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Plans for Jerusalem Nature Museum conservatory draw ire of residents
Located in the German Colony and housed in the 19th-century Villa Decan, the museum opened to the public in 1962.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
3/5/2017 12:07:38 AM
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Canada: No plans to clamp down at border to deter migrants
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 12:09:24 AM
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Itsy-bitsy bacteria rule our lives
A new book by a California medical ecologist on the amazing world of microbes has been translated into Hebrew for Israelis.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 12:22:30 AM
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Health Scan: Hadassah to help people smell, taste
Among the specialists who work there are neurologists, internists, otolaryngologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, oncologists and gastroenterologists.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 12:25:09 AM
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The Travel Adviser: The future is now – except for El AL
George Bernard Shaw said it best: “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
By MARK FELDMAN \
3/5/2017 12:29:31 AM
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Bleeding blue-and-white at the WBC
Team Israel plays Chinese Taipei in its second game on Tuesday before wrapping up Pool A action against the Netherlands on Thursday.
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2017 12:31:57 AM
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Beersheba claims dramatic win in Ashdod
Reigning champion registers first road victory since December, extending gap at the top to six points.
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2017 12:33:37 AM
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Gilboa hands Maccabi Tel Aviv another defeat in BSL action
Veteran forward Devin Smith also won’t be available despite avoiding a serious injury after hobbling out of last week’s BSL win over Maccabi Haifa.
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2017 12:35:34 AM
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Hapoel Jerusalem into Eurocup last four
After winning Game 1 in Israel by 20 points, Hapoel never trailed in the second game of the best-of-three series, registering an 85-79 win on the road.
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2017 12:37:36 AM
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Poll shows 71 pct of French want Fillon to quit presidency race
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 12:38:19 AM
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Syrian army takes more villages from militants in northwest Syria
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 1:15:22 AM
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Premier Li says China will resolutely oppose Taiwan independence
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 2:33:29 AM
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In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:11:09 AM
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Marc Lamont Hill's one-sided view on racism in the Middle East
By Clyde Zamir \
3/8/2017 10:12:43 PM
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South Korea to act against China's discrimination against S.Korean firms
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 4:02:32 AM
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Philippine troops recover remains of beheaded German hostage
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 4:29:39 AM
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France's Fillon under fire as party chiefs bring forward crisis meeting
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 5:03:26 AM
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Fake Rabbis: Get Real and Bring the Messiah
By Yehoshua Ben-Eliyahu \
3/6/2017 9:12:29 AM
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Purim: Reversing Assimilation
By RABBI LAZER GURKOW \
3/5/2017 6:10:15 AM
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Report: Netanyahu urged opposition leader to form unity government
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2017 6:34:44 AM
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Austrian chancellor calls for EU-wide ban on Turkish political campaigning
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 7:00:22 AM
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Ivanka Trump tours Holocaust Museum with Kushner family
Jared Kushner's late grandmother, Rae Kushner, survived the Holocaust and helped to found the Holocaust Museum
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2017 8:14:40 AM
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Turkey says warplane of probable Syrian origin crashed near border
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 8:40:16 AM
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Toppled headstones in Brooklyn Jewish cemetery reportedly 'not hate crime'
The last two weeks saw vandalism at Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and St. Louis, as well as two more waves of bomb threats called into Jewish community centers across the US.
By DANIELLE ZIRI,JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2017 8:34:08 PM
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Opposition groups must not seek help from Israel, says Syrian ambassador
Israel was high on the agenda at the Syrian Peace talks in Geneva - according to Syria's chief negotiator, not much came out of the 10-day meeting.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2017 9:02:07 AM
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Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey found by rescue team
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 9:21:24 AM
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Israeli tech to protect Mars astronauts set for moon mission trial
The AstroRad Radiation Shield has been devised by Tel Aviv-based StemRad, which has already produced and marketed a belt to protect rescue workers from radiation emitted in nuclear disasters.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 9:44:44 AM
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Sikh man, told to leave US, shot in Washington state
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 9:46:38 AM
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US-backed Iraqi forces launch fresh push toward Mosul old city center
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 9:49:47 AM
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Iraq to receive £10 billion in loans from UK for infrastructure
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 10:32:43 AM
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Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 11:00:33 AM
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We’re still here
As a Jewish professional and a young Jewish leader, I feel an obligation to comfort those around me, but when the attack hits close to home it is difficult.
By KOTY MARINE \
3/5/2017 11:05:05 AM
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Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro to join Tel Aviv think tank
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 11:12:01 AM
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4,000-year-old structure with mysterious engravings discovered in Galilee
"This is the first art ever documented in a dolmen in the Middle East," says archeologist.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
3/5/2017 11:35:58 AM
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Netanyahu to urge Russia to say 'nyet' to Iranian ops near Israel border
PM to discuss Syrian civil war developments in meeting with Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2017 12:03:55 PM
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State indicts former head of 'Israeli FBI' for breach of trust
Arbiv is suspected of having close ties with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, who was convicted of bribery in 2016.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
3/5/2017 12:06:51 PM
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We must speak louder than ever against BDS
"The BDS activists’ message was clear: The only freedom of speech worthy of protection is their own. Those who disagree, or dispute their view of the world, would be violently disrupted."
By ASSAF WEISS \
3/5/2017 12:09:48 PM
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Malaysia arrests 7 for suspected links to terror groups including ISIS
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 12:48:42 PM
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Stranded in Aleppo: Syrians claiming to be Jews seek aid from Israel
"We are asking that the Israeli government does not abandon us, but helps us get out of here to another country... All my love and loyalty is to this religion [Judaism]."
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
3/5/2017 12:59:26 PM
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Israel approves proposal to decriminalize marijuana
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2017 1:41:43 PM
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Holy smokes: Israel moves to lessen pot penalties
First-time offenders caught with cannabis will now face fines, rather than incur jail time.
By UDI SHAHAM \
3/5/2017 2:34:52 PM
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Un document accablant
Le rapport du contrôleur de l’Etat sur l’opération Bordure protectrice éclabousse un certain nombre de figures politiques et militaires
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
3/5/2017 2:36:07 PM
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Brexit 'mood music' better, EU more pragmatic - Hammond
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 2:56:45 PM
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Un si petit exode
Le nettoyage ethnique mené par Daesh à l’encontre des chrétiens est le dernier souci de la communauté internationale
By MICHELE MAZEL \
3/5/2017 3:01:44 PM
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French conservative party heavyweights to push for Fillon alternative
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:06:22 PM
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A armes égales
Un bataillon mixte, composé de près de 30 % de femmes combattantes, bouleverse clichés et idées reçues
By PAUL ALSTER \
3/5/2017 3:21:36 PM
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Erdogan compares German cancellation of meetings with Nazi period
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:33:47 PM
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Israel eyeing Iran's test of advanced Russian-made missile system
Jerusalem had tried to block sale of the advanced Russian-made missile defense system to Tehran.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
3/5/2017 4:07:10 PM
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In Jerusalem, NY governor Cuomo condemns 'rash of antisemitism' in US
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:36:42 PM
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Erdogan compares German actions to those of Nazi period
German authorities withdrew permission for two meetings in German cities last week.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:44:49 PM
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Visiting New York governor Cuomo condemns 'rash of antisemitism' in US
Cuomo's Israel visit came only hours after reports of another act of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:57:23 PM
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Suspected al-Qaida militants kill 6 Yemeni troops, civilian
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 3:57:49 PM
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Quand le business se fait social
Des entreprises volent au secours des jeunes en difficulté. Ou comment quelques petites gouttes d’eau peuvent faire de grandes rivières
By SHARON AHARONI \
3/5/2017 3:57:57 PM
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White House asks Congress to probe whether Obama ordered wiretap
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 4:13:02 PM
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Total number of people displaced from Mosul exceeds 200,000 - IOM
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 4:17:08 PM
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L’homme qui parlait à l’oreille des ados
Bernard Zanzouri, éducateur autodidacte, n’a pas son pareil pour s’adresser aux jeunes. Son but : en faire les adultes de demain
By NATHALIE BLAU \
3/5/2017 4:17:47 PM
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Iraqi forces close in on Mosul's main government buildings
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 5:01:35 PM
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Labor Party sets July date for leadership race
Efforts will also be made to complete a merger with MK Tzipi Livni's Hatnua Party.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
3/5/2017 5:10:26 PM
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‘Settlements law could open Israelis to war crimes prosecution’
The NGO petition to the High Court of Justice is the second one to be filed against the law.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,YONAH JEREMY BOB \
3/5/2017 6:16:18 PM
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Iran holds Iranian-American on fraud charges
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 5:35:16 PM
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Yeshiva budget hits all-time high after Israel approves new increase
Budget for yeshiva stipends now at an all time high of over NIS 1.2 billion.
By JEREMY SHARON \
3/5/2017 5:36:05 PM
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Richard Gere to visit Israel for film premiere
Gere has visited Israel in the past, and met with former president Shimon Peres on a 2004 visit.
By HANNAH BROWN \
3/5/2017 5:51:12 PM
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Israeli lawmaker initiates bill to allow singles, gays to use surrogates
The Zionist Union MK stated that the bill would grant a NIS 200,000 allotment for those who choose to go through the process abroad.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 5:52:00 PM
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Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey says aircraft was shot down
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 6:04:57 PM
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Israel has not and will not forget Oron and Hadar, Rivlin says at ceremony
Israel is continuing to investigate cases of 179 soldiers whose resting place is unknown.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
3/5/2017 6:14:20 PM
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Ministers approve bill to help olim get passports faster
The bill will now have to pass three readings in the Knesset.
By UDI SHAHAM \
3/5/2017 6:43:48 PM
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Answers to just three questions can determine best depression treatment
University of Haifa research shows whether drugs or psychotherapy are better option.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 7:07:27 PM
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Israeli women want to spend more time with kids
Hotovely "investigating issue" ahead of International Women’s Day.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
3/5/2017 7:11:48 PM
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Italian university student council adopts BDS motion against Technion
As part of the decision, the council called on the university to cease all academic collaborations and ties with the Haifa-based Technion.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
3/5/2017 7:15:47 PM
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Poll shows Fillon losing votes in French presidential race, Juppe in 2nd round if he stood
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 7:22:51 PM
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Sourasky: Mechanism for coping with anger, signs of PTSD
Researchers at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center have claimed a ‘breakthrough’ discovery of a brain mechanism that makes it possible to cope with anger and which predicts the appearance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 7:32:23 PM
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Nearly 1,300 rescued migrants arrive in Sicily over weekend
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 7:39:03 PM
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Artificial Sweeteners
By Shawn Schechter \
3/5/2017 8:36:58 PM
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New York governor takes stand against antisemitism during visit to Yad Vashem
“New York State by its definition is a celebration of diversity, it accepts all who believe in the spirit of inclusion, and who live by discrimination of none."
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2017 8:48:10 PM
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Extraordinary moments
AACI’s J-Town Playhouse troupe brings a slice of Big Apple life to the Holy City with the off-Broadway musical "Ordinary Days."
By ARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN \
3/5/2017 8:55:40 PM
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Israel's Ninet rocks NPR’s Tiny Desk series
“Tiny Desk Concerts” is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/5/2017 8:58:33 PM
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Four Haifa caretakers indicted on elderly abuse
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
3/5/2017 9:01:20 PM
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There are no alliances in the Middle East
Commentators, government officials and the media, especially those from the West, like neat, clean stories of alliances. This is a historical bias.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
3/5/2017 9:02:26 PM
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Kudos to Trump for ignoring McMaster
If reports are correct, McMaster told Trump last week that he should cease using the term “radical Islamic terrorism,” so as not to alienate Muslim-majority countries allied with the United States.
By RUTHIE BLUM \
3/5/2017 9:05:07 PM
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The Shaked-Levin initiative
I find myself siding with Shaked and Levin in this case.
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF \
3/5/2017 9:06:59 PM
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The third counter-wave to democracy and liberalism
Eyes are now set on the upcoming elections in the Netherlands, France and Germany, in which rightwing candidates are set to gain strength or even control of the government.
By ELIE PODEH \
3/5/2017 9:10:09 PM
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LETTERS:Pledge of allegiance
Not only should swearing allegiance to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state be required of all MKs, it should be required of every single citizen.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
3/5/2017 9:13:48 PM
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Comment: Palestinian Authority must stop rewarding acts of terrorism
When crafting a response to this deeply troubling PA policy, Israeli decision makers must take into account the possibility that their actions could have secondary consequence.
By Amos Yadlin,MOSHE YA’ALON \
3/6/2017 9:10:02 AM
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How to end the Palestinian Authority’s ‘pay-for-slay’ laws
Even more mind-boggling is that not only do Americans unwittingly pay these stipends with their taxes, they are codified in Palestinian law.
By NATHAN J. DIAMENT \
3/5/2017 9:25:03 PM
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Netanyahu to be grilled by police for fourth time on Monday
In both cases, Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing, reiterating, “There will be nothing, because there is nothing.”
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
3/5/2017 10:44:15 PM
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Life-saving cooperation
The bottom line is that when someone calls an emergency service number for an ambulance, he may not reach the emergency personnel who are closest to the victim.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
3/5/2017 9:27:49 PM
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Border Police officer wounded in Silwan riot
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
3/5/2017 9:39:59 PM
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France's Juppe says will make statement to the press Monday morning
By REUTERS \
3/5/2017 11:07:13 PM
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Israeli minister drafts text for government vote on new settlement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised the Amona families he would ask the government to formally approve an entirely new settlement for the evacuees.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/5/2017 11:35:31 PM
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Six leading Hadassah oncologists resign in protest
30-plus families of children with blood cancers in despair.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2017 11:39:15 PM
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US lawmaker tours potential embassy sites in Jerusalem
Congressman DeSantis: Relocation would have Arab world see Trump as "strong and decisive leader."
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2017 11:48:01 PM
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Trump adviser to arrive in two weeks for government talks
At a press conference the two leaders held in Washington, Trump said that he would like to see Israel “hold back on settlements for a little bit. We’ll work something out.”
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2017 11:57:56 PM