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18 hours ago | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore |David Brinn |Ben Caspit |Gil Troy
Mavro means “black” in Greek. This is the most widely planted variety in Cyprus and is the workhorse grape of the island.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFVeteran Israeli journalist and Middle East analyst Ehud Yaari said Friday that Iranian operatives hacked his computer last week in Washington, DC, using a forged identity posing as former US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. Speaking on Channel 12 News, Yaari recounted that while visiting the US think tank where he works, two FBI agents approached him without warning and seized his laptop. “Suddenly, two FBI agents came in and said: ‘We need your computer,’” Yaari said.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
Israel would not be providing consular services and urged citizens to cooperate with local security services if faced with hostile activity. ByREUTERSIsrael is shutting its embassies around the world and has urged citizens to stay alert and not display Jewish or Israeli symbols in public places, statements posted on embassy websites said on Friday after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Iran.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
Hamas declared its support for Iran following Israeli strikes, saying Iran is "paying the price" for backing Palestinian resistance against Israel. ByREUTERSThe Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Iran, its strategic ally, was "paying the price" for supporting militant groups in Gaza in their decades-long struggle against Israel, after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Friday against Iran.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 13, 2025 14:55The Wing of Zion, Israel’s own version of Air Force One, took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday morning as Israel initiated an assault on Iranian nuclear facilities as part of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli media reported.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Liat Collins |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByLIAT COLLINSNo clash, no splash. The pro-Palestinian activists’ boat aimed at breaking an international naval blockade on Gaza made ripples this week but failed to create the tsunami that would cause serious damage on Israeli shores. The Foreign Ministry dubbed the boat the “Selfie yacht” and the “Celebrity ship” for good reason. The Madleen was no Love Boat.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Amichai Stein |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
The strikes were in 'full coordination" with the US, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced shortly after the strikes began, but conducted without US assets or support. ByAMICHAI STEINIsrael is attempting to persuade the US administration to join its continued operations against Iranian nuclear sites and military targets, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Mathilda Heller |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByMATHILDA HELLER JUNE 13, 2025 14:33Given Israel's pre-dawn attack on Iran and Iran's subsequent drone retaliation on Friday, the Chief Rabbis of Israel have announced that there will be no Shabbat prayers in synagogues in line with the directives of the Home Front Command. Additionally, questions have been raised about how to stay safe while keeping Shabbat.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | David Brinn |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByDAVID BRINN“It is 1938. Iran is Germany, and it is about to arm itself with nuclear weapons.”Thus began a speech I heard Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu give to the Jewish Federations of North America in Los Angeles in 2006. The Holocaust analogy ruffled some feathers, but the message was received. Iran posed a serious threat to Israel, and Netanyahu was one of the few people who were talking about it.
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2 weeks ago | 
jpost.com | Ben Caspit |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy
ByBEN CASPITWe will all remember, to our dying day, where we were on the night between Thursday and Friday, 13 June 2025. What the ultimate result will be—and whether the Iranian danger can now be removed from the agenda—will be answered soon enough. One thing is certain: the sun will still rise tomorrow morning, and it will find the State of Israel here.
