/1/2018 8:10:22 PM
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Meet my new friend Hussein
One line from George Orwell’s 1984 changed Hussein’s life: “You are never crazy even if you are a minority of one.”
By DOV LIPMAN \
2/1/2018 8:48:23 PM
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Welcoming the American initiative
Bringing everyone to the negotiating table has become the new goal, not reaching an agreement.
By LIOR AKERMAN \
2/1/2018 8:55:21 PM
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My Word: Poles apart on the Holocaust
For the sake of future generations, as well as commemorating the memories of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, we cannot let history be rewritten by political decree.
By LIAT COLLINS \
2/1/2018 9:03:37 PM
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As I See It: What that Farrakhan picture tells us about antisemitism
The Left created “victim culture” because it wanted a free pass to throw off the shackles of responsible behavior.
By MELANIE PHILLIPS \
2/1/2018 9:08:10 PM
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Grapevine: Not the Israel they fought for or dreamed of
The who's who of Israel news.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/1/2018 9:13:48 PM
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African migrants and Israelis protest deportations in Jerusalem
Several Israelis attending the protest said it was inhumane to send "the refugees back to the horrors they ran from."
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
2/1/2018 9:20:41 PM
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The rapid increase of Holocaust abuse
Manipulation of the truth may well become a substantial part of the Holocaust discourse. This is increasingly likely to occur as surviving Holocaust victims are aging.
By MANFRED GERSTENFELD \
2/1/2018 9:25:42 PM
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Israel should say ‘No’ to Europe’s extreme Right
For far too long, the right-wing parties in Israel have flirted with the neo-Nazi and antisemitic elements in Europe.
By KSENIA SVETLOVA \
2/1/2018 9:29:29 PM
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‘Do not bear false witness against your neighbor’
There is a functioning Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department in Jerusalem.
By ZEEV ROTSTEIN \
2/1/2018 9:34:32 PM
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Polish PM Morawiecki says Poland will never limit Holocaust debate
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 9:36:55 PM
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Route 90, somewhere in the Jordan Valley
Don’t let the valley die, too. Help it flourish.
By GILAD SHARON \
2/1/2018 9:37:53 PM
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A call to President Trump
Peace should be made out of conviction, of free will, mutually agreed-upon satisfaction, not imposed, a fair, win-win game not a zero-sum game.
By ZIAD ABU ZAYYAD \
2/1/2018 9:38:06 PM
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The resurrection of the Jews and Mike Pence’s ‘New Israel’
The theology behind Christian Zionism, drawn out in this way, comes frightfully close to the theology behind Christian antisemitism or anti-Judaism from its earliest renditions.
By MEIRAV JONES \
2/1/2018 9:45:21 PM
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The Burgas Obama nexus
What does seem clear is that Hezbollah and Iran have managed to exploit the weaknesses of foreign governments to their advantage.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
2/1/2018 9:48:40 PM
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Our World: Time for Greenblatt to walk away
Unless Trump intends to humiliate himself and America and sell Israel down the river like his predecessors did, the peace process will not be resuscitated.
By CAROLINE B. GLICK \
2/1/2018 9:51:51 PM
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Editor's Notes: Setting immigration policy
The overall situation is not black and white – it is a complicated and delicate attempt to balance policy and values.
By YAAKOV KATZ \
2/1/2018 9:55:08 PM
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Poland’s Holocaust legislation: Have we crossed a diplomatic line?
The irony is glaring: the countries that were the killing grounds for the Jews in the past century are Israel’s closest friends in the current one. But at what price?
By HERB KEINON \
2/3/2018 5:05:20 PM
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February 2, 2018: Down on Dublin
JPost readers have their say.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
2/1/2018 10:01:35 PM
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Rabbis call for more accepting stance to African asylum seekers
Rabbi Hartman: Israel society becoming more xenophobic, calls rejection of asylum seekers embarrassing
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/1/2018 10:03:04 PM
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Pluralist leader: No need to separate religion and state, all we need is mutual respect
Israel Hofsheet is one organization fighting on several of these fronts, advocating a pluralist vision for the Jewish state.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/4/2018 3:48:58 AM
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What do Holocaust survivors think of ‘Polish death camps’?
Whitewashing history “can be done more easily when our generation is not here, so it’s very important that we have to fight it.”
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
2/3/2018 10:27:16 PM
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Middle Israel: The poetry of primary warriors
“Remember our names forever.”
By AMOTZ ASA-EL \
2/1/2018 10:26:42 PM
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U.S. 'extremely concerned' about reports of chlorine gas use in Syria
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 10:43:22 PM
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Danon: ‘PA President Abbas harming prospects for a better future’
By DANIEL J. ROTH \
2/1/2018 11:01:06 PM
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U.S. says 'deeply, deeply troubled' by reports of Myanmar mass graves
By REUTERS \
2/1/2018 11:25:56 PM
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Rocket fired at Israel from Gaza Strip
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/1/2018 11:35:55 PM
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Jewish man indicted for attempted ramming of Palestinian near Jerusalem
According to the indictment issued on Thursday, “Cohen decided to run over the Arab cleaning worker because of his ethnic origin.”
By UDI SHAHAM \
2/1/2018 11:51:45 PM