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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 11, 2026

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Pakistani official: It's 'hard to be optimistic'

Trump: US to hit Iran ‘VERY HARD’ tonight, may take Kharg Island, despite ongoing talks

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

US president claims the Iranian energy hub will be captured soon, but he’s unsure Americans can ‘stomach’ it; Qatari mediators leave Tehran after talks, sources say sticking point is frozen Iranian funds

A woman walks past a mural depicting a US aircraft carrier under missile attack in downtown Tehran, Iran,, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US launches strikes for second straight night in bid to force Iran to agree to deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The Chairperson of the IAEA's Board of Governors for 2025-2026 David Grainge Biggs, who is also Australia's Resident Representative to the IAEA, seen on two screens (C) as he opens the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors' Meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 8, 2026. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

IAEA board demands Iran report uranium stocks, grant inspectors access to facilities

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN

US President Donald Trump speaks before in the Oval Office of the White House, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

LiveUpdated 13min ago

LIVE: Main highway shut, drivers warned away, as central Israel girds for major Haredi protest

Calling on planned strikes, US president says signing of MOU could be as early as this weekend in Europe, and he believes Khamenei has agreed to framework agreement

11:44 pm

Tehran mayor says state funeral for Khamenei to be delayed several weeks
11:30 pm

Netanyahu says Israel not party to Iran deal, but praises Trump for 'commitment' to thwarting nukes
11:25 pm

Trump: Iran deal 'conceptually deals' with Iran's nuclear material, Khamenei has approved it

Prosecutors ask court to bar Urich from Netanyahu’s office

Netanyahu aide Urich charged with leaking classified info with intent to harm state security

By Jeremy Sharon

PM’s adviser indictred for passing Hamas memo to Bild in 2024 amid domestic anger at Netanyahu after hostages’ murder; he is also charged with destroying evidence

Jonatan Urich is seen following a hearing on journalist Omri Assenheim’s refusal to provide police with materials from a program he broadcast about Eli Feldstein, after the District Court ruled that journalistic privilege does not apply, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Ultra-Orthodox protesters outside the Abu Kabir detention facility in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset advances Basic Law bill equating Torah study with IDF service, despite coalition revolt

By Ariela Karmel

Four coalition MKs opposed measure declaring Torah study a foundational value; critics say bill seeks to preserve mass ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions, ‘spits in the face’ of troops

Knesset passes law giving justice minister control of internal police investigations

By Jeremy Sharon

MKs vote 43-39 in favor of legislation, which the attorney general has said will remove the barrier between politicians and law enforcement and undermine department’s independence

Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a session of the Knesset plenum, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Petition filed against law that critics say politicizes police investigations agency

By Jeremy Sharon

Exclusive

External audit finds PA no longer rewarding security prisoners — diplomats

Western officials tell ToI that global consulting firm’s initial review shows Ramallah reformed welfare program to be needs-based instead of based on time served, contradicting US report

Demonstrators hold placards bearing portraits of Palestinians detained by Israel during a solidarity protest in Ramallah on April 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Britain's Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, center, walks with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong right, and Canadian Foreign Minister, Anita Anand, in Sevenoaks, England, ,June 11, 2026. (Carl Court, Pool Photo via AP)

UK, Australia, Canada announce ‘International Peace Fund’ for Israelis and Palestinians

By Lazar Berman

Three countries will each contribute £1 million annually for next three years, hope others will join initiative to ‘strengthen civil society, and support dialogue and cooperation’

A displaced man who fled his village in south Lebanon lies next to his belongings on a sidewalk in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Netanyahu urges Lebanese people to ‘join Israel’ in peace, reject Hezbollah and Iran

By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Analysis

Depleted but dangerous, Hamas is holding its fire against Israel. The quiet may not last

While others attack, the terror group has largely vanished from the battlefield as it licks its war wounds and focuses on controlling Gazans, but experts warn the situation is far from stable

Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The perilous fantasy of US withdrawal from the Mideast

For those who imagine a peaceful region if America retreats: What will happen when Iran’s radical proxies fill the power vacuum and Israel has to face them alone?

Tobey Finkelstein

If only just a few Haredim were calling police ‘Nazis’ and women ‘shiksas’

Ultra-Orthodox rioters are no longer fringe extremists: I watched local teens block cars and my Haredi neighbors cheer them on – as the police did nothing

I had to choose between my Zionism and my disability advocacy

Protest encampments may no longer block our path to class, but Jewish students like me who are attached to Israel are still barred from full participation in campus life

Talyah Ginsberg

I have met the enemy and she is wearing Lycra

There’s a lot less of me than there used to be, but now they say I have to exercise and I’m conducting treaty negotiations with myself about a 10-minute walk

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to CBS News, on June 10, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Vance: Netanyahu has ‘certainly gotten some things wrong’ but he’s a ‘good partner’

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US VP stresses Trump wants nuclear deal with Iran, even if Israel opposed; clinching accord could take days to months; ‘when interests diverge, US must pursue its own, unfortunately for Israel’

New York correspondent Luke Tress joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 11 – Inside Iran-linked Diaspora terror attacks: A suspect speaks

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

People walk past a G7 banner in Evian-les-Bains, eastern France, on May 28 , 2026, where the G7 summit is set to take place June 15–17. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Iran and Ukraine loom over G7, as France hopes Trump will at least stay for duration

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Cabinet set to approve funding for establishing 61 West Bank settlements — reports

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Move will allow government to bypass standard settlement planning process, fast-tracking construction in dozens of new communities in ‘strategically sensitive’ areas

Jewish men build temporary housing units made from shipping containers in the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

An armed settler accompanied by IDF soldiers tells Palestinians and Israeli civil rights activists that only Jews can stay on privately owned Palestinian land in Area B of the West Bank, on the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah, during a confrontation on June 5, 2026 (Screenshot composite, courtesy)

‘Jews are allowed, Arabs have to get out,’ armed settler tells Palestinians, activists

By Jeremy Sharon

Smoke rises after Israeli settlers allegedly set fire to agricultural fields surrounding the village of Taybeh, in the West Bank on June 10, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Palestinians accuse Israeli settlers of impeding firefighters near West Bank village

By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Prof. Itamar Harel in his lab in the Department of Genetics, the Silberman Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Courtesy/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

'Some species are built for long haul, others the fast lane'

Live fast, die young: Israeli scientists link rapid-growth gene to early aging in fish

By Diana Bletter

Alteration of VGLL3, also found in humans, results in shorter lifespan and higher tumor risk, say Hebrew University researchers, offering new evidence for decades-old evolutionary theory

Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Eisenkot hits back as Netanyahu’s Likud takes aim at his English-language skills

By Shira Silkoff

‘Where was Netanyahu’s excellent English on Oct. 7?’ former IDF chief jabs, dismissing campaign mocking his fluency as a ‘racist’ attack led by PM’s ‘despicable’ aide Jonatan Urich

Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am

By Ariela Karmel

Making waves

Photography contest captures fragile beauty of marine life

Tel Aviv Cinematheque hosting exhibition of 40 out of 600 photographs submitted to Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

People visit the opening of the 100th Hebrew Book Week at Sarona in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Story hour

Hebrew Book Week celebrates centennial in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

Amid declining reading rates nationwide, annual book event opens in both cities following one-day delay caused by Iranian missile fire

'The challenges of an aging population are coming for us'

With eye to Israel’s future, Israeli experts help launch European healthy-aging initiative

By Diana Bletter

June 12 gathering in Lithuanian parliament will see formation of international group of lawmakers and scientists working together to prepare for older populations

Illustrative: People celebrate an Independence Day party at the Reich Community Center for senior citizens of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Neta Dan (left) speaks about the mysteries of archival research at the Academy of the Hebrew Language's archive night, June 9, 2026 (Courtesy)

Reporter's notebook

At Israel’s Archives Week event, a backstage look at the birth of modern Hebrew

From forgotten photographs and handwritten notes to aging microfilm reels, a weeklong series offers a rare glimpse of the documents curating the nation’s memory

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A combo of satellite images captured by the European Commission's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, appearing to show damage to a hangar at the Ramat David airbase in northern Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack, June 8, 2026. (Screengrab / Copernicus Sentinel-2 via Soar)

IDF confirms airbase was damaged during Iranian missile attack this week

By Emanuel Fabian

Rep. Dan Goldman, Democrat-New York, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol, in Washington, July 2, 2025. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP)

US Jewish leaders throw support behind bipartisan House antisemitism bill

By Grace Gilson

A group of female soldiers take part in a training exercise in the tank commanders' course, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

After rabbis’ threat, IDF says men and women won’t serve in same tanks

By Emanuel Fabian

Anti-Israel graffiti at the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, part of an alleged campaign targeting businesses connected to the University of Michigan. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

US feds charge anti-Zionist network with criminal campaign against U of Michigan

Pope Leo XIV, center, celebrates a mass in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, June 10, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

At Spain’s Sagrada Familia, now the world’s tallest church, pope speaks out against war

By Joshua McElwee and Joan Faus

People gather during a pro-Israel demonstration in front of the Israeli Embassy in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Banner reads in Spanish: "No to antisemitism." (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain reports 86% rise in antisemitism as total hate incidents soar to all-time high

By Shira Li Bartov

Illustrative: Offices of the Jerusalem Venture Partners tech investment firm in Jerusalem, February 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)

Despite war, Israeli startups snag $8.6 billion, as strong shekel cuts cash runway

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli director Nadav Lapid poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California on March 30, 2026. (Valerie Macon / AFP)

Filmmaker Nadav Lapid receives industry support after boycott at film festival

By Jessica Steinberg

View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Haifa oil refineries will close in 2029, says head of Haifa Bay development agency

Cara Trager at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in January 2026. (Courtesy of Rachel Sales)

ObituaryCara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifelong journalist, dies at 71

By Grace Gilson

Image: Michael Blake speaks during a debate between Democratic mayoral primary candidates, June 4, 2025, New York, New York. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images/ via JTA); Cutout: Screenshot of 'Rabbi Linda Goldstein' account on X, taken June 11, 2026.

US Rep. Torres’s primary challenger in NY is duped by satirical ‘Chief Rabbi of Gaza’

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, right, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026. (Nicolas Kremenchusky for Chabad Lubavitch Argentina via JTA)

Courting European Jews, Javier Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event

By Juan Melamed

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