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Middle Israel: Entering the post-war political era - opinion

Israeli voters emerged from Israel’s most costly war imbued with the kind of wrath, humiliation, and resolve that makes decadent establishments fall, and their successors rise.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
THE BIG question, postwar, is how Israelis will respond at the ballot box to the trauma. Here, political opponents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yair Lapid shake hands during a special session in honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, at the Knesset on Monday.
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025

Israel to reopen Rafah Crossing to civilians, coordinate with Egypt, EU, PA on security

Entrance and exit through the crossing will be allowed only through coordination first with Egypt, Army Radio explained on Wednesday. Egypt will then transfer names to the Shin Bet.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

|ByREUTERS
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

IDF strikes eight terrorists emerging from tunnel in Rafah, kills three

Later in the morning, additional strikes were made against the areas to which the remaining terrorists attempted to escape. The results from these strikes are currently under review.

|ByTZVI JASPER

IDF strikes targets in Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's ceasefire violations

The military didn't specify the exact location of the attack or the objective, with the military explaining that they were in response to Hezbollah's multiple ceasefire violations.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes following Israeli military's evacuation orders, in Chehour, southern Lebanon November 19, 2025.

US sanctions UK-based Palestine activist and purported Hamas member due to terror ties

Birawi is sanctioned for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for the The Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zaher Birawi of the Palestinian Forum in Britain at the End Apartheid-Free Palestine rally in London, United Kingdom, May 14, 2022

A $112b. Gaza rebuild plan sends one message: terror pays - comment

Israelis saw exactly what Kushner's new plan meant. Gaza gets a global reconstruction windfall for starting the war. Israel gets reprimanded for winning it.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
Destroyed buildings as seen from an Israeli military outpost within the borders of the ‘yellow line’ in the eastern part of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. The photo was taken as part of an IDF ‘embed’ and reviewed by the IDF before publication.

IDF searching for slain hostage Ran Gvili's body in Gaza before Rafah crossing opens

The IDF is rushing to find the last Israeli hostage in Gaza as the clock ticks down for opening the Rafah Crossing.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, CORINNE BAUM
St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on Rafah crossing as IDF searches for Ran Gvili's remains in Gaza

In recent weeks, Israel has stated that without the return of slain hostage Ran Gvili, the crossing would not be opened to Gazans.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

30,000 Iranian protesters may have been killed, Gazans want Hamas gone

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

JANUARY 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

Israel backs Gaza militias fighting Hamas post-ceasefire over Yellow Line - report

Prior to the ceasefire, it was confirmed that Israel, generally through the Shin Bet, but sometimes also in conjunction with the IDF, would provide various kinds of support to Gazan militias.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinian terrorist group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.

Trump’s first year back in office expanded Israel’s freedom of action - opinion

Beyond Iran and Gaza, US President Donald Trump quietly expanded Israel’s strategic and legal room for maneuver.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByZAKI SHALOM
US President Donald Trump looks on after signing executive orders inside the Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, January 20, 2025.

Trump's Board of Peace offers Israel a new alternative to the untrustworthy UN - opinion

If Israel acts wisely and courageously, it can become an architect of a more supportive international reality.

JANUARY 25, 2026BySHIMON REFAELI
UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

Why Trump’s money diplomacy cannot tame Hamas, Erdogan, Venezuela - opinion

Money can buy a lot. But Trump and company need to know that ideologues and fanatic theocracy-driven terrorists are beyond the price he can pay.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByYISRAEL MEDAD
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.