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What Matters Most On Monday, May 25, 2026

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US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House , May 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump says ‘mandatory’ for Muslim nations involved in Iran deal to join Abraham Accords

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

US president urges Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize ties with Israel; Saudi source says not without ‘irreversible pathway’ to Palestinian state

US President Donald Trump (C) speaks during the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump reportedly asked Muslim, Arab leaders to normalize ties with Israel if Iran deal reached

By ToI Staff, Stav Levaton and AFP

A billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading 'Forever in Iran's Hand,' at Vanak Square in Tehran on May 25, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

US: If no 'good deal,' we could deal with Iran 'another way'

Iran and US voice optimism but temper expectations for imminent breakthrough in talks

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Tehran: Understandings reached on many issues, nuclear issue will only be discussed after sanctions relief; Rubio: Deal could be ‘today,’ but no hurry, Israel ‘always has right to protect itself’

An anti-US graffiti is painted on a wall as flowers are displayed by a street vendor in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US official: Iran deal to be signed in coming days; Trump derides ‘loser’ critics

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

A woman holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a ceremony honoring the armed forces and those killed in the war with Israel and the US at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

‘Like a sitcom’: Iranian regime’s bunkers, elaborate courier network said delaying deal

Analysis

Israel began the Iran war as a partner of the US — and is ending it on the sidelines

Netanyahu said the war was meant to halt the Iranian threat and suggested it brought the US and Israel closer than ever. Now Trump has frozen the PM out of talks that may leave that threat intact

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave at the conclusion of a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Netanyahu admits to aides he has little influence over Trump on Iran — sources

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his criminal trial, January 27, 2025. (Yariv Katz/POOL)

Netanyahu’s cross-examination ends early again for ‘security reasons’

By Jeremy Sharon

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Voices from Iran

As US moves to end war, Iranians tell ToI they fear regime clampdown just starting

Speaking via diaspora activists, five anti-government residents describe country ‘crushed’ by intensified repression and inflation, and ask the US and Israel to ‘finish regime off’

A huge Iranian flag adorns a building as Iranians walk past damaged structures following an earlier military strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on March 15, 2026. (Atta KENARE / AFP) /

Diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/ AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 25: Iranians tell ToI they are losing hope as ceasefire turns stalemate

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Nava Freiberg

UK Royal Navy personnel inspect autonomous vehicles with sonar sensor that can detect and identify mines, on RFA Lyme Bay, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, May 22, 2026. (AP/Kwiyeon Ha)

Awaiting deal in Iran war, British navy prepares to clear mines in Strait of Hormuz

By Emma Burrows

Israeli security forces are seen at a home in Metula, near the Israel-Lebanon border, that was hit by a Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicle on May 25, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

IDF to introduce early warnings for Lebanon rocket attacks

Hezbollah UAV hits Metula home amid wave of attacks, none hurt; ministers urge escalation

By Stav Levaton, Sam Sokol and Agencies

IDF warns residents of 10 south Lebanon towns to leave ahead of strikes on terror group; Ben Gvir, Smotrich demand major attacks, as Aoun calls Israeli withdrawal ‘non-negotiable’

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, killed in Lebanon May 24, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier killed in south Lebanon by Hezbollah drone, another seriously wounded

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at an event celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary, at the Bharat Mandapam convention center, in New Delhi, India, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Rubio: Hezbollah trying to ‘drag Lebanon back into chaos’ through war, call to oust government

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A nighttime view of the Beirut skyline, Lebanon, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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May 25: Residents flee southern Beirut after Netanyahu orders escalation against Hezbollah

Trump says Iran’s enriched uranium must be handed to US or destroyed under IAEA oversight

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Explosions heard in Iran's Bandar Abbas, outlet says situation under control
9:59 pm

Trump says Iran's enriched uranium must be handed to US or destroyed under IAEA oversight
8:41 pm

Residents flee southern Beirut after Netanyahu orders escalation against Hezbollah

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

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On that nuanced response you have ready for the guy in the airport who calls you a baby killer

When climate becomes a national security blind spot

As Israel sidelines climate security planning, a new report warns extreme heat is becoming a strategic threat the country must not ignore

Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist, reclining on one of his works at the Georges Pompidou Art Center, June 28, 2003, in Paris, where his works of kinetic sculpture were on exhibit. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

'The empress saw his works and was totally taken'

‘10 Agams in Iran’: The secret story of Israeli and Jewish art in the regime’s hands

By Rossella Tercatin

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art owns pieces by the iconic master of kinetic art and several other Jewish artists. While works occasionally go on display, most are shrouded in mystery

New South Wales police officers stand near members of the Australian Jewish community holding a memorial service for six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from the Gaza Strip, at Sydney's Bondi Beach on September 2, 2024. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Bondi event was given lowest security rank; 4 cops on site

Australia’s spy chief: Antisemitism was left unchecked after Oct. 7, became normalized

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Testifying to inquiry into Bondi massacre, ASIO head says lack of response to hatred ‘gave more permission for violence,’ some celebrated the Hamas onslaught before Israel responded

Haredi parties reject latest draft exemption bill, setting stage for Sept. elections

Spiritual leader of ultra-Orthodox faction believes Netanyahu has no intention of letting the bill pass into law, is instead trying to use it for a larger electoral maneuver

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers attend a vote to dissolve the Knesset, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Leaders of the Arab parties celebrate after signing an agreement to work towards a Joint List in Sakhnin, January 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Hadash-Ta'al)

Arab parties urge Ra’am to join efforts to revive Joint List; Ra’am tepidly agrees

President Isaac Herzog speaks at a ceremony granting the Jerusalem Unity Prize, May 24, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO)

Herzog slams ‘brutish’ settler violence, appears to pan Ben Gvir over prisoner abuse

President says ‘anarchist mob’ now ‘threatens us all,’ Israel must ‘draw red lines’; far-right minister, responding, says anyone calling Israelis ‘brutes’ is ‘not fit to be president’

A Palestinian detained by soldiers in the Jordan Valley, 2026, seen in a photo included in a petition to the High Court. (Courtesy)

Five Palestinians ask court to halt alleged spike in unlawful detentions by troops

By Nurit Yohanan

A Basque police officer beats a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla upon their arrival at Bilbao Airport on May 23, 2026. (Idurre Etxaburu / AFP)

Thousands protest in Bilbao over Spanish police’s abuse of Gaza flotilla activists

By Reuters, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Some 2,000 march in Basque city after cops filmed beating returning activists at airport; Israel summons Spanish diplomat for explanation of Madrid’s ‘hypocrisy’

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)

Arab, Islamic FMs call Ben Gvir’s taunts of flotilla activists ‘assault on human dignity’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Former hostage Maxim Herkin's book about his Hamas captivity experiences is published on May 20, 2026 (Courtesy)

Ex-hostage Maxim Herkin publishes book featuring a diary he secretly wrote in captivity

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Coming to Light’ recounts Herkin’s experiences during his 2 years in the clutches of Hamas, including his success concealing the fact he was an IDF officer

Archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University, in cooperation with the staff officer of archaeology, excavated the site of Sartaba/Alexandrium in the Jordan Valley in February 2025. (Yodan Flaytman, staff officer for archaeology in Judea and Samaria)

West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill breaks Israel’s international obligations – legal official

By Rossella Tercatin

As Knesset committee gears up to bring legislation for final votes in plenum, panel’s legal adviser warns it reinforces ‘creeping annexation’ claims; army also opposes it

Settlers assault Peace Now director Lior Amichai at the West Bank's Ein Samiya spring on May 14, 2026. (Screenshot/ Peace NowX : used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Left-wing activist, whom settlers shoved on camera, to be questioned under caution

By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan

Issam Sharif, a high school counselor from Kafr Yasif who says he was unjustly arrested and beaten by police on May 15, 2026. (Courtesy)

Arab school counselor says police arrested and beat him for honking at cop car

By Charlie Summers

Female candidates take a rabbinical test administered by the Chief Rabbinate at the Religious Services Ministry in Jerusalem on April 27, 2026. (Chief Rabbinate)

Chief Rabbinate scraps session of rabbinical tests required to be open to women

By Rossella Tercatin

Modern Orthodox rabbi says decision ‘sends a deeply troubling message’; Rabbinate spokesperson claims test will be administered in the fall

Pope Leo XIV speaks during the presentation of his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," at the Vatican, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope criticizes Trump administration over ‘outdated’ idea of a ‘just war’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Leo XIV uses first encyclical to push anti-war message that has angered Washington, warning against falling into a ‘violent culture of power’

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,' at the Vatican, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope calls for robust AI regulation in manifesto pondering the future of humanity

By Nicole Winfield, KAITLYN HOUMANI and Paolo Santalucia

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IDF troops operate at the Litani River in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published by the military on May 12, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF draws up Lebanon plans amid concern Iran deal could curb fighting with Hezbollah

Justice Ofer Grosskopf presides over a hearing in the High Court of Justice, May 24, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90)

High Court implores justice minister to appoint district court judges

By Jeremy Sharon

Missing Toronto teen Esther seen in security camera image from May 15, 2026 (Toronto Police)

10-day search for missing Toronto Jewish girl intensifies as safety concerns mount

A Muslim pilgrim drinks water as he walks towards the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage at the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Hajj pilgrims brave sweltering Mecca heat with ice cream and giant fans

By Haitham el-Tabei

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