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What Matters Most On Saturday, June 20, 2026

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Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

Iran claims Hormuz closed again as IDF attacks Hezbollah; Vance says Switzerland talks may start Sunday

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US denies strait shuttered, says traffic flowing; US, Iran negotiators gathering in Swiss resort, with US VP saying he’ll head there shortly, expects truce to hold; US and Qatar said planning to funnel an initial $6B to Tehran

Iranian parliament members wear Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps uniforms and chant 'Death to America' during a session in Tehran on February 1, 2026. (ICANA NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to win big if US lifts sanctions as part of peace deal

By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL

Iranian worshippers chant slogans during Friday prayers ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, June 19, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran war mediators set to meet in Egypt Sunday, as talks in Switzerland still on hold

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on June 20, 2026. (Elizabeth Frantz / POOL / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 20: Heading to Iran talks, Vance says hoping for progress on Lebanon ceasefire and nuclear issue

Trump threatens to charge US tolls in Hormuz if final deal not reached in 60 days, says Iran will charge ‘NO TOLLS’ * 11 said killed in two separate strikes in Gaza, including Al Jazeera cameraman IDF says was also a Hamas sniper

9:11 pm

Third of four IDF fatalities in Hezbollah attack on tank named as Staff Sgt. Liav Kababia
8:57 pm

IDF says Al Jazeera photographer killed in Gaza strike was Hamas sniper, moonlighted as journalist
8:45 pm

Heading to Iran talks, Vance says hoping for progress on Lebanon ceasefire and nuclear issue

Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 20, 2026. (Abbas FAKIH / AFP) /

Dead reportedly include a Lebanese soldier, two children

Despite truce, IDF hits Lebanon after repeated Hezbollah attacks; at least 27 said killed

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israel says it remains committed to day-old truce, as Netanyahu reportedly tells military to ‘hold its fire’ against the Iran-backed terror group while threatening ‘forceful’ response if it attacks

A man holds his daughter's bicycle recovered from his barbershop as he searches for belongings in the rubble of the shop, damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire after flare-up, but IDF to stay in southern Lebanon

By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

Michel Cojot as a young man visiting New York. (From 'To Kill A Nazi,' courtesy of the Cojot family)

Interview

Entebbe raid’s unsung hero gets limelight in new documentary 50 years later

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Filmmaker Boaz Dvir makes case that rescue operation would not have been possible without key role played by French-Jewish hostage — and would-be assassin of a Nazi — Michel Cojot

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the newest aircraft in the presidential fleet on June 19, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (ALEX WONG/Getty Images via AFP)

Trump calls Netanyahu a ‘warrior PM,’ touts ‘great’ ties with Israel amid tensions over Iran

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US intel reportedly says Netanyahu actions in Lebanon expected to undermine deal; Israeli TV: American officials working to establish informal channels with Bennett, Eisenkot

US President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves the stage after a media conference at the end of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

Poll: 65% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Iran policy; 34% back his approach on Israel

By Linley Sanders and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX

(L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump said to have called Netanyahu a ‘con man’ in 2025, told Carlson, Musk he wouldn’t attack Iran

Meitar Roz keeps it positive while in the hospital in an undated photo. (Courtesy of the Roz family)

'He hopefully won’t need a wheelchair for his bar mitzvah'

Back on his feet: Thousands fund Israeli boy’s $3.2m degenerative disease treatment

By Lianne Kolirin

Friends, family, strangers chip in for 8-year-old Meitar Roz’s life-changing DMD therapy in campaign launched by mother and IDF reservist father after state denied request for help

Despair is a mistake

A message to a disillusioned Israel from Iranians who were trying to bring down a totalitarian regime with their bare hands

Saundra Sterling Epstein

I saw Orthodox acceptance of LGBTQ Jews grow. Now it’s evaporating

Rabbis and communities must stay committed to inclusion despite political and cultural pressure. If they don’t, the results will be devastating

Gilad Shtienberg, left, and another researcher take the geotube to the right spot in the former Kebara wetland of the Carmel coast, northern Israel. (Courtesy, Tom Levy)

'People are problem solvers'

Israeli study unlocks 4,000 years of climate change and human adaptation

University of Haifa co-led study of Carmel Coast mud cores finds ancient Levantine communities adapted to drought rather than simply collapsing or moving away

Central Elections Committee orders Ben Gvir to take down flotilla abuse video

Far-right minister deletes clip after judge determines that it constituted unlawful election propaganda and orders far-right minister pay $7,800 in legal fees

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunts detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Screenshot/Ben Gvir's X account)

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP/Peter Dejong, Pool)

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan suspended from British bar over misconduct claims

Move follows his suspension last week from ICC pending vote by member states, after UN report accused prosecutor in case against Netanyahu, Gallant of ‘nonconsensual sexual contact’ with aide

This picture taken from the 'E1 corridor' northeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank shows vehicles moving along a highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim (top) on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Norway readies bill to ban all trade with Israeli settlements

By AFP and ToI Staff

1972's screwball comedy 'What's Up, Doc?' is featured on this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘What’s up, Doc?’: Sultry Streisand’s screwball meshugas

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the 1972 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring a wacky Barbra Streisand and nerdy Ryan O’Neal

Inside Story

Louis BAUDOIN-LAARMAN

In Israel’s ‘Trump Heights,’ residents still believe in US president despite Iran deal

Locals disappointed with accord, but, one says, ‘When someone does something good for you, you’re not gonna hate them right when they do something you agree a little less with’

A woman and child walk in Ramat Trump (Trump Heights) in the Golan Heights on June 19, 2026 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Illustrative: People hoist Pride flags emblazoned with a Star of David at the annual Pride parade in Rome, Italy, on June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Jewish LGBTQ group reaches deal to march in Rome Pride after float banned over Gaza

Keshet Italia hails ‘victory for Pride’ after compromise mediated by mayor lets group march on foot with extra security and gives it a spot on next year’s coordinating committee

People gather outside the Adass Israel Synagogue, December 9, 2024, after a firebombing in Melbourne, Australia. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)

Police charge 3rd suspect in 2024 Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran

A Swiss police officer stands as diplomatic delegation cars arrive outside the hotel for a second day of US-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine seeking to find an end to the four-year war, in Geneva on February 18, 2026 (Harold CUNNINGHAM / AFP)

Switzerland moves to ban all use of Nazi symbols amid rise in antisemitism

By AFP

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, gestures on stage with Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Ryan Murphy)

Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries

By Kelly Hartog

Senator Bernie Sanders joins the NYC mayor to promote progressive candidates in final day of the campaign

A building at the United Nations International School in New York is seen in a video published December 16, 2022. (Screen capture: Youtube/United Nations International School)

Swastikas, hate speech reportedly printed in NYC UN-affiliated middle school yearbook

Lucas Gage (L), Yaakov Langer (M) and Jake Turx (R) speak on a June 13 episode of the podcast 'Inspiration for the Nation.' (Screenshot via JTA)

'Looking back… I was out of my mind'

Former antisemitic activist Lucas Gage explains to Jewish podcast why he left the movement

By Grace Gilson

Fixation on Jews had become ‘like a disease,’ says onetime white nationalist who spent more than a decade promoting conspiracy theories online

Protesters chant slogans as they hold a giant banner bearing the portraits of disappeared Iranian nationals, during an unauthorized demonstration by Franco-Iranian associations, near Place Vauban central Paris on June 20, 2026. (Arnaud Finistre/AFP)

France arrests 20 after banning rally against political executions in Iran

Paris protest goes ahead despite the ban, which French foreign ministry insists isn’t linked to FM’s call with his Iranian counterpart

More Headlines

'Milk and Honey,' the new ice cream flavor by Ben & Jerry’s Israel (Ben & Jerry’s Israel/Social media)

A sweet tributeBen & Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating local resilience

By Deborah Danan

In this handout picture released by the Palazzo Chigi Press Office on June 17, 2026 US President Donald Trump speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. (Handout / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP)

Meloni slams Trump’s claim she ‘begged’ for photo, as Italian FM cancels US trip

By Nicole Winfeld

US President Donald Trump speaks after touring the newly designated Air Force One presidential aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump unveils the new Air Force One gifted by Qatar

By Seung Min Kim and MANUEL BALCE CENETA

Polish President Karol Nawrocki, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an official welcome ceremony before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in row over WWII massacres

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