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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump: MOU with Iran ‘not final,’ we’ll go ‘back to dropping bombs’ if talks fail

By Nava Freiberg, AP and ToI Staff

Hormuz to open ‘in full’ in days, US president says, insisting it’s a ‘very strong deal’; leaks of text show Iran can sell oil immediately, must ‘take steps’ to open strait of Hormuz

Full text‘Shall not develop nuclear weapons’: The 14-point memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran

Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 17 – Best frenemy? Trump turns on Israel at G7 summit

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Op-ed

Trump’s deal is a catastrophic capitulation to Iran’s aggressors, leaves Israel vulnerable and constrained

In the US president’s reality-challenged view, Israel is an ingrate and a warmonger, while Iran’s mass-murdering leaders are ‘very rational.’ They are indeed all too rational, and he, clearly, is not

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US President Donald Trump walks away after a group photo of leaders at the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

AnalysisWhite House talking points claim victories in Iran deal, but often don’t meet reality

By AP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump (C) addresses the media during a closing press conference of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 17: Trump says Netanyahu ‘gets a little excited sometimes,’ as he acknowledges dispute over Lebanon

At G7 Summit, US president defends Iran deal, says Tehran should be allowed to keep some ballistic missiles * Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men gather outside Beit Lid military prison to protest arrest of draft evaders

8:34 pm

US official claims Iran asked to withhold text of MOU until after signing on Friday
8:13 pm

US official denies Israel had requested to see US-Iran deal text but wasn't allowed
8:12 pm

US getting as much oil as it can out of Hormuz to restock global supply in case Trump decides to resume war, official says

Promoted EventB'nai B'rith

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Recognizing excellence in Diaspora reporting. With Keynote Speaker David Horovitz and Award Winners ToI’s Zev Stub, Tamar Ish Shalom, Oren Nahari, & Hanan Yovel. Free event.

US President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, not seen, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, June 16, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

'I never cared about regime change. It was never a part'

Trump: Israel’s war on Hezbollah is too long, too deadly; Syria should fight the group instead

By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

‘Without me, there’d be no Israel,’ president claims at G7 summit; threatens ‘ultimate consequences’ if Iran seeks nukes; MOU to be signed Friday in Swiss mountaintop resort

A man who returned to his village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, flashes a victory sign as he stands on the rubble of his destroyed house in Nabatiyeh town, southern Lebanon, June 16, 2026. (Hussein Malla/AP)

5 IDF soldiers injured, one seriously, in explosive drone attacks in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israeli and Lebanese flags are seen in an area near the border, backdropped by destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon as viewed from northern Israel, June 15, 2026. (Leo Correa/AP)

Israel-Lebanon talks said close to yielding lasting ceasefire deal

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Reported terms of the MOUIsrael fears regime will fast-track nuke program during talks

US-Iran deal said set to halt regional hostilities, including in Lebanon, lift blockade

By Stav Levaton, Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Multiple reports say agreement includes $300 billion fund for investment and reconstruction in Iran; Israel kept out of loop amid leak concerns

Policemen walk in front of a huge banner showing Iranian flag at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks from the chamber to his office at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US lawmakers in the dark on Iran deal as Trump says he will send it to Congress

Musk’s Grok AI tool helped guide US strikes on Iran, legal briefing shows

By AFP

The Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. (Michael Chazan at the University of Toronto)

'The fire must have been introduced there by someone'

In African cave, Israeli and international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire

By Rossella Tercatin

Evidence of burns was detected on fossilized bones deep in the Wonderwerk Cave, setting back the clock for intentional use of fire from 1 million years ago to close to 1.8 million

Exclusive

US weighs boosting ties with PA as it seeks to advance Gaza plan and Abraham Accords

Officials tell ToI that sides have been holding talks with aim of signing an MOU, which PA hopes will lead to reopening of DC diplomatic office shuttered in Trump’s first term, but US enthusiasm waning

US President Donald Trump (left) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit to support ending the two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (YouTube screenshot)

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrives for the official greeting ahead of a work lunch as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

At G7, Egypt’s Sissi urges Israel to abandon plans to expand control of Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump meets with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (not seen) on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

‘I’m the boss’, Trump tells G7, as he warms to Ukraine’s war position

By Steve Holland, Julia Payne and michel rose

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

I’m alive. My son’s alive. My neighbor isn’t. And none of us is OK

I went back inside my Old City home to grab my keys and the terrible, hollow sound of a gas explosion ripped through our courtyard

Eliezer Finkelman

The view from under the bus

A likely US-Iran agreement leaves Israel, Iranian minorities, and human rights supporters wondering what became of American promises

Israel’s most unwanted continuing education program

We rapidly learned how to navigate the wartime adjustments, like which shelters are best. What’s tricky is making sure they don’t become normal

‘The Wife Of’

When my husband was appointed ambassador to Japan, I wasn’t about to become a silent, smiling diplomatic spouse

Police clash with Haredi protesters on Route 4, June 17, 2026 (Screen grabs/Channel 13)

Thousands protest arrest of draft evader at military prison

Haredi anti-draft protest blocks highway near Tel Aviv, 8 hurt as police clear road

By Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian

Police arrest 5; use stun grenades and batons in violent dispersal that sparks rare criticism from Ben Gvir, who has championed using force against anti-government demonstrators

Suspects in White House attack plot targeted lawmakers linked to Israel — FBI

Ohio man arrested by FBI singled out US representatives who received donations from pro-Israel lobby groups; he posted in support of Hitler, criminal complaint says

US President Donald Trump, center, talks to UFC head Dana White, left, alongside first lady Melania Trump, during UFC Freedom 250 at the White House, June 15, 2026, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP)

A worker hangs an election campaign billboard of the Likud party that shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shaking hands with US President Donald Trump, in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2019. The slogan reads: 'Netanyahu -- a league of his own.' (AP/Oded Balilty)

Likud said to scrap election ads highlighting Netanyahu-Trump ties in wake of Iran deal

Party officials assessed rapport with US president wouldn’t boost PM’s chances in the coming election, and made decision even before deal was finalized, unsourced report says

UTJ lawmaker Porush warns Haredim may go after AG ‘with sticks and stones’

Ultra-Orthodox MK warns his faction could soon ‘completely disassociate ourselves from cooperation with other government authorities that are taking part in the persecution against us’

United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

L-R, front: MKs Yitzhak Goldknopf (L), Moshe Gafni and Yinon Azulai in the Knesset, January 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Haredi Knesset boycott continues, putting coalition’s legislative blitz at risk

Jewish Culture Month mascot Mr. Pickle hops onto the psychotherapy couch at the event launch party in London, May 2026. (Sophie Shaw)

Reporter's notebook'There is so much pride to take in and so much to celebrate'

Touting ‘Less Oy, More Joy,’ UK Jewish Culture Month celebrates Jewish creators others shun

By Florit Shoihet

Organizers admit that first-ever festival is response to antisemitic blacklisting in wake of Oct. 7, while achievements are so numerous tours can be crafted around existing museum installations

A US Air Force aircraft takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, May 24, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

US said moving 20% of its refuelers from Ben Gurion Airport, easing travel pressure

By Sharon Wrobel

Presence of 72 American aircraft in recent months is crowding out civilian planes at Tel Aviv’s international airport, threatening to ground 2.4 million summer travelers

Toronto police say hired gunmen appear to be targeting Jewish sites

”We just don’t know the scope of it’: Officers say assailants are being enlisted through encrypted apps, with those hiring them seeking ‘to create a sense of fear’ in the Jewish community

Toronto Police officers work around the scene of a shooting at the US Consulate in Toronto, Canada, on March 10, 2026. (Cole BURSTON / AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the courtroom at the District Court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)

Netanyahu denounces ‘police state’ trial as his cross-examination ends after over a year

By Michael Horovitz

PM claims people likened his prosecutors to the ‘Stasi’ as state attorney scrutinizes Netanyahu’s statements to police in Case 2000; defense to question premier in next stage

Anti-government activist Shikma Bressler (R) and MK Tally Gotliv (C) arrive for a court hearing in Bressler's defamation lawsuit against Gotliv at the District Court in Lod, September 17, 2024. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Judge in libel suit says MK Gotliv can’t get blanket immunity for exposing Shin Bet agent

Candidates for Makom Lekulanu, the new Arab-Jewish party stemming from the Standing Together movement, announced on June 16, 2026. Chair Rula Daood is third from left. (Inas Osrof Abu Seif/Makom Lekukanu)

Standing Together leaders launch new Arab-Jewish party: ‘A Place for Us All’

By Ariela Karmel

Party to be ‘truly equal,’ led by Rula Daood, Alon-Lee Green, co-directors of grassroots left-wing shared society, anti-war organization; party formally independent from movement

More Headlines

An illustrative photo of a baby. (Ignacio Campo on Unsplash)

Jerusalem police probe baby food laced with sedatives after 4 infants hospitalized

By Diana Bletter

Villa Catana, in Jerusalem's Talbieh neighborhood (Courtesy/Prosperity Real Estate)

Century-old Jerusalem villa sells for $14.7 million as demand for luxury homes persists

Amir Tibon (L) and his book, “The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands." (Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature)

Journalist Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for book on his family’s Oct. 7 survival

Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) meets with visiting Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, June 17, 2026. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Katz touts years-long ‘under the radar’ ties in meeting with Somaliland president

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

Illustrative: A patient and psychologist (Stock photo/Fiordaliso via JTA)

US feds probing antisemitism allegations at American Psychological Association

By Andrew Lapin

MDA medics outside the scene of a deadly stabbing in Rehovot, June 16, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Elderly man stabbed to death in Rehovot; police arrest son, who reportedly confesses

Undated photo of Moshe Saada. (Israel Police)

Teacher accused of indecent acts against students in northern city Safed

Jackson Lahmeyer is the founder of Pastors for Trump and a congressional candidate for Oklahoma's 1st District House seat. (Al Drago/Getty Images/Ballotpedia via JTA)

Pastor who says Antichrist will be Jewish heads to runoff for Oklahoma congressional seat

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Philanthropist Dan David, for whom the Dan David Prize is named, and which now is considered the largest history prize in the world (Courtesy Dan David Foundation)

Dan David Prize awarded to 9 historians and archaeologists to back their research

By AP and ToI Staff

Ayala Ohana, 12, seen in white shirt, carries the ball at the start of the France-Senegal FIFA World Cup match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on June 16, 2026. (Screen captures/ Instagram/Hananel Ohana)

Belle of the ball12-year-old girl with rare disease represents Israel at World Cup

By ToI Staff and Eliana Rosen

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