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Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

July 8, 2025, 12:48 am

New York’s Barnard College settles antisemitism lawsuit filed by Jewish students

College affiliated with Columbia University agrees to implement a discrimination coordinator, voice a zero-tolerance policy toward anti-Jewish hate, rejects Israel boycott demands

By Luke Tress

A Lufthansa airlines Airbus-A320-271N comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on April 29, 2024. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

July 7, 2025, 11:53 pm

Lufthansa carrier group to resume flying to Israel starting August 1

Decision to gradually resume flights after Iran war comes as EU aviation safety body lifts ‘high-risk’ advisory cautioning pilots against entering Israeli airspace

By Sharon Wrobel

Tel Aviv's cityscape. February 11, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

July 7, 2025, 11:32 pm

Tel Aviv ranked 8th most expensive place to buy home in report on world’s key cities

Deutsche Bank says prices in city center jumped 110% since 2012; Tel Aviv ranked 28th for quality of life, 3rd most expensive city to buy car

By Michael Horovitz

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a state memorial ceremony for Operation Protective Edge at the National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl on July 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

July 7, 2025, 11:18 pm

Katz calls for confining all Gazans in ‘humanitarian city’ built over Rafah’s ruins

Palestinians would be barred from exiting the zone, run by international organizations and secured by IDF from a distance, defense minister says

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

US President Donald Trump looks up at the American flag on the flagpole on the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House, July 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

July 7, 2025, 11:12 pm

Witkoff to join hostage talks in Doha as sides told Trump wants deal by week’s end

Negotiators make progress on closing gaps regarding aid and IDF withdrawal, but will need US president’s help to bridge key dispute on whether deal will permanently end war

By Jacob Magid

A delegation of imams and Muslim community leaders from France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK meet with President Isaac Herzog at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on July 7, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)

July 7, 2025, 10:26 pm

Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’

Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

By Rossella Tercatin

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas is seen in Ambelakia Bay, Salamis Island, Greece, August 9, 2022. (Nektarios Papadakis via AP/File)

July 7, 2025, 9:52 pm

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim cargo ship they attacked Sunday has sunk

Assault on Greek-owned ship and subsequent Israeli strikes raise fears of regional escalation, with hostage deal hanging in balance and Iran weighing continued talks with US

By AP, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)

July 7, 2025, 9:41 pm

US revokes terror label for Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which toppled Assad

Measure comes amid warming ties between Damascus and Washington, which seeks to reintegrate war-battered country into global economy

By AFP and ToI Staff

Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit attends a meeting in Mineralnye Vody, Russia, on May 6, 2025. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

July 7, 2025, 9:09 pm

In apparent suicide, Russian minister found dead hours after being fired

Roman Starovoit discovered with a gunshot wound in his car, Russian investigation agency says, shortly after Putin dismisses him without stated reason

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 7, 2025, 8:11 pm

Coalition pulls all legislation after Haredi parties mutiny over conscription bill

United Torah Judaism party says it ‘will not vote with the coalition’ until presented with an updated draft of a law exempting yeshiva students from military service

By Sam Sokol

American commentator Tucker Carlson (left) speaks with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, in an interview published on July 7, 2025. (Tucker Carlson Show screenshot)

July 7, 2025, 7:25 pm

Iran’s president claims Israel tried to kill him, says open to new nuke talks with US

In interview with Tucker Carlson, Masoud Pezeshkian says Israel tried to bomb area where he was holding meeting, questions how he can trust Washington if negotiations restart

By Nava Freiberg, AFP and ToI Staff

Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

July 7, 2025, 6:51 pm

AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’

Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’

By Jeremy Sharon

Fans of Croatian nationalist singer Marko Perkovic Thompson gather at the Zagreb hippodrome during a concert by the singer, who is known for his sympathies for the country's World War II Nazi-allied regime, to an expected crowd of some 450,000 people on July 5, 2025. (Damir Sencar/AFP)

July 7, 2025, 6:18 pm

Croatian right-wing singer joins hundreds of thousands of fans in pro-Nazi salute

Authorities say they could prosecute some members of audience for their displays at Marko Perkovic concert

By Grace Gilson

Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses, at a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

July 7, 2025, 5:44 pm

Confidant to Haredi patrol chief suspected of sexual assault to be kept in custody

Chaim Rotter, head of Shomrim organization in Bnei Brak, is suspected of assaulting women and minors over decades

By Charlie Summers

Palestinians carry boxes containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

July 7, 2025, 5:24 pm

Proposal outlines massive camps for Gazans in bid to advance Trump’s ‘vision’ – report

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denies it’s behind plan to relocate population to ‘Humanitarian Transit Areas’ where they could ‘re-integrate and prepare to relocate if they wish’

By Reuters and ToI Staff