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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 18, 2026

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Vessels and a boat at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman, April 12, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran reimposes Hormuz closure after US maintains blockade; IRGC gunboats fire at ships

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tehran warns it will continue to block strait as long as Trump blockades Iran-linked shipping; US president says blockade ‘in full force’ until regime reaches a deal, including on its nuclear program

A woman walks past a billboard that shows a graphic depicting a military personnel's hand holding the Strait of Hormuz in his fist with signs which read in Farsi: 'In Iran's hands forever,' 'Trump couldn't do a damn thing,' and 'The control of Strait of Hormuz will be Iran's forever,' in Vanak Square, in northern Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

After Lebanon truce, Iran says Hormuz ‘completely open’; US maintains naval blockade

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 17, 2026 in New York City. All three major indexes surged at opening, with the Dow Jones leading the way, opening over 700 points after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz 'completely open' after the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Oil prices drop more than 10% and US stocks soar after Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz

This handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)'s official website Sepanews on February 16, 2026, shows navy ships during a military exercise by members of the IRGC and navy in the Gulf (SEPAH NEWS / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

April 18: Trump meets with top aides on Iran’s renewed closure of Strait of Hormuz

Amid truce, IDF reservist killed and 3 other soldiers hurt in southern Lebanon by Hezbollah explosive * Bennett, Eisenkot and Lapid reportedly holding contacts on forming joint ‘New Israel’ party

8:31 pm

Settlers reportedly attack West Bank village of Turmus Ayya for second time today
7:28 pm

Ethics complaint filed against Independence Day torchlighter over his 'illegally built' West Bank home
7:20 pm

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to target any ship approaching Strait of Hormuz

Displaced residents hold portraits of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they drive back to their villages, in Jiyeh, near Saida, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Netanyahu: ‘Road to peace’ with Lebanon begins; Trump: Israel ‘PROHIBITED’ from bombing there

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

All wartime restrictions lifted for Israeli public; 10-day ceasefire appears to hold even as Lebanese media report Israeli strike on motorcycle; Hezbollah says ‘finger on the trigger’

A photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency on April 17, 2026, shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun delivering a televised address to the Lebanese people from the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of the capital Beirut. (Lebanese Presidency)

Amid truce with Israel, Aoun says Lebanon to now seek ‘permanent agreements’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An Israeli Air Force helicopter flies near the border with Lebanon, on April 14, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

IDF on high alert amid fragile, temporary ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

As Trump claims ‘no sticking points’ and that deal possible in days, Iran insists he’s lying

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

President says US will remove Iran’s enriched uranium ‘at leisurely pace,’ but Iran denies it; also claims Iran will stop backing Hamas, Hezbollah; US and Iranian officials say significant gaps remain

An FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken from the video, released by his kidnappers, and a picture before he was kidnapped, left, displayed during a news conference in Washington, March 6, 2012. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Jewish groups urge Trump, during Iran ceasefire talks, to prioritize Americans held there

By Grace Gilson

A LED sphere screen shows information inside the new location of the prediction market online platform Polymarket called 'The Situation Room,' during its opening day in Washington, DC, March 20, 2026. (Théo Marie-Courtois/AFP)

‘Dystopian’ Iran war bets spark US crackdown on prediction markets

By STEVEN SLOAN and Ken Sweet

Vincent James Hooper

The clock Jerusalem should be watching is in Washington, not Tehran

Which side will cave under the blockade’s fiscal stress, the authoritarian regime, or the democracy where high prices at the gas pump lead to electoral loss?

Moises Salinas Fleitman

Why, as a progressive Jew, I firmly identify as a Zionist

I remain a Zionist not because I support everything Israel does, but because I believe the Jewish people are a people, and peoples have rights

French artist Henri Matisse works on his 'Grand Intérieur Rouge' canvas in his Villa le Rêve studio in Vence, circa April 1948. (Louis FOUCHERAND / AFP)

Interview'He wouldn't leave, he likened it to desertion'

Was Henri Matisse’s sojourn in Vichy France de facto collaboration or quiet resistance?

By Rich Tenorio

In his new book ‘Matisse at War,’ Christopher C. Gorham explores the renowned artist’s troubled but prolific life under the Nazis during WWII, and his family’s role in the French underground

Poll seen as first step toward restoring PA role in Strip

For first time in decades, PA bringing municipal vote to city in Gaza

By Nurit Yohanan

Residents of Deir al-Balah set to cast ballots for city council later this month, after 20 years of Hamas blocking voting, though unclear if terror group will honor results

A campaign banner for municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, seen in a video published April 12, 2026. (Screen capture: YouTube/WAFA)

Kosovo Security Forces parade during celebrations to mark the 18th anniversary of independence, in Pristina, Kosovo, February 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani, File)

Kosovo approves troop contribution for Gaza stabilization force

A knife that a Palestinian suspect was brandishing during an attempted attack at the West Bank settlement of Negohot, April 18, 2026. (Courtesy)

Palestinian armed with knife breaches West Bank settlement, is shot dead — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Suspect from nearby village spotted climbing over community’s entrance gate; local guard opened fire after assailant rushed at him with knife, probe finds

Settlers set fire to Palestinian buildings, cars in West Bank; no injuries or arrests

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Attacks reported near Nablus and in Masafer Yatta, where assailants appeared to be guarded by armed man in IDF gear; military says it is investigating incident

Settlers set fire to a Palestinian warehouse in Asira al-Qibliya, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, April 17, 2026. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Female soldiers cut their military ID cards at an IDF base on the day of their discharge, when three of them were court-martialed and fined for wearing revealing clothing. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF court-martials female troops who showed up for discharge in tank tops, short skirt

An Israeli man and woman look at the camera of an antisemitic abuser in a restaurant in Vietnam in an undated video that has gone viral on social media. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

British tourists hurl antisemitic abuse at Israeli couple in Vietnam: ‘Rats running away’

Pair accuse fellow diners of genocide, cite white supremacist meme of mass expulsions of Jews; one says ‘Viva Iran’ before they sing ‘Boom, boom Tel Aviv’

The wreckage of burnt ambulances is seen in a car park at Golders Green in London, March 23, 2026, after an arson attack targeting the vehicles, which were run by a Jewish charity. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK police charge fourth suspect over attack on Jewish community ambulances

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Analysis

PHILISSA CRAMER

Hegseth compares media to the Pharisees, an ancient Jewish sect derided by Christians

Jews say use of term by US defense secretary has antisemitic connotations, while Christians and conservatives say the phrase likens Trump, Hegseth and US military to Jesus

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Illustrative: French gendarmes stand guard in front of a courtroom at the Paris Appeal Court in the Palais de Justice courthouse in Paris on March 16, 2026. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)

French court rules antisemitism not a motive in nanny’s poisoning of Jewish family

By Grace Gilson

Despite defendant telling police ‘they have money and power” and ‘I should never have worked for a Jewish woman,’ appeals court denies Algerian caretaker was driven by Jew hatred

A container installed near the site of the Jedwabne pogrom proclaims in Polish, "The earth doesn't lie." The container, installed in April 2026, promotes the narrative that Nazis, not Poles, killed the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941. (Screenshot via JTA)

Polish town’s new ‘information center’ denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941

By Shira Li Bartov

A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl's Day in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranians fear fresh government crackdown after war: ‘There’s fire under the ashes’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Iran’s regime looks as entrenched as ever after surviving weeks of conflict, while difficulties that spurred mass unrest that led to the bloody crackdown look likely to worsen

From 'The Future to Come,' a new feature by award-winning director Ruthy Pribar, will premiere on June 8, 2026 at the Tribeca Festival in New York (Daniela Novitz)

Big screen welcome

Two Israeli films to premiere at Tribeca in June

By Jessica Steinberg

‘What Is to Come’ from award-winning director Ruthy Pribar and ‘Moishe Badhan’ from Gidi Dar and Shuli Rand will open at the New York festival

Nadav Lapid's 'Yes!' (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcastNadav Lapid’s ‘Yes!’: Israeli director’s wartime film raises eyebrows and ire

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

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Protesters hold a banner and Palestinian flags as they take part in a demonstration against Israel's candidate during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 opening ceremony in Basel, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. (Stefan Wermuth / AFP)

Entertainment figures add names to letter rejecting calls to kick Israel out of Eurovision

Pro-Palestinian activists protest with a football-shaped sign and a Palestinian flag outside Wembley Stadium to demand that the Football Association issue a public statement calling for the Israeli Football Association (IFA) to be suspended from participation in UEFA and FIFA tournaments, on October 2, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images via JTA)

Trump antisemitism envoy: US will bar World Cup attendees tied to antisemitism abroad

By Grace Gilson

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets Argentina's President Javier Milei in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Argentina’s Milei to arrive in Israel on Sunday, his third trip in last three years

By AFP

This May 28, 2012 file photo shows a newspaper with a photograph of Etan Patz at a makeshift memorial in the SoHo neighborhood of New York where Patz lived before his disappearance on May 25, 1979. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

NYC judge declines to dismiss case in 1979 disappearance of Jewish boy Etan Patz

By Jennifer Peltz

Tufts University student from Turkey, Rumeysa Ozturk, left, who was arrested by immigration agents while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, talks to reporters on arriving back in Boston, May 10, 2025, a day after she was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center on the orders of a federal judge. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via AP)

Pro-Palestinian Tufts University graduate targeted by Trump admin returns to Turkey

From the song recorded by Yehudit Ravitz with lyrics by Aner Shapira, heroic soldier killed on October 7, 2023, and released April 17, 2026.(Courtesy)

Posthumous soundAner Shapira, hero of October 7, is heard in duet with Yehudit Ravitz

By Jessica Steinberg

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