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What Matters Most On Friday, January 2, 2026

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This composite shows President Donald Trump (left) at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida, and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon, Bilal Hussein)

‘Locked and loaded’: Trump and Iranian officials exchange threats over protests

By AP

US president says America would come to rescue of protesters if Tehran kills demonstrators; senior Iranian security official says protests stoked by US, Israel

Shopkeepers and traders protest in the street against the economic conditions and Iran's embattled currency in Tehran on December 29, 2025. (FARS NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

‘Fight against darkness’: Foreign Ministry appears to back Iranian protests

A video appears to show anti-regime protesters marching in Isfahan, Iran, January 1, 2026. (X screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Six reported killed in Iran clashes, as cost-of-living protests continue to rage

By Agencies and ToI Staff

This grab taken on January 2, 2026, from UGC images posted on social media on December 31, 2025, shows protestors attacking a government building in Fasa, in southern Iran, on December 31, amid spontaneous nationwide protests driven by dissatisfaction at the country's economic stagnation. (Photo by UGC / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 2: Iran FM denounces Trump’s threat of intervention as ‘reckless, dangerous’

Palestinian man reportedly wounded during one of several Sabbath evening settler raids throughout West Bank * IDF says troops killed ‘terrorist’ who crossed ceasefire line in southern Gaza

8:32 pm

At least 10 have reportedly been killed since start of anti-regime protests in Iran
8:04 pm

IDF says troops killed 'terrorist' who crossed ceasefire line in southern Gaza
7:33 pm

Leading Jewish groups blast Mamdani's revocation of antisemitism definition

A woman lays flowers near the site where a fire ripped through a crowded bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on January 1, 2026. (MAXIME SCHMID / AFP)

Israel offers help to Switzerland after deadly ski resort blaze kills dozens

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Three Jewish people said missing; Herzog offers condolences, notes Israeli experience in dealing with disasters; authorities still identifying victims, cause of fire

Mamdani revokes IHRA antisemitism definition on day 1, amid broad rejection of Adams orders

NYC mayor nullifies swath of predecessor’s actions, including some related to Jewish community and one that opposed the campaign to boycott Israel; retains Office to Combat Antisemitism

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks after taking the oath of office during his inauguration, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration ceremony, in New York City, January 1, 2026. (AP/Heather Khalifa)

Mamdani nods to Jewish and Palestinian New Yorkers in inaugural speech

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and all serving Supreme Court justices at a court hearing on petitions against the government's 'Reasonableness Law,' September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

4 former Supreme Court presidents, over 100 ex-judges demand PM halt attacks on judiciary

By Jeremy Sharon

142 former judges decry ‘unbridled’ coalition attacks on courts, say Smotrich’s call to ‘trample’ on Supreme Court head Isaac Amit implies incitement to acts of violence

Haviv Rettig Gur (courtesy) / A view of the Western Wall as the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound appears in the background in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 4, 2025. (JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

ToI podcastLazar Focus: Haviv Rettig Gur with 6 projections for Israel in 2026

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur

A blessing for Dinah

Was Jacob’s daughter excluded when her brothers were blessed, or did she need to wait for future generations of women to benefit? (Vayechi)

What Dr. Robby’s Jewish star on ‘The Pitt’ teaches me

With ’the Surge’ of Jews who doubled down on Jewish life after October 7th, I saw why opting out of Judaism doesn’t quite work (Vayechi)

Segev Kalfon, an Israeli hostage who spent two years in captivity in a Hamas tunnel and was released from the Gaza Strip in a ceasefire deal on October 13, 2025, at home in Dimona, southern Israel, December 23, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

'I was living in the body of a dead person'

‘I don’t feel like a hero’: Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon tells of long path to recovery

By Melanie Lidman

Former Hamas captive describes dire conditions and torture experienced in Gaza, says Jewish faith and hearing mother’s voice on radio helped him survive

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar arrives at the Israeli Film Awards ceremony in Jerusalem, December 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Culture minister says Gaza belongs to Israel, Palestinians merely ‘there as guests’

Likud lawmaker makes claim when asked about his response to the award-winning film ‘The Sea,’ which led him to establish alternative award ceremony and threaten funding cuts

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel’s announcement recognizing Somaliland’s statehood in downtown Hargeisa, December 26, 2025. (FARHAN ALELI / AFP)

Somaliland denies it agreed to accept Gaza refugees or host Israeli military bases

A Palestinian man walks on his crutches to the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israel vows to enforce ban on 37 aid groups in Gaza as deadline passes

By AFP and Jeremy Sharon

Antisemitic graffiti reading 'Rat' and 'Jew' is seen on an Ireland road, around December 31, 2025. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘RAT JEW’ graffiti painted on Ireland road; police treating incident as a hate crime

Vandalism also included swastikas, Stars of David, and ‘USA,’ covering some hundred yards of rural road in Leinster; Holocaust education NGO sounds alarm on echoes of Nazi rhetoric

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, October 4, 2025. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

Spanish Jews warn map of local Jewish and ‘Zionist’ businesses will lead to violence

Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi leaves a press conference at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on February 19, 2018. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Israel asked Qatar to boost financial assistance to Gaza a month before Oct. 7 — report

Israeli officials said to have asked Doha’s Mohammed al-Emadi to buy more Egyptian fuel to fund Hamas regime, thinking terror group wanted economic relief in exchange for quiet

Palestinians walk along a street market where fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale in Gaza City on December 19, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel lets Gaza merchants import ‘dual use’ items banned to aid groups — report

Traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, December 29, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

'Must ensure Israel is easy place to incorporate a company'

After record year, some in Israeli tech fear its future won’t be in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Optimism abounds after 2025 sees unprecedented gains even amid war, but exodus of talent and tax revenue fuels concern that the country’s main economic driver may be on its way out

Wave of price rises and tax hikes takes effect, fueling costs for Israelis in 2026

By Sharon Wrobel

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to the press as he tours the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana in southern Israel on December 31, 2025. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

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AG to High Court: Netanyahu should be made to explain why he hasn’t fired Ben Gvir

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

Minister abuses his powers and PM hasn’t sufficiently addressed issue, AG says in court filing; Ben Gvir responds: ‘Crook, I don’t care about you’; hearing set for Jan. 15

Dr. Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Miguel J. Frada from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, deploys an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. (Courtesy/Jake Stout)

New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life

By Diana Bletter

View of Gilboa Prison, near the Jordan Valley, December 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Arab Israeli security inmate found dead, prison service declines to disclose cause

By Charlie Summers

Arabic outlets identify inmate as Hassan Issa Alkshalaa from southern Bedouin city of Rahat, who had been jailed for 13 months, supposedly for online incitement

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Samaria District Council head Yossi Dagan show the construction masterplan proposal for the Sa Nur settlement in the nothern West Bank. (Roi Hadi)

Construction masterplan for formerly-evacuated West Bank settlement gets preliminary ok

By Jeremy Sharon

Plans include 126 housing units for Sa Nur, evacuated under 2005 Disengagement Plan; Smotrich: We are advancing de facto sovereignty to stop establishment of Arab state in West Bank

Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman waves goodbye while leaving the White House after a meeting in the Oval Office with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Best of frenemies: In Yemen, rivalry between Saudi Arabia and UAE bursts into view

By Callum PATON

Analysts say talk has swirled of rifts on several issues between Saudi Arabia’s MBS and the man once thought of as his mentor, the Emirates’ Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

One of the six role-playing games in 'Roll of Destiny,' in the Neve Schechter gallery, open through January 16, 2026. (Courtesy Efrat Mazor)

Roll the dice

Tel Aviv exhibit joins Jewish concepts to role-playing games

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Roll of Destiny,’ on display at Neve Schechter Gallery, features six original games employing Jewish ideas

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Paramedics and police at the scene of a suspected murder in Kiryat Yam on January 1, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

After investigation, police say no foul-play in death of woman in Haifa apartment

By Charlie Summers

US President Donald Trump attends a New Year's Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 31, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump blames aspirin for persistently bruised hands, denies sleeping in public

By AFP

Illustrative: Disposed articles are burnt in fierce fires in the incinerators of an incineration plant on April 17, 2007, in Singapore. (AP/Wong Maye-E)

Ritual cremations may have occurred in Africa 9,500 years ago, researchers say

By Jessica C. Thompson, Elizabeth Sawchuck and Jessica Cerezo-Romàn

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II leads Christmas celebrations at St. George's Syriac Orthodox Church in the old city of Damascus on December 25, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem / AFP)

Syria says Islamic State plotted New Year’s Eve attacks on churches

By AFP

Brig. Gen. Amit Saar, head of the Military Intelligence research department, speaks at a Gazit conference in Tel Aviv, December 5, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)

ObituaryAmit Saar, a top IDF intelligence officer on Oct. 7, dies of cancer at 47

By Stav Levaton

Demonstrators gather on the Galata Bridge holding Palestinian and Turkish flags during a pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2026. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

500,000 turn out for pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul

By AFP and ToI Staff

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