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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 26, 2025

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US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Likud spokesman shares Hebrew translation of Trump's post

Trump demands end to Netanyahu’s graft trial: ‘US saved Israel, now it’s going to save Bibi’

In unprecedented intervention in Israeli justice system, US president slams criminal case against PM as a ‘ridiculous Witch Hunt,’ declares ‘THIS TRAVESTY CAN NOT BE ALLOWED’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his cross-examination in his trial, June 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu thanks Trump for ‘tremendous support’ after president demands halt to his trial

By Nava Freiberg, Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon

US President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Experts lambaste Trump’s call to end PM’s trial as assault on judicial independence

By Jeremy Sharon

Gunmen are seen on trucks carrying aid after they entered the northern Gaza Strip from Israel, west of Beit Lahia on June 25, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 26: State Department okays $30 million for funding of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

As Israel halts UN aid deliveries over video showing gunmen on top of convoy, clan leaders say operatives were securing trucks and weren’t Hamas * Hundreds attend first in-person rally for hostages since Iran ceasefire

7:05 pm

Four detained at Tel Aviv anti-government rally calling for hostage deal, end of war
6:59 pm

PA says several aid trucks reached warehouses in northern Gaza on Thursday
6:50 pm

State Department approves $30 million for funding of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Trump says US will meet with Iran next week, asserts nuke deal ‘no longer necessary’

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, AP and ToI Staff

‘We may sign an agreement, I don’t know,’ Trump tells NATO conference, claiming US and Israel destroyed Iran’s nuclear program and ‘I don’t care if I have an agreement or not’

This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows a crater after US strikes on Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

Iran says nuclear sites ‘badly damaged’ amid conflicting reports on strikes’ success

By AP, Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman

Iranian protesters hold their country's flags and posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at an anti-US and anti-Israeli rally at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

AnalysisA battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its bruising war with Israel

By Jon Gambrell and Lee Keath

Promoted ArticleOgen

Ogen: Time to Rebuild

Almost 12,000 Israelis were made homeless by Iran’s missiles, and thousands more face economic collapse. Ogen is delivering urgent financial relief and long-term recovery tools.

US envoy Steve Witkoff appears on Fox News' 'Laura Ingraham Show,' on June 24, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)

Witkoff: Countries not previously contemplated will soon join Abraham Accords

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US special envoy teases ‘some pretty big announcements’ in pact that could be ‘stabilizer’ for Middle East; warns uranium enrichment still ‘red line’ for Iran

US President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 26: Day 629 – Bromance blossoms as Trump sticks up for his friend Bibi

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid

Mossad chief David Barnea in Tel Aviv, on February 25, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Mossad hails Israel’s ‘historic’ Iran offensive, thanks CIA in rare public message

By Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian

Israel a ‘safer, braver country,’ says Barnea; IDF chief Zamir discloses commandos operated ‘deep in enemy territory’ during war, says Iran nuclear efforts ‘pushed back by years’

An Iranian drone, apparently en route to Israel, is seen over Iraq on June 13, 2025 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

France says it intercepted drones targeting Israel during Iran war

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson during a Tucker Carlson Live Tour show at Desert Diamond Arena, October 31, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump voters cheer Iran strikes after prominent MAGA figures warned against attack

By AP

‘What he said was he’s not gonna start new wars. He doesn’t start wars. He finishes them,’ says US air force veteran near airbase from where the B-2s that bombed Iran took off

The old flag of Iran used prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution stands on the National Mall in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)

For Iranian-Americans, Israel-Iran war brought out complex feelings of fear and hope

Behind the Headlines

ToI Community webinar: The Israel-Iran War

Today, June 26 at 7pm Israel/12 noon ET, ToI editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman answer your questions on the Israel-Iran war

Ben Gurion University campus in the southern city of Beersheba on May 28, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Ben-Gurion University student arrested for espionage, sowing division on Iran’s behalf

By Charlie Summers

Suspect, 22, was in contact with Iranian agents, scattered nails on a major road in Beersheba, according to police and Shin Bet; will be expelled from BGU

Volunteers carry bags of flour to be distributed to Palestinians at a depot set up by the independent Save Youth Future Society (SYFS), in coordination with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), in Gaza City on June 26, 2025. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

Netanyahu, Katz give IDF 48 hours to find ways to stop Hamas from seizing aid

By Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Directive comes as videos emerge of gunmen riding trucks, handing out cargo in north Gaza; despite report of halt, footage shows supplies distributed from trucks in Gaza City

A vehicle set on fire during a settler rampage of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir on June 25, 2025. (Yesh Din)

3 Palestinians said killed during settler raid; IDF says troops returned fire at gunmen

By Nurit Yohanan, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

Zahiya Joudeh, who was shot to death in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on June 24, 2025. (X, used in conjunction with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Family of grandmother shot dead in East Jerusalem says she was killed by Border Police

By Nurit Yohanan

New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes selfies with supporters after speaking at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Jewish congressmen endorse Mamdani for NYC mayor, in contrast to community worries

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Chuck Schumer and Jerry Nadler back anti-Israel socialist after his upset victory in mayoral primary, but some Jews urge candidate to commit to safety measures

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in conversation after the New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater on June 12, 2025, in New York City. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times via AP)

Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City

By Steve Peoples and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

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Do Zohran Mamdani’s opponents have a path to defeating him in NYC mayoral election?

The far-left critic of Israel will be the heavy favorite in November vote, which could end up as a 5-way race if Cuomo runs as an independent after losing the Democratic primary

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate New York City Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

After NYC primary upset, anti-Israel activist Mamdani vows not to ‘abandon my beliefs’

Senator Schumer, the ‘shomer’ who abandoned his post

The leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus vowed to guard Israel. Then, last week, he walked away.

Merav Israeli-Amarant

Both left and right want you to forget October 7

Moving past the horrors of that day would be politically convenient for both sides, but ignoring the victims is immoral: We cannot betray them a second time

Anti-government, pro-hostage deal protesters rally outside the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 31, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Qatar, US tout ‘momentum’ in Gaza truce-hostage talks as result of Iran ceasefire

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Trump cites American attack on Iran as reason for ‘great progress’ in negotiations, which have stalled since late May, as Doha says it’s in touch with ‘all sides’

Illustrative: Relatives of Israelis held hostage in Gaza protest for their release outside the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Hostage families hope Iran truce yields Gaza deal: ‘Hamas is at its weakest point’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Family and friends of Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Ronel Ben-Moshe attend his funeral at the military cemetery in Rehovot on June 25, 2025. He was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

‘How does a father eulogize his son?’: 5 soldiers killed in Gaza blast laid to rest

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Bibliotherapist and puppeteer Esti Osovsky volunteers for Brothers and Sisters in Israel in an underground parking structure-turned public shelter that the organization helped to equip in the central city of Rishon Lezion, June 23, 2025. (Brothers and Sisters in Israel)

Reporter's notebook'When you're underground, you forget what day it is'

Ceasefire brings shelter-less residents back above ground, but some still fear more war

Volunteers have turned underground parking lots into bomb shelters amid Iranian missile barrages, giving safety and comfort to countless citizens who hope they won’t have to return

Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) march with weapons and their national flag during a rally in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)

Iran pivots to internal crackdown on dissent as ceasefire ends war with Israel

By Parisa Hafezi and Ahmed Rasheed

Iranian lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi poses for a photograph during the presentation of the exhibition "Dessins pour la liberte" (Cartoons for peace), marking the international press freedom day on the shores of Lake Geneva, in Geneva on May 3, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Tehran’s ‘paper tiger’ regime will fall, says exiled Iranian Nobel peace laureate

By Bahareh Khodabandeh and William James

A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

‘Don’t know what will happen’: Iranians fear further repression after war with Israel

By Farnoush Amiri

A woman stops to take a picture of Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, a day after the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, June 25, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

Tel Aviv remains subdued after ceasefire, as Israelis hope for better days

By Stav Levaton

From nearly empty markets to missile-scarred streets, Israel’s coastal hub hopes to find normalcy and unity a day after the fragile cessation of fighting with Iran takes effect

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By COLLEEN SLEVIN

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Swiss museum reaches deal to keep Gauguin work sold by Jews fleeing Nazi Germany

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Judge halts major Dimona housing plan over absence of environmental impact study

Irish rap group Kneecap singer, Liam O'Hanna center, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, outside Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on June 18, 2025, after being charged with supporting Hezbollah. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)

Irish rapper Mo Chara, an alleged Hezbollah supporter, may soon headline sold-out US tour

By Grace Gilson

Israeli fintech startup Melio is the developer of a payments platform geared toward small and medium-sized US businesses. (Courtesy)

New Zealand’s Xero to snap up Israeli fintech startup Melio for up to $3 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

Emergency services work the scene of a stabbing that took place in Bielefeld, Germany, on May 18, 2025. (Screen capture: Youtube/WDR aktuell)

Syrian migrant accused of Germany stabbing was Islamic State member, say prosecutors

By AFP

Jürgen Elsässer, editor-in-chief of the far-right German magazine Compact, speaks to reporters in front of the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, Germany. (Elisa Schu/picture alliance via Getty Images, via JTA)

German court overturns ban on antisemitic magazine, citing free speech laws

By Grace Gilson

Chilean traveler Diego Haro is seen biking in a report published online by Spanish-language broadcaster TRT Espanol on June 25, 2025. (Screen capture: X/TRT Espanol)

Chilean cyclist and his dog on global trek flee Iran amid Israeli strikes

By AP and ToI Staff

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