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What Matters Most On Wednesday, April 1, 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)

Live updates (closed)

April 1: In letter to Americans, Iran president claims US is fighting war as ‘proxy for Israel’

Trump aides said to believe he’s mostly improvising, rather than following clear plan on Iran * US and Iran reportedly discussing ceasefire that would reopen Hormuz, but unclear if deal possible

8:44 pm

Sirens triggered in Western Galilee due to suspected drone infiltration from Lebanon
8:37 pm

US fuel exports hit record in March as Asia, Europe sought to replace Middle East supplies
8:35 pm

Australia may invoke gas security policy to secure domestic supply

US President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Israel hit Iran-led terror axis with ’10 plagues’ -- PM

Trump: No deal needed to end the war, Iran won’t be able to obtain a nuke ‘for years’

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

President set to address the nation on Wednesday night in US; says war ‘coming to an end’ even as he keeps amassing troops for potential invasion, expresses doubts Tehran can reach buried uranium; Netanyahu: Iranian nuclear production abilities ‘smashed’

Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Israel strikes drug factory in Iran, says it made fentanyl for chemical weapons R&D

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid delivers a video statement, March 31, 2026. (Screenshot)

Lapid: Netanyahu incapable of reaching victory, is dismantling Israel from within

Security and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a cluster bomblet fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage in Bnei Brak, March 31, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Houthi missile targeting south intercepted by IDF

Girl, 11, critically hurt by Iranian cluster bomb as repeated salvos target center

By Emanuel Fabian and Diana Bletter

Ahead of Passover Seder, Iranians launch 4 barrages at Israel, with cluster bomb attack causing 14 injuries; 6-year-old moderately hurt after being run over on way to shelter

Family and friends of slain IDF soldier Cpt. Noam Madmoni attend his funeral at the Sderot Military Cemetery, March 31, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Funerals held for 3 of the 4 soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Op-ed

The war against Iran is anything but over, and Passover can be no complacent celebration of freedom

The nuclear danger, the missile threat, the potent proxies, the domestic oppression — none of these regime menaces has been definitively overcome. For Israel and the Jewish people, the Haggadah tale this year is a rallying cry

A view of the Western Wall plaza, with a single Israeli flag flying (center), empty and closed due to the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah and continued missile fire on Israel, Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israelis attend a protest against the government and ongoing war with Iran in Tel Aviv on March 28, 2026.(Flash90)

Inside StoryAnti-government protesters boost rallies against war as support for fighting slips

By Charlie Summers

US President Donald Trump speaks at the end of the NATO summit, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says seriously weighing bolting NATO over allies’ failure to join Iran war

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US president casts alliance as ‘paper tiger,’ notes US came to Ukraine’s defense while Europeans ‘weren’t there for us’; Starmer defends alliance as greatest ‘world has ever seen’

US President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, March 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Frustrated with allies, Trump tells countries needing fuel to go to Hormuz and ‘just take it’

By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg

Analysis

As US weighs putting troops in Iran, realities on ground keep Israeli boots closer to home

Some Americans question bearing the burden of war, but experts say Jerusalem’s role in setting the stage for US troops on Iranian soil has been pivotal, even if soldiers aren’t deploying there as well

The US Army conducts an air assault demonstration in Carentan-Les-Marais in Normandy, France, June 2, 2024, ahead of D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Fishing boats dot the sea as cargo ships, in the background, sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz off the United Arab Emirates, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo)

UAE said pushing for military op to reopen Strait of Hormuz, is willing to take part

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A member of Iranian Police special forces stands guard on top a car at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Analysis

As Trump signals retreat from war, Israel may have to keep fighting Iranian threat

The US president may be ready to end the campaign even if the regime still stands and remains able to attack its neighbors. In that case, for Israel and the Gulf, the war would not be over

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike hits a building near the airport road in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 1 – Is the war heading to a Trump no-deal ‘victory’?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid

A woman holds a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to him, during a campaign in support of the government. downtown Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

AnalysisIran’s regime remains defiant despite absorbing massive blows from Israel and the US

By Isabel Debre and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

Detail from the cover of 'Echoes of Egypt: A Haggada,' curated by Bar-Ilan University Prof. Joshua Berman and published by Koren. The image on the cover shows a relief of Pharaoh Seti I (13th century BCE) and the goddess Hathor 'face to face,' from the tomb of Sethi I. (Koren)

'The Torah is stealing the thunder of its opponent'

How the Exodus story subverts pharaonic texts to mock ancient Egypt

By Rossella Tercatin

According to Bar-Ilan University’s Joshua Berman, who curated the new hagaddah ‘Echoes of Egypt,’ the biblical narrative ‘culturally appropriates’ facets of Egyptian culture — by design

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Why is this Passover in Israel different from all other years?

We are asking new questions, as many have had to make last-minute adjustments to their plans and we all may be interrupted at any time by a missile alert

The Seder it was always meant to be

Just as the first Passover night celebrated an exodus-to-come, our anticipation of our own redemption redeems us, though Iran attacks and our soldiers are in the field

Did Israel get the death penalty right?

A long-sought answer to terror arrives at last, but the new law raises uneasy questions about justice, equality, and what kind of state Israel wants to be

Jewish tradition is a polemic against loneliness

On Passover and the rest of the year, new people around our proverbial ’tables’ push us away from moral and spiritual complacency

Alon Gildoni, left, and Ron Milo are the creators of 'Haggadah on the Map,' which traces the Israelites' journey as recounted in the Passover story. (Courtesy Alon Gildoni via JTA)

Interview

For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth

By Grace Gilson

Product management expert Alon Gildoni and Weizmann Institute professor Ron Milo turn a seder table question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world locations

Family welcomes 'Exodus from the uncertainty and darkness'

Slain soldier considered missing since 1948 found in mass grave in north — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Pvt. Dov Parmet was killed in battle with Syrian-Lebanese forces near Kibbutz Malkia; special military probe finds he was buried in mass grave at Maoz Haim with 16 others

Adjutant Corps Chief Brig. Gen. Edna Ilia (left) meets with relatives of Pvt. Dov Parmet, March 31, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)

Four Palestinians said wounded by settler assailants in West Bank village of Tayasir

By Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

No comment by Israeli authorities on latest violence; political and social pressures said to hamper IDF ability to enforce law against Jewish assailants who attack Palestinians

Ahmad Daraghmeh, a resident of the Palestinian West Bank village of Tayasir, who was injured by extremist settlers during an attack they staged on the dwelling on March 31, 2026. (Amer Dabak)

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

UN probe shows roadside blast killed 2 UNIFIL troops; IDF: Hezbollah planted bombs

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

UN security source says 3rd Indonesian peacekeeper killed this week was hit by Israeli tank fire, says debris from shell found nearby; IDF investigating both incidents

Hazel Brief, at left, and Tali Drori pose together at a OneFamily retreat in early 2026. (Courtesy Drori via JTA)

After meeting in the ICU, these bereaved mothers of IDF troops reunite via new initiative

By Deborah Danan

Hazel Brief and Taly Drori met for the second time while on their way to a health retreat provided by OneFamily, a nonprofit that supports families of terror victims and fallen soldiers

The sanctuary of Central Synagogue in Manhattan, New York, photographed in 2010, and where Rabbi Angela Buchdahl is senior rabbi (Courtesy)

What Matters Now podcast

Angela Buchdahl: This Passover, have faith in the story of the Exodus

By Jessica Steinberg

Head rabbi of NYC’s Central Synagogue and author of ‘Heart of a Stranger’ discusses the challenges of a Zionist rabbinic leader in North America, and finding meaning this Passover

Prof. Masha Niv, left, with graduate student Nitsan Dallal at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition. (Courtesy)

'Maror means not avoiding bitterness, but leaning into it'

Say bye-bye to bitter herbs: Israeli researchers’ work aims to pass over tart tastes

By Diana Bletter

Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists’ compendium of 2,200 bitter molecules and their research on TAS2R14, a bitter receptor, can help make medicine ‘easier to swallow’ and even treat lung diseases

US feds charge 6 with attacking Jewish man, conspiring to cover it up

Suspects attacked Jew in Pittsburgh in 2024, corroborated their stories, misled grand jury and investigators, complaint says

Illustrative: Agents from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies at work in New York. (AP file photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Bharat Pankhania, then-mayor of Bath, England, sits for an interview, in a video posted July 4, 2025. (Screenshot via Professor Bharat Pankhania on YouTube)

English mayor resigns after boosting claim Jewish ambulance arson was ‘false flag’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

University of Pennsylvania signage is seen in Philadelphia, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

US judge says Trump administration can demand list of Jews at Penn for antisemitism probe

Ultra-Orthodox Jews immerse cooking pots in boiling water to remove any traces of leavening (hametz) in preparation for the upcoming Passover holiday, in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, March 31, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook'It's not exactly how we would like it, but we trust in God'

For Jerusalem’s Haredim, it’s business as usual during wartime Passover shopping rush

As war with Iran keeps tourists away and quiets the Mahane Yehuda market, ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods remain packed with locals preparing for the holiday

Illustrative: A family seen during the Passover Seder on the first night of the eight-day long Jewish holiday. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

'I graduated from Manischewitz'

Trade war meets tradition: Canadian Jews confront a Manischewitz-free Passover

By Joseph Strauss

The ban on American booze, which came in response to the country’s tariffs, has ‘created a meaningful opening’ for Israeli wineries in Canada, according to a wine executive

More Headlines

Professor Abigail Bornstein speaks at a City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees meeting on May 29, 2025. (Screenshot: CCSF)

US academic’s tirade calling Jewish professor ‘colonizer’ found to be antisemitic harassment

By Michael Bachner

Members of the Royal Air Force Regiment take part in the V-E Day 80th anniversary parade in London, May 5, 2025. (AP/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)

Drone bustersBritish gunners are first to get ‘ace’ title for downing UAVs

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Kentucky governor: Gaza ‘genocide’ claims shouldn’t be a litmus test for Democrats

By Grace Gilson

UNRWA outgoing Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini speaks during his end of mandate press briefing at the United Nations offices in Geneva on March 31, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

On last day in office, UNRWA head urges probe into alleged IDF killing of nearly 400 workers

By AFP and ToI Staff

Shelly Kittleson in Bahgdad, Iraq, December 2024. (Taken from Shelly Kittleson's X account)

American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad; Iraq says manhunt underway, one detained

By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid

New York congressional candidate Effie Phillips-Staley joins streamer Hasan Piker's show, March 30, 2026. (Screenshot/Twitch)

NY candidate joins anti-Israel streamer’s show, sparking ire from Jewish-heavy district

By Joseph Strauss

Illustrative. An employee works in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)

Nearly half of tech firms struggling with worker shortages due to Iran war – survey

By Sharon Wrobel

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Passover Seder in Manhattan on March 30, 2026. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mamdani heckled at NYC Passover Seder as some rail at his inclusion

By Grace Gilson

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