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What Matters Most On Monday, January 19, 2026

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media at a press briefing in New York, September 26, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/AP)

Report: Iran state TV hacked, broadcasts call for protests

Iran’s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean ‘full-scale war’

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

Regime hints it may go forward with executing protesters; CEO of Iran’s second-largest telecom company fired for not blocking internet, as shutdown returns after briefly easing

Demonstrators hold flags and placards during a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran, in Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2026. (Jonathan Alcorn / AFP)

Thousands march in New York, LA, decrying Iranian regime crackdown on protests

By AFP

Rescue and security forces work at the scene of a mass-casualty incident at an illegal daycare in Jerusalem's Haredi-majority Romema neighborhood, on January 19, 2026. (Goldberg/Flash90)

Dehydration suspected due to heaters running on very high

2 babies die in incident at unlicensed Jerusalem daycare; 3 caregivers detained

53 children injured at daycare in the Haredi Romema neighborhood; video shows babies, toddlers sleeping underneath toilets, in closets; hundreds protest planned autopsies

Walz was also asked if he was foreign agent over China trips

Pennsylvania’s Shapiro: Harris team asked if I was ever ‘a double agent for Israel’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Governor, who was in running to be Harris’s 2024 VP candidate, writes in new book he felt intensely uneasy during vetting process, which included being ‘grilled’ on pro-Israel stance

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, August 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP/ Matt Slocum)

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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani shakes hands with White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, as they speak with President Donald Trump before a state dinner at Lusail Palace in Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 19: PM calls Rubio to express dismay at inclusion of Qatar, Turkey on key Gaza panel

Signing ceremony for Trump’s Board of Peace said set for Thursday in Davos * Haredi protesters clash with police in rally against autopsying babies who died in daycare

9:16 pm

Court rules to allow autopsy of babies who died in daycare, families to appeal
9:14 pm

Netanyahu congratulates Trump on 1st year of his 2nd term: 'A year like no other'
8:37 pm

Syria says Sharaa, Trump discuss Kurds in phone call after shaky ceasefire

Smotrich calls to shutter US-led Gaza coordination center, resettle Strip

By Sam Sokol and Reuters

Far-right finance minister declares it’s ‘either us or them’ as he makes the case to reverse the 2005 disengagement, impose military rule over the Strip’s 2.3 million residents

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hamas gunmen accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, December 8, 2025. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Israel said worried Hamas is emboldened by Trump’s Gaza plan, is looking to rebuild

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Outdated election laws are no match for deepfakes, chatbot persuasion and millions of custom-made lies aimed at Israeli voters

Displaced Palestinians walk amongst the rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

World leaders show caution on Trump’s broader ‘Board of Peace’ amid fears for UN

By John Irish and Andreas Rinke

‘It’s a ‘Trump United Nations’ that ignores the fundamentals of the UN charter,’ one diplomat says of initiative currently focused on Gaza

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the Gaza summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett / POOL / AFP)

Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace

By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

A man holds two mannequins depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally in support of the Iranian government, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 19: Day 836 – Trump team forms Gaza peace board, shows who’s boss

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Analysis

With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring

Seeing little upside in speaking out or striking ayatollahs already beset by domestic unrest and US threats, Netanyahu shelves usual bombast and opts instead for strategic silence

A demonstrator lights a cigarette with a burning poster depicting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in support of Iran's anti-government protests, in Holon, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Government says High Court has no authority to force state inquiry into October 7

By Jeremy Sharon

Responding to petitions by civil society groups, government’s lawyers say letting court order such a probe ‘would tear apart the principle of separation of powers’

Members of the government discuss the 2026 budget, December 5, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Government sends 2026 budget to Knesset after delays caused by coalition infighting

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A man holds a smartphone showing the app for ride-sharing service Uber in London, on March 17, 2021. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Israel moves a step closer to allowing Uber and Lyft on its streets

By Sharon Wrobel

Gary Rosenblatt

Southern discomfort: Confronting America’s racist history

With the White House trying to whitewash the past, museums of civil rights activism keep us honest, protecting the US legacy of racial violence against blacks

Benny Gantz and the fraternity of the nerds

This kind of nerd seeks not dominance, but affection and approval – not in order to gain ideological representation, but to survive politically

Beth Israel Congregation hosts Shabbat services at the Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 16, 2026. (JTA)

Beth Israel has always been only shul in Mississippi capital

‘We are not made of wood and paper’: Jackson synagogue marks first Shabbat after arson

By Grace Gilson

‘Jewish life in Jackson is still here, and we are not going anywhere,’ says student rabbi Benjamin Russell; service for 170 congregants held in local church

US President Donald Trump (R) holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Russia: Trump would go down in history if US took Greenland

Trump tells Norway’s PM he’ll no longer think ‘purely of peace’ after Nobel snub

US president says he will be prioritizing ‘what is good and proper’ for Washington; Norwegian leader says he explained to Trump his government has no role in awarding Peace Prize

Young people with placards reading 'Greenland is not for sale!' take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against the US president's plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland, near the US Consulate to Greenland. (Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)

Trump’s Greenland tariffs spark calls for unprecedented EU ‘bazooka’ countermeasure

People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration against the US President's plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland (Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)

EU scrambles to avert Trump Greenland tariffs, prepares retaliation

By Philip Blenkinsop

Eitan Horn speaks to Channel 12 in an interview that aired on January 18, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Ex-hostage Eitan Horn says captors used relationship with brother for mental abuse

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Before Iair’s release in February, terrorists taunted brothers by asking who ‘deserves’ to go free; Eitan recalls how they used humor to try and survive in the tunnels

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa signs an agreement with the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on January 18, 2026. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)

Syria declares ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF after intense military push

By GHAITH ALSAYED and OMAR ALBAM

Truce leaves much of Kurdish-majority northwest under Damascus control for first time in decade; Sharaa proclaims victory for ‘Syrians of all backgrounds’

Illustrative: Newly graduated Iraqi army officers take part in a military parade during the Army Day celebrations at Military College in Baghdad on January 6, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Iraq announces full withdrawal of US-led coalition from non-Kurdish regions

By AFP

Syrian government soldiers wave a Syrian flag after climbing atop a statue of a female Kurdish fighter, following the takeover of the town from US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during an ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces, in Tabqa, eastern Syria, January 18, 2026. (AP Photo/ Omar Albam)

Kurdish commander urges US to intervene in Syria, says he’d welcome Israeli help

A police vehicle is seen near Ayalon Prison, in the central city of Ramle, on January 8, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

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By ToI Staff and Zev Stub

Arrests carried out amid police crackdown on crime within Arab communities in Israel, announced hours after probes opened into two suspected murders in south

Police officers pose for a group photo in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shuafat, east of Jerusalem, January 14, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Police arrest dozens, seize weapons and fake products in East Jerusalem operation

By Noam Lehmann

Jonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 14, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)

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By Jeremy Sharon

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MK vows to stop ex-minister accused of sexual assault from heading aerospace firm

By Ariela Karmel

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Ministerial committee advances bill to make AG take lie detector test every 2 years

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

Artists protest after culture minister cancels dozens of awards including cash prizes

By Jessica Steinberg

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Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolution of UAE-backed separatist group

NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair, a longtime pro-Palestinian advocate, in a postgame interview, January 12, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)

NFL’s Azeez Al-Shaair fined for ‘Stop the genocide’ message

By Reuters and JTA

Senegal's forward #10 Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final soccer match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat, Morocco, on January 18, 2026. (SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

SoccerSenegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial Morocco penalty

By Ciaran Fahey

Police cars near the site of a high-speed train collision in Adamuz, near Córdoba, southern Spain, January 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 dead as rescue efforts continue

By IAIN SULLIVAN, Joseph Wilson and SUMAN NAISHADHAM

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