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US President Donald Trump sits during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Says accord deals with Iran's nuclear material 'conceptually'

Trump calls off strikes on Iran, claims agreement could be signed this weekend in Europe

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Iran says no final decision made following latest US claim that accord is at hand; Netanyahu's office calls deal an 'emerging MoU regarding entry into negotiations' after he speaks with president

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to US President Donald Trump on February 28, 2026 (GPO/ Avi Ohayon)

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Netanyahu reportedly not given heads-up about Trump’s Iran deal announcement, was caught off guard

Iran reports blocking tanker from entering Hormuz, after explosions heard near Bandar Abbas * Tehran mayor says state funeral for Ali Khamenei to be delayed several weeks

Protesters don yellow stars akin to those from Holocaust

Thousands sit in traffic as Haredi protesters cut off central highways, block railroad

By Charlie Summers

Protests, latest in escalating demonstrations, last about 2 hours; were called by extremist Jerusalem Faction in response to detention of 19 draft dodgers arrested at riot at justice's house

AI models are absorbing antisemitism from humans, study says

Despite efforts to rein in bias, peer-reviewed psychology paper finds that large language models replicate antisemitic tropes, with possible implications for areas like hiring

Saeed Odeh alongside another resident of Hawara, at the sheep pen from which he claims settlers stole his livestock. June 7, 2026. (Nurit Yohanan/Times of Israel)

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Palestinians allege methodical, ‘coordinated’ attack after sheep stolen, residents hurt

Claiming residents of Huwara had stolen sheep from a nearby outpost, settlers and soldiers first inspected pens and then returned in large numbers, taking dozens of animals and assaulting locals, Palestinians say

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Ab Boskany

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?

Talyah Ginsberg

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

Tobey Finkelstein

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

Rafi Josselson

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

Morey Schwartz

When hands speak louder than politics

The Knesset’s recognition of Israeli Sign Language is a historic victory for human dignity – and for leaders who can transcend partisan battles

Shimon Sheves

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

By normalizing disruption, the country’s leadership is chiseling away at the public’s discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Dan Sagir

Israel needs a deal with Iran, not another war

After years of escalation, military gains have reached their limits. A US-Iran agreement can freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and open the door to disarming Hezbollah

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

A story larger than ourselves

On the 250th anniversary of US independence, we need a ’Seder’: Gathering to ask questions, tell stories, and ponder what freedom demands of us today

Rivka Lebrett

Another soldier fell in Lebanon. I know his loving mother

Stopped in my tracks by the pain of a woman who knows she’ll never hug her son again, I try to do my best for my own boy, even as we argue about his shoes

Matthew Kaufman

Matthew Kaufman

The case against Reform anti-Zionism

The claim that Zionism staged a ’slow-moving coup’ collapses under scrutiny, and ignores why the movement embraced Israel in the first place

Doug Klein

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A preview

Mexico and South Africa can count us out – there’s only one Group A team we’re pulling for — and it’s not just because it comes from the land of the Golem

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, April 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After backlash, Karhi drops bid to grant Netanyahu additional power over media before election

By Ariela Karmel

Opposition MKs decry last-minute amendment to controversial broadcast overhaul bill, which one quips 'suddenly appeared in the middle of the night'; comms minister mocks 'clowns'

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)

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

Helen Mirren arrives at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on January 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity

Helen Mirren criticizes ‘evil forces’ rising in Israel after ‘Zionist bitch’ resurfaced

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Actress says Jewish state's founding after Holocaust 'was a very important moment, although maybe it was done in completely the wrong way... But something had to happen after the horror'

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Ab Boskany

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?

Talyah Ginsberg

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

Tobey Finkelstein

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

Rafi Josselson

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

Morey Schwartz

When hands speak louder than politics

The Knesset’s recognition of Israeli Sign Language is a historic victory for human dignity – and for leaders who can transcend partisan battles

Shimon Sheves

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

By normalizing disruption, the country’s leadership is chiseling away at the public’s discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Dan Sagir

Israel needs a deal with Iran, not another war

After years of escalation, military gains have reached their limits. A US-Iran agreement can freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and open the door to disarming Hezbollah

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

A story larger than ourselves

On the 250th anniversary of US independence, we need a ’Seder’: Gathering to ask questions, tell stories, and ponder what freedom demands of us today

Rivka Lebrett

Another soldier fell in Lebanon. I know his loving mother

Stopped in my tracks by the pain of a woman who knows she’ll never hug her son again, I try to do my best for my own boy, even as we argue about his shoes

Matthew Kaufman

Matthew Kaufman

The case against Reform anti-Zionism

The claim that Zionism staged a ’slow-moving coup’ collapses under scrutiny, and ignores why the movement embraced Israel in the first place

Doug Klein

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A preview

Mexico and South Africa can count us out – there’s only one Group A team we’re pulling for — and it’s not just because it comes from the land of the Golem

Analysis

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

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)

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

Gal Hirsch attends a ceremony in honor of the torch lighters for Israel’s 78th Independence Day ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hirsch began tenure day after October 7

Hostage czar Hirsch’s position left empty as term ends; PM’s office says aiming to renew contract

By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman

Gal Hirsch was government pointman for returning the 251 abducted by terrorists to Gaza; though all have returned, he faced sharp criticism from ex-hostages, relatives of captives

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives to attend the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

Slovenia lifts ban on arms trade with Israel; Sa’ar lauds ‘just decision’ by new PM

By Agencies and ToI Staff

New Slovenian government also drops entry restrictions on Netanyahu, Ben Gvir and Smotrich, ditches ban on settlement products to 'restore conditions for normal political dialogue'

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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

ToI podcast

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

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

NY correspondent Luke Tress brings us new details on Iranian proxies operating in the Jewish Diaspora, patterns of support among anti-Israel groups, and an investigation into the Miss Israel beauty contest

IDF troops operate in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)

As IDF prepares to build post in Jenin, 2 soldiers hurt, 1 seriously, in blast

By Emanuel Fabian

Troops wounded during scan of area where the IDF seeks to establish what would be its first permanent post in Area A, which is meant to be fully controlled by Palestinian Authority

Goalkeeper Matt Turner, of the United States men's national soccer team, displays his jersey during the announcement of the team's 2026 FIFA World Cup roster, in New York City, May 26, 2026. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP)

Could be the only Jewish player in the entire tournament

Meet Matt Turner, the only Jewish player on Team USA in the World Cup

By jacob gurvis

Goalkeeper discovered his Jewish roots via paternal great-grandmother’s emigration papers that enabled her to flee Lithuania during Holocaust

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

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

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)

'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

Op-ed

The bully and the schemer

FILE - President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Trump and Netanyahu may deserve each other. But in the battle against Iran and its proxies, and in the struggle for the democratic, law-abiding, Jewish-majority Israel, we need better

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California Assembly member Jasmeet Bains, California Senator Melissa Hurtado, Visalia Unified School District Trustee Randy Villegas, and Bakersfield Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur speak at a town hall organized by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, in Bakersfield, California, August 14. (Jeff Lewis/AP Content Services for National Nurses United)

Progressive California Democrat advances over rival backed by pro-Israel spending

By Andrew Lapin

UK Defence Secretary John Healey walks into the press conference following the AUKMIN Summit, at Lancaster House in London, June 10, 2026. (Kin Cheung/AP)

UK defense secretary resigns, pans Starmer as not spending enough to keep country safe

By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA

An illustrative photo of an abstract fintech concept. (monsitj via iStock by Getty Images)

Canadian payment firm said to discuss buying Israeli-founded Payoneer for $2.7 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

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

Democrat Brad Lander approaches microphones outside a federal court in New York on June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Lander, NY Jewish progressive House candidate, acquitted after arrest in immigration court

By AP and ToI Staff

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

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

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

By Grace Gilson

Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police recommend Minister Golan stand trial over job-fixing allegations

By Charlie Summers

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

A locomotive is exhibited outside the historic Hejaz train station in Damascus on January 26, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Turkey, Saudi Arabia agree on major regional railway line bypassing Israel

By Michael Bachner

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

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Shoham Liya Turgeman (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Shoham Turgeman, 23: Travel lover whose joy for life ‘lit up the sun’

Murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7

Niv Tel Zur (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Niv Tel Zur, 22: Powerlifter who always carried a book with him

Murdered by Hamas while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7

Illustrative: A memorial candle (AP)

Those We Have Lost

Fatma Alttalaqat, 35: Bedouin mother of 9 murdered by Hamas

Killed near Ofakim, October 7

Shani Kupervaser (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Shani Kupervaser, 27: Economics graduate with ‘sparkling eyes’

Murdered while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7

Settha 'Tom' Homsorn (Facebook)

Those We Have Lost

Settha Homsorn, 36: Thai worker who supported his young daughter

Murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7

Staff Sgt. Avraham Nerya Cohen (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Avraham Cohen, 20: Off-duty soldier helped plan Supernova

Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7

Noa Farage (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Noa Farage, 22: Surfer who was ‘the most magical person’

Murdered at the Supernova music festival on October 7

First Lt. Roi Nahary who was killed in Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy of the Nahari family)

Those we have lost

Cpt. Roi Nahary, 23: Officer with a twin brother and a ‘perfect smile’

Wounded in action battling Hamas in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, October 7, died two days later

Gavriel Barel (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Gavriel Barel, 22: Partygoer had ‘blue eyes full of depth’

Murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7

Sgt. Emil Samoylov (IDF)

Those we have lost

Sgt. Emil Samoylov, 22: Lone soldier immigrated from Russia to enlist

Killed battling the Hamas attack on the Erez IDF outpost on October 7

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

This picture of a kayaker rowing above sharks in central Hadera won Gilad Topaz a special mention in a marine photography competition organized by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, June 9, 2026. (Gilad Topaz/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

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

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

By Jessica Steinberg

Gwyneth Paltrow is face of Herzliya luxury apartment project, 51 Park (Courtesy)

Park plug

Gwyneth Paltrow lends her face to Herzliya real estate project

Award-winning actress fronts video commercial for 51 Park residential towers

By Jessica Steinberg

US President Donald Trump gestures during the National Anthem as he attends an NBA Finals playoff basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden in New York, June 8, 2026, with Kai Trump, left, Knicks owner James Dolan and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, right. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Political arena

Trump booed at NBA Finals game in Madison Square Garden

'We've waited a lifetime for this, and he's made it about himself, like everything else,' one fan says of US president, who has had a complicated relationship with his former hometown

By Amy Tennery and Bo Erickson

A view of 'Drifting With Magritte: Castles in the Air,' the Israel Museum's new exhibit offering an in-depth look at the iconic Surrealist work, through October 2022 (Courtesy Zohar Shemesh)

Surrealism in 3D

Magritte masterpiece at Israel Museum being repaired after pinecone puncture

'The Castle of the Pyrenees,' which was donated to the museum in the 1980s, was damaged by a young boy who idly pierced the canvas while visiting with his family

By Jessica Steinberg

Kosha Dillz in his video "Parade." (Screenshot via YouTube)

Go New York go

Jewish rapper’s song celebrates Knicks mania in NYC

Team's run in the NBA Finals brings in New York City Jews, from kosher watch parties to radio talk shows and a viral slogan involving bagels

Hebrew Book Week at Tel Aviv's Sarona in 2025 (Courtesy)

Cancel culture

Culture events called off in wake of Iranian missile attacks

Hebrew Book Week opening and inaugural Theater Award ceremony are postponed, many museums close doors

By Jessica Steinberg

A Great White shark spotted in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, in late May. (Healthy Seas/SDSS/GhostDiving screenshot)

Jaw-some!

Diver has rare encounter with Great White shark in Mediterranean

Volunteer clearing fishing nets from wreck off Sicily says fingers trembled while videoing creature; hopes it doesn't spark hunt for endangered species, which was spotted far from shore

By Michael Horovitz

From 'Noga,' the new documentary about the indie singer premiering June 7, 2026, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York (Courtesy)

Indie attention

‘Noga,’ documentary about singer, to premiere at Tribeca

Film about Noga Erez's rocky road to stardom to screen at New York City film festival

By Jessica Steinberg

A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)

Stone setting

Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos

Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city's reunification following 1967 Six Day War

By Jessica Steinberg