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What Matters Most On Monday, June 29, 2026

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Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, take part in a parade as they celebrate a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

3 said killed in Gaza strike, including eight-year-old

Report: IDF warns Hamas is readying to return to war; US opposes new Israeli offensive

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Unsourced report claims terror group is recruiting new fighters, has resumed training its elite Nukhba force as US peace plan fails to progress; IDF says Oct. 7 terrorist killed in strike

MK Yitzhak Pindrus (left) attends a meeting of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); MK Naama Lazimi attends a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions seeking to overturn the election of attorney Michael Rabello as State Comptroller, June 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Haredi MK Pindrus says opposition lawmaker Lazimi should be shot in legs for protesting

By Ethan Rubinson

Asked if he believes cops should fire at demonstrators who block roads, including his party chair, UTJ lawmaker says: ‘Sure, but start with Lazimi’; Democrats MK files police complaint

MK Boaz Bismuth leads a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 24, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset panel to advance measure freezing arrests of Haredi draft evaders for 90 days

By Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Ultra-Orthodox children in their classroom at a Heder in Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

High Court tells state to launch speedy probe into underfunding of secular public schools

US President Donald Trump holds up his phone as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC on June 28, 2026 after spending time at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

Trump says next US-Iran meeting to be held in Doha Tuesday, amid conflicting reports

By ToI Staff and Agencies

White House says Witkoff, Kushner to attend ‘high-level’ talks coinciding with technical talks; Iranian officials meet with Oman to discuss Hormuz arrangement as traffic again slows

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. (AFP)

US and Iran agree to halt Hormuz attacks, will reportedly hold talks about strait in Qatar on Tuesday

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Karadi, director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INDC) speaks at the 2026 Cybertech conferece in Tel Aviv, Jan. 27, 2026. (Courtesy of Gilad Kavalerchik)

Iranian cyberattacks on Israel surged in 2026, cyber chief says

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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Based on a true story. An Israeli bank clerk bankrupts her own bank to bail out her gambling addicted brother. Starring Yehuda Levi (Fire Dance) and Dana Ivgy (Oxygen).

PM's lawyer: There's no way we'll finish by March 2028

Judges again call on prosecution to drop bribery charge from Netanyahu trial

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

PM’s attorney tells court conducting trial 5 days a week will be like ‘the Eichmann trial’; prosecution agrees holding daily hearings in case is ‘close to impossible’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a court hearing in his trial, at the Jerusalem District Court on June 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Likud postpones primaries to August 4 as Netanyahu fights for control of party slate

By Ariela Karmel

PM is reportedly seeking to choose 11 of the top 40 names on the Likud list in order to consolidate his power, broaden party’s appeal as Eisenkot rises in polls

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 29: Can anyone build a coalition without the Haredi and Arab parties?

By Gabriella Jacobs and Ariela Karmel

Iranian flags hang off a lamp post along a street in southern Tehran on June 20, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 29: Iran claims no talks with US in coming days despite both sending delegations to Qatar

IDF reservist severely wounded by explosion in south Lebanon * De-mining of Strait of Hormuz to be carried out only by Iran, Tehran says

6:50 pm

At least 1,719 dead in Venezuela quakes -- new official toll
6:43 pm

Bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners fails as Haredim boycott vote
6:29 pm

Likud said in talks with Ra'am to halt Negev demolitions in exchange for support on media bill

IDF chief says military helped achieve 'historic' agreement

Annex in Israel-Lebanon deal conditions further IDF withdrawals on results, not time

By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Official says classified annex ensures IDF pullouts will take place according to conditions on ground, not automatically; military demolishes 200 meter tunnel used as Hezbollah drone facility

IDF soldiers are seen at a memorial site on the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

IDF troops operate in southern Syria in a handout photo cleared for publication on August 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says troops fired upon in southern Syria, retaliated with helicopter strike

By Emanuel Fabian

From the blogs

The billions of shekels languishing in Palestinian bank vaults

Israel’s decision to tighten restrictions on the return of its own currency has turned a chronic problem into a security threat

Jaclyn S. Clark

Scott Wiener gave the mob everything. It wasn’t enough

The California state senator who toed the progressive line at the expense of his own liberal Jewish and Zionist beliefs is being villainized as a puppet of Israel

Susannah Schild

The geography of the Jewish soul

For these summer travelers, even America’s grandest vistas can not rival the one place in the world ’upon which God’s eyes are fixed’

Damaged buildings are seen three days after earthquakes struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Israeli aid groups begin operations, with more teams en route

3 members of Venezuelan Jewish community confirmed dead in earthquakes, Jewish leader says

By Zev Stub and Sue Surkes

President of Venezuela’s largest Ashkenazi congregation says 4 community members still missing, while dozens of families’ homes have been destroyed or rendered unlivable

Rescuers load a person onto an ambulance after being pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following back-to-back earthquakes. (Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP)

Father, son pulled from rubble of Venezuela’s earthquakes as crucial rescue window closes

Smotrich takes credit for return of all hostages; former captive decries ‘gaslighting propaganda’

‘I think it is thanks to me,’ the far-right minister asserts, despite having opposed various deals throughout the Gaza war that would have seen hostages released sooner

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot speaks to reporters during an uncoordinated visit to schools in Umm al-Fahm, sparking protest from residents on June 28, 2026. (Screenshot/X)

Arab city strikes as far-right MK Sukkot stages visit, pitches Israeli flag

By Charlie Summers

Analysis

Iran war fallout puts UAE on tightrope between Jerusalem and Tehran

The conflict boosted security ties with Israel’s chief Abraham Accords ally, but Abu Dhabi remains wary of public warmth and is more convinced it must manage Iran for the long term

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) gives a statement, May 13, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO); Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, arrives at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)

An Elbit MUSIC system in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel sold advanced F-15 systems and gear to Qatar and Saudi Arabia – report

Illustrative: A man transports boxes of medication from Nablus's Rafidiya hospital to an ambulance vehicle waiting behind a barrier at the entrance to the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, on May 6, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Inside story'A patient arrives and I have no medicine to give him'

Short of funds for drugs or doctors, West Bank health system falters under Israeli sanctions

By Nurit Yohanan

A yearlong freeze on transfers of tax revenues has resulted in the debt-ridden PA Health Ministry being unable to provide many services, with physicians striking over inability to help patients

An Armenian flag and a remembrance day poster hang in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, as the community marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 24, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Azerbaijan slams ally Israel’s recognition of Armenian genocide: ‘Distortion of historical facts’

By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg

Baku urges Jerusalem to ‘reconsider the decision’; Azerbaijan, while close with Israel, takes Turkey’s line in rejecting label for WWI atrocities

The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)

After 18-month hiatus, Judicial Selection Committee finally appoints new judges

By Jeremy Sharon

Following legal pressure through the High Court on Justice Minister Levin, judges appointed to magistrate, family, traffic and youth courts

A Palestinian worker on a forklift at the wholesale produce market in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood, November 25, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook'How is food not part of civic infrastructure, like water?'

Jerusalem’s surplus produce goes to waste. An upstart NGO seeks to fix the system

Group salvaging up to 10 tons of food weekly launches Israel’s first Urban Food Policy Forum in hope that citywide coordination feeds more hungry locals, keeps edible food out of landfills

State tells High Court it’s not obliged to have targets for emissions cuts

Arsen Ostrovsky, who was with his family at Bondi Beach in Sydney during the deadly December 14, 2025, terror shooting, describes the attack in an Australian TV interview. (Sky News Australia screenshot)

Bondi survivor tells Australian commission he was accused of being AI ‘crisis actor’

By AFP

Jewish community leader Arsen Ostrovsky, who was wounded in Hanukkah terror attack, says he is subject to ‘relentless tsunami of Jew hatred’ as internet tries to ‘erase’ his trauma

Illustrative image of a doctor with digital icons (chaiyapruek2520, iStock by Getty Images)

Investment in Israeli health tech startups plunged 40% in 2025 – report

By Sharon Wrobel

While the global industry saw a resurgence in private funding, investments in Israeli startups hit a five-year low amid geopolitical uncertainty

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Police and medics seen at the scene of a suspected murder in the Nazareth-area town of Yafia, June 29, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Man, 30, killed near Nazareth, in 6th fatality in Arab community in just over 24 hours

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

A rendering of the Holocaust memorial planned for Charlotte, North Carolina, features an evocation of the trains that carried Jews to Nazi death camps and an image of the entrance to Auschwitz. (Courtesy Circle of Humanity via JTA)

In North Carolina, a memorial project will honor Martin Luther King and Holocaust victims

By Andrea Cooper

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