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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 2, 2026

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Bereaved families take part in an October Council press conference in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2026, about plans to mark 1,000 days since the October 7 massacre. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Families mark 1,000 days since Oct. 7 with memorials, protests, moment of silence

October Council requests Israelis fall silent for a minute at 10 a.m. to observe somber anniversary, which will also include a convoy touring hard-hit communities near Gaza border

Minister of Heritage Amichay Eliyahu (left) attends a unity conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Nitzan Alon attends the Herzliya Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Far-right minister says IDF hostage point man ‘to blame’ for Oct. 7 abductions, killings

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks to United Torah Judaism lawmakers Moshe Gafni (right) and Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Contentious Basic Law on Torah study, aimed at shielding draft evaders, passes 1st reading

By Ariela Karmel

Four coalition MKs vote against legislation, which has been sharply criticized by legal authorities; opposition politicians vow to cancel law if they form next government

View of a seaside mosque in Jaffa, February 15, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Knesset advances far-right MK’s bill to lower volume of mosque calls to prayer

By Ariela Karmel

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 seeks rethink of decision that led to disqualification of extreme-right party

By Yuval Yoaz and Nava Freiberg

Ayelet Shaked attends a farewell ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court justice Yosef Elron at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

July 2: Likud’s Edelstein makes progress with Ayelet Shaked on new right-wing political alliance – report

Oct 7 survivors, families rail at government: ‘They’ve never taken responsibility’ * Protesters block Ayalon Highway during march to memorial event * Finance Ministry agrees to transfer another NIS 15 billion in budget funds to IDF

8:49 pm

Suspect in Shfaram shooting arrested after hours-long search
7:56 pm

During talks on ending war, US indirectly warned Iran that Israel might try to kill its top negotiators -- NYT report
6:14 pm

Pro-Israel Republican blasts IDF's 'deeply disturbing' conduct in Syria

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Netanyahu claims he saved Israel from destruction as Iran ‘already obtained’ atomic bomb; rivals say he’s lying

Source says PM’s assertion, made to right-wing Channel 14, is unfounded; election opponents Eisenkot, Bennett pillory PM for fear-mongering, peddling falsehoods

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shiite Muslim pilgrims hold pictures of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while taking part in Ashura in Iraq's holy city of Karbala on June 26, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Procession starts Saturday, is set to continue until July 9

Iran warns US, Israel against attacks ahead of long-delayed Khamenei funeral

By Agencies and ToI Staff

15-20 million expected, parliament speaker urges mass attendance: ‘Nation’s call for vengeance must ring’; Iran’s military warns ships not to use Hormuz routes it hasn’t okayed

US President Donald Trump greets onlookers after arriving in a Freedom250-themed train ahead of a dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library on July 01, 2026 in Medora, North Dakota. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)

US, Iran wrap up indirect Doha talks as Trump touts progress towards ‘denuclearization’

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A person holding handcuffs in a Jerusalem court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Tajik man accused of spying on Israel for Iran, as espionage arrests continue

By Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

Paul Mendlowitz

America at 250: The Founders could not imagine the tragedy of Donald Trump

The danger is bigger than one president: it is a culture that prizes personal loyalty over constitutional government

Reporter's notebook

Maccabiah Games open in Jerusalem as global celebration of Jewish pride

Thousands of athletes from more than 30 countries gather in Jerusalem for a star-studded opening ceremony of the delayed sporting event

What Matters Now podcast

Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook: The Israeli food we serve tells our story

By Jessica Steinberg

The pair of Philadelphia-based chefs discuss their Jewish identity and deep connection to Israel through the Sabra-inspired menus of their 18 restaurants, including flagship Zahav

Celebrated restauranteurs and chefs Steve Cook (left) and Michael Solomonov (right) speak to What Matters Now host Jessica Steinberg for this week's podcast (Courtesy)

Yaakov Chaliotis

Israel finally named the Armenian genocide. That was the easy part

Historical truth has prevailed, but as long as Israel prioritizes its ties to Azerbaijan, Armenia will doubt its sincerity

Menachem Lehrfield

As a Jewish Coloradan, I’m afraid

How many heard now-congressional nominee Melat Kiros claim that the horrors of October 7 were just resistance and voted for her because of it?

An undated image of Catherine Washburn on a phone in front of a Hamas flag and two hand grenades. (Western District of New York Court)

‘I wish every day were October 7’: NY woman charged with funding Gaza terrorists

Catherine Washburn allegedly sent $30,000 raised for humanitarian purposes to member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group who bragged about taking part in Hamas-led attack

Anti-Zionist protesters outside a school and synagogue in New York City, January 8, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC passes law to protect schools, but not colleges, after anti-Israel protests

Colorado Democratic gubernatorial candidate, state Attorney General Phil Weiser speaks at an election-night watch party after winning the Democratic primary at Ace Eat Serve on June 30, 2026 in Denver, (Michael Ciaglo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Colorado’s pro-Israel, Jewish attorney general wins Democratic primary for governor

By Kelly Hartog

Phil Weiser, whose mother was born at Buchenwald two days after liberation, is seeking to replace current Colorado governor Jared Polis, also Jewish

New York reporter Luke Tress appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 2: When Israel becomes a US campaign issue

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

From L to R: Former US vice president Kamala Harris, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader); New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Report: Harris calls Mamdani, meets pro-Palestinian activists as she weighs 2028 bid

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee present the land‑allocation agreement for the permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem to the audience during a ceremony on July 1, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel, US sign land agreement for permanent American embassy complex in Jerusalem

By Nava Freiberg and AFP

At signing ceremony, Huckabee says ‘God made decision 3,800 years ago’ to recognize Jerusalem, US now acknowledging it; Sa’ar: US is ‘indispensable and irreplaceable’ to Israel

This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani at the presidential palace in Baabda on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)

Syrian FM says Damascus open to meeting Hezbollah, after Trump said it should fight group

Asaad al-Shaibani visits Lebanon, meets President Aoun and Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker Berri, after Israel, Syria and Lebanon rejected US suggestion

Security forces work at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack at the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, in central Israel, on June 7, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Three Arab Israelis to be charged for assisting June terror attack in central Israel

Indictments set to be filed against man from Baqa al-Gharbiya who supplied gun used to kill reservist, and 2 Taibeh men who knew about attack plans and did not intervene

A Palestinian child walks along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

IDF says Hamas commander, 4 terrorists killed in Gaza when planning attacks on troops

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan

Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Israel ranks 18th in global wealth list as 8,800 Israelis become new millionaires

By Sharon Wrobel

UBS report finds Israel is home to 195,000 millionaires at the end of 2025, an increase of 4.7% over 2024; while average wealth rose, inequality has deepened ⁠since 2020

In 'The Zionists, A Family Storm,' a Jewish clan’s vacation is torn apart by tensions over Israel and the Palestinians. (Daniel Radar via JTA)

Theater review

‘The Zionists’ brings post-Oct. 7 discourse to US stage in dysfunctional family drama

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Playwright Asher Gelman, the son of prominent philanthropists, uses one affluent Jewish family’s breakdown to explore the personal and political fractures of the past three years

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A Lufthansa plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 14, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Lufthansa, ITA Airways resume flights to and from Ben Gurion after Iran war halt

By Sharon Wrobel

First responders at the scene of a shooting in Haifa early in the morning of July 2, 2026. (MDA)

Two more slain in Arab community, raising this week’s toll to nine

Moshe ('Bogie') Ya'alon, a former IDF chief of staff and former defense minister, speaks at the inaugural debate of Al HaMoked (The Spotlight), an Oxbridge-style debating society, at the Old Knesset building, Jerusalem, June 29, 2026. (Nimrod Cohen)

Old house, new rulesDebate returns to Old Knesset building for first time in 60 years

Irish rap group Kneecap band member, Liam O'Hanna, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, speaks to supporters outside Westminster Magistrates' Courts in London on August 20, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Controversial anti-Israel rap group Kneecap plays secret gig in Berlin

By AFP

The newly designated Air Force One is ready as US President Donald Trump arrives to board, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘Excited’ Trump inaugurates Qatar-gifted Air Force One with first flight

Fans greet members of the Iran World Cup soccer team as they leave their hotel for the airport, June 30, 2026, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

‘Iran, Iran!’: Iran’s World Cup squad feted by loyal fans upon return home

By AFP

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