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At Beaufort Castle, the IDF's 36th Division prepares for Hezbollah's next move

Reporter's Notebook: With the IDF dug in at Beaufort, its next challenge is preventing Hezbollah from returning to the guerrilla tactics that once drove Israel from southern Lebanon.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.
A boy sits outside the entrance to an UNRWA building complex in Gaza City.

Palestinian officials slam decision to end UNRWA's role in Gaza as 'politically motivated'

'We'll do everything to preserve UNRWA,' officials told the Post, describing the Board of Peace's decision as 'driven by the Israeli right wing, which seeks to destroy the Palestinian cause.'

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
US Vice President JD Vance (L) stands next to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif prior to the quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Burgenstock hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, on June 21.

My Word: Swiss cheese diplomacy leaves dangerous holes in Iran deal

It seems US Vice President JD Vance, the main name behind the deal, forgot that it is the loser who is meant to accept defeat, not the victor.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
Bithonistim President and former Brig. Gen. Erez Wiener.

Ex-general calls to dismantle Palestinian Authority, squash internal threats - interview

According to Wiener, "If the IDF chief says the PA is a threat and the Shin Bet says this also, this could change the public view and then help convince the Americans. This is the agenda."

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

South Africa’s genocide charges against Israel: Cynical abuse of the ICJ - opinion

The terms used in South Africa's application to the ICJ are ironic, especially in light of its distorted interpretation of the Genocide Convention.

JANUARY 10, 2024ByALAN BAKER
THE INTERNATIONAL Court of Justice in The Hague: It is ironic that the world’s principal judicial organ is being petitioned by South Africa, at the evident behest and initiative of the Palestinian leadership, to adjudge Israel for the alleged crime of genocide, says the writer.

Operation Peace for Galilee: Israel's 1982 military action in Lebanon

Remembering a time as a war correspondent in Lebanon while the country returns to daily headlines for attacking Israel.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
IDF forces fighting in Operation Peace for Galilee in Lebanon in 1982.

Israel-Hamas War: Making peace based on past experience - opinion

The rich experiences and detailed plans of predecessors can guide both the Israeli and the Palestinian people to a workable plan for the peaceful resolution of our conflict.

DECEMBER 23, 2023BySTANLEY RINGLER
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (third right) gestures toward prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (third left) as US president Bill Clinton (center) stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

Palestinians must find new path from Israeli rule after war, PA official says

Despite US efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he would not allow the Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after the war.

DECEMBER 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

Nazi symbols resurface in Huwara for second time in 10 days

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, expressed profound dismay at the swastikas in Huwara.

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nazi flags and PLO graffiti adorn a wall in Huwara, West Bank, October 24, 2023

Jewish people have always desired peace with all their neighbors - opinion

Thousands of Israelis died because the risk of the Oslo Peace Accords didn’t pan out, and its failure unleashed waves of terror Israelis are still falling victims to until today.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
YITZHAK RABIN knew of the likely failure of the Oslo Accords and the high price failure could bring, but on the small chance it could work, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to make peace, says the writer.

Oslo is dead: A Palestinian state will never exist - opinion

Thirty years on, we can say with confidence that Oslo and everything that it stood for is dead. Rather than trying to revive it, we would do well to offer it a fitting eulogy.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023ByMICHAEL FREUND
US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

Israel will 'pay the price for settler crimes,’ Palestinians vow

The PA, Hamas and other Palestinian parties strongly condemned the attack on Turmus Ayya and said Israel would pay the price.

JUNE 21, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
An aerial view shows burned vehicles after an attack by Israeli settlers near Ramallah in the West Bank, June 21, 2023.

Bill proposal removing 'terror-supporting' students from Israeli universities postponed

A-G Baharav-Miara warned that the bill would curb freedom of speech and could face "constitutional difficulties."

MAY 28, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli-Arab students and activists protest against a bill that would ban waving Palestinian flags at Israeli universities, at the Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023.

The Nakba and genocidal wars against Israel - opinion

The Holocaust is over, but the legacy of those who perpetrated and promoted it thrives among many today who seek to destroy Israel.

MAY 14, 2023ByMOSHE DANN
YOUNG ARABS riot at the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, in October 2000, the beginning of the Second Intifada. Yasser Arafat rejected Ehud Barak’s concessions, and declared a more violent conflict.