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Palestinian draft resolution fails in UN council
There were eight votes in favor, two votes against and five abstentions. Australia joined the United States in voting against the measure.
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 12:24:19 AM
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Palestinian draft resolution fails at UN Security Council
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 12:42:16 AM
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Journalists' killings up in 2014
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 1:17:08 AM
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US: Palestinian draft resolution 'undermines efforts to achieve two-state solution'
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 1:20:37 AM
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Top German MP: Merkel should condemn Turkey for hosting Hamas official
Ministry says federal government “surprised” about the presence of Khaled Mashaal in Turkey.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
12/31/2014 1:49:26 AM
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Third of 2015 health basket expansion goes to hepatitis C
13 cancer drugs, 14 medications for diabetes added.
By NIV ELIS \
12/31/2014 1:55:34 AM
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Palestinian UN envoy after resolution voted down: 'Security Council remains paralyzed'
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 2:22:40 AM
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Israeli delegate to Palestinians: 'You cannot provoke your way to a state'
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 2:26:33 AM
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Netanyahu expected to easily win Likud primary race today
70 candidates to compete for estimated 20-25 seats in next Knesset.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/31/2014 7:02:49 AM
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Exclusive: IDF on cusp of inaugurating robust Internet radio communication system
To win wars, forces must be able to talk to one another, senior C4i Branch officer tells ‘Post.’
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/31/2014 2:47:25 AM
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Saeb Erekat: Palestinian leadership to convene emergency meeting following UN defeat
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 3:23:44 AM
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Special Report: Concrete facts about Gaza
The ‘Post’ investigates who is responsible for insufficient construction material entering the war-ravaged, Hamas-controlled Strip – Israel or lack of donor funds?
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/31/2014 5:55:44 AM
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The importance of context
By R.P. Nettelhorst \
12/31/2014 3:41:24 AM
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Anti-Semitism is inherently genocidal, says expert
First religion, then race, now nation-state lenses used by haters of Jews, Dr. Charles Asher Small tells ‘Post.’
By SAM SOKOL \
12/31/2014 3:56:27 AM
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Divers to search for wreckage of doomed AirAsia plane after debris, bodies found
Aviation experts believe fuselage may be easily found as aircraft probably only broke up when it hit water.
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 4:14:59 AM
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Thousands of years of history unveiled at Tower of David’s Kishle Prison
The opening of new excavations in the Tower of David go hand in hand with the installation of photo geometry devices.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
12/31/2014 4:41:41 AM
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Possible 2016 presidential candidate: 'US should aspire to be on side of the table with Israel'
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: Israel is our most cherished ally in the world.
By HERB KEINON \
12/31/2014 5:06:51 AM
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EU to promote 'now more than ever' two-state solution
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 5:26:15 AM
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Histadrut calls on Netanyahu to keep Channel 10 open
The station has received repeated warnings that unless it pays the NIS 36 million it owes the Second Authority for Television and Radio, its broadcasting license will not be renewed.
By NIV ELIS,GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/31/2014 6:06:21 AM
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Bayit Yehudi seeks out Shas voters
Bennett: We are straight talkers; 20,000 join party over two-week membership drive.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/31/2014 6:18:08 AM
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Sonar image may show body of AirAsia plane on sea floor
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 6:31:52 AM
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Immediate Toto Cup title test for Balbul
Mac Haifa’s new coach gets abrupt awakening as he debuts in Netanya final against Mac TA.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/31/2014 7:16:47 AM
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Cup final between Mac TA and Hap J’lem still a possibility
The semifinals will take place at the Jerusalem Arena on February 16, with the final to be held at the same venue three days later.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/31/2014 7:33:06 AM
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Sinai says: Agonizing NBA waiting game continues for free-agent Mekel
The 26-year-old Israeli point guard is of course doing his best to remain in shape with his personal trainer and continues to practice as hard as ever.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/31/2014 7:43:39 AM
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Steinitz denounces Palestinian's UN statehood bid, despite its failure to pass vote
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 8:40:41 AM
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Police investigating possible 'price tag' attack in Palestinian West Bank village
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 9:22:39 AM
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Liberman: Failed Palestinian gambit at UN shows that provocative, unilateral steps lead nowhere
Foreign minister, intelligence minister respond to draft Palestinian statehood resolution that failed to pass UN Security Council vote.
By HERB KEINON,JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 9:37:12 AM
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Four police officers arrested as detainee abuse scandal expands
The four are due for a hearing Wednesday morning in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/31/2014 9:49:16 AM
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Channel 10 receives six-month broadcast license extension
A-G decrees that financially troubled TV channel can continue operating as usual until after March elections.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/31/2014 10:08:40 AM
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Surviving amid chaos: Israel's most dangerous game
Neither the United States nor the United Nations will save Israel, the first, for lack of capacity, the second, for lack of good will.
By LOUIS RENÉ BERES \
12/31/2014 11:03:06 AM
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Police re-questioning former Labor MK and presidential hopeful Ben-Eliezer
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/31/2014 11:06:36 AM
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Netanyahu lauds US, Australia for helping to reject Palestinian bid in UN
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 11:33:58 AM
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Netanyahu lauds US, Australia for efforts to reject Palestinian UN bid
Israel responds to draft Palestinian statehood resolution that failed to pass UN Security Council vote on Tuesday.
By HERB KEINON,JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 11:43:15 AM
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Saudi King reportedly hospitalized in Riyadh
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 11:46:22 AM
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Happy New Year!
By JUSTIN AMLER \
12/31/2014 12:49:05 PM
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Erekat: Palestinian leadership meeting on ICC membership push after failed UN bid
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH,JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 12:09:18 PM
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Erekat: Palestinian leadership to meet on ICC membership push after failed UN bid
PLO envoys says Palestinian leadership set to convene emergency meeting on next steps after UNSC rejected draft statehood resolution.
By JPOST.COM STAFF,KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/31/2014 12:30:54 PM
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Israel recovers 800 ancient coins, jewelry stolen by Beit Shemesh man
Suspect allegedly used metal detector to loot antiquities site for black market.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/31/2014 12:41:32 PM
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Saudi Arabia says open to Jewish workers
Labor Ministry source: We bar entry [into Saudi Arabia] only to those with Israeli citizenship. Other than that, we are open to most nationalities and religions
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
12/31/2014 1:19:20 PM
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Police investigating suspected hate crime attack on Palestinian West Bank house
No injuries reported; police also find the word "revenge" spray-painted in Hebrew on outside walls of the home.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/31/2014 1:23:35 PM
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It’s a false world
This entire world is a veneer for a truth much vaster and deeper.
By RABBI LAZER GURKOW \
12/31/2014 1:25:15 PM
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Herzog, Livni promise Trajtenberg Finance Ministry
Decision by joint Herzog-Livni camp to promise member of their own party the Finance Ministry portfolio may complicate post-election coalition negotiations.
By NIV ELIS \
12/31/2014 1:31:09 PM
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Greece formally dissolves parliament ahead of election
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 1:33:27 PM
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How campus speech codes silence the pro-Israel community
College students today are facing the most serious threats to their civil liberties.
By ALEXANDRA ZIMMERN \
12/31/2014 1:59:51 PM
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Iran: New US sanctions violate spirit of nuclear talks
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 2:14:17 PM
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Hamas reiterates condemnation of PA over failed UN gambit
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 2:30:27 PM
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Merkel urges Germans to reject anti-Muslim protests
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 2:34:56 PM
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Jacob and Esau today
By MICHAEL M. COHEN \
12/31/2014 2:50:48 PM
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Meet the 'Post''s gatekeeper - 70 years and going strong
"Post"''s longest-standing employee Alexander Zvielli lived through and documented Israel's battle for independence, and has the scars to prove it.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
12/31/2014 4:50:10 PM
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Hamas blasts UN gambit as Palestinian Authority plans next steps
Islamist group reiterates opposition to draft statehood resolution; slams PA for "another failure added to the choice of compromise" with Israel.
By JPOST.COM STAFF,KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/31/2014 3:06:29 PM
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IDF convicts Hamas mastermind of June kidnap, murder of 3 Israeli teens
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 3:31:16 PM
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IDF court convicts Hamas mastermind in June kidnap, murder of 3 Israeli teens
IDF court convicts Hussam Hassan Kawasme based on his own confession of planning and financing attack.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/31/2014 3:38:17 PM
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Monitor: Syria Kurds control 70 percent of besieged Kobani
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 4:19:02 PM
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JPost News: December 31
JPost.com brings you all the latest news on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 4:20:21 PM
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Dazed and Confused: Six decades of America in Arabia
By DAVID TURNER \
12/31/2014 4:20:30 PM
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Celebrating an anti-Semitic pope on Sylvester
The Israeli New Year's celebration on December 31st is named after an anti-Semitic Pope from the Roman period.
By ARIEL COHEN \
12/31/2014 5:52:33 PM
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US-led forces launch 10 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 4:31:30 PM
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East Jerusalem resident arrested for allegedly threatening life of Likud MK
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 4:45:50 PM
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Bosnian indicted over recruiting militants for Syria and Iraq
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 4:59:20 PM
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Public Security Minister Aharonovitch praises corruption probe involving members of his own party
His office said he has made a point not to be briefed on the details of the investigation, so as to avoid a conflict of interest.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/31/2014 5:20:51 PM
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Federation of Journalists says 118 members of media killed at work in 2014
IFJ official to ‘Post’: In the long term, we are going to see fewer journalists getting into these tough stories and war reporting.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
12/31/2014 5:24:23 PM
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Barack Obama and Gideon Levy, victims of political correctness
By SUKANYA DUTTA \
12/31/2014 5:37:30 PM
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Primary candidate videos inspired by 'The Godfather,' 'Blair Witch Project' and more
Campaign videos went viral on YouTube and social media in recent weeks as candidates tried to outdo each other.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/31/2014 5:36:28 PM
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Meretz MK Horowitz announces he won't run in upcoming election
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 5:48:03 PM
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Israel wiped off the map in Middle East atlases
While Israel is not demarcated on the maps, the West Bank is clearly labeled.
By JTA \
12/31/2014 5:53:16 PM
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Gantz condemns leak of army communications from fatal Rafah battle
Leaked audio and video recordings, broadcast by Ynet, shed light on IDF's firing on targets in Rafah, following gun battle on August 1 with Hamas.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/31/2014 6:24:08 PM
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Iran says new US sanctions violate 'spirit,' but not deal itself
"At a time negotiations are underway with P5+1, such a move raises doubts about America's intentions and violates the good will principles,"
By MICHAEL WILNER \
12/31/2014 6:34:24 PM
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Israel to call in French envoy to protest vote in UN Security Council
Jerusalem surprised that France voted in favor of resolution to force Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 lines.
By HERB KEINON,MAYA SHWAYDER \
12/31/2014 6:48:05 PM
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Abbas signs Rome Statute, paving way for possible war crimes probe against Israel at ICC
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 6:57:18 PM
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Abbas signs Rome Statute, paving way for possible war crimes probe against Israel at ICC
In response to failure of UN draft resolution PA leader signs to join International Criminal Court.
By HERB KEINON,KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/31/2014 7:04:54 PM
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Economy Ministry grants NIS 10m. to hotels for labor minorities
Money will go to 16 hotels who employ Arab, Beduin, Druze, ultra-Orthodox, people with disabilities, and single parents.
By NIV ELIS \
12/31/2014 7:17:03 PM
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Israeli Navy arrests three Gaza fishermen
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 7:30:17 PM
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Liberman: The only ones guilty of war crimes here are the Palestinians
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 7:35:24 PM
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Are we ready for the Int'l court?
By YISRAEL MEDAD \
12/31/2014 7:40:51 PM
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Netanyahu: The Palestinians have more to fear from the ICC than Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 7:44:16 PM
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Everything you wanted to know about the ICC
Palestinians still have many hoops to jump through before Israelis will be seen in the dock at the Hague.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/31/2014 7:46:22 PM
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Netanyahu: The Palestinians have more to fear from the ICC than Israel
Liberman: Even a “deaf, blind and mute judge” knows that the Palestinians are responsible for the “indiscriminate murder of men, women, children and babies for the last 100 years.”
By HERB KEINON \
12/31/2014 7:53:19 PM
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Court rejects Greek appeal over Holocaust funds held by Israel
Jews across the Diaspora put their money into the trust, with many such investors subsequently perishing in the Holocaust.
By SAM SOKOL \
12/31/2014 8:06:08 PM
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Sharansky: 2014 'a year of record-breaking aliya'
Aliya up 32% over 2013 - France, Ukraine lead the pack.
By SAM SOKOL \
12/31/2014 8:44:32 PM
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Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz leaves politics after six years
Meretz MK was the only gay legislator in Knesset.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/31/2014 8:30:06 PM
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Hamas welcomes Abbas's decision to join ICC as a 'step in the right direction'
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/31/2014 8:39:25 PM
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Employee sues Revlon over anti-Jewish bias
Meyers claims Delpani treated him differently from other members of his team, nearly all of whom were Spanish or Italian, because he was Jewish and American-born.
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 8:48:34 PM
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Israel's 2014 growth lowest in 5 years
Protective Edge had less of an effect than first thought.
By NIV ELIS \
12/31/2014 9:10:36 PM
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High Court rejects petition to declare home demolitions illegal
Order to destroy home of man who shot Yehuda Glick temporarily frozen.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/31/2014 9:12:54 PM
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Bennett: Abbas should only come to the ICC as a defendant
By HERB KEINON \
12/31/2014 9:24:26 PM
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Not a Holocaust movie
‘Bulgarian Rhapsody’ portrays the life of the Jewish community in Bulgaria during World War Two.
By LAURA KELLY \
12/31/2014 9:35:44 PM
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Theater Review: The Good Person of Setzuan
By Bertolt Brecht; Translated by Shimon Zandbank; Directed by Yevgeny Arye; Gesher Theater, December 28.
By HELEN KAYE \
12/31/2014 9:47:16 PM
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US to Palestinian Authority: 'Actions like this are not the answer'
Washington also strongly opposed Tuesday's failed bid at the UN Security Council.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
12/31/2014 9:54:00 PM
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Palestinian interests
Palestinians have received hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, which, if used properly, could have laid the foundation for a stable, free Palestinian state-in-the-making.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/31/2014 10:02:18 PM
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US 'deeply troubled' by 'counter-productive' move towards ICC membership
By MICHAEL WILNER \
12/31/2014 10:02:46 PM
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On Jan. 1, fuel prices to be lowest in five years
Throughout 2014 fuel prices have consistently dropped, Energy Ministry graph shows.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/31/2014 10:04:10 PM
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Stop paying Dane-geld to Iran
Iran must understand that there will be catastrophic economic consequences resulting from a failure to reach a final and acceptable agreement.
By DAVID IBSEN \
12/31/2014 10:05:32 PM
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Corrupted innocence and closed minds
Palestinian Arabs and their supporters from abroad are regularly winning the hearts and minds of good people.
By ARDIE GELDMAN \
12/31/2014 10:11:00 PM
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Firebomb thrown at security force on Mount Scopus
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 10:12:28 PM
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A case study in failed leadership
The Babylonian siege and the destruction of the First Temple.
By NAPHTALI HOFF \
12/31/2014 10:15:57 PM
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Polling stations close as results of Likud leadership race are expected
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/31/2014 10:18:31 PM
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January 1: Overdue tribute
Thank you, Newman, for this long-overdue tribute.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
12/31/2014 10:19:35 PM
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Encountering Peace: Returning to negotiations
This resolution, with a few amendments, could have been a very positive development toward real peacemaking.
By GERSHON BASKIN \
12/31/2014 10:21:36 PM
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Media Comment: A very dark screen, indeed
Weinstein “saved the day” for Channel 10, but it is Israeli society which is sadly paying the price.
By YISRAEL MEDAD AND ELI POLLAK \
12/31/2014 10:24:04 PM
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Danon concedes Likud race
Results of the race for Likud leader between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Danny Danon expected overnight.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/31/2014 10:26:05 PM
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Washington Watch: Democrats in disarray
The Right and Left are fighting for the middle class vote.
By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD \
12/31/2014 10:27:35 PM
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Taliban terror
We need to unleash education to correct their behavior, and we need to begin it from NYU.
By RASHIDUL BARI \
12/31/2014 10:30:37 PM
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Tarek Fatah’s fallacy: The danger of seeing Islam in everything
The fight against extremism is far too important to allow the narrative to overtake the facts.
By DEAN MALIK \
12/31/2014 10:35:34 PM
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Why Naftali Bennett could be good for Israel
There seems to be little reason to be optimistic when it comes to solving the conflict, but stopping the lies might be a start.
By HAYLEY PEARCE \
12/31/2014 10:38:14 PM
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Man carrying knife stopped near checkpoint in Hebron
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/31/2014 10:39:03 PM
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Your Investments: Are females financially illiterate?
This study is the latest in a long line that statistically show a serious lack of financial awareness.
By AARON KLEIN \
12/31/2014 10:43:11 PM
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Palestinian UN observer to deliver newly-signed treaties to Ban Ki-moon Wednesday
By REUTERS \
12/31/2014 11:26:25 PM
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The Google of medicine
Medicine and technology have been advancing in tandem during recent decades.
By ARIEL SHAPIRA \
12/31/2014 11:36:16 PM