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What Matters Most On Monday, June 1, 2026

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Supreme Court President Isaac Amit (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speak at the Israel Bar Association, June 1, 2026. (Courtesy Israel Bar Association)

Under attack by coalition, Supreme Court chief and AG warn the government is dismantling democracy

By Jeremy Sharon

Amit says ground being laid to disobey court rulings, warns public trust in elections may be undermined. Baharav-Miara: Government racing to ‘eliminate democratic institutions’

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

High Court orders recalcitrant justice minister to convene Judicial Selection Committee

By Jeremy Sharon

Then-PMO director Yossi Shelley (L) with Drorit Steinmetz in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG opposes extending PMO acting director’s tenure because she’s caught up in a graft probe

By Jeremy Sharon

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for a meeting during the two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, on May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

14 IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah since April ceasefire

Iran freezing exchange of messages with US over Israeli attacks in Lebanon – Tasnim

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Report says Tehran and its allies have decided to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, as Iranian FM warns strikes on Hezbollah violate truce

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, preparing to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 25, 2026. (AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / NAVCENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

US and Iran exchange strikes amid fragile ceasefire, as talks to end war stall

illustrative: Domestically built Iranian missiles are displayed as part of a permanent exhibition in a recreational area of northern Tehran, Iran, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran reopens most entrances to 18 underground missile sites struck in war – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

An assault speed boat is displayed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard as demonstrators wave Iranian flags and flags for Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group during a pro-government gathering at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

June 1: IRGC threatens shipping in Hormuz, Bab El Mandab over Israeli ops in Lebanon and Gaza

Shortly after call with PM and hours after Iran threat to bolt talks, US president says Hezbollah won’t attack Israel and IDF won’t enter Beirut, but can remain in south Lebanon * Fire persists, despite announcement * Trump: Iran talks ‘rapidly’ progressing

1:27 am

Bill to split and weaken role of attorney general passes first Knesset reading
8:59 pm

IDF confirms post-ceasefire announcement rocket attack on troops in south Lebanon
8:58 pm

'We are in a war,' alleged Iran-backed Iraqi terror commander exclaims in US court

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Residents flee their homes after Israel ordered attacks on Hezbollah sites in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut on June 1, 2026. (FADEL itani / AFP)

Residents seen fleeing Lebanese capital

Israel says it will renew strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut after lobbying for US green light

By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Announcement comes after Hezbollah, battering northern Israel and hitting IDF troops in Lebanon, reportedly rejects US de-escalation offer; UNSC set to discuss expanded IDF ground op ahead of more peace talks between countries

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI / Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 1 – First we take Beaufort, then we take Beirut?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement in front of an IDF photo of Beaufort Castle on May 31, 2026 (Screenshot / Omer Miron /GPO)

‘We returned stronger than ever’: Netanyahu hails capture of Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle

By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and AFP

Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati, 20, killed in south Lebanon on June 1, 2026. (Courtesy)

IDF soldier killed, 3 hurt, in Hezbollah drone attack near newly seized Beaufort Castle

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati is army’s 13th fatality since start of now-eroded ceasefire; terror group keeps up attacks, fires rockets at Tiberias for first time in almost 2 months

Israel Day on Fifth parade in New York City, May 31, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NY leaders join over 50,000 marchers at Israel Day parade boycotted by Mamdani

New York City’s annual march has one of its highest turnouts ever, in a show of solidarity for a community feeling besieged; Israeli delegation includes Smotrich

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

The mayor stayed away from the Israel Day Parade. I went because Jewish pride, peoplehood and Israel ties are not up for negotiation

That letter on Israel’s alleged nuclear program is a wartime trap

It’s a calculated effort by a radical faction to use the language of ’transparency’ to weaken Israel at a moment of vulnerability

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Funds for war-torn north delayed as Smotrich forges ahead with tax breaks for settlements

By Ariela Karmel

NIS 5 billion aid package stalls even as a West Bank settlements benefits bill advances; local leaders and opposition accuse government of abandoning communities battered by Hezbollah

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

Ben Gvir said to have forced his way onto ship to film controversial flotilla video

Two teen girls hurt, one seriously, in car-ramming terror attack at West Bank junction

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

30-year-old Palestinian attacker shot dead at scene; MDA says victims are 17 and 15; army says soldier who shot terrorist also provided emergency care for wounded at scene

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of a car-ramming terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank, May 31, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Shas leader threatens Haredi ‘tax revolt’ over latest push to conscript yeshiva students

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Deri says government using Haredi parties as ‘punching bag’ after attorney general announces that donations to yeshivas harboring draft dodgers aren’t eligible for tax credits

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote on the 2026 state budget in the Knesset, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A Haredi protester being arrested in Beit Shemesh during protests at the police station on May 31, 2026. (Screentshot/X/ Yishai Cohen/Israel Police)

Dozens break into Beit Shemesh police station after arrest of Haredi draft dodger

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Internal ultra-Orthodox politics are driving an unprecedented assault on the AG

Facing intense pressure from constituents over the failed draft exemption law, Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and right-wing allies are inciting a rebellion against law enforcement

Shas leader Aryeh Deri in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinians walking along a street surrounded by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2026. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Gaza mediators to resume Hamas disarmament talks in Egypt looking to unblock impasse

Arab diplomats tell ToI negotiators considering alternatives to initial framework for implementing Trump’s Gaza plan in bid to jumpstart process stalled by Hamas intransigence and Israeli ceasefire violations

Senior Hamas members Khaled Mashaal (L), Musa Abu Marzouk (C), and Khalil Al-Hayya attending a meeting between Iran's Foreign Minister and Hamas' political bureau chief, October 31, 2023, Doha, Qatar. (Credit Image: © Iranian Foreign Ministry via ZUMA Press Wire)

EU sanctions Hamas politburo members along with four settler groups

By Nava Freiberg

Inside story

In shift, Fatah opens leadership vote to terror convicts freed in hostage deals

May conference confirms influence of hundreds released in deals for Gaza hostages — including many who were serving life sentences for deadly attacks — allowing them to cast ballots and win seats on bodies that guide the PA

Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, poses with a supporter in Ramallah on May 18, 2026, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Six grader Alon Horowitz finds a rare 'Nicolo' stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during a community excavation at Korazim National Park, in a discovery announced on June 1, 2026. (Korazim excavation team/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

12-year-old finds ancient gemstone in Galilean Jewish village cursed by Jesus

By Rossella Tercatin

Sixth-grader Alon Horowitz finds rare ‘Nicolo’ stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during community excavation at Korazim National Park

Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman at the annual Jerusalem conference of 'Besheva' -- the digital arm of the right-wing Arutz 7 media network, February 17, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Environment minister slams data from her own office as ‘fake news’

Idit Silman blasts NGO for releasing figures obtained through Freedom of Information request showing 83 percent drop in indictments against environmental violators on her watch

Wave of layoffs is sweeping through tech firms, startups

After record year, Israeli tech brain drain raises fears for future growth – report

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel Innovation Authority says R&D activity and management of startups are increasingly moving abroad amid AI-related changes, and as strong shekel raises costs

Illustrative. An employee works in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)

Artist Farideh Golbahar with the flowers she tends at her Jerusalem home, May 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Interview'They have the look of Monet and Tehran, but they're mine'

Tehran memories meet the Israeli sun in Iranian-born artist’s paintings on show in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Beyond Garden,’ now open through July 11, traces 84-year-old Farideh Golbahar’s decades of dreamy and meticulous oils on paper, shaped by Iran, Europe and Jerusalem

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Shmuel Ben Ezra. (Elisha Grosberg/GPO)

Netanyahu taps Shmuel Ben Ezra, Arrow 3 innovator, as national security adviser

Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Iran hangs two protesters for giving ‘pretext’ for US-Israeli attacks

By AFP

Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the Defenders of the Motherland movement addresses supporters from inside a bulletproof booth after leading the first round of the presidential election and advancing to a runoff in Barranquilla, Colombia, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia election heads to run-off between pro- and anti-Israel contenders

By AP

Screen capture from video of the scene where a man was found dead in Ramle, May 31, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man found dead in Ramle, in suspected homicide

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