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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 23, 2026

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Pro-government bereaved families protest outside the High Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2026, during a hearing on the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into security failures surrounding the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bedlam erupts in Supreme Court as pro-government activists try to force their way into Oct. 7 inquiry hearing

By Jeremy Sharon

Pro-Netanyahu mob chants ‘Judge the judges’ outside hearing on coalition’s refusal to establish state commission of inquiry; judges indicate preference to delay ruling till after election

Bereaved families of victims of the October 7 attack, some supporting and others opposing the establishment of a state commission of inquiry, argue outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court convenes to hear petitions demanding Oct. 7 state inquiry, without audience

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Iran's Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Live updates (closed)

April 23: Son of shah says talks with Iran ‘appeasement,’ new leaders ‘different faces of the same machine’

Trump to greet Israeli and Lebanese representatives at negotiations * US president says ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran as third aircraft carrier arrives in Mideast

8:37 pm

In first since truce, Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, as talks with Lebanon set to begin in DC
8:25 pm

IRGC placed more mines in Hormuz this week -- report
8:22 pm

Sirens warn of rocket fire in northern community

A woman talks on her cellphone as she walks past a billboard showing 20th century national hero Rais Ali Delvari, right, and slain IRGC navy chief Alireza Tangsiri, who was killed in the US-Israeli strike in late March 2026, on a building in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US Navy chief John Phelan leaving his post 'immediately'

Iran says it won’t reopen Strait of Hormuz as long as US is blockading ports

By AFP and ToI Staff

Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf, who has led Iran’s delegation at talks, says opening key waterway ‘not possible amid blatant violation of ceasefire’; report says 34 tankers have evaded US blockade

Iranian walks past a giant billboard reading "the Strait of Hormuz remains closed," at Revolution Square in Tehran on April 22, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran seizes pair of container ships, in first since start of war with US and Israel

An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails in the Arabian Sea during Operation Epic Fury, March 18, 2026. (US Navy photo)

US intercepts Iran oil tankers in Asian waters as demining of Hormuz expected to take months

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Analysis

Repeatedly deferring to Trump, Netanyahu subjects Israeli security to US president’s whim

PM has gained much from throwing his lot in with president, but US leader’s predilection for premature ceasefires and trusting enemies puts country at risk

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

People walk next to a large billboard depicting US President Donald Trump with the slogan 'The Deliverer,' in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Trump among recipients of Israel Prize, for ‘special contribution to the Jewish people’

Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 23 – Netanyahu’s campaign enters high gear at state ceremonies

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks with reporters outside of the State Department in Washington, April 14, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Israel, Lebanon set for new round of US talks; Hezbollah fires at IDF troops again

By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter to meet Lebanese counterpart in DC at 4 p.m. local time; Beirut expected to seek month’s extension of truce

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who works for the pro-Hezbollah daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Body of journalist for pro-Hezbollah daily pulled from rubble of Lebanon home struck by IDF

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

French contingent vehicles serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) cross the Qasmiyeh Bridge heading toward Sidon and Beirut, on April 19, 2026. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)

Second French soldier dies of wounds sustained in Hezbollah attack on UN peacekeepers

By AFP and ToI Staff

Op-ed

How my modest love song was sucked into a chilling machine of political propaganda

The Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony demonstrated how politicians erase the truth using fake sentimentality and turn a national event into a fawning display for Netanyahu

The 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Analysis

Buried but not out, Iran’s ballistic missiles remain potent threat despite airstrikes

IDF says Tehran still has hundreds of launchers and 1,000 missiles, many of which are ‘plugged’ underground but not destroyed, as Tehran looks to rebuild weapons stockpile

A woman walks past mockups of Iranian missiles along Valiasr Square in Tehran on April 6, 2026.(Atta Kenare/AFP)

Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell speaks to the media in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, on March 17, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagon denies reported assessment that de-mining Hormuz will take six months

By AFP

This photo from March 12, 2017, shows a an Iranian oil facility on Kharg Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

AnalysisIran economy looks set to withstand US naval blockade, analysts say

By Callum PATON

Washington indicates talks focused on nuclear file

US says it is awaiting ‘unified’ Iranian position, amid reports of fractured leadership

By Jacob Magid, Stav Levaton, Agencies and ToI Staff

White House offers no timeline for truce extension, as Israeli reports assert deadline is Sunday; source close to Trump says he wants to exhaust all options before again using force

US President Donald Trump departs an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Cars drive under a billboard depicting the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei handing an Iranian flag to his son Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Iran executes man for alleged links to Israel and membership in banned opposition group

By AFP and ToI Staff

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-Israel mural, in Tehran on April 21 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) /

Iran hangs former nuclear employee for allegedly spying for Israel, aid groups say

By AFP and ToI Staff

The 7-year-old girl who was critically injured in an Iranian missile attack in Arad in March is released from hospital in a picture published on April 23, 2026. (Schneider Children's Hospital)

7-year-old girl critically injured by Iranian missile is discharged from hospital

By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff

Child hurt in March 21 strike on Arad is in good condition after series of surgeries, will continue recovery at home; ‘We watched our daughter fight for her life,’ says her father

An Israeli Air Force technician inspects a fighter jet before taking off for a major wave of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, April 8, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

2 IDF aircraft mechanics charged with spying for Iran, leaking fighter jet info

By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers

An undated photo of a Danone manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Florida (Rick Wilson/AP Content Services for Danone North America)

Around the world, from paint to flights, Iran war raises costs and darkens outlooks

By Dimitri Rhodes, Yadarisa Shabong and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) and President Isaac Herzog meet with former hostage Cpl. Mia Leimberg during an Independence Day ceremony filmed at the President's Residence on April 20, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Honoring soldiers, Herzog says they have fought ‘battles future generations will study’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Freed hostage performs, another is celebrated at Independence Day ceremony for outstanding soldiers; IDF chief: Israel ready ‘to return immediately and forcefully’ to fighting

Putting Israel’s ‘democratic’ parties under the microscope

If a party that aspires to democracy and equality cannot maintain the rule of law, it cannot be expected to govern (and other failures)

The uncomfortable truth about disarming Hamas

For the terror group to lay down arms, there are political hurdles that include giving Hamas a path to survival as a non-violent faction within a reformed Palestinian Authority

Mourners carry the body Odeh Awawdeh, 29, a Palestinian man who was killed by alleged settler gunfire in the town of Deir Dibwan in the West Bank, at a hospital in Ramallah on April 22, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Palestinian man shot dead in settler attack on West Bank town near Ramallah

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

IDF confirms settler raid in Deir Dibwan, stresses troops didn’t fire any shots at local Palestinians; soldiers hand over Israeli suspects to cops, who launch probe, but no arrests made

Israeli activists breach the Syrian border in an attempt to settle the territory, April 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Bashan Pioneers)

Dozens of settler activists cross into Syria and Lebanon, are escorted out by IDF

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Incidents are latest attempts by fringe groups to establish settlements in territory held by Israeli military beyond its borders; IDF condemns ‘criminal offense’

Police officers patrol at a cordon near Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, a suburb of London, April 19, 2026. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)

Teen pleads guilty to arson at London synagogue, says he has ‘no hate’ toward Jews

By AP and ToI Staff

17-year-old prosecuted in latest attack on UK Jewish institution says he didn’t know it was a synagogue; police still seeking two other suspects

Left, New York City Councilmember Inna Vernikov, right, Councilmember Eric Dinowitz, the co-chairs of the council's antisemitism task force, at City Hall, April 22, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Mamdani administration won’t use a codified antisemitism definition, representative says

Head of City Hall office for combating discrimination against Jews says IHRA outline junked by Mamdani will not be replaced; NYPD says ‘Kill Zionists’ graffiti not necessarily a hate crime

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