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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot speaks during the launch of his Yashar party’s election campaign in Hod Hasharon, central Israel, June 30, 2026. The Hebrew slogan reads: Israel Must Win! (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

'Israel doesn't have the privilege to get it wrong again'

Eisenkot launches election campaign, vows to unify after ‘chaos’ wrought by current government

By Michael Bachner, Agencies and ToI Staff

Netanyahu’s likely main rival, whose background starkly contrasts with PM’s, pledges to form Oct. 7 state inquiry, broaden IDF ranks, cap reserve service, and be a PM ‘for all Israeli citizens’

MK Ofir Katz chairs a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 30, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset advances Basic Law on Torah study, pushes to freeze arrests of draft dodgers

By Ariela Karmel

US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (YouTube screenshot)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 1: Netanyahu answers Oct. 7 question with joke in TV interview

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Iranian FM: If Trump’s Tel Aviv ‘pets’ aren’t controlled, ‘Iran will school them’

By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

As US and Iranian officials set to hold indirect talks in Doha, senior Iranian sources say Tehran determined to keep control over Strait of Hormuz, even if it requires force

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after their meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, June 28, 2026. (AP/ Hadi Mizban)

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump weighed return to full war against Iran, but prefers diplomatic efforts – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

USVice President JD Vance, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

AnalysisVance and Rubio take different approaches as Iran tests their 2028 prospects

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu interviewed on the Channel 14 program "The Patriots" on June 30, 2026. (Screen capture)

PM avoids ruling out Gaza settlements as he has in the past

Netanyahu: The pursuit of ‘total victory’ against Iran and its proxies ‘never ends’

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

In first Hebrew media interview of election campaign, PM says full unity not possible but that he seeks to form broad gov’t after election that will include far-right, Haredi parties and continue judicial overhaul

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu interviewed on the Channel 14 program "The Patriots" on June 30, 2026. (Screen capture)

Asked how Hamas’s October 7 invasion and massacre changed him, Netanyahu jokes that he ‘lost a little weight’

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeting IDF troops in southern Lebanon, June 30, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Visiting south Lebanon, PM says IDF won’t withdraw ‘as long as Hezbollah remains here’

By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed

The world is turning dangerous for Jews again. Israel has to get its house in order

This is not Nazi Germany in the 1930s. But it is a global crisis for Jews — and it demands an Israel strong enough, and united enough, to provide a refuge that is secure, welcoming and true to its founding values

Anti-Israel demonstrators protest against the war in Iran on March 2, 2026, in New York City. (Adam Gray / Getty Images via AFP)

Team USA cheers at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (Courtesy Maccabi USA)

Maccabiah 2026"These games are the most meaningful in a generation'

Delayed by war, Maccabiah Games set to open as celebration of Jewish resilience

Shrunk to half the size of the 2022 games due to geopolitical tensions, the ‘Jewish Olympics’ is still bringing 5,000 athletes together in Israel for two weeks of competitions in a show of unity, strength and sportsmanship

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, at Ganot Junction near Tel Aviv, June 11, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

July 1: Coalition advances Basic Law aimed at shielding Haredi draft evaders from sanctions

PM claimed Iran ‘already obtained atomic bombs;’ Eisenkot, Bennett say it’s a complete ‘lie’ * NCAG touts productive meetings in Cyprus aimed at readying Palestinian technocratic committee for Gaza entry

8:24 pm

TikTok settles with US teenager ahead of social media addiction trial
7:31 pm

Coalition advances controversial Basic Law aimed at shielding Haredi draft evaders from sanctions
7:27 pm

One US service member missing after helicopter goes down in Arabian Sea

Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks after winning the Democratic nomination during a primary election night watch party at The Broadway, in Denver, June 30, 2026. (Rebecca Slezak/AP)

Anti-Israel candidate wins Colorado primary, says she’s aiming to ‘end genocide in Palestine’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has refused to label deadly firebombing at Boulder support rally for Gaza hostages as antisemitic, and said October 7 was ‘inevitable’

Paul Kessler protests in solidarity with Israel outside Los Angeles on November 5, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Man given 1-year sentence in death of Jewish protester at dueling California rallies

By ToI Staff and Agencies

High Court freezes appointment of Michael Rabello as state comptroller over vote concerns

By Jeremy Sharon

Coalition MKs call for disobeying court order, communications minister says Rabello should take up position immediately; court says it will issue final ruling ASAP

Attorney Michael Rabello is seen before a court hearing on the dismissal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK Boaz Bismuth leads a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting in Knesset, Jerusalem, July 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK Bismuth warns of ‘domestic interference’ in elections, points at High Court

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Inside story

Wikipedia ban on co-founder highlights disputes over alleged leftist, anti-Israel bias

Larry Sanger barred from editing on procedural grounds after pushing for ideological diversity, saying pro-Israel, Christian, Hindu and conservative voices disfavored on global platform

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. (Screenshot via CBN/YouTube)

Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 16, 2025. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jews in smaller communities feel less heard when raising antisemitism concerns — survey

By Grace Gilson

Analysis

Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4

Running under the heavy shadow of wartime grief, the former IDF chief aims to capture Israel’s middle class while keeping a fractured opposition bloc from collapsing

Gadi Eisenkot (right) greets supporters at the launch of his Yashar party’s election campaign, in Hod Hasharon, central Israel, June 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

A new neighborhood in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border, in southern Israel. (Kibbutz Be'eri)

Gaza border communities attract 5,000 new residents amid post-Oct. 7 rehabilitation

With 92% of Kibbutz Kissufim residents returning this week, Tekuma Directorate marks 1,000 days since deadly Hamas invasion, says over 1,000 projects completed across region

Democrats can have both young voters and Israel

The party must champion Gen Z issues like healthcare and workers’ rights without requiring litmus tests for anti-Zionism

Do wounded veterans deserve more than terror victims?

Israel is revolutionizing care for soldiers injured in battle. It must do the same for civilians living with the lasting physical and psychological scars of terror

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Yaacov Agam: The artist who reread the 2nd commandment

His works refuse the fixed image that claims to reveal everything at once; rather, they insist on sacred multiple interpretations

Stephen M. Flatow

When Americans fund terrorism

The terror group that murdered my daughter in 1995, has had no difficulty finding US citizens to fill its coffers

The scene of a stabbing that left 75-year-old rabbi Amos Guetta dead in Netanya on July 1, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Ben Gvir mourns rabbi, mum on Arabs' killings

Three killed in under an hour, including a well-known rabbi, as violent crime surges

By Charlie Summers

Ex-student of Amos Guetta arrested in fatal stabbing as Netanya mourns esteemed rabbi; further north, bus driver shot dead, another man gunned down outside shopping mall

Police have solved just 12% of homicides in Arab communities this year, watchdog finds

By Charlie Summers

Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man in Lod after he charges at officer

By Charlie Summers

Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community’s 7th fatality in 3 days

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

L-R Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in Jerusalem, June 15, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and Nitzan Alon at the Herzliya Conference at the Reichman University, July 1, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Disputing Smotrich, ex-hostage pointman says more captives could have come home alive

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Nitzan Alon says the war could have ended at least a year earlier, but ‘cabinet refused earlier comprehensive deals in the name of total victory, which is a falsehood’

Former hostage Rom Braslavski attends a press conference in the Knesset, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, on May 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Have fun in hell’: IDF kills Islamic Jihad man who held Rom Braslavski hostage, abused him

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Israeli F-16 fighter jets fly over a beach in Tel Aviv during the annual Independence Day flyover, May 5, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)

IDF scrambles fighter jets after hijacking false alarm; flight lands safely in Bulgaria

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

LOT Polish Airlines flight, operated by Electra Airways, sends mistaken alert over Turkey, drawing Israeli and Bulgarian military planes; airline blames transponder malfunction

Illustrative: An Iron Dome anti-missile system near the border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, April 7, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Iron Dome air defenses upgraded, ‘incorporating lessons learned’ from Iran war

By Emanuel Fabian

Jan Reicher (left) and Debbie Findling, former Wexner Heritage Program fellows who are giving the amount the program spent on them and encouraging former fellows to pay similar amounts to organizations supporting victims of sexual assault and human trafficking, pose for a photograph in Findling’s home, May 14, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. The Jewish News of Northern California)

'I feel like the rug got pulled out from under me'

US Jewish alumni of Wexner fellowship demand reckoning over philanthropist’s Epstein ties

Graduates of an elite leadership program sponsored by the billionaire businessman are donating the equivalent of its value to charity and urging others to do the same

Israeli aid delegation, including military advisers, heads to quake-hit Venezuela

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

FM says move a ‘humanitarian act’ toward country with no diplomatic ties to Israel; group includes engineering professionals, Home Front Command experts; toll rises to over 1,900

UK ISAR (International Search and Rescue) are pictured in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, June 30, 2026, following two powerful earthquakes. (Miguel Medina/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli kids watch a World Cup match between Portugal and Uzbekistan at an outdoor screening in Jaffa, June 23, 2026. (Deborah Danan/ JTA)

Reporter's notebook'We have this once every four years, it’s a celebration'

Roots, Ronaldo and regional rivalries: How Israelis choose their World Cup favorites

By Deborah Danan

With their own team missing from the tournament, Israeli fans’ picks are influenced by the war, diplomatic loyalties and anger toward countries seen as hostile

More Headlines

East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled yearbooks featuring an image of baby Adolf Hitler. (Google Streetview/Bettmann/Getty Images Contributor viz JTA)

Baby photos section of New Jersey middle school yearbook features picture of baby Hitler

By Grace Gilson

Former Supreme Court justice Edna Arbel speaks at the annual cyber week held at Tel Aviv University on June 25, 2017. (Flash90)

ObituaryEdna Arbel, former state attorney and Supreme Court justice, dies at 82

By Michael Horovitz

Prof. Avi Loeb, center, on a scientific expedition off of the coast of Papua New Guinea in June 2023 to identify parts of a possible interstellar meteor that crashed in 2014. (Courtesy of Loeb)

Polarizing Israeli-born Harvard astronomer picked to lead White House UFO council

By Collin Binkley

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks to reporters on June 29, 2026. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Armenian PM offers cold response to Israeli recognition of genocide against his people

By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Illustrative: A suspect is handcuffed in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

20-year-old US citizen arrested in Jerusalem, to be charged with spying for Iran

By Charlie Summers

Illustrative: Hand holding AI agents' virtual interface with data analytics, automation, and machine learning icons. (iStock by Getty Images/Suchat longthara)

UN panel warns unchecked AI development may lead to ‘catastrophic’ harm

By Olivia Le Poidevin

IDF forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, June 30, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel shuts down West Bank nonprofit, accusing it of terrorism — Palestinian officials

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump stands before speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's policy conference at the Washington Hilton, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits

By Mark Sherman

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents an assistance program to support Israel's technology and export sectors, Jerusalem, June 30, 2026. (Finance Ministry Spokesperson)

Israel rolls out NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for tech sector hit by rapid shekel surge

By Sharon Wrobel

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 24, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Syria’s Sharaa appoints lawmakers, paving way for new parliament to convene

By Feras Dalatey

Jewish congressional candidate Scott Wiener (left) is harassed by anti-Zionists as he walks through the Trans March in San Francisco, California, June 26, 2026. (Screenshot via X via JTA)

US Jewish, LGBTQ groups denounce Pride harassment of Jewish politician Scott Wiener

By Andrew Lapin

A delegate casts his vote during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

German intelligence says almost half of AfD party members potential far-right extremists

By Miranda Murray

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