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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 21, 2026

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Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla headed for Gaza and arrested and deported by Israel pose outside a terminal following their arrival at Istanbul Airport on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

UK chief rabbi: Conduct antithesis of our core Jewish values

Amid Ben Gvir furor, Israel deports all 430 foreign flotilla activists, holds one Israeli

By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

Condemnations of Ben Gvir’s video humiliating detainees continue as Italy asks EU for sanctions on the far-right minister, Poland looks to ban him; activists claim they were beaten, tortured; prison service denies it

Op-ed

Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir after his flotilla provocation, but of course he won’t

PM once recognized the damage the far-right Jewish supremacist would cause as a minister. But he gave him a key job nonetheless and Israel is now being predictably shamed, harmed and weakened

Scenes from a video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing the minister taunting bound and detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Ben Gvir via X)

From the blogsWhy is Ben Gvir still in the government?

By Menachem Rosensaft

Analysis

Texas Dem’s vow to castrate Zionists highlights anti-Israel turmoil in US politics

Congressional candidate’s call to imprison ‘American Zionists’ draws outrage from other Democrats, as lines continue to blur between right and left, Israel criticism and antisemitism

Maureen Galindo in campaign videos posted to her social media. (Screenshot: Instagram/Maureen Galindo for US Congress)

Left: US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite); Right: US congressional candidate Maureen Galindo appears in an interview, posted to YouTube on February 16, 2026. (Screenshot via SPEAK USA Videos and Podcasts)

AOC, leading Dems condemn Texas candidate who said she’d put ‘Zionists’ in ICE jail

By Grace Gilson

Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat and co-sponsor of the Jewish American Security Act, speaks to the media at the Capitol, March 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Jewish groups urge Senate to back $1 billion bipartisan antisemitism bill

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Live updates (closed)

May 21: US: Removal of anti-Israel UN envoy from sanctions list is temporary, not a policy change

‘Israel isn’t capable of fighting and winning wars on its own,’ American official tells Washington Post * ‘Bad timing’: Trump says he may miss Don Jr.’s wedding due to Iran war

8:32 pm

'Bad timing': Trump says he may miss Don Jr.'s wedding due to Iran war
8:11 pm

Gaps narrowed but still no deal with US, senior Iranian source tells Reuters
8:10 pm

US said to use over half its THAAD interceptors defending Israel from Iranian missiles

Iran said recovering military abilities faster than expected, producing drones again

By ToI Staff and Agencies

China and Russia helped Islamic Republic blow past US intelligence community predictions, sources tell CNN; Pakistani field marshal in Tehran, as regime reviews latest US offer

A group of girls stand beside a "Khaybar-buster" missile during a mass wedding ceremony for couples participating in the "Janfada" ("Sacrifice for Iran") pro-government campaign in Tehran, on May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian army soldiers stand in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-regime rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2026. (AFP)

Iranian sources say regime has decided to keep highly enriched uranium in Iran, defying Trump

Iran's Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri smiles prior to a friendly soccer match between Turkey and Iran, in Istanbul, May 28, 2018. (AP Photo)

Iran jails former goalie on national team after post bashing slain supreme leader

By AFP

Patrick Seamus McGhee visits the Nova Exhibition in London, May 20, 2026. (Lianne Kolirin)

Reporter's notebook'It’s very distressing, but I had to come'

Down an alley past police barricades, visitors throng to London’s unsettling Nova exhibition

By Lianne Kolirin

At Wednesday’s opening of Oct. 7 memorial display, locals come to bear witness despite — and because of — security fears and a hostile climate for UK Jews

‘ZOG’: Antisemitic graffiti at Arsenal stadium after UK team unveils Israeli-founded sponsor

Israel has list of all Oct. 7 participants, aims to kill or arrest each one — WSJ

Report says IDF used videos filmed by Hamas operatives during the attack and facial recognition tech to track down terrorists, has crossed ‘hundreds’ of names off the list so far

Smoke billows at the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists stormed the border and entered Israel, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

A member of Turkish security forces stands alert near the unstaffed Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on April 7, 2026, following a shootout between gunmen and police. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

Israel said weighing closure of Istanbul consulate, left empty for over 2 years

By AFP and ToI Staff

Chris Rabb, left, won a Philadelphia congressional primary on May 19, 2026, while Thomas Massie lost his primary in Kentucky. (Rabb: Matthew Hatcher; Massie: Jon Cherry via Getty Images via JTA)

Analysis

While anti-Israel sentiment rises, Massie’s primary loss shows Trump still the main force in GOP

Chris Rabb wins Democratic nomination for US House seat in Pennsylvania, underscoring view that staunch opposition to Israel is arguably most potent force in the party today

This aerial image shows the Islamic Center of San Diego, on May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims

By AP and Leon Kraiem

Antisemitism in Germany ‘worse than any time since the Holocaust,’ annual figures show

The number of attacks fell 13% in Berlin in 2025, but a ‘societal climate’ of attacks on Jews pervades in the country, government report finds

Participants display placards of Germany's The Left (Die Linke) party reading 'Freedom for Palesting - End the Occupation and Genocide' during a demonstration under the motto 'Draw the red line with us: Together for Gaza!' in Berlin on September 27, 2025. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 21 – Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia

By Gabriella Jacobs and Nomi Kaltmann

Judaism without ethics is not Judaism

Jewish identity is not supposed to be about holding onto lifestyle traditions; rather, it holds us accountable for the way we conduct ourselves among others (Shavuot)

Ilana Sober Elzufon

With violence and injustice in the headlines, where can we turn?

As in the days of the judges, we need to follow in the footsteps of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz, and get to work on our world, beginning with kindness (Shavuot)

An explosive drone launched by Hezbollah is seen near the Israeli border with Lebanon during a Hezbollah attack in northern Israel, May 19, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

10 soldiers, including brigade commander, hurt in separate Hezbollah drone attacks

By Stav Levaton

Commander of 401st Armored Brigade seriously hurt as two attacks on troops in south Lebanon cause range of injuries; IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons site inside clinic

UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/ AFP)

US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A week after federal judge nixed Trump administration’s sanctions on firebrand UN special rapporteur on free speech grounds, she is quietly taken off list of sanctioned individuals

A Palestinian woman arrives with a child at the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on December 31, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

High Court nixes NGOs’ petition against new security regulations on aid

By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies

Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate’s Planning and Personnel Management Division, at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Army complains of manpower shortage as Knesset restarts work on draft exemption bill

‘We will very soon reach the region of 80,000-90,000 draft dodgers,’ IDF official tells MKs, as PM launches last-ditch campaign to pass law sparing Haredim from conscription

AnalysisNetanyahu’s union with Haredi parties pushing draft evasion risks his reelection

By Melanie Lidman

Attorney Michael Rabello at a hearing on the dismissal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, April 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition nominates Netanyahu’s lawyer as next state comptroller

By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol

Israelis visit the site of the ancient village of Sebastia near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2019, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill advances as government okays $86 million heritage plan

By Rossella Tercatin

Masked assailant wielding clubs approach an off-camera Israeli human rights activist in Qusra, in the northern West Bank, February 27, 2026. (Screen captures: X/Looking the Occupation in the Eyes)

Rare charges filed for Jewish terror attack targeting Palestinians in West Bank

By Charlie Summers and Nurit Yohanan

Illustrative: A woman lays out tarot cards in the back of her shop in Norfolk, Virginia, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Finley)

'It’s like the Da Vinci Code of Judaism'

Did medieval Jews hide a ‘secret synagogue’ in tarot cards? Boston exhibit turns over clues

By Rich Tenorio

‘Torah in the Tarot,’ named for researcher Stav Appel’s book of the same name, runs through June at the Vilna Shul, makes claim the deck was created by early crypto-Jews

Obituary

Barney Frank, the Jewish progressive congressman behind landmark finance bill, dies at 86

A lifelong liberal Zionist and the first openly gay member of Congress, Frank campaigned for rights for gay soldiers, using the IDF as proof that it wouldn’t weaken the military

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. gestures during his news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 29, 2011. . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Barney Frank speaks during PFLAG National's Love Takes Justice event at AFT Headquarters on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

InterviewBarney Frank’s final message on Israel: US should support opposition to Netanyahu

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks at an election night watch party in Warminster, Pennsylvania, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor Josh Shapiro faces GOP state treasurer in reelection bid

By Joseph Strauss

Prof. Ran Barkai from Tel Aviv University holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy in an undated picture. (Tel Aviv University)

Archaeology'The environment directly shaped human technology'

Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say

By Rossella Tercatin

New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop smaller, more sophisticated tools 200,000 years ago

More Headlines

Illustrative: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at moshav Givat Ye'arim outside Jerusalem on August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

In shock decision, National Security Council stops work on climate change

Team at Israeli startup Genie Security. (Courtesy of Ben Marash)

Six-month-old Israeli startup is bought by cyber unicorn Cyera for about $50 million

By Sharon Wrobel

Workers operate a 3D printer that makes drone parts at the headquarters of Masssivit in Lod, on March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Demand soars for Israel’s weapons tech, even among countries claiming to boycott Jewish state

By AP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump's gift of Trump cologne to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in an image posted May 19, 2026. (Ahmed al-Sharaa/X)

Eau de TrumpTrump gifts Syria’s Sharaa cologne after spraying him in viral Oval Office clip

By AFP

ZAKA responders at the scene where a man was stabbed to death at a kollel study hall in Bnei Brak, May 20, 2026. (ZAKA)

Man stabbed to death in synagogue in Bnei Brak in front of his son

By Charlie Summers

Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, California, on March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Meta begins job cuts in Israel as global layoffs in the name of AI mount

By Sharon Wrobel

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