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Night view of Prague’s rotating ‘Head of Franz Kafka’ sculpture.

This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble

By Steven Drucker

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

The PA's collapse could lead to Hamas's rise in the West Bank

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

Reputational security: Israel's strategic asset in free fall

By JOANNA LANDAU

Taiwanese soldiers leave Qingtian Hall, an underground military tunnel built inside Taiwu Mountain in the 1960s, after attending a performance commemorating the Battle of Guningtou, in Kinmen, Taiwan, October 18, 2025

Armies to markets: The changed nature of power

By SALEM ALKETBI

Iranian Rials are displayed in Tehran.

Bankrupt Iran’s regime before it bankrolls more terror

A protester burns fake US dollars during a pro-Iranian regime demonstration in front of the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, on January 18, 2026.

Lebanon burns foreign reserves to hold pound steady in face of devastating war losses

By Nadim Al-Khatib/The Media Line

US President Donald Trump attends a GCC summit photo session in Riyadh, alongside Qatari, Saudi, and Bahraini leaders, May 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Gulf tensions over Iran deepen regional fears

By THE MEDIA LINE

A container ship sails at the Suez Canal, in Ismailia, Egypt March 31, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS

Israel needs a Suez alternative, the Ben-Gurion Canal offers one

By ELI AVIDAR

Yasser Abbas, member of the Fatah Central Committee, attends the announcement of results of the 8th General Conference of Fatah during a press conference in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 18, 2026.

Europe’s applause for Abbas is failing Palestinian democracy

By Samer Sinijlawi

David Group founder Stella Cohen and Chairman Raanan Agus

Israeli private equity firm David Group launches to invest in mature businesses

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018.

US issues new sanctions over Iran's oil shipments to China as part of Economic Fury

By REUTERS

A Satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran’s Kharg Island, earlier this month.

In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed at inauguration ceremony of reopening Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa, 2018

The Red Sea, Assab, and the possibility of a reimagined Horn of Africa

By SHMUEL LEGESSE

ISRAELI SCIENTISTS who reside overseas visit the Teva factory as part of a new project to encourage their return to Israel.

Israel must reverse the loss of its top scientists and doctors

By RIVKA CARMI , NADAV DOUANI

Argentina’s President Javier Milei attends a ceremony honoring victims of the 1982 Falklands War.

The renewed struggle over the Falkland Islands, and implications for Israel

By ZAKI SHALOM

Smoke rises from the oil refineries in Haifa, northern Israel, following a missile strike fired from Iran toward Israel, in March.

Israel–Iran energy infrastructure war signals a dangerous new escalation

By YONI SAPPIR

Rises on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Green Screens.

The scarcity doctrine and Israel’s historic weakness as a global strength

By EITAN WACHSPRESS

Oil, miniatures of oil barrels, oil pump jack and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023.

Your Taxes: The Iran war’s commercial impact

By LEON HARRIS