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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 3, 2026

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Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates

May 3: Trump says US launching effort to ‘guide’ stranded ships out of Strait of Hormuz

US president says Iran’s latest offer is ‘not acceptable to me’ * Hezbollah launches rockets at IDF soldiers in south Lebanon

8:55 pm

Trump says US launching effort to 'guide' stranded ships out of Strait of Hormuz
8:15 pm

Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus
7:20 pm

OPEC+ countries agree modest rise in production as Iran retains chokehold on Hormuz

Left: A large birthday cake featuring a golden noose and guns is presented to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at his 50th birthday party, on May 2, 2026. Right: Ayala Ben Gvir gives her husband a second, smaller birthday cake, also featuring a noose, on May 2, 2026. (Screenshot: Itamar Ben Gvir via Instagram)

Top cops attend Ben Gvir’s birthday, where cakes decorated with nooses take center stage

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Bennett spars with minister over invites, vows to fire officials who politicize roles if he wins election, after police chief lets brass go to party along with far-right activists

The High Court holds a hearing on a petition requesting the convening of the Judicial Selection Committee to appoint judges, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Citing ‘rampant’ crime, High Court expresses dismay at Levin’s refusal to appoint judges

By Jeremy Sharon

Screen capture from video of a car from which airsoft shots were allegedly fired at anti-government protesters in Beersheba, May 2, 2026. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two arrested for allegedly shooting at anti-government protesters with airsoft gun

By Charlie Summers and Noam Lehmann

Uriah Dar, on his way home to Petah Tikva after a solo hike in northern Israel, April 15, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'I think about leaving the country all the time'

Riding the rails through a fractured land, young people reflect on real life, today

Along a journey from Nahariya on the Lebanese border to the southern city of Beersheba, six interviewees discuss 30 months of war, society, Israeli media and their hopes for the future

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NYC’s New School rejects student senate’s vote to defund and cut ties with Hillel

Vote appears to be first by a student government to cut off Hillel, long the central address for US campus Jewish life, but school says senate doesn’t ‘have the authority’ to do so

Student activists and their allies protest in front of the New School in support of an encampment for pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters on April 21, 2024 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)

Anti-Israel activists in New York City, October 7, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Most Jewish Mamdani voters support 2-state solution, fear rising antisemitism: poll

Members of the Jewish community watch as forensic officers search the area after two people were stabbed in north London's Golders Green neighborhood, on April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

UK Jews turning to veterans from elite British units to guard community sites – report

Sunday Times says organizations, including CST security group, hiring former members of Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment; institutions dipping into own funds to help cover cost

Green Party party leader Zack Polanski sits alongside the party's newly elected MP Hannah Spencer during a a press conference following her win in the Gorton and Denton by-election, in Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Israel’s deputy FM: ‘Extremist’ UK Green Party leader ‘legitimizes violence against Jews’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Jewish world and real estate correspondent Zev Stub joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 3 – Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn’t fighting antisemitism

By Jessica Steinberg and Zev Stub

Vehicles drive past a billboard with a graphic showing the Strait of Hormuz superimposed on US President Donald Trump's mouth, in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: 'Ball in US court' whether to sign deal or resume war

Trump reviews new proposal from Tehran, warns there’s a ‘possibility’ of renewed fighting

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Senior Iranian officer says war with US ‘likely’ as CENTCOM chief arrives in region to meet with troops stationed in the Arabian Sea; Netanyahu to convene security cabinet Sunday

Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jet prepares to take off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 19, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel approves purchase of 2 more squadrons of F-35I and F-15IA fighter jets from US

By Emanuel Fabian

A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)

Iran hangs man accused of killing security forces volunteer during 2022 protests

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Court extends detention of 2 Gaza flotilla activists accused of Hamas links

By AFP and ToI Staff

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek, Brazilian Thiago Avila accused of ‘assisting the enemy during wartime’ and membership in terror group; Spain calls for release of its citizen

Spanish pro-Palestinian activist Saif Abu Keshek arrives at a court in Ashkelon on May 3, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Illustrative: Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Ministers set to discuss renewing Gaza war as Hamas refuses to disarm — report

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

From ‘Punch a Nazi’ to nominate one

The progressive Democratic faction that has it in for Israel and Zionism is no longer fringe: Its new Maine Senate candidate, Graham Platner, is a risky vote for Jews

How to stop the decline in US support for Israel

The country’s next leader must change policies that degrade Palestinians or risk a permanent break with American Jews and allies

Netanyahu says project to counter drone threat underway, but ‘will take time’

By Lazar Berman

Hezbollah’s first-person view drones killed a soldier in south Lebanon last week and have caused dozens of injuries

FPV drones captured by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published April 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Police officers guard a checkpoint near Meron, northern Israel, after the Lag B'Omer celebrations were canceled and the area was declared a closed military zone, May 3, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Police block roads around Meron ahead of Lag B’Omer as pilgrimage canceled

A Catholic convent near the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, May 2, 2026. (IDF)

IDF denies demolishing Catholic convent in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Forces cause some damage to ‘residential structure’ at the religious compound; army says Hezbollah fired rockets from compound ‘multiple times’ during war

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar on May 2, 2026. (AFP)

Hezbollah fires rockets at troops in Lebanon, no injuries; IDF strikes terror sites

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

A Lebanese TV cartoon portraying Hezbollah and its leader Naim Qassem (left) as characters from Angry Birds, in a clip aired May 1, 2026. (LBCI screenshot)

Cartoon warsHezbollah slams Lebanese TV for ‘Angry Birds’ clip mocking leader

By AFP

Zahran Shanabla, who was allegedly injured by settlers near his workplace in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, April 4, 2026, and was still in a coma as of May 3, 2026. (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In village battered by settler violence, Palestinian still in coma nearly month after attack

By Nurit Yohanan

Zahran Shanabla has not woken since he was found unconscious after an early-April assault in Qusra, where ex-mayor predicts locals may start to fight back against daily harassment

A group of settlers can be seen arriving at the Palestinian village of Jabel Jales, in the West Bank, on May 2, 2026. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

71-year-old Palestinian woman said injured in settler attack near Hebron

By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian

MK Chili Tropper attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Blue and White MK Chili Tropper quits party, raising speculation about his future… and Gantz’s

By Ariela Karmel

Former minister becomes latest to leave Gantz’s floundering faction, says he’ll meet anyone who will ‘rebuild’ country’s leadership; reports say move to Eisenkot’s party likely

AG said soon to file indictment against PM’s ex-chief of staff, who has been named ambassador to UK

By Charlie Summers

Police reportedly finish probe of Tzachi Braverman, who’s suspected of interfering with investigation of classified document leak; report says police wanted Netanyahu to testify, but he did not

The Prime Minister's Office's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, in Miami, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump says US to withdraw significantly more than 5,000 troops from Germany

By Kirsten Grieshaber, Emma Burrows and AAMER MADHANI

‘We’re going to cut way down,’ US president says, amid rift with NATO over Iran war; troop pullout plan faces bipartisan resistance

US President Donald Trump meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

NATO seeks clarity as US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany amid rift with Europe

Man shot dead in Shfaram in 100th violent killing of 2026 in Arab community

Victim named as Hadi Su’ad, 28; report says his father and brother were killed in past year, in apparent gangland feud between families that has claimed the lives of 35 people

Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)

Illustrative: Thai police escort a suspect into a van, Bangkok, Thailand, January 13, 2025. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Thai police raid illegal school run by Iranian couple, find 89 Israeli kids enrolled

Thai security agency says raid came after complaints of ‘foreigners operating businesses that could threaten national security’; 2 Iranians and a Thai national arrested, charged

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