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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem that the ICC has issued an arrest warrant against him, May 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'We won't accept hypocritical dictates from biased bodies'

Smotrich says ICC prosecutor has requested warrant for his arrest; orders demolition of West Bank hamlet

By Jeremy Sharon

Warrant may be sought for far-right leader’s role in expanding settlements, which ICC could seek to prosecute as war crime. He calls the move a ‘declaration of war,’ instructs that Palestinian village east of Jerusalem be knocked down

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Smotrich attacks AG, rule of law in dramatic Knesset committee hearing

By Ariela Karmel

People hold roses as they attend a mass wedding ceremony in Tehran, Iran, May 18, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Trump said he called off Tuesday attack as deal may be near

Iran says its new proposal demands reparations, US troop withdrawal, end to Lebanon war

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Regime warns it will ‘open new fronts’ if US attacks; Tehran also seeks release of frozen funds and end of US blockade; Pakistani source says US, Iran ‘keep changing their goalposts’

US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 19: Trump frustrated as Iran talks stall, Gulf wary of renewed war

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Live updates (closed)

May 19: Captured Hamas document details terror operative training during early 2025 ceasefire

Trump says he was an hour away from decision to strike Iran, hasn’t set new deadline, claims war ‘very popular’ despite polls * Rabbi Avi Weiss, US liberal Orthodox leader, gets Israeli citizenship

8:57 pm

Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli strike kills 10
8:56 pm

Israel says latest Gaza-bound flotilla has 'come to an end,' 430 activists being transferred to Israel
8:51 pm

US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources tell Reuters

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Analysis

A GOP primary has become a costly battle over Israel. Will it matter in the long run?

Pro-Israel groups are spending millions to unseat Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, but even if he loses, it may not be dead end for his fellow Republican opponents of Israel, whose numbers seem to be growing

US Rep. Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, pictured at the US Capitol in Washington, DC,, April 29, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

MKs set Wed. to pass preliminary vote on dissolving Knesset

MKs vote to advance bills splitting and weakening role of AG, making it harder to indict PM

By Sam Sokol, Ariela Karmel and Jeremy Sharon

Opposition MKs walk out, leaving coalition lawmakers to unanimously approve bills for their first readings; deputy AG warns of ‘danger to democratic elections’

Chairman Simcha Rothman and coalition members of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee vote to advance a bill splitting the position of the attorney general, May 19, 2026. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

MK Simcha Rothman leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 12, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New bill aims to make it harder to indict senior officials, including PM, ministers

By Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter talks with reporters on May 22, 2025 in Washington. (AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Says Bernie Sanders 'is not a Jew' but rather a 'Communist'

Israeli envoy to US calls J Street a ‘cancer within the Jewish community’

Yechiel Leiter brands liberal Zionist lobby ‘duplicitous,’ appears to reject its Jewish identity; J Street leader: Israel ‘should be engaging with us’ not ‘calling us names’

US Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., holds up a Trump Bible as he questions Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, February 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jared Moskowitz becomes latest US Jewish lawmaker to reveal antisemitic threats

By Grace Gilson

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik speaks at the 'Rededicate 250' prayer rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, May 17, 2026. (Screenshot/RSBN)

Lone rabbi speaking at mass DC prayer rally calls antisemitism ‘utterly un-American’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Knesset panel fast-tracks West Bank antiquities bill seen as de facto annexation

By Rossella Tercatin

Legislation aims to create new civilian body beyond Green Line, as heritage minister pushes to appoint ideological ally with limited experience to run Israel Antiquities Authority

The archaeological site of Sebastia in the West Bank, in a handout photo issued on November 20, 2025. (COGAT)

Police stage at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP)

Trump: 'We're going to be looking at it very strongly'

Teen gunmen kill 3 in apparent hate crime at California Islamic Center

Assailants found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in car near scene; security guard among victims; all children attending school housed in San Diego compound accounted for and safe

People embrace near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP/Gregory Bull)

US Jewish groups say Islamic Center shooting proves need for federal security funding

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Shalev Ben Yakar after being assaulted in Golders Green, May 18, 2026. (Screenshot/ X/ Ynet)

‘Are you Jewish?’ Israeli attacked by group of men in Golders Green after speaking Hebrew

Shalev Ben Yakar says Arabic-speaking men dragged him across the road in heavily Jewish London neighborhood, tore his clothes and beat him until he almost lost consciousness

An anti-Israel sign posted on a tree at a UK university (CST Campus Report)

Nazi salutes in class: Report details growing antisemitic abuse in British schools

The IDF’s real problem with the Mashiach patch

This was never really about dress code — it was about the army’s fear that a Jewish soldier with a Jewish purpose has become a PR problem

Daphne Lazar Price

Being near Torah is not the same as standing at Sinai

Thanks to AI, we can access sacred texts with one click, but joining the covenant of the Jewish people demands more of us

Coexistence activists led by Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze religious leaders march in Jerusalem for 'human rights and peace,' on May 18, 2026. (Jacob Lazarus/ Rabbis for Human Rights)

Hundreds join interfaith ‘human rights and peace’ march in Jerusalem

By Charlie Summers

Marchers carry signs reading ‘Justice,’ ‘Peace’ and ‘Soul’ in Hebrew, Arabic, and English in counter to nationalist Flag Marches on Jerusalem Day

Inside story

As West Bank conditions grow dire, Palestinian despair hasn’t curdled into violence, yet

Settler attacks, economic hardship and collapsing faith in peace drive anger, but experts say fear, pragmaticism and tight Israeli security keep unrest at bay, at least for now

Palestinians attend the funeral of 14-year-old Aws Hamdi Al-Naasan and 32-year-old Jihad Marzouq Abu Naim, who were reportedly killed by settler fire, in Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 22, 2026. (Flash90)

Screen capture from video of fields allegedly set alight by extremist Israeli settlers near the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, May 18, 2026. (X)

Settlers said to torch Palestinian fields, block fire trucks from reaching scene

An emergency worker inspects the damage following an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Baalbek, Lebanon, on May 18, 2026. (AFP)

Lebanon’s death toll tops 3,000 in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Figures don’t identify combatants, and list 292 women and 211 children among casualties; IDF kills senior Islamic Jihad commander; Lebanese president defends talks with Israel

Ultra-Orthodox men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of a yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, at the entrance to Jerusalem, February 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Rebuked by court and military, police say they will detain draft evaders

Shas blasts arrests of ‘precious Torah scholars’; Smotrich demands Haredi leaders endorse military service for those not engaged in full-time Torah study

Mohammed Odeh, right, along with senior Hamas leaders Rafa’a Salameh, Abu Obeida, and Mohammed Deif, in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hamas said to appoint Mohammed Odeh to replace terror group’s slain leader in Gaza

Odeh was head of military intelligence in al-Qassam Brigades during October 7, 2023, attack, had reportedly been tasked with finding weak points in border defense

Artist Tal Tenne Czaczkes working on her Flag of Flags, a massive canopy made of abandoned Israeli flags now being shown around the country, in May 2026 (Roni Czaczkes)

Interview'I identified with these flags'

Using discarded Israeli flags, artist tries to stitch divided country together

By Jessica Steinberg

Tal Tenne Czaczkes created ‘The Flag of Flags,’ a banner of nearly 700 pennants once abandoned on roadsides, now sewn into a giant canopy

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Incoming Mossad director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Gofman likely to helm Mossad after affidavit appears to undercut claims against him

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Channel 14 TV's Shimon Riklin during a broadcast on May 18, 2026, when he discussed potential operational plans regarding Iran's uranium stockpile. (X)

Uproar after Channel 14 anchor talks about Iran strategy without censor approval

Banking supervisor Daniel Hahiashvili speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on May 19, 2025. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)

Regulator demands fairness from Israeli banks as they cash in on hefty fees

By Sharon Wrobel

The Talbieh neighborhood of Jerusalem (Noam Chen)

Weakening dollar cools US demand for Israeli property; French, British buyers surge

FC Barcelona player Lamine Yamal holding a Palestinian flag as he celebrates with his team atop a bus after winning the Spanish La Liga soccer title in Barcelona, Spain, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo)

Spain defends soccer star Yamal over Israeli criticism of Palestinian flag display

By Grace Gilson

Screen capture from video of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati, 2023. (YouTube)

Romanians stabbed Iranian journalist in London at behest of Tehran, UK court told

By Michael Holden

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