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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 25, 2026

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Rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after two earthquakes in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Thousands feared dead as devastating twin earthquakes rock Venezuela

By Agencies and ToI Staff

7.2, 7.5 magnitude quakes hit within minutes, collapsing buildings; Caracas declares state of emergency, world offers help, including response from Foreign Ministry, IsraAid, ZAKA

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires an anti-missile flare over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during a military operation on June 25, 2006, (SAMUEL ARANDA / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 25: Gaza coordination hub to reportedly undergo overhaul; Georgia, Vietnam in talks to send troops to ISF

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Gulf FMs say Iran’s proxies, missiles must be addressed for ‘lasting’ peace * Netanyahu touts war gains at IDF officers’ ceremony, draws cheers and jeers from crowd

8:21 pm

US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Haitians and Syrians
8:06 pm

Iran fired on cargo ship in Hormuz, US officials tell Reuters
7:33 pm

FM to propose cabinet resolution to officially recognize Ottoman genocide of Armenians

A Lebanese woman removes broken metal railing from her damaged house following Israeli military strikes, in the southern Lebanese village of Srifa on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP) /

Rubio: Sides close to 'commitment of intent'

Israeli, Lebanese officials deny US claim that IDF withdrew from parts of Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Israeli official says partial pullback discussed in DC but no deal reached; Lebanese official: Recent days ‘show the opposite of a pullback’; IDF strike in south Lebanon said to kill 2

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Katz vows no IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon ‘even if there’s an American demand’

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing podcast (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 25: US-Iran deal fuels Trump’s delusional dreams of peace and prizes

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

US President Donald Trump (left) greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Trump claims he stopped ‘great leader’ Erdogan from bringing Turkey into war on Iran’s side

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US president says Turkish leader was ‘a prime candidate’ to join the conflict ‘because he’s not a big fan of Israel,’ hints at potential F-35 sale

US Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, leaves a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican senators at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump gets in shouting match with GOP senator who backed Iran war powers resolution

By STEVEN SLOAN

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, June 24, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

Explainer‘War of words’: Nuclear inspection dispute shows US, Iran negotiating in public

By AP and ToI Staff

Master Sgt. (res.) Basil Sweid (courtesy/picture quality improved with Photoshop AI)

Reservist killed, soldier injured in truck accident in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Master Sgt. (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, killed when military truck overturns; in Gaza, Defense Ministry civilian contractor killed in building collapse

People check destroyed cars following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the village of Maifadoun, southern Lebanon, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Jerusalem and Beirut frustrated with Trump, hampering US plan to phase IDF out of Lebanon

Analysis

Mamdani-backed primary sweep further cements anti-Zionist politics in NYC

Election wins continue anti-Israel far left’s upward trajectory in the city, and send a message to the Democratic Party leadership

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters of Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party, in New York City, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Mamdani touts ‘babies not bombs’ message after his endorsees sweep NYC primaries

By Grace Gilson

David Orkin (second from left) celebrates at a primary-night watch party at 99 Scott Studio on June 23, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images via JTA)

Jewish anti-Zionist candidate David Orkin wins NY Assembly primary amid leftist sweep

By Grace Gilson

Analysis

American pro-Israel activists may have just had their worst week ever

One party is voting for the loudest critics of Israel; the other is cutting a generous deal with Jerusalem’s top adversary; after years of bipartisan support, a new era is dawning

Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US President Donald Trump heads to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2026. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Israelis less sure US takes country’s interests into account, poll finds

Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, Linda Sarsour, bottom second right, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran, American support for Israel, and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency on April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Nearly half of Americans think US is ‘too supportive’ of Israel — poll

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Monique Mogyoros

Mamdani’s ‘monsters’: A warning sign for democracy?

Can America’s fragile experiment withstand the political antisemitism Hannah Arendt saw as a warning sign of democratic decline?

Naomi Marmon Grumet

The mikveh experience is holy, not a political bargaining chip

When Rabbi David Yosef urges women to humiliate other women, he contravenes Jewish law and opens the door to undermining his own authority

Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander arrives with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for an election night watch party in New York on June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Analysis

5 takeaways from the NY primaries: Shifting Jewish power centers, King Mamdani and more

Wins by candidates backed by NYC’s anti-Zionist mayor shake pro-Israel Democrats and leave Jewish groups divided over where party is headed on Israel

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’s success in New York City tests Democratic Party’s willingness to change

By Steve Peoples, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and Matt Brown

Adrian Boafo, a Maryland state delegate and Democratic candidate for US Congress talks with supporters at the "AmeriPac Bull Roast," June 12, 2026, in Mitchellville, Maryland. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

AIPAC-backed Adrian Boafo wins Maryland primary, as other Democrats turn on lobby group

By Shira Li Bartov

Inside story

As Strip stagnates, Gazans plan first large anti-Hamas protest since ceasefire

Demonstration organized by dissidents abroad looks to bring crowds into streets Friday to call for better living conditions, though Hamas is apparently seeking to quash effort before it gets going

Palestinians take part in an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)

Defense Ministry civilian contractor Raad Abu al-Qi'an in an undated photo (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Defense Ministry civilian contractor killed in Gaza building collapse

By Emanuel Fabian

A woman reacts following an Israeli airstrike in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City on June 20, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who took part in Oct. 7, planned future attacks

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

An Israel Police officer at the entrance to a suspected terror tunnel running from the area of A'zaim checkpoint in the West Bank toward Israel, in an image released on June 24, 2026. (Israel Police)

Police find possible terror tunnel running from West Bank toward Jerusalem, arrest 2

DNA from scene leads to arrest of 1 Palestinian, 1 East Jerusalem man; no weapons found but police probing whether plan was to use tunnel for terror attack or to smuggle in workers

A Palestinian visitor takes a photo at the Roman archeological site in the West Bank town of Sebastia, November. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians warn West Bank antiquities bill designed to expand Israeli control

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Chairman of the Yahad party former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left with former prime minister Yair Lapid during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Polls show support for Bennett-Lapid alliance slipping as Eisenkot’s party climbs

Together predicted to win at least 15 seats while rival Yashar polls at 20-22 seats, behind ruling Likud; surveys show various potential mergers wouldn’t tip scales for either bloc

Yoaz Hendel (L) and Benny Gantz (R) at the Knesset on May 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Potential Gantz-Hendel-Simhi alliance faces hurdles despite merger reports

By Ariela Karmel

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators block Route 1 near Jerusalem during a protest against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with military recruitment orders, June 24, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Opposition leaders vow to clamp down on draft evasion

Haredi convoys spark clashes, traffic chaos; most protesters fail to reach IDF prison

Police assess 1,000 cars joined anti-draft demonstration; video shows some members of public reacting violently to protesters; pregnant woman reportedly hurt in car accident caused by convoy

An underage bride interacts with an officer following a police raid on an illegal wedding ceremony in February in Yavne'el, northern Israel (Israel Police)

Police detain Haredi sect members suspected of conducting underage marriages

By Charlie Summers

From the blogs

I am ashamed

The violence, dispossession, and looming expulsions facing Bedouin communities in the West Bank are a moral stain that should weigh on every Israeli’s conscience

20 years on, newly released military logs detail confusion during Shalit abduction

By Stav Levaton

Records trace initial moments after attack, with soldier only identified as kidnapped hours after being dragged into Gaza, setting off 5-year national crisis and exchange deal seen as precursor to October 7

An Israeli soldier reads a newspaper with a picture of Gilad Shalit as a tank prepares to deploy near the Gaza border on June 26, 2006. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Shin Bet chief orders agency to dismantle memorial to staff killed on October 7

David Zini said to give order because employees ‘don’t need to see the debacle in front of our faces every day’; agency confirms removal of display it says ‘minimizes’ the tragedy

Acclaimed author Etgar Keret speaks to What Matters Now host Jessica Steinberg for this week's podcast. (Courtesy)

What Matters Now podcast

Etgar Keret: Celebrated author feels the world is losing its story

By Jessica Steinberg

Leading voice in Israeli literature discusses the art of writing since October 7, dealing with social media via Substack and his new role directing an MFA program in New York

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Raz Shlomo, center, duels for the ball with Lyon's Pavel Sulc, down, during the Europa League opening phase soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Lyon, in Backa Topola, Serbia, November 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Explainer

Israel’s World Cup prospects look better in Asia, but amid protests it sticks with Europe

By Deborah Danan

Kicked out of Asian Football Confederation in 1974, Jewish state’s team says return not on the table, citing standing in UEFA – and doubts it would be welcomed back

More Headlines

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) and members of the local Jewish community visiting the torched Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 10, 2024. (DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)

IRGC agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Jewish targets, spy chief says

A man walks past shops in a mall in Dubai, where, amid Iranian attacks, people are beginning to shop for new clothes and gifts ahead of the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, on March 16, 2026. (AFP)

Dubai enlisting businesses to help keep it a tourism and finance hub after Iran war

Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella speaks to supporters from behind bullet-proof glass following the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on June 21, 2026. (Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP)

Colombia’s president-elect vows to work with Israel ‘like never before’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Andy Burnham, front left, is sworn-in as an MP in the House of Common in London, England, June 22, 2026. (House of Commons via AP)

Andy Burnham inches closer to UK premiership as Starmer seeks legacy in final days

By Jill Lawless

This image issued by the Defense Ministry on February 11, 2026, shows the David's Sling air defense system during a recent test. (Defense Ministry)

Switzerland in talks with Israel, France, South Korea to buy air defense systems

By AFP and ToI Staff

Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court looks up prior to a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 3, 2023. (Peter Dejong/AP)

ICC bureau: Prosecutor Karim Khan should be fired for inappropriate sexual relationship

By Stephanie van den Berg

At the entrance to Video Pub, Jerusalem's gay bar that will close its doors at the end of June 2026.(Courtesy)

Last callJerusalem’s only gay bar closes, but owner says it’s good news

By Jessica Steinberg

US Air Force refueling aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac of the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Reduced US refuelers at Ben Gurion still put flights of 100,000 summer travelers at risk

By Sharon Wrobel

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