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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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Security and rescue forces seen near a bus that ran over Haredi protesters in Jerusalem on January 6, 2026, killing Yosef Eisenthal, 14 (right). (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90; Courtesy)

Netanyahu vows thorough probe of teen's death

Bus driver who ran over Haredi protester remanded on suspicion of negligent homicide

By Sam Sokol and Lazar Berman

Driver’s lawyer says suspect felt his life was in danger as demonstrators massed around bus; 14-year-old killed, three injured in incident; minister blames anti-Haredi incitement

Rescuers inspect a bus that ran over Haredi protesters in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Teenager killed, others injured after bus runs over Haredi protesters in Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox people protest against IDF recruitment in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 824 – Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest

By Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol

Illustrative: This picture shows a partial view of damaged buildings in Gaza City on January 3, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 7: Israel still holding 1,287 Gazans under illegal combatants law, 41 arrested since ceasefire

PM tours south amid Jewish-Arab unrest: ‘Negev is out of control, we will rein it in’ * Knesset gives initial ok to bill ending AG authority over ministry legal advisers

9:59 pm

Report: IDF soldier seen firing volley of shots toward Gaza gets 20 days in prison
8:52 pm

Man killed in blast at Ashkelon factory
8:48 pm

Syrian government demands Kurdish fighters leave Aleppo neighborhoods

Iran army chief threatens response to Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘hostile rhetoric’

Country’s top judge says there will be ‘no leniency’ for growing demonstrations, while President Masoud Pezeshkian orders security forces not to crack down on unarmed protesters

Iran's army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami speaks to military academy students in Tehran, Iran, in a photo released by the Iranian Army on January 7, 2026. (Masoud Nazari Mehrabi/Iranian Army via AP)

Protesters gather with placards outside the gates of Downing Street to attend a London Rally in Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organized by The Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK, in central London on January 3, 2026, to protest against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)

Op-ed‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon’: Iranian unrest is about more than just the economy

By Kamran Talattof

A government supporter holds an image of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a women's march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, January 6, 2026. (AP/Matias Delacroix)

AnalysisAfter Venezuela raid, protest-hit Iran wary of possible US plot against its rulers

By Jon Gambrell

The scene of a triple deadly shooting in the Arab town of Shfaram in northern Israel, January 7, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Three men gunned down in Shfaram, taking toll in Arab community to 11 in a week

By Charlie Summers

Police suspect victims slain as part of ongoing war between crime families; killings come hours after medical student shot dead in feud between Bedouin families in Negev

Op-ed

Refusing to face tough questions, Netanyahu blackballs media to public’s detriment

PM keeps reporters off his taxpayer-funded plane, doesn’t give briefings to the traveling press and access is increasingly politicized — all ahead of a critical election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters before flying to the United States, at Ben Gurion Airport, July 22, 2024. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

The empty Jewiness of Marty Supreme

When cruelty is normalized and Jewish identity and Holocaust memory are used as movie props, the loss is more than cinematic

Why are we still fighting about antisemitism definitions?

At this time of high anxiety about Jewish safety, it’s time to stop squabbling over words and take genuine action against threats

Street ‘tefillah’

‘Stickering’ city streets with pictures of Oct. 7 hostages – and re-stickering after they are torn down – has become an enduring, inspiring Jewish ritual

Here’s how Israel can treat its epidemic of sexual violence

With serious funding, education, expanded treatment options, new legislation, and a governmentally assigned leader, we can tackle the staggering abuse

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at the 'Leaders on the Home Front' conference in central Israel, January 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief says retooled army building strategy to prepare for ‘surprise war’

By Stav Levaton

Military has ‘made changes to readiness, to orders’ and ‘addressed operational gaps’ in response to October 7, Eyal Zamir announces, vowing end to containment doctrine

Composite of screen captures from video of clashes between Palestinian students and Israeli forces at Birzeit University in the West Bank, January 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF raids West Bank’s Birzeit University, says it aimed to disrupt ‘pro-terror’ gathering

By Stav Levaton, Noam Lehmann and Agencies

View of the area of the planned E1 project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, seen August 21, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Last hurdle cleared to start controversial E1 settlement project near Jerusalem

By AP and ToI Staff

Government issues tender for 3,401 housing units in area east of capital, which both critics and proponents say will effectively block a contiguous Palestinian state in the West Bank

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions 2025 in New York City, on September 24, 2025. (ROB KIM / Getty Images via AFP)

United Nations rights office accuses Israel of West Bank ‘apartheid’

By AP and ToI Staff

View of the first snow this winter on Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, on December 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

PM's office says it aims to protect Druze minority

Israel and Syria agree on mechanism to share intel, seek economic ties

By Lazar Berman

Pact reached on 2nd day of renewed talks; source in Damascus reportedly claims there are indications Israel may agree to regard violence in Druze area of Sweida as internal matter

People gather at the site of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli strike in the industrial area of Ghazieh town, near the coastal city of Sidon, in southern Lebanon on January 6, 2026. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Lebanon claims Israeli strikes undermine efforts to prevent escalation

By AFP and Stav Levaton

The Democrats chairman Yair Golan (center, standing) holds a press conference in Tel Aviv to present the party’s new members, January 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Anti-government protest leaders, brother of murdered hostage join Democrats party

By Ariela Karmel

Welcoming Moshe Radman, Ami Dror, Danny Elgarat and others who led movements against judicial overhaul and for hostage release, faction chief Yair Golan calls on more to join left-wing faction

An IDF serviceman stands outside a destroyed home in the Gaza border community of Kfar Aza on December 20, 2023. (Sam Sokol)

Poll: Support for state commission into Oct. 7 recedes as PM pushes alternative

MK Tally Gotliv reacts during a Knesset conference on June 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Poll: Likud members would put firebrand Gotliv in top primary spot, second only to PM

A man holds up national flags from Venezuela and Iran, during a government-organized march amid Israel's war with Iran, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2025. (AP/Jesus Vargas)

Via Putin, PM said to assure Iran Israel not about to attack

After Maduro’s capture, Rubio links operation to fight against Iran and Hezbollah

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

US secretary of state says Washington will ensure Venezuela can ‘no longer cozy up to Hezbollah and Iran,’ but insists operation differs from past Mideast military interventions

US Judge Alvin Hellerstein. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Inside storyHow Jewish values influence the decisions of the US judge presiding over Maduro’s trial

A supporter of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro carries his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on January 5, 2026. (Juan BARRETO / AFP)

US operation in Venezuela undermined international law, UN rights office argues

By Agencies and ToI Staff

NYC Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2025 — NYPD

Jewish New Yorkers subject to 330 bias incidents last year, 57% of total, police data shows; governor vows to establish protective zones around houses of worship

New York police at the lighting of the world's largest menorah, hosted by Chabad, in New York City, December 14, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Illustrative: Journalists film while standing before destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)

Foreign media group fumes as Israeli government says Gaza press ban must be upheld

By AFP and ToI Staff

Foreign Press Association urges Supreme Court judges to put an end to ‘charade’; EU condemns decision to ban dozens of aid groups from entering enclave

Illustrative: Supreme Court President Isaac Amit (center), together with Deputy President Noam Sohlberg (left) and Justice David Mintz, preside over a hearing on petitions against the appointment of David Zini as head of the Shin Bet, November 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Families of soldiers who died by suicide petition High Court for IDF recognition

By Stav Levaton

Petitioners challenge committee ruling, saying mental wounds deserve the same acknowledgment as physical injuries and that combat trauma continues after uniforms come off

Wounded Israeli soldiers arrive at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, October 7, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90)

Two IDF soldiers seriously hurt in separate accidents in Gaza, northern Israel

By Stav Levaton

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A car drives past a disconnected traffic light in southwest Berlin early on January 4, 2026, after power cables in the area were seriously damaged, causing a power outage that left tens of thousands of households in the German capital without electricity. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

German prosecutors launch terror probe into Berlin power outage

By AFP

Police officers control the entrance to the bar Le Constellation where a fire ripped through the venue during New Year's celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana killing around 40 people and injuring more than 100 others, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on January 2, 2026. (MAXIME SCHMID / AFP)

Swiss bar in deadly blaze had missed six years of safety checks

By Emma Farge and Umit Bektas

Semyon Bychkov meets with media after being appointed the Czech Philharmonic new chief conductor and music director at the Rudolfinum concert hall in Prague, Czech Republic, October 16, 2017. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)

Semyon Bychkov to succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of Paris Opera

By AP

Nvidia's Rubin next-generation AI chip computing architecture. (Courtesy of Nvidia)

Nvidia unveils next-generation AI superchip architecture partly developed in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

ExplainerKey location, rare natural resources: Why Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland

By DANICA KIRKA

Portraits of slain Iranians are displayed in an area of Esplanades des Invalides in Paris, France, on July 8, 2025, as part of a campaign by human rights groups focused on Iran to stop executions in in the Islamic Republic. (Delphine TOUITOU / AFP)

Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel, as protests roil country

By Agencies and ToI Staff

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a television interview at the White House, December 16, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP/Alex Brandon)

White House says military ‘always an option’ for seizing control of Greenland

Former CIA agent Aldrich Ames leaves federal court after pleading guilty to espionage and tax evasion conspiracy charges on April 28, 1994, in Alexandria, Virginia. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

ObituaryAldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold US secrets to Soviet Union, dies in prison at 84

Leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi during an interview with AFP at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, January 18, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges

By AP

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Rob Reiner’s son set for arraignment over parents’ murder

By Huw Griffith

Rioters supporting then-US president Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol riot highlights partisan divisions in US

By LISA MASCARO

Screen capture from video of British Jewish cellist Raphael Wallfisch playing a Holocaust-era cello in BBC show 'The Repair Shop' in December 2025. (Instagram; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not mention Jews

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