Avraham Gold

Avraham Gold was deputy manging editor of JPost.com and worked with The Jerusalem Post from 2017 to 2019. He previously worked as a breaking news editor with the Post. He holds degrees in history and journalism from Brandeis University and is working toward a masters of arts at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Pedestrians in Jerusalem don’t all adhere to the COVID-19 regulations.

Remember the risk

Benny Gantz, chairman of the Blue and White party, at the Western Wall, March 28th, 2019

Benny Gantz, calling for unity, predicts political '180' after elections

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a campaign speech on March 4, 2019.

Did Benjamin Netanyahu visit Afghanistan or did he get tripped up by a rhyme?


Two killed, 41 injured, after bus overturns on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway

The bus was photographed on its side, punctured by the highway's guard rail outside of Modi'in

The overturned bus, February 10th, 2019

Israel to establish commission of inquiry into deadly flash flood

10 teenagers from the Bnei Tzion pre-military academy in Tel Aviv during a flash flood last April.

Israeli rescue service personnel operate near the site where 10 Israeli youths were swept away by a flash flood south of the Dead Sea on April 26

Russia calls on Israel to 'rule out practice' of striking Syria

Israel struck Iranian targets in Syria in the early hours of Monday morning, allegedly hitting posts near the Damascus International Airport.

Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus, in a picture taken early on January 21st, 2019

Report: 12 Iranians killed in Israeli strike on Syria; total rises to 21

The report further claimed three squadrons of Israeli jets carried out the attack on Syrian positions.

Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus, in a picture taken early on January 21st, 2019

Is the key to Middle East peace Ted Cruz's beard?

So says a "good friend" of Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a long-standing supporter of Israel.

The ceremonial swearing in of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Old Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol, January 3rd, 2019.

Citing human rights, HSBC bank to divest from Israeli arms developer Elbit

HSBC sources confirmed to The Post that the bank, said to be the seventh largest financial institution in the world, had divested from Elbit, one of Israel's largest developer of drones.

Barclays' building in Canary Wharf is seen behind a City of London sign outside Billingsgate Market in London.

Likud politician sees May elections if government cannot pass draft bill

"If the draft bill is not passed by January 15h, we will go to elections in May," MK Yoav Kish said.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters are sprayed with skunk water as they protest a draft bill in Jerusalem, November 28th, 2018

Senior officials reject Bennett's claim IDF more fearful of law than Hamas

"Our soldiers are more afraid of the military advocate general than they are of Yahya Sinwar," Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.

Naftali Bennett (L) and Avichai Mandelblit (R)

Netanyahu's hold on Knesset falls in polling after Liberman's resignation

Avigdor Liberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party fell to seven seats in the poll, taken in the hours after his resignation as defense minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Classes canceled, trains closed in southern Israel as 17 rockets fired from Gaza

17 rockets were fired at Israel's south, of which three were intercepted, during overnight hours and train stations in Sderot, Ofakim, Netivot and other Gaza border communities were closed on Monday.

A school in Sderot closed under army instructions, November 12th, 2018