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What Matters Most On Friday, May 22, 2026

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Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP)

IRGC 'permits' 35 vessels to traverse strait in past day

Iran moves to broaden its control over Hormuz, infuriating its Gulf neighbors and the US

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tehran publishes map asserting its control over area that extends into coastal waters of Oman and UAE; Rubio denounces move, five Gulf states protest it, Oman reportedly discussing it with Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base on May 21, 2026 in Homestead, Florida. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Pool via AFP)

Rubio says Iran talks show ‘good signs,’ but Hormuz tolls would make deal ‘unfeasible’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, and House GOP leaders depart a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans delay US House vote to halt Iran war that was on verge of passing

By STEPHEN GROVES

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Fighting For American Workers event, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Live updates (closed)

May 22: Trump says Iran war ‘will be over with soon’ as progress reported in ongoing talks

France says it drafted UNSC Hormuz resolution after US version runs into obstacles * Israel denies it abused flotilla activists, 15 of whom claim sexual assaults

8:54 pm

Trump says Iran war 'will be over with soon' as progress reported in ongoing talks
7:31 pm

Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers vow to take deportation case to US Supreme Court
6:46 pm

Trump says he won't attend eldest son's upcoming wedding amid Iran talks

Official claims Israel incapable of winning wars on its own

US said to fire more interceptors to protect Israel in latest Iran war than Israel did

WaPo report says US fired 300 interceptors, including over half its THAADs, while Israel fired 190; US official says even more would be used if war resumes because Israel has sent some missile defense batteries for maintenance

The US military deploys a THAAD missile defense system in Israel, March 2019. (US Army Europe/File)

‘No errors’: NYT defends its allegations of systematic Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates

By Stav Levaton

Amid Israeli denials, accusations of ‘blood libel’ and threats of a defamation suit, newspaper says Nicholas Kristof’s opinion column was rigorously edited before publication and checked again after ‘challenges’ raised

A screenshot of a May 2026 New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof, set against The New York Times building in New York City. (Screenshot/Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

The high representative for Gaza under US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov addresses a press briefing in Jerusalem on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Board of Peace envoy urges UNSC ‘to use every means at its disposal’ to disarm Hamas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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)

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

By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

Former US vice president Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event on Proposition 50, November 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Gaza war and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report

Although report released to CNN is incomplete, Democratic Majority for Israel president says omission proves most Americans, including Democrats, support US-Israel ties

Daring to be holy in the Holy Land

The best gift I can bring to my friends abroad is not an item from the Jerusalem shuk but an awareness of God and an identity rooted in the wondrous place I call home

‘We have no Israel to escape to’: Germany and Europe’s crisis of confidence

The surge of nationalism and hatred is stoking fears that liberal democracy may not be as secure as many people once believed. It’s a fear Jews know well

Comedian Mario Adrion is coming to Israel for a string of sold-out stand-up shows. (Courtesy)

Interview'Humor's something we use to cope with uncomfortable things'

Funny dynamic: German comedian finds Israelis have ‘the darkest sense of humor’

About to play a string of sold out shows in Tel Aviv, with a US tour to follow, Mario Adrion has built a career riffing on his Jewish wife and joking about taboo topics, including in his special, ‘My Struggle’

The managing director of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Daniel Botmann, left, and the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster greet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, prior to a ceremony to mark the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht in the Beth Zion synagogue in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (John Macdougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Alleged IRGC operative charged with plotting to kill German Jewish leader

By AP and ToI Staff

Prosecutors say Ali S. was arrested in Denmark in June for plots against Josef Schuster, as well as two Jewish grocers and a pro-Israel politician; alleged accomplice is in custody

From left to right, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Reichs Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten and General Field Marschall Werner von Blomberg observe the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany in August 1936. (AP Photo, File)

Berlin okays bid to host Olympics on or after 100th anniversary of Nazis’ 1936 Games

By Ciaran Fahey

Ambassador to US slams minister’s ‘disgusting’ remark that Reform rabbi marries dogs

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and JTA

Yechiel Leiter’s condemnation of May Golan’s attack on MK Gilad Kariv comes as over 500 Jewish leaders demand envoy himself apologize for calling J Street a ‘cancer’ in Jewish community

Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A kosher cookbook from 1846, titled titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," acquired by the National Library of Israel. (Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel)

Dairy tale

National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook

The 1846 volume, believed to have been compiled by Lady Judith Montefiore, includes some of the earliest documented cheesecake recipes in Jewish culinary literature

Netanyahu posts skit of young man ‘coming out’ as his supporter, to parents’ horror

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Clip posted on Shavuot eve shows liberal family imploding after son reveals he backs PM; message empathizes with his voters ostensibly having harder time declaring their identity than gays do

Screenshot from video skit posted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of Shavuot, May 21, 2026. (Social media)

A pro-Palestinian activist holds the flag of Hezbollah as they take part in a protest on Nakba Day on May 15, 2026 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)

US sanctions Lebanese lawmakers, security officials over Hezbollah influence

By AP and ToI Staff

Move marks first time US has sanctioned sitting Lebanese state security officials, alleging they gave ‘illicit support’ and intelligence to terror group

The Clal Center in Jerusalem, May 7, 2026 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook50-70% of shops and offices in the building are empty

The cursed Clal Center: Inside downtown Jerusalem’s spooky concrete jungle

Once envisioned as the city’s commercial hub, the historic site is now seen as a confusing maze of empty storefronts, urban legends and decades of decline. But it’s got great stories

Environment reporter Sue Surkes joins host Gabriella Jacobs for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 22 – National security and Israel’s climate crisis

By Gabriella Jacobs and Sue Surkes

Reporter Sue Surkes on the closure of the Climate and National Security Forum and Climate Intelligence Forum, a new initiative to help those living with PTSD and volunteer earthquake teams

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

Then-prosecutor Viviana Fein speaks with reporters outside her office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentine ex-prosecutor charged with cover-up in 2015 death of AMIA bombing investigator

By Juan Melamed

Viviana Fein allegedly failed to preserve evidence at apartment of Alberto Nisman, who was found shot hours before testimony on president’s cover-up of Iran’s role in 1994 massacre

More Headlines

The aftermath of a deadly car accident involving a minibus at the Sorek junction, central Israel, May 20, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

2 teens killed in crash in central Israel; 7 injured, including 1 in critical condition

View of the Education Ministry Offices in Jerusalem, September 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Education Ministry said monitoring posts of employees who criticize government

By Charlie Summers

A vendor sells caps supporting Cuba and US President Donald Trump Trump, as a small group of Cubans gather to hold signs and wave flags hours after federal prosecutors announced charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro, May 20, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump, Rubio hint at possible US military action in Cuba amid doubts over diplomacy

By Matthew Lee and Will Weissert

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight that was later delayed, in Starbase, Texas, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX postpones highly anticipated Starship launch

By Gianrigo Marletta and Maggy DONALDSON

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Prince Andrew, center right, arrive for a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London on March 29, 2022. (Richard Pohle/Pool via AP)

Queen was keen to make Andrew a UK trade envoy, files released in Epstein probe show

By AP

CHP leader Ozgur Ozel gestures to party members during his speech during a party convention, in Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

Turkish court ousts main opposition chief in blow to Erdogan’s rivals

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay

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