Arson

West Bank security situation rapidly snowballing, forces will be reinforced, military officials say

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was "a snowball rolling downhill."

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Japanika saga: Police arrest 28-year-old suspected of attempted arson on sushi chain's Haifa branch

Former US Vice President Mike Pence outside of the funeral service of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the National Cathedral on November 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Former US vice president Mike Pence denounces alleged arson of Israeli flag in Indiana hometown

Weapons and ammunition seized by Israel Police in a raid in Kfar Yarka on July 10, 2026.

Police uncover massive weapons cache in Druze village, complete longstanding investigations


Mastermind, accomplice charged for antisemitic attacks across Sydney, may link to wider network

Other suspects were arrested in relation to the Mount Sinai College incident, and were allegedly part of a criminal network orchestrating a series of antisemitic incidents across the state.

 Vandals at the Inner West Newtown Synagogue in Sydney on Saturday morning.

Anti-Israel groups campaign for hunger striking alleged arsonist and UK vandal

Palestine Action member Tueta Hoxha, who was arrested for her alleged involvement in the violent August 2024 Filton factory attack, has been hunger striking for 28 days.

Oakland resident Casey Goonan placing a bag containing six Molotov cocktails under a University of California Police Department (UCPD) patrol car at UC Berkeley on June 1, 2024.

Burning Jerusalem will not bring the hostages home - editorial

Bring the abducted home through resolve, negotiation, and pressure on their captors. Keep Jerusalem safe while you fight for them. That is how a moral society behaves in a time of trial.

View of a car burned after a garbage bin was set on fire by protesters demanding the release of the hostages in Gaza, near the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025.

Now Australia has ousted Iran's envoy - will the country actually tackle antisemitism? - editorial

The attacks organized by Iran were before June's 12-day war, so reflect the export of Tehran's strategy of targeting Jews abroad, a playbook it has used for decades.

 AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese inspects the damage at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, guided by Rabbi Moshe Khan, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.

Australia slams Israeli claims on Iran envoy expulsion as 'complete nonsense'

This comes after Australia said that Iran sought to "disguise its involvement" in antisemitic attacks within the country last year.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) speaks next to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong (L) during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 11, 2025.

Con job or Iranian attacks? New revelations challenge theory on Sydney attacks - analysis

Will the ASIO or the Australian government explain where the con job ended and the IRGC plot began?

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Tune into today's top stories: Iran-backed arson in Australia, Lebanon consider disarming Hezbollah

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Ezra Taylor—the top stories, clear and concise.

Lebanese army members place razor wires in Burj al-Muluk, near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, where Israeli forces remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed as residents sought to return to homes in the border area, Lebanon January 26, 2025.

Spain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfires as a second firefighter dies

"Today we mourn the death of another member of the team fighting fires in Leon," Nicanor Sen, the national government's representative in Castile and Leon, wrote on X.

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in the outskirts of Abejera de Tabara, Zamora, Spain, August 13, 2025

Rabbi and family safely escape fire at historic New Jersey synagogue

The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 2:45 a.m. at Congregation Beth El Chabad. Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, his wife, and four of their children were sleeping in an apartment inside the synagogue.

Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, who survived with his family in the fire that completely destroyed Congregation Beth El synagogue, stands in front of the synagogue's ruins in Rutherford, New Jersey on August 8. (

Australian police arrest suspect in December arson attack on Melbourne synagogue

Giovanni Laulu, 21, of Melbourne, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion that he had set fire to the Adass Israel Synagogue.

Congregants recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.