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What Matters Most On Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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Combo photo: US President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon); Pro-government demonstrators in Tehran, after a ceasefire announcement, early on April 8, 2026 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Shalev Shalom/Pool

US, Iran hail victory; Israel backs move, claims coordination

Trump: US to ‘suspend bombing’ of Iran for 2 weeks while talks held on ‘longterm peace’ deal

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Saying ‘everyone’s had enough,’ US president writes ‘double-sided CEASEFIRE’ dependent on Strait of Hormuz reopening. But mediator Pakistan says it’s ‘effective immediately’ and also covers Lebanon, which Netanyahu disputes

An Iranian woman wrapped in the national flag performs noon prayers as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, on April 8, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) /

World leaders hail Iran truce as stocks rally, oil prices tumble

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People wave Iranian flags and chant slogans in a memorial for school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on February 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump says he believes China got Iran to come to the negotiating table

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian pro-government demonstrators burn the US and Israeli flags during a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

PM says fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon to continue

Netanyahu backs Iran truce; opposition blames him for worst-ever ‘diplomatic disaster’

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

After Trump announces two-week ceasefire in exchange for Hormuz reopening, Lapid charges PM failed to secure Israel’s vital demands, warns strategic damage will take years to repair

US President Donald Trump looks on as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, right, speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026. (Kent Nishimura / AFP)

AnalysisHow Trump went from threatening Iran’s annihilation to reaching a truce within a day

By AAMER MADHANI, Will Weissert and Josh Boak

US President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump: ‘A whole civilization will die tonight’ if ultimatum for Iran to open Hormuz expires

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as they meet in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026. (AP/Denes Erdos)

Live updates (closed)

April 8: US says plan published by Iran not the one approved as basis for talks

As Iran claims truce breached by Israeli strikes on Hezbollah, Vance says Iran misunderstood terms * Netanyahu says ‘finger on trigger’ to resume war at any time * Staff Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, killed in clash with Hezbollah

8:45 pm

Lebanon raises Wednesday death toll from Israeli strikes to 182, with 890 wounded
8:22 pm

Trump weighs pulling troops from NATO countries over lack of Iran war support -- WSJ
8:08 pm

Pezeshkian says halt to fighting in Lebanon was key condition for ceasefire with US

Op-ed

US and Israel set out ambitious, vital war goals; as of the ceasefire, none have been achieved

Fighting halts with the US president hailing what is only a tactical victory, and impossibly expecting a deal in two weeks to impose terms on the weakened but emboldened Iranian regime

(L/R) US President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine depart after speaking about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, early on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Despite ceasefire, Iran claims refinery hit, launches wave of attacks against UAE, Kuwait

By Agencies and ToI Staff

First two ships traverse Strait of Hormuz; Vance warns ceasefire is ‘fragile,’ tells Iran that Trump is ‘not one to mess around;’ IRGC says no trust in US promises, has ‘finger on trigger’

This satellite image taken by a US Geological Survey Landsat satellite shows the fire after an Iranian drone attack targeting the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2026. (US Geological Survey via AP)

Russia reportedly supplying Iran with spy imagery of US and Israeli targets

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An Iranian AI-generated Lego video produced by 'Explosive Media' depicts an Iranian soldier roasting US helicopters over a fire. (Screenshot/Explosive Media)

Brick by brickIran deploys Legos and social media trolling in war for public opinion

By Stuart Williams

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk into Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Top Trump aides told him PM’s prewar regime change forecast was ‘farcical’ — report

NYT reveals PM’s high stakes Situation Room pitch to Trump included series of predictions — such as Tehran being too weak to close Hormuz or attack neighbors — that haven’t panned out

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US Jewish groups denounce Trump’s threat that a ‘whole civilization will die’ in Iran

By Grace Gilson

Head of JCPA says ‘we know what it means when leaders call for communities and populations to be wiped out,’ as several progressive organizations and leaders accuse Trump of promoting genocide

Historian and author Simon Schama (Tim Kirby/Oxford Film and Television)

Interview'Grotesque things have become part of Gen Z's repartee'

Historian Simon Schama: With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ Jews have lost basic civil rights

By Robert Philpot

Amid violent attacks throughout the UK, the acclaimed British author finds antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment increasingly normalized. He also sees ‘moments of fantastic hope’

IDF troops of the Golani Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it has ‘completed deployment’ to anti-tank defensive line in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

2 wounded as Hezbollah rockets hit north; IDF reportedly holds off strikes on Lebanon-Syria crossing after US intervention; army also says it mobilized elite 98th Division to area

'The Ten Commandments' marks 70 years. (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘The Ten Commandments’: Put your hands up as iconic film turns 70

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor buckle up and watch all 3 hours and 40 minutes of the Passover classic. Hear how it holds up today

In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. (NASA via AP)

Earthset

Artemis II crew takes historic photo of Earth setting behind moon

By AFP

NASA’s newest moon mission channels Apollo 8’s iconic ‘Earthrise’ picture from 1968; White House calls it ‘Humanity, from the other side’

Turkish police and army secure the area after a gunmen attack at a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey detains 10 suspects over Istanbul gun attack outside Israeli consulate

Turkish media reports that the detained include two attackers who were wounded in the assault and are being questioned in hospital

Guests at Art and Fashion Café, Warsaw, 1930s. (Public domain via Polish National Digital Archives)

InterviewLike Jews, Poland 'was a country looking for its identity'

In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In ‘The Last Woman of Warsaw,’ out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery

US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 30, 2026.(AFP)

US journalist in Iraq freed one week after she was kidnapped by Kataeb Hezbollah

By AP and Jacob Magid

Freelance reporter Shelly Kittleson had been held in Baghdad, says source, and was ordered to ‘leave the country immediately’ after being released by Iran-backed militia

This photograph shows portrait placards of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens detained in Iran, set up on a fence of the French National Assembly, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2025. (Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)

French couple allowed to leave Iran after more than three years in detention

By AFP

Ye, the US rapper formerly known as Kanye West, leaves federal court during the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York, June 13, 2025. (AP/Larry Neumeister)

Kanye West barred from UK over antisemitic history, causing music festival cancellation

Rapper who released ‘Heil Hitler’ song last year had offered to meet with British Jewish community to express remorse and promote ‘unity, peace and love’

Illustrative: An interfaith family decorates the Christmas tree. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/ via JTA)

US support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis

By Jackie Hajdenberg

18Doors has gone from 15 employees down to four, as many nonprofits struggle with post-Oct. 7 patterns in charitable giving that see people focusing more on Israel and antisemitism

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The Chabad of Roslyn/Old Westbury building. (Google Streetview via JTA)

Long Island town must pay $19m for blocking construction of Chabad synagogue

By Grace Gilson

Workers operates next to a sign of Swiss banking giant UBS on the top of a building in Zurich, on March 4, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

US judge rejects bid by Swiss Bank UBS to limit its liability for Nazi-linked crimes

By Jonathan Stempel

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