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What Matters Most On Monday, May 4, 2026

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Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed in an antisemitic terror shooting at Bondi Beach, speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)

Masked mob targeted a synagogue on Kristallnacht anniversary

Australian Jews recount harrowing stories at Bondi massacre inquiry’s 1st public hearing

By AFP

Royal commission head laments surge in antisemitic attacks since Hamas onslaught sparked Gaza war; daughter of Sydney victim says shooting shattered happy childhood memories from beach where her parents first met

Anti-Israel protesters gather in front of a police station in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia, on February 10, 2026. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)

Fearing it would cause hostility, Sydney cancels controversial ‘Globalize the intifada’ forum

Analysis

Hunted by drones it should have seen coming, Israel now sees its Lebanon strategy at risk

Years after drone warfare transformed other battlefields, the IDF seems caught off guard by Hezbollah’s effective use of first-person and fiber-optic UAVs, leaving troops in southern Lebanon exposed yet again

A M548 cargo carrier at an Israeli military artillery site near the northern border community of Shomera that was hit by a Hezbollah drone on April 30, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri chairs a parliamentary session to elect a president, in Beirut, January 9, 2025. (Anwar Amro / AFP)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker: No talks with Israel until war ends

By Reuters, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

IDF troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on May 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Hezbollah MP vows terror group will ‘thwart’ Lebanon-Israel talks as clashes persist

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP

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

US says two American-flagged vessels successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran says it hit US Navy destroyer with missiles, but CENTCOM denies claim; officials cited in US media say ‘Project Freedom’ won’t necessarily involve US Navy escorting merchant ships

People walk as Iranian flags hang in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, May 3, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Trump: Latest Iran terms unacceptable; US on Monday to start guiding ships out of Hormuz

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 4 – ‘One big failure’: An IDF official on the Iran war so far

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

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Left to right: President Isaac Herzog attends an event for outstanding soldiers in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends a state memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90); Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Heeding Herzog, AG okays unconditional talks for plea deal in Netanyahu’s graft trial

Prime minister’s lawyers have yet to respond to president’s offer last week to host talks; Baharav-Miara previously rejected judge’s offer of nonbinding mediation

Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 12, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court freezes TV regulatory body’s activities over controversial appointments

By Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel

US President Donald Trump calls out the members of the press as he arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, May 3, 2026. (AP/ Matt Rourke)

Live updates (closed)

May 4: IDF at ‘high readiness’ as Trump says Iran to be ‘blown off the face of the earth’ if it hits US ships

Israeli-dispatched Iron Dome reportedly intercepts Iranian salvo targeting UAE * 3 IDF troops wounded in Lebanon * Aoun: No meeting with Netanyahu until deal reached, Israeli attacks end

8:56 pm

Person shot by law enforcement near Washington Monument in DC, Secret Service says
8:55 pm

Man to plead guilty in Colorado firebombing attack on pro-Israel demonstrators
8:40 pm

Bennett: Iran’s attacks on UAE mean it is resuming war against allies of US, Israel

Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim attends a meeting of the Special Committee for Children’s Rights at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 4, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'They only meant to stab him'

Likud activist, a convicted felon, tells Knesset panel that teens ‘didn’t mean to kill’ pizza worker

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Rafi Kedoshim sparks outrage while speaking to committee about recent spate of teen violence and report showing surge in number of underage criminal suspects

Jewish worshipers seen at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, after Lag B'Omer celebrations were canceled, May 3, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Police brace for unrest at Meron pilgrimage site after drastic cutbacks to Lag B’Omer revelry

By Charlie Summers

Amid war-related security concerns, cops block roads, but don’t vacate thousands already at northern shrine; unknown group tells Haredim to arm themselves with pepper spray, tasers; alternate bonfire lightings planned in Jerusalem

Leah Kook, wife of a prominent Tiberias rabbi, issues a call to boycott a local mall over immodest ads, May 2026. (Screenshots/Instagram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘They see naked women’: Haredi leaders urge boycott of Tiberias mall over bikini ads

Footage allegedly shows suspects jumping over a security barrier, in an attempt to perform a sacrificial ritual on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, May 1, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

21 arrested for trying to sacrifice a baby goat on the Temple Mount

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Ashkan Asadian speaks with the BBC about the April 29, 2026, antisemitic stabbing attack in north London's Golders Green neighborhood. (Screen capture: BBC)

Iranian British man who chased Golders Green terrorist: ‘Maybe I can save someone’s life’

Ashkan Asadian recounts kicking attacker and grabbing for his knife, giving badly wounded Jewish victim a chance to escape

Menachem Creditor

6 JTS seniors oppose President Herzog speaking at graduation. It’s 6 too many

If we normalize views that undermine Israel, even in the minority, they risk rupturing the very foundations of Jewish existence

The terrifying destruction I saw in the West Bank

Israelis know how to take to streets in protest; it’s time we take a stand to stop the Jewish violence against Palestinians

From 'The Eichmann Trial,' a play at Jerusalem's Beit HaAm, on April 27, 2026. (Courtesy)

Theater review

New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial

By Jessica Steinberg

Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between Germany and the Jewish state

A new neighborhood in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border, in southern Israel. (Kibbutz Be'eri)

Survey finds fewer than 25% of Gaza border residents feel safe, 40% don’t trust state

But progress report by Tekuma Directorate, at halfway mark of five-year term, finds rising life satisfaction, optimism about future

Actor Kat Graham (L) and Sesame Street puppet Abby Cadabby marking Jewish Heritage Month, in May 2023. (Sesame Street/X screenshot)

Sesame Street post honoring US Jews draws intense wave of antisemitic hate

By Michael Horovitz

Antisemitic influencer Dan Bilzerian calls video marking Jewish American Heritage Month ‘Jewish supremacy,’ another likens it to ‘propaganda’ and ‘Hitler Youth’

Bruising on the face of a nun following an assault in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Israel Police)

Man, 36, to be charged for assaulting French nun in Jerusalem

Police ask court to extend custody of Yona Schreiber, suspected in last week’s attack, until end of legal proceedings

Christian pilgrims visit the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Jerusalem Christians not surprised by attack on nun as abuse becomes routine

By AFP and ToI Staff

View of the Sea of Galilee. (Dov Greenblat/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

Sea of Galilee trail plan that keeps parts of shore off-limits to public sparks outcry

Green groups fight to stop national planners from okaying fences, locked gates and bypass routes along parts of 32-km stretch of Sea of Galilee hiking route

Illustrative: Cannabis plants grown for medical use in Israel. (Chen Galili)

Health Ministry panel seeks to halt use of medical cannabis in smokable form

By Diana Bletter

Committee notes potentially harmful effects, spiking number of users; recommends stricter guidelines and a more limited use of the drug

Illustrative: A worker stacks dairy products at a Shufersal supermarket in the Golan Heights town of Katzrin, on July 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90/ File)

Biggest supermarket chain pulls some dairy products from shelves in spat over Tnuva price hikes

By Sharon Wrobel

Dairy giant raises prices of butter and soft cheeses ahead of Shavuot, while other major food manufacturers will follow suit after the dairy-heavy Jewish holiday

A photo of the interior of Deborah Brodie and Jay Brill's residence in Rockville, Maryland. (Jonathan Edelman via JTA)

'She wasn't one to say, don't touch that you'll break it'

After Maryland teacher’s death, 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in Jewish museum

By Grace Gilson

Amassed by Deborah Brodie over 35 years as hands-on tool for students with special needs, collection goes to Capital Jewish Museum with help of instagram account documenting inheritance stories

More Headlines

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community in Yerevan, Armenia, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

Europe seeks to ‘take charge’ of its own defense as US to cut presence of troops

By MARK CARLSON and LORNE COOK

A 16th-century prayer book based on the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria, on display for the first time at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, for Lag B'Omer, beginning May 3, 2026 (Itzik Biran)

Good intentionsRare mystical prayer book unveiled at ANU museum in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A symbol for the Islamic State terror group on a shirt worn by a terrorist who attacked security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the West Bank, December 7, 2024. (Israel Police/ File)

Four Palestinians charged for planning ISIS-inspired attacks across Israel

By Charlie Summers

'Happy Place' screenwriter and actor Noa Koler accepts the Israeli Academy of Film and Television award on May 3, 2026. (Niv Aharonson)

Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war

By Jessica Steinberg

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani participates in a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks in New York, Septeber 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition’, his spokesman says

By Michael R. Sisak and Christopher Weber

Illustrative: Israeli students celebrate after finishing the school year in the southern city of Ashdod, June 20, 2024. (Liron Molodovan/Flash90)

30 students celebrating end of high school hospitalized with eye injuries from foam spray

By Michael Horovitz

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