September 11

On this day: US, Britain strike Afghanistan over September 11 attacks, kickstart War on Terror

The bombing targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, and was the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, which would span over a decade until December 31, 2014.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A US F-14 fighter takes off from the main deck of the USS Enterprise early 09 October 2001 as a second wave US-led air attacks on Afghanistan was launched with residents of Kabul reporting bombs hitting targets on the outskirts of the city.
THE TWIN Towers burn

Over one-quarter of Muslim Americans blame Israel, Zionists for 9/11, survey finds

A new JCFA survey found significant differences among Muslim and non-Muslim Americans in views of 9/11, national security threats, and US institutions.

|ByALEX CARSON
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 15, 2026.

FBI temporarily paused cooperation with Canadian counterpart over CBC 9/11 references - report

FBI Director Kash Patel made the decision to pause cooperation after the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reminded its staff not to refer to the 9/11 attacks without expert attribution.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
THE 9/11 MEMORIAL at Ground Zero: Flags, flowers, photographs, and a stuffed toy mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The writer argues America recovered, but the wider war against jihadism remains unfinished.

Middle Israel: 25 years after 9/11, the global fight against jihadism remains unsettled - opinion

A quarter century after 9/11, the world has seen victories against terrorism but also new attacks and unresolved challenges in confronting jihadist ideology.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

Grapevine September 9, 2021: The danger of indifference

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
BDERRAHIM BEYYOUDH, Morocco’s chargé d’affaires, presents President Isaac Herzog a signed copy of King Mohammed VI’s letter from last month.

Did we learn from the lessons of 9/11? - opinion

n July 10, 2001, the CIA made clear to the Bush Administration that sufficient evidence from multiple sources indicated a major al-Qaeda attack was planned. Still, nothing happened.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021ByEMILY SCHRADER
JOAN MASTROPAOLO, a docent at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, holds an archival photograph of the Twin Towers in front of One World Trade Center in New York.

Rosh Hashanah, 9-11 and COVID-19 through the lens of the Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur act as an anchor for the Jewish people.

Biden orders declassification reviews of documents related to Sept 11

Biden said his order directed the Department of Justice and other agencies to "oversee a declassification review of documents" related to the FBI probe.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021ByREUTERS
A GLOVED hand rests on names of those who perished, at New York City’s National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The Tribute in Light will not be illuminated this year on the anniversary of the attacks due to corona restrictions.

Israel consulate in New York honors 20th anniversary of 9/11

Port Authority Police Superintendent Ed Cetnar, Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, and UJA-Federation of New York president Amy Bressman also attended the event.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center are seen as the Tribute in Light shines in downtown Manhattan to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, Sep

Looking back at 9/11, 20 years later

Twenty years seems like a long time, a lifetime. Or thousands of missed lifetimes.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021ByHENRY SCHUSTER
Henry Schuster in Afghanistan in 2009

Biden welcomes fresh review of Sept. 11 attack documents

Family members of victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, which killed nearly 3,000 people, made the appeal to Biden in a letter released on Friday as the 20th anniversary nears.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByREUTERS
World Trade Center in New York hit by hijacked plane on September 11, 2001

Did Turkey conduct illegal rendition of “terrorist” abroad

It is not the first time Turkey sent agents to abduct someone they accuse of terrorism. What laws enable Turkey to do so remains unclear.

MAY 31, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media after attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey August 7, 2020.

US commander in Afghanistan says steps to end military mission launched

Earlier this month Biden said he would withdraw troops from Afghanistan before Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the militant attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

APRIL 25, 2021ByREUTERS
U.S. Army General Scott Miller walks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan September 2, 2018

The 9/11 attacks and the resilience of New York

On September 11, 2001, I witnessed the 9/11 terror attacks from a high-rise building in the Washington Heights neighborhood of northern Manhattan.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByJOSEPH SCUTTS
‘Raising the Flag at Ground Zero’ is a photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of ‘The Record’ taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the US flag at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks