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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 29, 2026

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Jan. 29: New Zealand declines invitation to join Trump’s Board of Peace

Trump claims ‘it looks like’ Hamas will disarm, Witkoff says terror group will give up its AK-47s * Israel welcomes ‘historic’ EU decision to label IRGC a terror group

10:01 pm

Iranian Mossad agent details his role in internal attacks on regime during 12-day war
9:39 pm

Suspect in Chabad headquarters ramming charged with hate crimes
8:51 pm

New Zealand declines invitation to join Trump's Board of Peace

Hamas politburo member Moussa Abu Marzouk, front, attends the funeral of Saleh Arouri, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 4, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Senior Hamas official: We never agreed to disarm, no one’s raised it with us directly

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Moussa Abu Marzouk says, despite White House claims, that the group didn’t talk ‘for a single moment’ about giving up its weapons, stresses Hamas regime still in control in Gaza

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas terror group, delivers a speech in Gaza City, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Report: Netanyahu turned down 11 chances to kill Hamas leader Sinwar in 2023

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Israel to have significant oversight at Rafah Crossing

Israel warns Hamas may soon formally cede Gaza to technocrats, but maintain actual power

By Emanuel Fabian

Disarmament seen as unlikely without years-long military campaign, security official says, adding that terror group’s civil servants and police force could take a year to replace

Hamas police forces deploy in Gaza City on October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)

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Trump wants to create conditions for ‘regime change’ in Iran — US sources

By Reuters and ToI Staff

CNN reports Iran balked at demand to curb its missile program, Trump wants powerful strike to force a deal; US, Israeli officials said to warn air power alone can’t topple theocracy

US President Donald Trump speaks during the launch of a program known as Trump Accounts at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, on January 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026. (SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

EU set to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group after protest crackdown

Protesters hold banners and Iranian flags during a rally in support of the Iranian people in front of the Pantheon in Paris on January 17, 2026. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

In major reversal, France now supports move to put Iran’s IRGC on EU terrorism list

Shira Gvili, sister of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains were finally brought back to Israel on January 26, reacts by the casket during his funeral in the southern town of Meitar on January 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg / POOL / AFP)

Thousands line procession to pay final respects

Grieving family lays last hostage Ran Gvili to rest, closing chapter for anguished nation

By Jessica Steinberg

‘All the laughter is gone,’ sister says in tearful eulogy as family tells mourners of pride in policeman killed in Oct. 7 attack; Herzog: Healing can now begin; PM attends funeral of a hostage for first time

ToI podcast

Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas is holding Gazans hostage

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur

ToI’s senior analyst on Israel’s moment of relief with the recovery of the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, and the current implausibility of the vision of ‘New Gaza’

A driver, seen on the right after being arrested, rams his car into an entrance to the Chabad movement's world headquarters, in New York City, January 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Driver smashes car into Chabad’s world headquarters in New York City

Suspect is arrested at the scene; his motives are unknown and there are no reports of injuries; incident sparks widespread alarm in Jewish community

Police at an anti-Israel protest in Times Square, New York City, January 6, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York man charged with hate crime for punching rabbi on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Khymani James, a leader of the anti-Israeli protests at Columbia University, seen in a January 2024 video in which he said 'Zionists don't deserve to live' (Screenshot/Social media)

Columbia blocked but didn’t expel student who said Zionists shouldn’t live, filings show

Far-right activist Mordechai David and other agitators block the vehicle of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, outside an event in Tel Aviv held by the Movement for Quality Government, January 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Far-right activists block Aharon Barak from leaving event, call him ‘dictator’ and ‘criminal’

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Former Supreme Court chief gives speech lamenting government’s ‘contempt for the judicial branch,’ says Israeli Declaration of Independence ‘no longer expresses our shared values’

Iran threatens to hit ‘heart of Tel Aviv’ in response to any US attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

As tensions soar, top adviser to Khamenei vows ‘unprecedented’ response, including against ‘all who support the aggressor,’ while foreign minister warns of ‘fingers on the trigger’

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in an interview, October 2025 (YouTube screenshot)

A photograph shows newspapers, one of them (R) with a headline in Farsi reading, 'Iran is ready for a big response,' at a kiosk in Tehran, Iran, on January 27, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Russia, Turkey seeking US-Iran talks to stave off conflict amid Trump’s threats

Then-US president Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Opposition MKs send ‘deep regret’ to Biden for PM blaming ’embargo’ for IDF deaths

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Lawmakers pen letter thanking former US president for post-Oct. 7 support, say he is ‘one of Israel’s greatest friends’; senior Israeli security officials said ‘furious’ with PM’s claim

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 29 – Why Netanyahu picked a new fight with Biden

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

The hostages survived captivity. Why are they being blamed for the next defeat?

Using their suffering to argue for permanent offensives deflects from the unanswered questions about the collapse that led to October 7

Sherwin Pomerantz

Netanyahu’s latest diplomatic flub

Was Bibi told to stroke Trump’s ego by falsely blaming Biden for the deaths of Israeli soldiers, or did he decide to do it on his own? Either way, it’s a disgrace

Inside story

As Haredi protests spiral into perilous chaos, police are often nowhere to be found

Cops appear to be taking hands-off approach to unrest, allowing demonstrations to turn violent while employing excessive force once they do respond, souring already tense ties

Haredim protesting against military conscription stand by a bonfire on a street in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich addresses lawmakers ahead of the first reading of the 2026 state budget, January 28, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

2026 state budget passes first reading in Knesset with partial Haredi support

MKs vote 62-55 in favor of budget with some $262 billion in total expenditures; Shas and Degel HaTorah come out in favor after last-minute negotiations over draft exemption bill

US Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance walk away after pausing a moment by the urn with the ashes of the unknown prisoner at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site outside Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Vance omits Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, faces bipartisan criticism

By Andrew Lapin

Statements from other Trump administration officials and the White House mention Jews and antisemitism, which the US vice president has been hesitant to condemn among conservatives

Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman addresses delegates and state authorities during a commemoration for the victims of the Holocaust at the Bundestag on January 28, 2026 in Berlin. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Holocaust survivor tells German lawmakers she is ‘afraid again to be Jewish’

By AFP

FILE: The United Nations headquarters during the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

UN bans man from Holocaust event for filming guards’ spat with pro-Israel influencer

By Grace Gilson

Left: Dov Khenin, chairman of the Israeli Climate Forum, addresses a meeting of Bedouin council representatives on preparing for climate change in Beersheba, November 6, 2024. (Courtesy of the Israeli Climate Forum); Right: Israeli Climate Forum CEO Netta Galnoor-Tene. (Yael Tzur)

Interview'A state of emergency demands emergency measures'

Ahead of annual report, Climate Forum heads say even in wartime, they battle for change

In a joint interview before presenting findings to president, chair and CEO of environmental group discuss post-Oct. 7 programs, local government, and making good financial sense

Palestinian man shot dead after attempting to stab soldiers at Jerusalem checkpoint

By Emanuel Fabian, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Police say no Israeli forces injured; PA says slain man is Qussai Halaika, 28; separately, apparent footage from overnight attack shows settlers severely beating Palestinian with club

Israeli security forces at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack at the "Tunnels" checkpoint, near Jerusalem, January 28, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Tamara Cohen has sold challah along with bagels every week since she opened Mazál. (Shira Li Bartov/ JTA)

'It's my little corner of Judaism here in Madrid'

Her ancestors were expelled from Spain. Now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid

By Shira Li Bartov

After proving ancestry and getting Spanish citizenship, Tamara Cohen found herself in a Jewish food desert. Her restaurant, Mazal, is providing a nosh for Jews and non-Jews alike

More Headlines

Police forces are seen at the scene where a crane collapsed onto a vehicle, killing a woman in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem, January 28, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Woman, 70, killed in Jerusalem after crane falls on her amid winter windstorm

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez presides over a hearing on petitions against the government’s decision to shut down Army Radio, January 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In hearing over Army Radio closure, High Court challenges both sides’ claims

By Jeremy Sharon

British author and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of antisemitism in Europe, in Paris on June 3, 2024. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

Conservative pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

By Grace Gilson

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 28, 2026 (MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP)

Syrian leader meets Putin as Russia eyes deal on military bases

By AFP

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leaves after delivering a speech on Foreign policy at the Bundestag, on January 29, 2026, in Berlin. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Germany’s Merz says rules-based world not dead despite facing ‘rough winds’

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images via JTA)

US federal building known for murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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