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OPINION: Final election results, including special votes, are due on November 27.

The U.S. again moves aircraft from a British air base after threats.

Truman’s lesson for Iran: History often vindicates difficult decisions that exact a political price.

Before going off half-cocked, we ought to ask how Beijing thinks it benefits.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3614,w_5324/682266' alt='Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump's (not pictured) speech at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. (photo cred

Timing justices’ retirements politically would undermine the public’s perception of the court as an impartial body.

Israel is pursuing a broadly consistent strategy along its northern front in both Syria and Lebanon. At its core, this strategy seeks to exploit the political and military vulnerabilities confronting both countries in order to impose a new geopolitical and security reality, establish demilitarised zones or areas under its influence, and provide additional st

The Republicans’ loss of control of both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections was more than a political setback for President Donald Trump. It exposed a fundamental shift in the political environment in which he will have to govern during the final two years of his presidency. Beginning in January 2027, Trump will […]

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1200,w_2160/737056' alt='Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democratic candidate for US Senate, addresses the state's Jewish Democratic caucus at its annual "Summer Simcha" event amid broader Jewish communal concerns about his campaign, Birmingham, Mich., Aug.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2286,w_3500/702958' alt='Spanish socialists have now adopted the radical Left’s position that Israel itself is illegitimate (photo credit: REUTERS)' title='Spanish socialists have now adopted the radical Left’s position that Israel itself is illegitim

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1437,w_2560/745625' alt=' House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during the March for Israel on the National Mall, Washington, DC, Nov. 14, 2023. (photo credit: DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES)' title=' House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-

Mitchell Starc becomes the first current player to respond to Usman Khawaja's fresh Sandpapergate claims, denying that he and the other bowlers knew about the plot.

Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged spy has national-security stakes.

The Tehran regime targets the continent’s supermarket food.

The president’s lack of clarity made the conflict into a serious political liability.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1200,w_2160/745588' alt='Illustrative: A single blue balloon separated from a bunch. (photo credit: JTA ILLUSTRATION)' title='Illustrative: A single blue balloon separated from a bunch. (photo credit: JTA ILLUSTRATION)' /><br />For some American Jews,

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/541487' alt=' Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023. (photo credit: HAIM ZACH/GPO)' title=' Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women a

Measures against the Jewish state’s banks could damage the financial-services industry in the British territory.

I was visited by a fake farmer in an espionage operation against my congressional office.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1664,w_2496/710943' alt='US President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 11, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)' title='US President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 11, 2026.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3933,w_5900/744800' alt='People vote at a polling station at the Buck Creek School, during the US midterm elections on Election Day, in Jefferson County, Kansas, US, November 3, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)' title='People vote at a poll

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4239,w_6356/691107' alt='Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br />For centuries, Be

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3347,w_5020/744785' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close relationship with US President Donald Trump has strengthened ties with the current administration, but Israel faces the challenge of maintaining American support beyond any one preside

The election deadlock is temporary. Post-Oct. 7 Israeli politics shows more consensus than division.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/744375' alt=' From left: Isracard deputy CEO Eyal Ben-Haim, President Isaac Herzog, Michal Herzog and JFNA senior vice president Becky Caspi at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, October 29, 2026. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI)' titl

The regime blames U.S. sanctions. The actual cause is socialist grid mismanagement.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/743688' alt='President Isaac Herzog presents the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism to six passengers who acted heroically aboard a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on September 30, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Oct

Many questions remain unanswered, but subject is now firmly on the radar

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1414,w_2000/743934' alt='Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90, NOAM MOSKOVITZ/KNESSET, YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title='Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot (photo credit:

Polls find most Americans think the conflict with Iran was justified. The only way to help the GOP is to win.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2399,w_3597/733578' alt='Haredi Public chairman and Deputy Mayor of Beit Shemesh Moti Leitner. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='Haredi Public chairman and Deputy Mayor of Beit Shemesh Moti Leitner. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br /

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3415,w_5120/673967' alt='HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br />The Jewish people h

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_223,w_370/216342' alt='Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370 (photo credit: REUTERS)' title='Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370 (photo credit: REUTERS)' /><br />War has often been used as a politician’s device – either to distract from internal

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/744085' alt='US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a midterm campaign rally on October 28, 2026 in Kinston, North Carolina. (photo credit: Tierney L. Cross/Pool via REUTERS)' title='US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a midterm campaign rall

Avec la multiplication des sondages à l'approche de la présidentielle, il peut être difficile de lire entre les lignes (et les chiffres). Nicolas Hubé, professeur en sciences de l'information et de la communication, donne quelques bons réflexes à adopter.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4032,w_6048/744293' alt='Ra'am head Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party member Yoav Segalovitz in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026 (photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90)' title='Ra'am h

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1067,w_1600/699003' alt='Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025; Illustrative. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='Opposition members of Israel's

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_496,w_881/713205' alt='Hacker. Autonomous AI Agents. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='Hacker. Autonomous AI Agents. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />Henry Kissinger taught that order rests on power and legitimacy. In the cyber age, Washington

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3785,w_5678/733254' alt='MK Ahmad Tibi attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='MK Ahmad Tibi attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at t

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3639,w_5458/744623' alt='US President Donald Trump delivers remarks ahead of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after being reopened following months of repairs, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, November 2, 2026.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2953,w_3937/745016' alt='THE BUNKER at Tel Saki. (photo credit: S. Weiss)' title='THE BUNKER at Tel Saki. (photo credit: S. Weiss)' /><br />The pollsters predicted an impasse – some might call it a dead heat – and sadly, they were not wrong.<br />

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3616,w_5424/742524' alt='A fire burns, as Police officers in riot gear stand guard, during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026. (photo credi

On 22 October 2026, Kathak Sandhya brought the rhythms and vibrancy of Indian classical dance to Cairo’s Gomhoria Theatre. Organised by the Embassy of India in Egypt, the evening featured performers of different ages and nationalities, accompanied by live musicians. The Bollywood selections revealed how deeply Indian popular culture has entered Egypt’s cultu

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4480,w_6720/505902' alt=' IT’S WEDDING season. (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)' title=' IT’S WEDDING season. (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)' /><br />When it comes to matchmaking, we're often surprisingly hands-off, unstructured, and disorga

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1082,w_1918/708836' alt='Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran, Iran February 28, 2026 in this screen grab taken from video. (photo credit:

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822/744542' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90)' title='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas. (photo credit: MARC ISRAE

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3333,w_5000/744884' alt='People light yarzheit candles at the Western Wall in 2023. (photo credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)' title='People light yarzheit candles at the Western Wall in 2023. (photo credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)' /><

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5504,w_8256/737017' alt='Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London (photo credit: House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS)' title='Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London (ph

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2240,w_3424/709615' alt='Cancelled postage stamp printed by Israel, that shows Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 50th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, circa 1967. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='Cancelled postage stamp printed by Israel, t

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5768,w_8667/744817' alt='Supporters watch election results during a midterm election night watch party for Texas Democratic Senate candidate, State Rep. James Talarico at the Long Center on November 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (photo credit: Brandon Bel

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_941,w_1672/745062' alt='An AI-generated political cartoon. (photo credit: Jeffrey Kahn/ChatGPT)' title='An AI-generated political cartoon. (photo credit: Jeffrey Kahn/ChatGPT)' /><br />When a substantial number of citizens suspect their institutions a

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4000,w_6000/745197' alt='Protesters demonstrate outside the President’s Residence during consultations between President Isaac Herzog and political parties, in Jerusalem, November 5, 2026 (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='Protesters demon

Democrats welcome socialists with open arms but won’t endure anyone who stands up for the Jewish state.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2083,w_3124/744793' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud’s election headquarters, where his confidence in his party’s support contrasted with polls that had consistently underestimated Likud’s strength. (photo credit: JALAA MAREY/AFP VIA GE

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4000,w_6000/744307' alt='A vehicle drives past an election campaign banner featuring a picture of Yousef Jabareen of the Joint List, in Umm al-Fahm, northern Israel, October 10, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)' title='A vehicle drives past an

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2169,w_3856/699720' alt='US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)' ti

The Hong Kong dissident gets a 10-year prison sentence.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_768,w_1024/566711' alt='David Saranga.jpg - David Saranga, head of the Digital Division of Israel’s Foreign Ministry. (photo credit: FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE)' title='David Saranga.jpg - David Saranga, head of the Digital Division of Israel’s Fo

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2626,w_3937/744984' alt='CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE offices at the Knesset, Oct. 29. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE offices at the Knesset, Oct. 29. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />You do not have to defend every Israeli

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3371,w_5054/732821' alt='US Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed waves on stage, with vote counting continuing for Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, in Detroit, Michigan, US, August 5, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/REBECCA COOK)' title='US