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US envoys Witkoff and Kushner in Qatar but won’t meet with Iran, Doha official says

Iran says it will respond ‘decisively’ to any US violation of MOU * Former hostage celebrates as IDF announces killing of his Gaza captor: ‘Have fun in hell’ * Knesset advances bill enshrining Torah study as Basic Law

Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi curses the IDF chief of staff at a Bnei Brak event against the arrest of Haredi draft dodgers, June 29, 2026 (Video screenshot)

Haredi rabbi’s rant against ‘accursed’ IDF chief sparks political firestorm

By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg

Netanyahu, Shas issue condemnations of Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi's invective during Bnei Brak rally, Bennett vows to end state funding for 'anyone who preaches against Zionism'

L to R: Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir are seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, ahead of a failed vote on MK Ayman Odeh's proposed expulsion from the body. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers, coalition MKs push pardon for PM after judges urge dropping of key charge

Levin, Eliyahu, Katz and others again call for clemency or for dismissal of all charges, as judges repeat recommendation that prosecutors withdraw Netanyahu's bribery count

US President Donald Trump (R) sits with US Vice President JD Vance as they attend the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Inside story

Board of Peace finalizing plans for Gaza, but implementation timeline up in the air

With disarmament talks stalled, committee of Palestinian technocrats tasked with replacing Hamas remains outside Strip, attending workshops on how they'll govern if or when they enter

Israeli military vehicles and personnel seen at a border crossing into Lebanon, June 28, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/FLASH90)

Defense minister says Trump stopped IDF destroying Hezbollah

Katz: Israel has ‘no territorial ambitions’ in Lebanon, will stay until Hezbollah disarmed

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Iran fighting could restart within '2 days,' says minister; Lebanese president tells CENTCOM chief army will deploy up to border; IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon

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Renana Keydar

1,000 days after: How will the voices of October 7 be heard?

In an era of misinformation, denial, and information overload, preserving survivor testimony is no longer enough: We need a living archive of the present

Hannah Rosenthal

Hannah Rosenthal

The US is about to sabotage its own fight against antisemitism

The Trump administration’s plan to merge its Holocaust envoy and antisemitism envoy offices risks failing both survivors and Jewish communities worldwide

Tom Nides

The billions of shekels languishing in Palestinian bank vaults

Israel’s decision to tighten restrictions on the return of its own currency has turned a chronic problem into a security threat

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Scott Wiener gave the mob everything. It wasn’t enough

The California state senator who toed the progressive line at the expense of his own liberal Jewish and Zionist beliefs is being villainized as a puppet of Israel

Susannah Schild

Susannah Schild

The geography of the Jewish soul

For these summer travelers, even America’s grandest vistas can not rival the one place in the world ’upon which God’s eyes are fixed’

Danielle Upbin

Ye (Kanye West) in Tampa: A Jewish response

Would you have gone to the concert? Would you have booked him to begin with, before any real public reckoning about his record of antisemitism?

Eliyahu Berkovits

Eliyahu Berkovits

When black hats meet blue uniforms

As the draft crisis shifts from the Knesset to the streets, many Haredim see police officers as persecutors, not protectors

William Keenan

Without Israel there would be no America?

The US ambassador’s sweeping biblical claim reflects a growing movement to redefine America’s identity — and the foundations of its support for Israel

Peter Himmelman

Peter Himmelman

What October 7 unearthed: A personal and historical reckoning

The Hamas massacre exposed not only Israel’s vulnerability, but an ideological framework that, for many, rendered Jewish suffering morally unintelligible

Ariel Beery

Goodbye, America. Hello world

Israel’s special relationship with the US may be on the rocks, but the Global South has a lot to offer for the long term

Adi Romem

Everybody has a donkey they ignore

Human beings rarely see the world as it is. We see it as we are (Balak)

Monique Mogyoros

Monique Mogyoros

Mamdani’s ‘monsters’: A warning sign for democracy?

Can America’s fragile experiment withstand the political antisemitism Hannah Arendt saw as a warning sign of democratic decline?

Trump says next US-Iran meeting to be held in Doha Tuesday, amid conflicting reports

US President Donald Trump holds up his phone as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC on June 28, 2026 after spending time at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

By ToI Staff and Agencies

White House says Witkoff, Kushner to attend 'high-level' talks coinciding with technical talks; Iranian officials meet with Oman to discuss Hormuz arrangement as traffic again slows

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State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman visits Kibbutz Misgav Am on the Israeli border with Lebanon, March 18, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

High Court rules state comptroller exceeded his authority in several Oct. 7 probes

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Justices say Matanyahu Englman did not have jurisdiction to investigate 4 specific areas of 2023 catastrophe, and must redo 4 other probes since he failed to speak to key officials

Father of soldier killed on Oct. 7 heckles him during speech

Smotrich says plans drawn up to establish 3 Israeli settlements in Gaza

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a ceremony for the construction of 1,000 new housing units, in Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, near the border with the Gaza Strip, southern Israel, June 29, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Finance minister urges Netanyahu to approve communities in northern Strip, asserts move will boost security; US opposes Jewish settlements in Gaza; move unlikely to go ahead

Top ops

Renana Keydar

1,000 days after: How will the voices of October 7 be heard?

In an era of misinformation, denial, and information overload, preserving survivor testimony is no longer enough: We need a living archive of the present

Hannah Rosenthal

Hannah Rosenthal

The US is about to sabotage its own fight against antisemitism

The Trump administration’s plan to merge its Holocaust envoy and antisemitism envoy offices risks failing both survivors and Jewish communities worldwide

Tom Nides

The billions of shekels languishing in Palestinian bank vaults

Israel’s decision to tighten restrictions on the return of its own currency has turned a chronic problem into a security threat

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Scott Wiener gave the mob everything. It wasn’t enough

The California state senator who toed the progressive line at the expense of his own liberal Jewish and Zionist beliefs is being villainized as a puppet of Israel

Susannah Schild

Susannah Schild

The geography of the Jewish soul

For these summer travelers, even America’s grandest vistas can not rival the one place in the world ’upon which God’s eyes are fixed’

Danielle Upbin

Ye (Kanye West) in Tampa: A Jewish response

Would you have gone to the concert? Would you have booked him to begin with, before any real public reckoning about his record of antisemitism?

Eliyahu Berkovits

Eliyahu Berkovits

When black hats meet blue uniforms

As the draft crisis shifts from the Knesset to the streets, many Haredim see police officers as persecutors, not protectors

William Keenan

Without Israel there would be no America?

The US ambassador’s sweeping biblical claim reflects a growing movement to redefine America’s identity — and the foundations of its support for Israel

Peter Himmelman

Peter Himmelman

What October 7 unearthed: A personal and historical reckoning

The Hamas massacre exposed not only Israel’s vulnerability, but an ideological framework that, for many, rendered Jewish suffering morally unintelligible

Ariel Beery

Goodbye, America. Hello world

Israel’s special relationship with the US may be on the rocks, but the Global South has a lot to offer for the long term

Adi Romem

Everybody has a donkey they ignore

Human beings rarely see the world as it is. We see it as we are (Balak)

Monique Mogyoros

Monique Mogyoros

Mamdani’s ‘monsters’: A warning sign for democracy?

Can America’s fragile experiment withstand the political antisemitism Hannah Arendt saw as a warning sign of democratic decline?

Yair Rosenberg, who writes The Atlantic's 'Deep Shtetl' newsletter, was named to a new religion beat at The New York Times focused on Jewish American life. (Yair Rosenberg; Adam Jones/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

New York Times hires Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg to cover Jewish American life

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Beat is NYT's first dedicated to Jews, in city with world's largest Jewish population; paper has complex relationship with many Jewish readers, especially after Oct. 7; Rosenberg has critiqued some coverage

RRIS Italian students with HE Amb. HE Amb. Luca Ferrari, Maurizio Molinari and Jonathan Davis

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Reichman University welcomes Italian Ambassador and veteran journalist Maurizio Molinari

Italian Ambassador Luca Ferrari welcomed renowned journalist Maurizio Molinari to Reichman University, where students explored AI, democracy, antisemitism, and Italy-Israel relations.

US President Donald Trump holds a signed presidential memo in the Oval Office of the White House, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to overturn sexual assault judgment

By AFP

President vows to 'continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me,' following decision not to revisit 2023 ruling by federal civil court

Viewers warned latest episodes of new ‘Fauda’ season are disturbingly real

Doron Ben-David, left and Lior Raz in the fifth season of 'Fauda,' with two episodes depicting the bloody Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

By Jessica Steinberg

Producers of Israeli action drama offer special alert regarding episodes 7 and 8 of Season 5, which portray the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack

An Armenian flag and a remembrance day poster hang in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, as the community marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 24, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Azerbaijan slams ally Israel’s recognition of Armenian genocide: ‘Distortion of historical facts’

By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg

Baku urges Jerusalem to 'reconsider the decision'; Azerbaijan, while close with Israel, takes Turkey's line in rejecting label for WWI atrocities

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Dillon Perez waves a Jewish pride flag at the New York City Pride March on June 29, 2026. (Grace Gilson/ JTA)

'As much hate as we received, we also received positivity'

A tale of two marches: LGBTQ Jews face cheers and heckles at NYC Pride

By Grace Gilson

Contrasting receptions of Jewish contingents at parade reflect complex reality for Jews facing increasingly rampant anti-Israel sentiment in LGBTQ spaces

Magos Systems' drone detection radar system. (Courtesy)

Radar tech AI startup clinches deal for drone attack warning system to Israeli army

By Sharon Wrobel

As part of the deal, Magos will supply hundreds of its radar-based detection systems to protect ground forces against approaching unmanned aerial threats, including fiber-optic drones

Illustrative: A man transports boxes of medication from Nablus's Rafidiya hospital to an ambulance vehicle waiting behind a barrier at the entrance to the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, on May 6, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

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'A patient arrives and I have no medicine to give him'

Short of funds for drugs or doctors, West Bank health system falters under Israeli sanctions

By Nurit Yohanan

A yearlong freeze on transfers of tax revenues has resulted in the debt-ridden PA Health Ministry being unable to provide many services, with physicians striking over inability to help patients

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People walk by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, created by internationally renowned architect Antoine Predock on August 13, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)

Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens ‘Nakba’ exhibit despite pushback from Jewish leaders

By Grace Gilson

Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraq gives pro-Iran militias until Sept. 30 to dissolve

By AFP

Police and medics seen at the scene of a suspected murder in the Nazareth-area town of Yafia, June 29, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Man, 30, killed near Nazareth, in 6th fatality in Arab community in just over 24 hours

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot speaks to reporters during an uncoordinated visit to schools in Umm al-Fahm, sparking protest from residents on June 28, 2026. (Screenshot/X)

Arab city strikes as far-right MK Sukkot stages visit, pitches Israeli flag

By Charlie Summers

Arsen Ostrovsky, who was with his family at Bondi Beach in Sydney, during the deadly December 14, 2025, terror shooting, describes the attack in an Australian TV interview. (Sky News Australia screenshot)

Bondi survivor tells Australian commission he was accused of being AI ‘crisis actor’

By AFP

A rendering of the Holocaust memorial planned for Charlotte, North Carolina, features an evocation of the trains that carried Jews to Nazi death camps and an image of the entrance to Auschwitz. (Courtesy Circle of Humanity via JTA)

In North Carolina, a memorial project will honor Martin Luther King and Holocaust victims

By Andrea Cooper

Police forensics work at the scene where six people were killed in a shooting in Stade, northern Germany, June 29, 2026. (Ibrahim OT / AFP)

Six shot dead at German youth welfare center in ‘family tragedy,’ police say

By Ibrahim Ot and bryn Stole

An Elbit MUSIC system in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel sold advanced F-15 systems and gear to Qatar and Saudi Arabia – report

Illustrative image of a doctor with digital icons (chaiyapruek2520, iStock by Getty Images)

Investment in Israeli health tech startups plunged 40% in 2025 – report

By Sharon Wrobel

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

NY’s Hakeem Jeffries welcomes anti-Israel primary winners who declined to endorse him

Iran's team stands for their national anthem during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, June 26, 2026. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Iran narrowly knocked out of World Cup after tumultuous contest on and off field

View of the southern city of Eilat, September 9, 2025. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Cabinet okays 5-year NIS 360 million plan for Eilat’s economy, infrastructure

By Michael Horovitz and Diana Bletter

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Those we have lost

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

Maj. Ben Bronshtein (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Maj. Ben Bronshtein, 24: Elite unit commander lived ‘an abnormal life’

Killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza

Ofir Yaron (IDF)

Those we have lost

Ofir Yaron, 51: Dad of 2 killed on the way to defend besieged kibbutz

Killed by Hamas while trying to return to protect Kibbutz Magen on October 7

Adiel Twito (Facebook)

Those We Have Lost

Adiel Twito, 32: Chef and reality TV star who ‘loved to feed people’

Murdered at the Supernova music festival on October 7

Lt. Adir Gaory (IDF)

Those we have lost

Lt. Adir Gaory, 20: Achieved dream of joining elite IDF unit

Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Re'im on October 7

Staff Sgt. Alemnew Emanuel Feleke who died on December 6, 2023 after being injured in Gaza the day before. (IDF)

Those We Have Lost

Staff Sgt. Emanuel Feleke, 21: Predicted he would die for homeland

Injured while fighting in Gaza on December 5 and died of his wounds December 6

Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell, 22, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Talmon, who was critically wounded on February 15 during a battle with Hamas operatives in Khan Younis, and whose death was announced on February 20, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell, 22: ‘Writer and warrior’ who studied Torah

Severely injured during combat in southern Gaza Strip on February 15, Morell succumbed to his wounds the next week

Cpt. Itay Maor (IDF)

Those we have lost

Cpt. Itay Maor, 23: Golani commander loved hiking with his siblings

Killed battling the Hamas invasion near Zikim Beach on October 7

Staff Sgt. Yonatan Chaim who was killed in Gaza on December 8. (IDF)

Those We Have Lost

Staff Sgt. Yonatan Chaim, 25: Lone soldier who converted, made aliyah

Killed fighting in southern Gaza on December 8

Matan Rosenberg (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Matan Rosenberg, 17: High school music lover killed with his two uncles

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

Lt. Col. Alim Abdallah who was killed on Lebanon border on October 9, 2023. (IDF)

Those we have lost

Lt. Col. Alim Abdallah, 40: Druze commander killed near Lebanon

Killed responding to an infiltration alert, October 9. 'He sacrificed himself and his life for the residents of the north,' says cousin

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

From the French version of 'The Baker and the Beauty,' sold to Spanish and Ukrainian markets in June 2026 (Courtesy)

A taste of Israeli TV

Adaptations of ‘Baker and the Beauty’ spread worldwide

Spain, Ukraine and Latin America to receive remakes of Israeli romantic comedy

By Jessica Steinberg

Mel Brooks arrives at the premiere of "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!" in Los Angeles on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Born to make people laugh

Comedy legend and Jewish icon Mel Brooks turns 100

Groundbreaking writer and director behind 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein' has joked his gravestone should read: 'I was Mel Brooks, one of the funniest little Jews to walk the Earth'

By AP and ToI Staff

At the entrance to Video Pub, Jerusalem's gay bar that will close its doors at the end of June 2026.(Courtesy)

Last call

Jerusalem’s only gay bar closes, but owner says it’s good news

'You don't need bars anymore that are just for gay people,' Avi Goldberger says as he shutters Video Pub after some 14 years

By Jessica Steinberg

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