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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 17, 2026

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A woman crosses an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Late shah's son calls for renewed protests, US intervention

Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tehran locals describe large troop deployment in capital, ‘massive disappointment and disillusionment’; hard-line cleric threatens Trump, urges death to detained protesters

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures to the crowd during a speech in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2026. (KHAMENEI.IR)

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal,’ blames him for protest casualties and damage

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2026 (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

By Jacob Magid and AFP

US President Donald Trump, right, speaks as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 17: US official says PM deliberately not told of Qatari, Turkish inclusion on Gaza panel — report

Netanyahu said invited to Gaza Board of Peace along with leaders of Turkey, Egypt, Canada * Anti-government rallies held across Israel * Argentina: Iran’s Quds Force is terror group

9:40 pm

Trump reportedly invites Netanyahu to join Gaza Board of Peace
9:11 pm

US kills al-Qaeda affiliate leader tied to December attack in Syria, CENTCOM says
9:02 pm

Iran authorities said to have arrested members of Bahai minority

US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,"President Donald J. Trump Boulevard," January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US general to command International Stabilization Force

US unveils key Gaza panel, with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey

Gaza Executive Board responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen

Former British prime minister Tony Blair arrives at a gala at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires on October 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

ProfileWith appointment to Gaza peace committee, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight

By JO BIDDLE and Alexandra Del Peral

Palestinian men maneuver past debris and broken furniture, after an Israeli strike on the family home of Hamas military commander Muhammad al-Hawli, west of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on January 16, 2026. (Basahr Taleb/AFP)

Israel says Gaza strikes hit senior terrorists in response to truce violation

By Stav Levaton

Hali Norei shows a picture of her 23-year-old niece Robina Aminian as she gives an interview alongside her partner Nezar Minoei, in Oslo, Norway, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Bjornar Verpeide)

Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside

By Sarah El Deeb and Julia Frankel

A protester smokes a cigarette after lighting it off a burning poster of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in Berlin, Germany, in support of the nationwide mass protests in Iran against the government, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

She set a photo afire, lit a cigarette — and became a symbol for Iranian protesters

By Laurie Kellman

People take part in a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Emotions run high as Iran’s exiles in Europe rally together against regime

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Mossad head David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Mossad chief Barnea said in US to discuss Iran, as protests subside after killings

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Putin discusses tensions in calls with Netanyahu, Pezeshkian; sporadic rallies still reported in country’s northwest region; hardline cleric demands executions

Illustrative: Iranians cross a street in the capital Tehran on January 15, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog

A protester removes the flag from Iran's embassy in London and replaces it with a pre-Islamic revolution flag, January 10, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UK police arrest protester who raised shah-era flag over Iran’s London embassy

By AFP

King David is trending in Christian pop culture. Here’s why Jews should join in

He may be revered because he was close to God, but his best quality is his humanity

Not just missing, but abandoned by the system

What Haymanut Kasau’s case reveals about power, visibility, and urgency in Israel

Shany Dror with her dog Mitos. (Courtesy)

Half the smart pups had a vocabulary of over 100 toy names

Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

By Diana Bletter

In Shany Dror’s study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; findings shed light on how language learning may have evolved

Former hostage Agam Berger at a Shabbat service at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv calling for the return of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, whose body remains in Gaza, on January 16, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘One big family’: Hundreds at Shabbat service demand return of last hostage Ran Gvili

Former captive Agam Berger plays violin at the event in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, saying: ‘We will not truly be home until Ran returns’

Still from 'Holding Liat' (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan on the Darren Aronofsky-produced film that records an Israeli-American clan from Nir Oz’s struggle to free their loved ones taken hostage in October 2023

A view of 'Ages of the World' by German sculptor Anselm Kiefer, donated to the museum's permanent collection and on display for the next year, through 2026 (Elie Posner/Israel Museum)

Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints

By Jessica Steinberg

Country’s most prominent cultural institution marks milestone with three new exhibits, including ‘Ages of the World,’ an Anselm Kiefer installation donated to the museum

Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US who were killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy in Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

Pam Bondi tells Florida pro-Israel conference that Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were ‘murdered because they were Jewish’

New York City Councilmember Julie Menin speaks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in Manhattan, January 27, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC Speaker Menin proposes 5-point plan to combat antisemitism

Fuentes, the streamer and avowed antisemite who has previously said Hitler was 'very f–king cool,' has been gaining more traction as a voice on the right. (Screenshot via JTA)

Nick Fuentes clarifies his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

By Joseph Strauss

Avowed antisemite says there is ‘sort of a big difference’ between his views and those of the left, as he gains more traction on right and after drawing some progressive praise

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Church shares video of man dressed as Hasidic Jew who refers to himself as a ‘zhyd’ while carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil

"Moshko" the Jew dances with the devil in a Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas pageant held in New Jersey January 11, 2026. (Screenshot via Facebook via JTA)

Illustrative: A police car is seen at a crime scene in Hadera on April 28, 2025. (Flash90)

Apparent human fetus found in drain under Hadera residential building

Residents said to have discovered 23-week-old fetus in sewer after days of plumbing issues; unclear if it was aborted or miscarried

Screen grab taken from the UK's Parliament TV of Chief Constable of West Midlands Police Craig Guildford giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on soccer policing, January 8, 2026. (House of Commons/PA Images via Getty Images)

UK regional police chief retires over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Craig Guildford to step down immediately, after home secretary said she had lost confidence in him due to his handling of the affair

General view of the Israel Police Lahav 433 major crimes unit headquarters in the city of Lod on April 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion of alerting PM’s office to Bild leak probe

Israeli TV says officer is suspected of providing names to Netanyahu’s chief of staff of those suspected of leaking classified docs, though ex-IDF chief Halevi doesn’t believe he did so

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Sohmor, in southern Lebanon, on January 15, 2026. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Israeli strike on vehicle in south Lebanon kills one, Beirut says

By Stav Levaton and AFP

Syrian government soldiers carry machine guns as they ride motorcycles on a road leading to the town of Deir Hafer, Syria, January 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw

By GHAITH ALSAYED

This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 8, 2025, shows Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking while attending prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus during the anniversary of the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. (Handout / SANA / AFP)

Sharaa to meet with German chancellor as Berlin seeks to deport Syrian refugees

By AFP

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New Chicago Cubs infielder Alex Bregman talks to media at a news conference in Chicago, January 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Alex Bregman, who drew Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with Cubs

By jacob gurvis

Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation, sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington as US President Donald Trump (not in picture) signs an executive order, February 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Forward-lookingLarry Ellison rechristened boat whose name spelled ‘I’m a Nazi’ backwards

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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