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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Noam Bettan from Israel performs the song 'Michelle' during the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, May 16, 2026. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Anti-Israel rally in Vienna draws smaller than expected crowd

Israel’s Noam Bettan finishes second at Eurovision as Bulgaria takes the win

‘Michelle’ propels Israel to third in the popular vote and its 2nd year in a row as the runner-up, as singer says he ‘tried to stay focused, I sang with joy, with a smile on my face’

AnalysisDefying predictions, Eurovision juries gave Israel a boost amid voting reforms

IDF infantry platoon commander killed by Hezbollah drone in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, AFP and ToI Staff

Slain officer named as Cpt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, who was set to marry fiancé next month; IDF says it struck over 100 Hezbollah targets over weekend

Cpt. Maoz Israel Recanati. (Israel Defense Forces)

Jews and Palestinians protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty in the West Bank city of Beit Jala, on April 3, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

May 17: Saudi Arabia says 3 drones launched from Iraqi airspace intercepted over kingdom

Trump reportedly to meet with security advisers Tuesday to discuss military options against Iran * Police investigating after settler runs over flock of sheep with ATV in West Bank

8:12 pm

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted three drones launched from Iraqi airspace
7:25 pm

Saudi Arabia condemns drone attack at UAE nuclear site as 'threat' to region
7:18 pm

Affidavit by military intelligence officer in Gofman appointment case filed to High Court

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Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters march in central London, at the same time as a larger anti-immigration protest led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, May 16, 2026. (Lidia Pedro / AFPTV / AFP)

London police arrest 31 amid massive anti-migrant protest, smaller anti-Israel march

Police deploy 4,000 officers to maintain order in largest operation in years; UK’s PM Starmer says far-right firebrand Tommy Robinson ‘peddling hatred and division’

MK Boaz Bismuth chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

As coalition collapses around him, Netanyahu revives Haredi draft exemption bill

Renewal of deliberations ‘just an attempt to delay the election date,’ says senior Haredi political official. Lapid accuses PM of ‘selling out Israel’s security’

TOI investigates

Haredi extremists brag openly of campaign to obstruct cops, but evade consequences

In carefully worded emails, Jerusalem Faction organizers boast of mobilizing protests to block enforcement against draft dodgers, sometimes violently, while hiding behind laws protecting free speech

A police car is seen on its side after a riot to protest against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem on December 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Shulamit S. Magnus

Who decides Jewish identity? Not the mayor of New York

Zohran Mamdani’s Nakba Day remarks reflect a deeper and far older idea: that Jews are acceptable only as a religion, never as a sovereign people

What ceasefire in Lebanon?

With troops dying and injured, extending the so-called pause in hostilities is meaningless; the war must continue until the existential threat lifts

Settlers said to torch car, steal phones and beat Palestinians in West Bank attacks

By Nurit Yohanan

Palestinian media share footage of man in ambulance after reported attack near Bethlehem on at least five Palestinians; assailants said to steal cellphones, damage property

Left to right: A vehicle allegedly torched by settlers near Hebron, overnight May 16-17, 2026; graffiti reading 'Revenge' from the same location; a Palestinian man wrapped in bandages after an alleged settler attack near Bethlehem, May 17, 2026. (All photos from social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A man stands near a burned car and graffiti on a mosque wall, which Palestinians say was made by extremist Israeli settlers, in the village of Jibya, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, May 15, 2026. (Flash90)

Israel probes several settler attacks, troop misconduct, as West Bank assaults continue

By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by his two sons Yasser (L) and Tarek (R), gives a short statement before leaving a hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on May 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Early results in Fatah leadership vote show Abbas’s son, intelligence chief elected

By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

Millionaire Yasser Abbas expected to get seat on party’s powerful Central Committee, as will Zakaria Zubeidi, ex-head of Fatah terror group who was behind dozens of attacks

'We are tightening our grip on Hamas'

‘Now 60%’: Netanyahu admits Israel taking more territory in Gaza, despite ceasefire

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

PM confirms to cabinet the IDF is pushing past the Yellow Line demarcating the 53% of Gaza that Israel retained under US-brokered truce; IDF strikes in Strip allegedly kill 8

A general view of the destroyed buildings is pictured at Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Screen capture from video of a large explosion near Beit Shemesh, May 17, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Late-night blast, fireball near Beit Shemesh rattles jittery residents

Rocket propellent firm Tomer says large explosion was ‘pre-planned experiment,’ test coordinated with authorities; following panic, company says will give public warning in future

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) is seen at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ICC denies ‘inaccurate’ report it issued warrants for Smotrich and Ben Gvir

By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies

Haaretz says three additional warrants issued for unnamed politician and military officials; court reportedly sought ministers’ arrest over West Bank settlements last year

New York reporter Luke Tress joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 17: Pro-Israel groups protest NYT sexual abuse op-ed, say it foments hatred

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

Illustrative: Keshet high school students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Report: Just 3% of Israeli ninth graders met science requirements in latest tests

Education minister claims results were leaked for ‘political’ reasons, claiming science scores were excluded from exam data published last month due to series of flaws

Former Hadash MK Yousef Jabareen is elected to lead the Arab-majority party in internal primaries, May 16, 2026. (Hadash)

Former MK Yousef Jabareen elected leader of Arab-majority party Hadash

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Leadership shakeup comes as two MKs step down; Jabareen pushes to revive Joint List; sole woman wins fifth slot

From L to R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Incoming Mossad head Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman arrives at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on February 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gofman accuses AG of acting in bad faith in case against his appointment as Mossad head

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Baharav-Miara raised concerns over meeting between Gofman and a senior Mossad official, appearing to believe they may have been intended to influence outcome of case against him

People lining up in Otello in Rehovot on Shabbat in protest of the fine the business received for operating on Shabbat, on May 16, 2026. (Ynet/Screenshot)

Hundreds show up to support Rehovot businesses fined for opening on Shabbat

Ice cream parlor Otello and cafe Nook are cited after operating on Saturdays for over a year, leading residents to complain about uneven enforcement of Shabbat policy

Milking time at Kibbutz Alumim's dairy, near the Gaza border in southern Israel, January 13, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Milking it: New figures show Israelis consuming more dairy products and alternatives

Agriculture Ministry publishes new figures ahead of Shavuot and in wake of Knesset Committee okay to expand Dairy Council powers, despite Treasury opposition

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Rescuers work on the scene after a driver injured seven people in Modena, Italy, May 16, 2026. (Giorgia Bassoli / AFP)

At least eight injured in car ramming in Italian city of Modena

Yuval Wilner, a 38-year-old musician from Tel Aviv suspected of raping Shaylee Atary and Naama Shachar, whose name was cleared for publication on May 17, 2026. (Screenshot/Youtube)

Musician Yuval Wilner named as suspect in two highly publicized rape cases

By Charlie Summers

Then-UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK’s ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer

A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency

By Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi

A rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn — the oldest surviving poem in Old English — is visible in the five lines above the final line of a page from an 8th-century manuscript copy of the Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, at Rome's National Library, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa)

Researchers find oldest English poem in a Roman library

The USS Gerald R. Ford pulls up to Pier 11 at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 16, 2026. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

USS Ford returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war, Maduro’s capture

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