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What Matters Most On Friday, May 29, 2026

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Israeli sources claim 'no indication' Mojtaba has okayed MoU

White House: US, Iran negotiators have agreed to MoU, but Trump’s approval still needed

By Jacob Magid, Stav Levaton, Agencies and ToI Staff

US official says president wants a couple days before deciding; Iran says it also hasn’t given final OK; MoU extends truce by 60 days, opens Hormuz to ‘unrestricted’ traffic, launches talks on nuclear issues

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)

Greater proportion of non-Iranian ships crossing Strait of Hormuz, data shows

Israel cuts ties with UN chief for adding IDF to war-zone sexual violence blacklist

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Jerusalem fumes over ‘shameful,’ ‘baseless’ placement on same list as Hamas; UN claims it verified 31 cases of abuse against male and female Palestinian detainees over past 3 years

Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on May 20, 2026. (Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Displacement, hunger push some desperate families in Gaza to marry off their children

By TOQA EZZIDIN and WAFAA SHURAFA

Illustrative: Mothers and daughters walk across from the Congregation Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Los Angeles on October 7, 2023. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Inside story'How does the community afford to keep doing this?'

How much does Orthodox life cost in America? Increasingly, more than families can afford

The challenge is not only to remain financially afloat today, but also to ensure Orthodox middle-class life in America remains sustainable for future generations

Daily Briefing May 29 – What are the costs of Orthodox Judaism in the Diaspora?

By Gabriella Jacobs and Zev Stub

From Our SponsorThe Jaffa Institute

Give at-risk Israeli children a summer of safety and joy for only $25 a day

The Jaffa Institute launches an urgent campaign to provide a safe haven for hundreds of traumatized youth this summer.

A large anti-American banner that reads in Persian, "Our cannons are full," referring to the Strait of Hormuz, is placed across a bridge that spans the a highway in Tehran on May 12, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) /

Live updates (closed)

May 29: Countering Trump, Iran claims ‘no negotiations’ taking place on nuclear program

Top world economy officials warn of summer fuel scarcity if Hormuz remains closed * UN warns Israel’s plan to expand Gaza control will increase hardship of suffering children

7:51 pm

Top world economy officials warn of summer fuel scarcity if Hormuz remains closed
7:38 pm

US says it has seized $1 billion in crypto assets from Iran
7:09 pm

Trump meeting to make 'final determination' on Iran deal ends with no decision — report

Ayala Ben-David, left, and Galia Handelman, librarians who work now in the temporary library in Shlomi since the regular library was destroyed by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2024, on May 27, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's Notebook'The terrorists have turned a toy into a weapon'

As Israel widens war against Hezbollah, northern town of Shlomi hunkers down

By Diana Bletter

While all residents evacuated due to Hezbollah attacks in 2023 have returned, the town’s ‘ordinary’ routine is disrupted by almost daily first-person view drones, rocket fire and explosions

Yardaena Osband

‘Chorus of the Hebrew slaves’ from a gilded opera box

After so much destruction, art is restoring my faith in humanity’s capacity for beauty, from Verdi’s music to the menorah’s hammered gold (Beha’alotcha)

Peter Himmelman

Shannon defied the odds. She needs to keep doing so

Healing patterns of rare, deadly illnesses are hard to track down, but if we gather the medical histories of survivors, doctors may yet create new treatment plans

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Ein Prat leadership academy, May 28, 2026. (Screenshot/PMO)

Netanyahu says he told IDF to seize 70% of Gaza, well beyond terms of truce

By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian

Anti-Hamas militia shows off heavy drone, possibly provided by Israel; Hamas buries Gaza City deputy commander, IDF kills moneyman who it says transferred millions to military wing

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch holding a press conference on the annual Israel parade, May 29, 2026. (Screenshot/X/NYPDNEWS)

Mamdani, who won’t attend New York’s Israel parade, vows tight security

Mayor says he looks forward to Sunday event ‘occurring seamlessly and peacefully’; Jewish NYPD chief says she will be ‘honored’ to walk with other dignitaries

Olga (left) and Ruslan (right) Prihodko, who were found shot dead in their car in Mishmar Ayalon, in the Judean foothills, on May 22, 2026. (Facebook)

Arab Israeli teen arrested on terror suspicions in killing of married couple

By Charlie Summers

Police rule out murder-suicide after Olga and Ruslan Prihodko found shot dead in Judean foothills; suspect’s brother carried out 2024 ramming attack

Archaeologists petition High Court to block appointment of new antiquities authority chief

By Rossella Tercatin

Petition deepens rift between academics and Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu, who have been at loggerheads over a controversial West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill

Minister of Heritage Amichay Eliyahu (left), in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026; Esti Shreiber (right), who was tapped as the new head of the Israel Antiquities Authority on May 12, 2026. On May 27, 2026, close to 60 archaeologists petitioned the High Court of Justice to block her appointment. (Left: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Right: Flash photography)

Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London, June 26, 2015. (AP/Tim Ireland)

British Museum postpones lecture on Ancient Israel, citing security concerns amid feared protests

By Rossella Tercatin

‘Not a day I’m not happy; not a day I don’t feel the loss’: Eli Sharabi on life after captivity

By Jessica Steinberg

At Jerusalem Writers Festival, author of bestselling ‘Hostage’ talks about mourning his family, time in captivity, regrets from before Oct. 7 and imagining his wife watching him from heaven

Eli Sharabi (right) and Roni Kuban (center) during a reading of Sharabi's book 'Hostage' at the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 28, 2026. (Jessica Steinberg/The Times of Israel)

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks with United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset, December 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Plurality of far-right voters oppose government with ultra-Orthodox parties — poll

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Likud is only Zionist party with majority of supporters in favor of coalition with ultra-Orthodox factions; 60% of Otzma Yehudit voters and 40% of Religious Zionism voters against idea

Analysis

Rossella Tercatin

Italy is fuming after Ben Gvir’s flotilla stunt. Is Israel losing a top European ally?

Far-right minister’s derisive viral video capped months of tension as Iran war, Catholic outrage and anti-Trump sentiment pushes Italian PM Meloni’s government to distance itself from Jerusalem

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a joint press conference at Chigi Palace government offices in Rome, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

People hoist a Palestinian flag during a Pride parade in Rome, Italy, on June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBT group for not ‘distancing itself’ from Gaza ‘genocide’

By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff

Tending the sheep at the Lahav Farm. (Keshet Ben Muvchar)

Reporter's notebook'Seeing a plant grow gives us hope that we can flourish'

Germinated by its founder’s trauma, growing farm network cultivates healing through work

Rimon Farms Association, which harnesses nature and agriculture to help PTSD sufferers and youth at risk, is now fundraising to seed two new programs to serve Gaza border area

IDF soldiers confiscate a water tanker belonging to a Palestinian Bedouin herder from the hamlet of al-Farisiya in the Jordan Valley, May 25, 2026. (Courtesy Jordan Valley Peace Activists)

Palestinian herders file High Court petition against IDF confiscation of water tankers

By Jeremy Sharon

Motion demands IDF provide for humanitarian needs of residents of West Bank Bedouin hamlet, since they can no longer sustain themselves or their livestock

Tom Cohen conducts the youth program of The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West in Tel Aviv, May 2026. (Yaakov Buta via JTA)

'It's something new, greater than the sum of its parts'

In Jerusalem, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together

By Deborah Danan

After years of war, conductor Tom Cohen says Jerusalem Orchestra East & West offers young musicians from across communities rare source of joy, discipline and hope

Chef Raz Shabtai celebrating his Michelin star at Mutra in Florida on May 28, 2026. (X/Screenshot/Hen Mazzig)

Star of David

Miami chef earns first Michelin star ever for kosher restaurant

‘Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,’ says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra, is also the first anywhere to get a 2026 Michelin star

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, seen in a helicopter on June 30, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

AG calls on High Court to overturn appointment of Gofman as new Mossad chief

By Jeremy Sharon

The entrance to the settlement of Beit El. September 19, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

IDF troops apparently fire at civilian plane, mistaking it for drone; none hurt

By Emanuel Fabian

Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford are seen in a video of a man accosting and insulting the actress as an "evil Zionist bitch." (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Evil Zionist bitch’: UK police probe resurfaced clip of man accosting Helen Mirren

People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on January 9, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Yad Vashem to open Holocaust education center in Munich, first outside Israel

By Zev Stub and JTA

Illustrative: A presenter for dissident Persian-language TV station Iran International prepares for a news broadcast at the network's studio in London on January 20, 2026. (Carlos Jasso / AFP)

Greek man charged in UK over suspected Iranian plot to target dissident journalist

Opponents of Hebrew Union College's decision to stop ordaining rabbis at its Cincinnati campus rally in front of one of the school's buildings, April 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Lew Ebstein via JTA)

Rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets

By Andrew Lapin

Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)

Major Israeli tech firms commence sweeping layoffs as AI revolution roils industry

By Sharon Wrobel

Forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania on May 29, 2026, the latest spillover into neighboring states from the four-year war in Ukraine. (Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

Russian drone injures 2 in Romania, sparking outcry by EU and NATO members

By George Calin, Luiza Ilie and Jekaterina Golubkova

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