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What Matters Most On Friday, June 12, 2026

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In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, speaks with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, on May 23, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Live updates (closed)

June 12: Hezbollah drone strikes military zone in northern Israel; no injuries reported

6 wounded in clashes after settlers rebuild illegal outpost on Palestinian village’s land

1:23 am

US Justice Department clears Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros
10:22 pm

UAE denies reports of transfer of frozen Iranian funds
8:35 pm

Iran's Araghchi says no nuclear talks unless interim deal is implemented

Ultra-Orthodox men block a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, on June 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protesters don yellow stars akin to those from Holocaust

Thousands sit in traffic as Haredi protesters cut off central highways, block railroad

By Charlie Summers

Protests, latest in escalating demonstrations, last about 2 hours; were called by extremist Jerusalem Faction in response to detention of 19 draft dodgers arrested at riot at justice’s house

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa in a prehistoric cave near Fureidis in Northern Israel. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)

'This is probably the last culture of a very long continuum'

‘A time capsule’: Israeli cave sealed for millennia sheds light on obscure prehistoric clan

By Rossella Tercatin

A site near Fureidis, south of Haifa, was occupied by early humans around 300,000 years ago, right before Home Sapiens and Neanderthals emerged in the region

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US President Donald Trump sits during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Says pact deals with Iran's nuclear material 'conceptually'

Trump calls off strikes on Iran, claims agreement could be signed this weekend in Europe

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Iran says no final decision made following latest US claim that accord is at hand; Netanyahu’s office calls deal an ’emerging MoU regarding entry into negotiations’ after he speaks with president

Zman poll has anti-Netanyahu Zionist bloc on 60 seats

In 1st, Eisenkot’s party polls even with Bennett’s, in fight to be Netanyahu election rival

Two surveys, one by ToI’s sister site, find Yashar and Together slates would tie, trail Likud if Knesset vote held today; separate poll has Eisenkot pulling ahead

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (right) meets with former MK Gadi Eisenkot to discuss their political futures, September 7, 2025. (Courtesy Naftali Bennett's office)

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, April 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After backlash, Karhi drops bid to grant Netanyahu additional power over media before election

By Ariela Karmel

Gal Hirsch attends a ceremony in honor of the torch lighters for Israel’s 78th Independence Day ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hostage czar Hirsch’s position left empty as term ends; PM’s office says aiming to renew contract

By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman

Avidan Freedman

The ‘hate speech’ we need to stop for elections

A little curiosity and humility will help keep us from blaming dispute for hatred and hatred for dispute –the latter is preventable, at least (Korach)

Lebanon at the crossroads: Honest words are not enough

Peace with Israel hinges on Aoun acknowledging what brought Lebanon to its knees – not Israeli aggression, but the deliberate action of an Iranian-backed militia

Inside storyUnwilling to wait, US readying plan B if Hamas won't disarm

Gaza mediators glum on chances for breakthrough before Israeli elections in the fall

Mideast diplomats say Netanyahu’s cooperation with Trump plan diminishing as campaigning ramps up, fear he’ll renew war; US official insists Israel can be brought on board if Hamas first agrees to disarm

Top: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the Likud party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem following elections on March 24, 2021, Bottom: Palestinians stand next to makeshift shelters at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP/Collage/Emmanuel Dunand and Bashar Tale)

Lazar Focus podcastSteffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties

By Lazar Berman

Hassan Yousef speaks to the media after his release from an Israeli prison, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on January 19, 2014. (Majdi Mohammad/AP)

Hamas co-founder in West Bank released without charge after 2.5 years in Israeli jail

By Nurit Yohanan and AFP

Inside Story

Palestinians allege methodical, ‘coordinated’ attack after sheep stolen, residents hurt

Claiming residents of Huwara had stolen sheep from a nearby outpost, settlers and soldiers first inspected pens and then returned in large numbers, taking dozens of animals and assaulting locals, Palestinians say

Saeed Odeh alongside another resident of Hawara, at the sheep pen from which he claims settlers stole his livestock. June 7, 2026. (Nurit Yohanan/Times of Israel)

Palestinian boys look toward a young Israeli settler after their soccer ball, kicked beyond a barbed-wire fence surrounding a small pitch near the Carmel settlement, was taken away in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

UN alleges record levels of settler violence in the West Bank this year

By AFP and ToI Staff

IDF troops operate in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)

As IDF prepares to build post in Jenin, 2 soldiers hurt, 1 seriously, in blast

By Emanuel Fabian

Helen Mirren arrives at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on January 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Helen Mirren criticizes ‘evil forces’ rising in Israel after ‘Zionist bitch’ video resurfaces

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Actress says Jewish state’s founding after Holocaust ‘was a very important moment, although maybe it was done in completely the wrong way… But something had to happen after the horror’

Jewish American comedian Jerry Seinfeld laughs as he's asked by a streamer to say "Free Palestine" while leaving Madison Square Garden in New York City, following the Knicks victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2026. (X screenshot)

Seinfeld laughs at streamer asking him to say ‘Free Palestine’ after Knicks win: ‘It doesn’t exist’

By Shira Li Bartov

Gwyneth Paltrow poses in an ad for Herzliya luxury apartment project 51 Park. (Courtesy)

Gwyneth Paltrow draws backlash after starring in ad for luxury Israeli development

By Kelly Hartog

Jewish schoolgirls get lost in NY creek tunnel; antisemitism ensues online

By Grace Gilson

Comments liken Jews to roaches and rats, tie incident to Chabad tunnel saga as social media flooded with Jew-hatred; ‘It was not one bad comment from one bad actor,’ says resident

A drainage tunnel in Nyack Memorial Park, New York from where dozens of Jewish girls on a school field trip entered the city's sewer system on June 10, 2026. (Screenshot/CBS New York)

AI models are absorbing antisemitism from humans, study says

Despite efforts to rein in bias, peer-reviewed psychology paper finds that large language models replicate antisemitic tropes, with possible implications for areas like hiring

Illustrative: Travelers seen at the arrival hall of Ben Gurion International Airport on April 11, 2018 (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Israel refuses entry to French journalist due to anti-Israeli statements

After reporting from Israel and the West Bank for six years, Alice Froussard wasn’t let in and was sent back to France, in a decision by Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli

Director of the Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference Service (Viginum), Marc-Antoine Brillant, speaks during a press conference in Paris on June 11, 2026. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)

French official accuses Israeli firm of also meddling in elections in New York City, Scotland

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives to attend the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

Slovenia lifts ban on arms trade with Israel; Sa’ar lauds ‘just decision’ by new PM

By Agencies and ToI Staff

'It poses a direct challenge to the integrity of policing'

UK Jews decry policy paper in which Muslim police group calls Zionism form of hatred

By Kelly Hartog

National Association of Muslim Police distances itself from its ex-VP’s July 2025 report that likens Gaza war to Holocaust and disputes Oct. 7 atrocities, insists it does not ‘defend Hamas’

Illustrative: A British police officer speaks to a member of the public after two Jewish men were stabbed by a terrorist in the Golders Green neighborhood, which has a large Jewish community, in London, April 29, 2026.(AP/Kin Cheung)

California Assembly member Jasmeet Bains, California Senator Melissa Hurtado, Visalia Unified School District Trustee Randy Villegas, and Bakersfield Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur speak at a town hall organized by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, in Bakersfield, California, August 14. (Jeff Lewis/AP Content Services for National Nurses United)

Progressive California Democrat advances over rival backed by pro-Israel spending

By Andrew Lapin

IDF troops operate near the Wadi Saluki stream in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published June 11, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF poised for offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon city; soldier moderately injured by drone

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and AFP

Military officials says army covertly moved armor and troops into position to attack terror group stronghold of Nabatieh; Netanyahu vows to restore northern security

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, author of 'Something We Said: Richard Pryor: A Notorious Word, And Me.' (Isabella Dellolio Photography via JTA)

Interview

Richard Pryor wrestled with the N-word. His Jewish daughter explores how it shaped her life

By Andrew Lapin

In her new memoir ‘Something We Said,’ Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor delves into her childhood, Black and Jewish identities, and the racism and antisemitism that continue to shape American life

An adult male blue-tailed damselfly. (Charles J. Sharp, Sharp Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli study on how damselflies get their vivid colors could help replace toxic dyes

Scientists reveal how microscopic structures and pigments work together to create intense, stable hues

President of the Palestine Football Association Jibril Rajoub is seen after speaking during the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada on April 30, 2026. (Don MacKinnon / AFP)

Palestinian soccer chief says US, Canada haven’t granted him visa to attend World Cup

Senior Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub decries move as unfair, after attending soccer championship’s opening match in Mexico

Goalkeeper Matt Turner, of the United States men's national soccer team, displays his jersey during the announcement of the team's 2026 FIFA World Cup roster, in New York City, May 26, 2026. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP)

Meet Matt Turner, the only Jewish player on Team USA in the World Cup

By jacob gurvis

Players of South Africa visit the stadium in Mexico City, June 10, 2026, a day before their opening FIFA World Cup match against Mexico. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

Biggest World Cup ever kicking off amid high ticket prices, visa issues

By Rob Woollard

More Headlines

Illustrative - A Greek police officer closes the entrance of the court house following the transfer of suspects that have been charged with membership in a terrorist organization, in Athens, March 2023. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)

Alleged Hamas operative ordered detained pending trial in Greece on terror charges

By Yannis Souliotis and Renee Maltezou

Democrat Brad Lander approaches microphones outside a federal court in New York on June 11, 2026. (AP/Larry Neumeister)

Lander, NY Jewish progressive House candidate, acquitted after arrest in immigration court

By AP and ToI Staff

Jacob Reses, second from the left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)

Jacob Reses, Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, to leave US administration

By Joseph Strauss

An illustrative photo of an abstract fintech concept. (monsitj via iStock by Getty Images)

Canadian payment firm said to discuss buying Israeli-founded Payoneer for $2.7 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

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