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Israeli ambassador to US says including Iran in Lebanon talks is a ‘train wreck’

Shas and UTJ deny reaching deal with Netanyahu to pass legislation before election * Despite Iran's denials, Trump claims regime ‘fully agreed to highest level of nuclear inspections’

People check destroyed cars following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the village of Maifadoun, southern Lebanon, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Round of negotiations set to continue until Thursday

IDF says it hit Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, as new Jerusalem-Beirut talks begin in DC

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Terror group claims civilians were killed, truce was violated; Lebanon's Aoun voices hope that Washington talks will be 'decisive,' says he won't accept less than full IDF withdrawal

This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)

Iran says 'working group' to be set up on 'nuclear affairs'

Contradicting Trump and Vance, Iran says no plans for IAEA inspections, asserts sovereignty at Hormuz

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Trump claims Iran okayed inspections 'long into the future'; regime leaders hold talks with Oman on charging fees at waterway; in another pushback, envoy says Iran will be ‘only country’ to determine how to use its unfrozen assets, warns Lebanon clash poses risk to deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands as he leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress in a speech opposing the imminent Iran nuclear deal. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Analysis

Netanyahu can’t run the playbook he used to fight the 2015 Iran deal — and Trump knows it

Faced with Obama's deal, the PM addressed Congress and pro-Israel groups waged a fierce battle. That effort failed, and changed times make a repeat impossible

Michael Mizrahi, a Jewish Canadian-Israeli man killed during a shooting in Montreal on June 22, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Jewish Israeli man killed in Montreal shooting that also left a police officer dead

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Reports indicate that shooter was motivated by 'incel' ideology and did not target Jewish neighborhood; Michael Mizrahi remembered as someone who 'always had a kind word'

US President Donald Trump, center, poses with international leaders after the signing of a Gaza Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Exclusive

Board of Peace members to ‘recalibrate’ at Cyprus resort after rocky first six months

Representatives from various committees established by US to oversee postwar Gaza reconstruction look to get on same page after limited results for Gazans since January unveiling

These children are not only symbols of national tragedy, they’re also children. (iStock)

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Gil Mildar

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Gerard Filitti

A loyalty test for a latte

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Tuvia Joffe

Mom and Dad, you don’t owe me an apology

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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Israel was not betrayed – it was repriced

Donald Trump didn’t abandon Israel, he revealed that the alliance was always conditional, and that the bill for that conditionality has now come due

Michael Tobin

The story we carry: A letter to the Jewish People

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Netanyahu is letting extremist ministers dismantle Israel’s global standing

With allies losing patience over incendiary rhetoric from Ben Gvir and Smotrich, the prime minister’s refusal to rein in his radical cabinet partners threatens to completely isolate the nation

Shlomi Nahumson

Shlomi Nahumson

Father’s Day without a father: Lessons from children of Israel’s fallen heroes

The nation remembers its heroes, but children need to remember their fathers as people: Did he like fishing? Football? Dad jokes?

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

To infinity and beyond: The wisdom of Toy Story

Like Woody the cowboy, I used to worry my kids would outgrow me. Instead, I have new assignments

Saundra Sterling Epstein

Saundra Sterling Epstein

I saw Orthodox acceptance of LGBTQ Jews grow. Now it’s evaporating

Rabbis and communities must stay committed to inclusion despite political and cultural pressure. If they don’t, the results will be devastating

Tzvi Arieli

Despair is a mistake

A message to a disillusioned Israel from Iranians who were trying to bring down a totalitarian regime with their bare hands

Ari Kalker

The symphony of war has returned

5 movements, from the deep thud as guns fire and shells whistle overhead to the voices of children in a future of strength, purpose, and life

Alex Vainer

I spent a day trying to break the OU’s Torah AI

I got it to make a few errors, but where it got me was its propensity to plead ignorance rather than hallucinate falsehood. What other chatbot does that?!

Chairman of the “Together” party and former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Bennett: I'm right-wing, but I'm not a schmuck

Bennett calls to dismantle illegal settlement outposts, draws right-wing leaders’ ire

Head of Together party stresses he's 'in favor of legal settlement in Area C,' but not on Palestinians' private land or areas A and B, which are to be part of 'Palestinian autonomy'

From left, Democratic congressional candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier on stage during a rally ahead of New York's primary election, June 18, 2026, in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Explainer

Israel, AIPAC and Zohran Mamdani take center stage in Tuesday’s NY primaries

By Joseph Strauss

From country’s most Jewish congressional district to left-wing challenges against incumbents, contests will test where Democrats stand on Jewish state

Security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against the detention of Haredi draft evaders outside the Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)

Officials agree to election-day moratorium on draft dodger arrests

Citing 'importance of right to vote,' Central Elections Committee, AG, police remove threat of detention from thousands of ultra-Orthodox evaders

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2,000 years of Jewish argument, meet 250 years of America

What do Jewish texts say about equality, liberty, rebellion, and the pursuit of happiness? Find out in Pardes’s Talmud of America commentary on the Declaration of Independence.

Top ops

Gil Mildar

Islamabad

In the US-Iran memorandum hammered out in Pakistan’s capital, Israel’s exclusion was not a flaw – it was the point

Gerard Filitti

A loyalty test for a latte

A Brooklyn coffee shop’s public shaming of a Jewish congressman exposes a society sliding into bigotry – one ’we don’t serve your kind’ at a time

Tuvia Joffe

Mom and Dad, you don’t owe me an apology

The tools you gave me to build a Jewish life in America are the same ones helping my family thrive in Israel

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Israel was not betrayed – it was repriced

Donald Trump didn’t abandon Israel, he revealed that the alliance was always conditional, and that the bill for that conditionality has now come due

Michael Tobin

The story we carry: A letter to the Jewish People

No president can be the author of Israel’s existence. Our story began thousands of years before us – it will continue long after us

Netanyahu is letting extremist ministers dismantle Israel’s global standing

With allies losing patience over incendiary rhetoric from Ben Gvir and Smotrich, the prime minister’s refusal to rein in his radical cabinet partners threatens to completely isolate the nation

Shlomi Nahumson

Shlomi Nahumson

Father’s Day without a father: Lessons from children of Israel’s fallen heroes

The nation remembers its heroes, but children need to remember their fathers as people: Did he like fishing? Football? Dad jokes?

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

To infinity and beyond: The wisdom of Toy Story

Like Woody the cowboy, I used to worry my kids would outgrow me. Instead, I have new assignments

Saundra Sterling Epstein

Saundra Sterling Epstein

I saw Orthodox acceptance of LGBTQ Jews grow. Now it’s evaporating

Rabbis and communities must stay committed to inclusion despite political and cultural pressure. If they don’t, the results will be devastating

Tzvi Arieli

Despair is a mistake

A message to a disillusioned Israel from Iranians who were trying to bring down a totalitarian regime with their bare hands

Ari Kalker

The symphony of war has returned

5 movements, from the deep thud as guns fire and shells whistle overhead to the voices of children in a future of strength, purpose, and life

Alex Vainer

I spent a day trying to break the OU’s Torah AI

I got it to make a few errors, but where it got me was its propensity to plead ignorance rather than hallucinate falsehood. What other chatbot does that?!

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing June 23: Underground Hezbollah base put all of Israel in range

By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on his tour of a drone facility in Lebanon, the army's frustration with the porous ceasefire, and IDF strikes in Gaza that killed known Hamas terrorists

Analysis

Fiercely critical High Court seems poised to annul keystone judicial overhaul law

Justice Yechiel Kasher (left) explains his objections to a law passed by the coalition increasing political control over judicial appointments law, alongside Justice Gila Canfy Steinitz (right), June 21, 2026. (Screenshot/Judicial Authority/GPO)

Conservative justices are joining their liberal colleagues in assailing the bid to politicize the appointment of judges, placing the government's signature bid to constrain judiciary in jeopardy

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street to announce his resignation in London, Monday, June 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Thomas Krych)

Trump: Starmer 'failed badly' on immigration and energy

Keir Starmer announces resignation as UK premier, to stay on until successor picked

By Jill Lawless

Two years after leading Labour to landslide, Starmer's popularity has plummeted; outgoing PM says he inherited 'morally bankrupt' party, ripped out 'poison of antisemitism'

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An Israeli Sa'ar 6-class corvette war ship with an Iron Dome missile battery patrols off the shore of Eilat, February 10, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Sea infiltration into Eilat from Jordan recently thwarted

Shin Bet chief said to fear Oct 7-style attack on Eilat, despite no intel on threat

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Zini also reportedly displeased with idea of Arab Israelis moving to the southern resort city, portraying it to government as an attempted 'takeover'

An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Man shot dead near northern Arab Israeli town of Kabul

Medics declare 67-year-old dead at scene; victim reportedly father of state witness in major corruption case; since start of year, 135 members of Arab community killed by violence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli minister Benny Gantz at a special plenum session presenting the new emergency government at the assembly hall of the Knesset, October 12, 2023 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu is using a desperate Benny Gantz to do his political dirty work

Whether Gantz crosses the election threshold or not, his frantic campaigning and attacks on former political allies are serving the prime minister’s agenda perfectly

Tel Aviv, June 22, 2026. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)

Analysis

Investors sour on Israel as US moves to end fighting, blunting market’s wartime gains

As stocks rise across the globe on news of war with Iran ending, Tel Aviv sees sharp declines amid waning confidence in prospect of new Mideast and improved geopolitical landscape

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A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)

Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel

By Diana Bletter

Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement speaks to supporters from inside a bulletproof booth at a celebration rally after runoff election results showed him leading in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Trump-endorsed, pro-Israel populist poised to become Colombia’s next president

By Agencies and ToI Staff

AppsFlyer founders Reshef Mann, left, and Oren Kaniel. (Courtesy/Appsflyer PR)

Backed by Google and Meta, Israeli ad performance company raises over $1 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

Clive Davis, chief creative officer of Sony Music, appears during press day in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 23, 2014, prior to Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala. (Casey Curry/Invision/AP)

Influential Jewish rock-and-roll executive Clive Davis dies at 94

Search and rescue workers descend from the rubble pile at the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, July 2, 2021. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

Florida’s collapsed Champlain Towers South were not built to standard, probe finds

By Hallie Golden

American-Israeli teenager Michael Kadar (R), accused of making dozens of antisemitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, is escorted by guards as he leaves a Rishon Lezion courtroom on March 23, 2017. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Extradited US-Israeli indicted in Florida for 2016-2017 threats to Jewish institutions

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest led by high school students, in New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US feds open probe into alleged antisemitism at leading teacher union

Israeli startup Autobrains' agentic AI system for autonomous driving is tested on a vehicle in Munich, Germany. (Courtesy)

Uber puts Israeli AI startup in driver’s seat for Munich robotaxi test run

By Sharon Wrobel

The 2026 winners of the Bonei Zion Prize, for exceptional contributions to Israeli society by English-speaking immigrants. (Courtesy)

Ron Dermer, seven more English-speaking Israelis honored for contributions to state

This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP/Maneesh Bakshi)

13 dead, dozens injured in blast during restart at giant Qatar fuel terminal

By Andrew Mills

Economist Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, is seen in his office in Washington, October 18, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Alan Greenspan, who led US Federal Reserve for five terms, dies at 100

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Pedro Hernandez, the murder suspect in the case of missing child Etan Patz. (YouTube screenshot)

US Supreme Court restores conviction in 1979 Etan Patz NYC murder case

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Those we have lost

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Staff Sgt. Yogev Aharon (IDF)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Yogev Aharon, 20: Golani soldier dreamed of overseas travel

Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the IDF Kissufim outpost on Oct. 7

Sgt. Amir Eyal (IDF)

Those we have lost

Sgt. Amir Eyal, 19: IDF balloonist enjoyed life’s ‘creature comforts’

Killed battling the Hamas attack on the Nahal Oz IDF outpost on October 7

Sgt. Matan Malka (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Sgt. Matan Malka, 19: Tennis player who ‘adopted’ two lone soldiers

Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7

Hava Ben Ami (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Hava Ben Ami, 78: Walked to pre-state Israel by foot from Syria

Killed during the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7

Tomer Starosta (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Tomer Starosta, 23: World traveler who sang and wrote music

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

Ran Poslushni (IDF)

Those we have lost

Ran Poslushni, 48: Father of 4 with a sharp sense of humor

Killed by accidental friendly fire while defending his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7

Bechor Swid (IDF)

Those we have lost

Bechor Swid, 32: Landscape gardener and father of 3 girls

Killed battling the Hamas invasion of southern Israel on October 7

Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi, 18: COGAT soldier’s goal was to help others

Kidnapped from his IDF base on October 7 and slain in captivity, his body returned in October 2025

Captain Ron Zarfati who was murdered at the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023 (IDF)

Those We Have Lost

Cpt. Ron Zarfati, 22: ‘Angel’ slain while dancing at desert rave

Air Force officer was murdered at the Supernova music festival, October 7

Guy Levi (left) and Shalev Madmoni (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Shalev Madmoni and Guy Levi, 24: Couple slated to move in together

Murdered by Hamas terrorists while fleeing the Supernova music festival on October 7

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The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts at the Tel Aviv Port on June 21, 2026, for the International Day of Yoga (Harold Silberg/ Indian embassy)

Light exercise

Yoga enthusiasts salute the Tel Aviv sun

Hundreds gather at city's port to mark 12th International Day of Yoga

By Jessica Steinberg

'Milk and Honey,' the new ice cream flavor by Ben & Jerry’s Israel (Ben & Jerry’s Israel/Social media)

A sweet tribute

Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating local resilience

Years after boycott fight, company shows off new creation 'Milk and Honey,' made with ingredients from southern communities affected by Oct. 7

By Deborah Danan

Ayala Ohana, 12, seen in white shirt, carries the ball at the start of the France-Senegal FIFA World Cup match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on June 16, 2026. (Screen captures/ Instagram/Hananel Ohana)

Belle of the ball

12-year-old girl with rare disease represents Israel at World Cup

Ayala Ohana, whose struggle with Gaucher has moved hundreds of thousands of followers online, was one of 104 children from around the world chosen to serve as ball carriers

By ToI Staff and Eliana Rosen

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 poses in an ad for 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