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What Matters Most On Friday, January 23, 2026

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Egyptian Red Crescent members monitor a truck carrying humanitarian aid as it enters the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, October 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)

Israel said seeking to ensure more Palestinians are let out of Gaza than back in

By Reuters and ToI Staff

With Rafah crossing set to open despite Israeli opposition, Israeli officials said to be insisting on setting up military checkpoint inside the Strip that will screen every Palestinian going in or out

Egyptian ambulances cross the Rafah border crossing toward Gaza on February 1, 2025, to transport Palestinian patients out of the Strip. (Kerolos Salah/AFP)

Israel reportedly plans to monitor Rafah Border Crossing, as its reopening nears

By ToI Staff, Stav Levaton and Jacob Magid

Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)

Oron Shaul’s body was recovered after kidnapping, mile-long march by Gaza informant — report

Left: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026. Right: US President Donald Trump reacts at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026.

Carney hits back: Canada will be 'beacon' for 'world at sea'

Trump disinvites Canada’s Carney from Board of Peace as Spain, France decline to join

Ottawa had said no to request for $1 billion for a permanent seat; EU leaders express doubts about board’s scope, governance, and compatibility with UN, but endorse Gaza role

Golden GlobeShiny Board of Peace logo resembles Trump-style UN emblem

Inside story

Despite concerns, PM’s reliance on Trump left him no choice but to join Board of Peace

Israeli official tells ToI that Jerusalem in principle supports US-led Gaza oversight panel, but has major qualms with makeup of board that it ‘isn’t well positioned’ to address

US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)

Economy Minister Nir Barkat attends an Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on January 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinian group demands arrest of ‘war criminal’ Israeli economy minister in Davos

Inside story

After protests crushed, Iranian tells ToI many still hoping for US, Israel ‘savior’

Amid severe crackdown, Tehran resident whose brother was among thousands killed by regime says many in Iran see ‘strike targeting all leaders’ as their last hope

Demonstrators wave Israeli flags and pre-revolution Iran flags during a rally in support of Iran's anti-government protests in Holon, January 14, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency session on Iran protest crackdown

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Activists say they verified over 5,000 killed in Iran protests; Trump: ‘Armada’ headed to region

Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warns Israel and US of ‘finger on trigger’

By AFP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Analysis

Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro comes out swinging on antisemitism. But is it good for the Jews?

US Jews may welcome a presidential candidate who centers his Judaism. But if he’s forced to determine when Israel criticism becomes antisemitism, his focus on faith could backfire

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

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (8) goes for a layup during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, January 18, 2026, in Sacramento, California. (AP/Justine Willard)

NBA star Deni Avdija laments ‘all the hate’ for being Israeli amid on-court success

Nette Berelson-Hatan

Eating cake in Hitler’s house

When we teach our children to live faithfully as Jews and they learn how God rejects arrogant idolaters, it helps them grasp the emptiness of antisemitism (Bo)

Sherwin Pomerantz

The circus that is Davos

Trump’s speech there was problematic in many ways, but nobody pushed back and as long as nothing goes wrong, we may all be OK. But what if something does?

Shoppers walk in the rain at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, January 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Inside story

Mighty shekel could boost shoppers and travelers, but many will miss out on bonanza

By Sharon Wrobel

Though the shekel is trading at its highest level in years, retailers might not pass the gains to consumers, and manufacturers and others working in dollars are likely to feel the pain

Chani Katz, whose 6-month-old son Ari was found dead in an unlicensed Jerusalem daycare, gestures as she speaks to the press at the Jerusalem District Court on January 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

Mother of baby boy found dead at unlicensed daycare says caregivers are innocent

Chani Katz says 6-month-old Ari died by ‘divine decree’ at overcrowded daycare in Haredi enclave of Jerusalem, where another baby girl died and 53 babies and toddlers were injured

Analysis

AP and ToI Staff

With Hamas armed and Strip in ruins, Kushner’s vision for Gaza faces major obstacles

Trump’s son-in-law adviser imagines high-rises, tourism, state-of-the-art port, but doesn’t address need for de-mining and says plan hinges on terror regime handing over weapons

Jared Kushner speaks after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. (AP/Evan Vucci)

US businessman Jared Kushner speaks at the 'Board of Peace' meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Kushner presents plan for glitzy Gaza rebuild, aiming for ‘catastrophic success’

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid

Displaced Palestinians cook and warm themselves around a fire at a tent camp in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

As Trump, in Davos, hails Gaza prosperity, Palestinians dig for trash to burn to keep warm

By AP and ToI Staff

Lewis Pullman, left, and Danielle Brooks present the nominees for the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme' get 9 nominations

Three films focused on Gaza war and hostage crisis nominated for Oscars

By Jessica Steinberg and Agencies

Israel’s ‘Butcher’s Stain’ and documentary short ‘Children No More: Were and Are Gone,’ along with ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ about death of 5-year-old Palestinian girl, win nods

Culture Minister Miki Zohar speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Culture minister says Oscar-nominated Israeli films ‘amplify our enemies’ narrative’

Mel Brooks, left, sat for roughly 10 hours of interviews over five sessions with filmmaker Judd Apatow for the HBO documentary 'Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!' (Mathieu Bitton/HBO via JTA)

InterviewAhead of new HBO documentary, Judd Apatow talks about ‘stalking’ his idol Mel Brooks

By Stephen Silver

Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, of the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, speaks out with other faith leaders against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities at a press conference at a Lutheran church in St. Paul, January 20, 2026. Local cantors Tamar Havilio and Rachel Stock Spilker are behind Magill-Grimm to the right. (Courtesy of TC Jewfolk via JTA)

'Moses confronts Pharoah knowing it won’t be easy'

Invoking the Torah, Minnesota Jews are mobilizing against ICE operations

By Andrew Lapin

Jewish groups of all denominations opposed to the aggressive surge in immigration enforcement sign open letters, help plan protests and aim to mend frayed interfaith partnerships

Israel's bobsled team, led by AJ Edelman (second from right) poses with the Israeli flag after a race in Lake Placid, New York. (Courtesy Olympic Committee of Israel)

Miracle on ice

Israel’s bobsleigh team clinches spot at 2026 Winter Olympics

After championing the cause for the past eight years, team pilot AJ Edelman leads four-man squad to Milano Cortina: ‘Let’s go make more history’

Adam Louis-Klein (courtesy) / Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, June 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Lazar Focus podcast

Adam Louis-Klein: Why anti-Zionism is the newest hate movement

By Lazar Berman

The October 7 attacks unleashed a campaign to cast Israel and its supporters as uniquely evil. It’s deliberate, says Louis-Klein, and has roots in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union

Photographer Nan Goldin talks to the press at the exhibition "Nan Goldin. This Will Not End Well" at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin on Nov. 22, 2024. (Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)

Canadian gallery sees resignations after it refuses to acquire Nan Goldin’s photos

By Grace Gilson

Analysis

Mamdani rejects comptroller’s plan to invest in Israel bonds, hardening fault line

NYC mayor repeats opposition to the investments, shortly after Mark Levine voices his support, putting the two on course for a potential collision just weeks into their terms

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence, in New York City, January 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Graffiti at a park in Brooklyn, January 21, 2026. (Courtesy/Community Board 12)

2 arrested for defacing NYC playground used by Jews with dozens of swastikas

Mahmoud Khalil, center, at an anti-Israel protest in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Anti-Israel Columbia University protest leader Khalil likely to be deported to Algeria

People gather for a OneTable Shabbat dinner. (Courtesy of OneTable via JTA)

'Now welcoming someone into your home is scary for people'

US Shabbat-dinner nonprofit OneTable disinvites anti-Israel advocates amid post-Oct. 7 slump

By Grace Gilson

The organization reveals a raft of new pilot programs and policies as it pivots to accommodate a more reticent Gen Z crowd while fielding layoffs and a recent funding downturn

A child stands in front of a large banner that reads, ‘Together we will overcome violence, crime and extortion. Sakhnin answers the call,’ during a protest against the violent crime wave sweeping Arab society in Sakhnin, northern Israel on January 22, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Arab protesters hold massive march in north to demand police rein in violent crime

By Charlie Summers

Organizers claim 100k marched in northern city of Sakhnin as Arab society goes on strike, shuttering shops and schools nationwide; protesters halted by large police presence at city’s edge

Leaders of the Arab parties celebrate after signing an agreement to work towards a Joint List in Sakhnin, January 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Hadash-Ta'al)

Under pressure, Arab Knesset parties sign agreement to work toward reviving Joint List

By Ariela Karmel

This composite image shows former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (left), former prime minister Naftali Bennett (center) and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid at a march in support of conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, in Jerusalem on January 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Polls: Bennett-Lapid-Eisenkot merger would be biggest party, but not change overall result

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Writer Judy Lev, author of 'Bethlehem Road,' 12 short stories about life in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood. (Courtesy)

Interview

‘New immigrant’ since 1967 pens ode to Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood in anthology

By Jessica Steinberg

Author Judy Lev brings her former haunt of nearly 40 years to life in ‘Bethlehem Road,’ with 12 vibrant tales that transcend time — but not place

Tslil Braun, PhD, Department of Molecular Genetics at Weizmann Institute of Science (left) with Prof. Eli Arama. Braun is holding a paintbrush used to observe the flies while they are anesthetized on the work surface. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)

'These are elusive cells that everyone was looking for'

Fruit fly study, almost wrecked by Iran, claims to uncover key to radiation-defying cells

By Diana Bletter

Rescuing larvae from missile-damaged lab, Weizmann team finds cells that not only beat back death, but also multiply and spur regrowth, raising hopes for new therapies to keep cancer from recurring

More Headlines

Freed Hamas hostage Emily Damari proposes to her partner, influencer Danielle Amit, at a party celebrating a year since her return from captivity in Gaza, January, 22, 2026. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ex-hostage Emily Damari gets engaged to girlfriend Danielle Amit

Illustrative: Students snack during recess in the yard of the UNRWA Boys' School run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

UNRWA school in West Bank city set to be closed by Israel within days, agency says

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A woman uses her phone in front of TikTok's booth during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 19, 2026. (Ina Fassbender / AFP)

TikTok finalizes deal to create US entity and retrain algorithm, avoiding ban

By KAITLYN HUAMANI

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP); Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. (Ramil Stidikov/Pool/AFP)

‘Confused clown’: Iranian FM lashes out at Zelensky after he slams protest crackdown

By AFP

Students at the Noreen school, in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, January 17, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Knesset passes law banning graduates of PA universities from teaching in Israel

By Ariela Karmel

Illustrative: The offices of Israeli company Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, in Petah Tikva, March 24, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Jordan used Israeli forensic tools in prosecutions of Gaza war protesters — report

Police officer Meir Suissa orders demonstrators to leave as they are blocked from entering Tel Aviv's Hashalom train station on July 18, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

Judge tosses conviction of cop who threw stun grenade at protesters

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces drive along the border with Syria in the Tarfawi area of northwestern Iraq on January 22, 2026. (Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)

Iraq says it will start legal proceedings against ISIS detainees moved from Syria

By AFP

Reuven Y., a rabbi and defendant in a court case, appears in the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin, January 16, 2026. His attorney, Galina Rolnik, sits next to him. (Courtesy via JTA)

Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and coercion’ of woman he offered to counsel

By Toby Axelrod

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces withdraw from al-Aktan prison on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Raqqa, bound for Kobane, on January 23, 2026. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Syrian government takes over prison from Kurdish-led SDF, amid focus on ISIS inmates

Illustrative image of a hacker (gorodenkoff; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli cyber startup raises $150m to secure critical assets of plants and hospitals

By Sharon Wrobel

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) greets Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (C) next to King Philippe of Belgium (R) during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)

Lebanese PM: International Monetary Fund demanding changes to economic rescue bill

By Samia Nakhoul

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