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What Matters Most On Friday, July 17, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin talk in the Knesset on July 16, 2026, hours before parliament dispersed ahead of general elections on October 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Law to extend IDF service to 32 months approved at last minute

Knesset officially disperses, after coalition completes its drastic legislative blitz

Motion to dissolve parliament ahead of Oct. 27 elections passes 62-0 with backing only from Netanyahu’s coalition, after it was tacked onto a disputed party financing law; Speaker calls 25th Knesset ‘most challenging’ in history

AnalysisCoalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ is designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power

By Jeremy Sharon

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition files petition to have High Court strike down law

Coalition passes media overhaul law, giving government greater regulatory control

By Ariela Karmel and Jeremy Sharon

In apparent violation of PM’s conflict of interest deal, communications minister thanks Netanyahu for tasking him with passing reform, which includes benefits for pro-government Channel 14

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a bus on Route 4, near Bnei Brak, during a demonstration against the arrest of draft evaders, on July 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox extremists block roads, clash with public over arrest of draft dodgers

A US Air Force Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tanker takes off from Ben Gurion Airport on June 8, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

July 17: US sending dozens of refueling aircraft to Israel ahead of potential attack on Iran

Shin Bet said to demand unauthorized access to photos of citizens passing through airport * Tax Authority freezes Bnei Brak war compensation claims after attacks on staff

8:01 pm

IDF retrieves settlement activists who spent a full day in Syria after crossing border
7:48 pm

Iranian official threatens 'full-scale offensive' if US strikes continue
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EU reiterates call on Israel to refrain from West Bank settlement expansion

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Israel said bracing for uptick in fighting next week

US hits airport, bridges in Iran in escalation on 6th consecutive night of strikes

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Tehran targets Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, while threatening to strike civilian infrastructure across region; 7 people killed in southern Iranian province, state TV reports

A man shelters from the sun under an umbrella as he stands at an intersection around Tehran’s traditional main bazaar, Iran, July 16, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

This picture shows ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on July 13, 2026. (AFP)

Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center shows what they say is their targeting of CHIOS LION, a Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker, by unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)

Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea oil route if US hits power network, sources say

By Parisa Hafezi, Samia Nakhoul and Jonathan Saul

Anti-Israel protesters in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Democratic Socialists of America platform backs Palestinian ‘right to resist’

Far left movement, home to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez, calls to abolish the US Senate, presidency and Supreme Court

Swastika graffiti on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, March 4, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

29 percent of young Americans view Jews as a threat to society — poll

US Senate candidate Jordan Wood takes part in a debate at the WCSH-6 television studio, July 16, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Contender to replace Graham Platner as Senate candidate changes mind on ‘genocide’

By Joseph Strauss

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Second Lady Usha Vance and US Vice President JD Vance attend an arrival ceremony for the British King and Queen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP)

'US Jewish conservatives favor Rubio by a margin of 99 to 1'

Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028

By Joseph Strauss

Prominent GOP figures don’t back a bid by the vice president amid concerns over his invoking conspiracy theories, and silence on right-wing antisemitism and voices like Tucker Carlson

'Not surprised' that Iran-US MOU broke down, says president

Herzog tells Saudi TV he dreams of peace with Riyadh, ‘heart aches’ for innocent Gazans

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

In rare interview with state-owned outlet, president says Jerusalem also wants normalization with Syria and Lebanon, and that he respects Trump and Vance’s efforts to curb Iran

President Isaac Herzog in an interview that aired on the Al Arabiya network on July 16, 2026. (Screenshot/Al Arabiya)

A fruit seller arranges fruits at his stall at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranians beset by uncertainty, financial woes amid stepped-up hostilities with US

2026 Knesset elections

As Likud challenges the election watchdog, some fear it may challenge the election outcome, too

Netanyahu’s party has been slamming appointments of Central Elections Committee officials, a campaign some experts see as laying the groundwork to contest the vote itself; Likud dismisses the notion, says it has always doubted committee’s neutrality

Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, after the general elections, on March 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

People stand at polling station during the Likud party's primaries, which were halted following a court order, at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Court orders Likud to postpone vote on expanding Netanyahu’s control over party slate

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Shin Bet's command center during strikes on Hamas in Qatar, September 9, 2025. (Shin Bet)

Netanyahu slated to testify after election on ties to Qatar in defamation suit

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Trump raises doubts about US election integrity ahead of midterms

By Michelle L. Price, Eric Tucker and Collin Binkley

US president uses primetime address to justify push for strict voter ID bill, despite lack of evidence of voter fraud, and blasts TV networks for choosing not to air speech live

White House teleprompter operators, including Gabriel Perez (R) sets up a teleprompter before US President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump’s teleprompter operator suspended for allegedly betting on what he’d say

Minister snubs legal adviser, advancing Ben Gvir’s plan to surround prisons with crocodiles

Likud’s Idit Silman reclassifies crocodiles as ‘tended’ to pave way for far-right national security minister’s plan, despite opposition from environmental officials

Senior prison officials tour the crocodile farm at Hamat Gader in northern Israel, January 2026. (Via social media)

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IDF begins work on Jordan Valley security berm, carving scar through Palestinian farms

Barrier consisting of patrol road and natural obstacle meant to stop smuggling and terror, but locals say it is cutting them off from productive land and could cause $200 million in annual losses

A water pipeline severed during construction of the security barrier in the northern Jordan Valley, July 2026. (Ilan Volkov/Jordan Valley Activists)

Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth speaks during a handover ceremony for the commander of the 99th Division, near Netiv Haasara on the Gaza border, July 15, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF’s West Bank chief claims illegal settler farming outposts ‘greatly strengthen security’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Palestinians carry the bodies of people killed in an Israeli military strike on a residential building on the back of a vehicle as they attend their funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 15, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Strikes said to kill 5 in Gaza as top officer says IDF has taken over 60% of Strip

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Interview

Former UK diplomat: Foreign Office has lost its ability to discern friends from enemies

Edmund Fitton-Brown, who for decades served as envoy to Gulf nations, believes Islamic extremism is poisoning his country’s diplomatic well. Can a Burnham government bring new hope?

Former UK ambassador and diplomatic veteran Edmund Fitton-Brown. (Courtesy)

Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party's new leader and the country's next prime minister, during 'Labour's Special Conference' in central London, July 17, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

Andy Burnham poised to become UK’s next prime minister after winning Labour vote

By Jill Lawless

Matt Damon plays Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.' (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures via JTA)

Interview

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar links Homer and the Bible

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

What do a wily Greek king and the heroes and heroines of Genesis have in common? Academic and author Jacob Howland highlights more than a few points as the film premieres in the US on Friday

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Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

By Lazar Berman

Iran thinks it won the war, which it almost did, argues the Critical Threats Project fellow, saying now is the time for Trump to impose his will as Tehran tries to make its control over the strait permanent

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A divine performance review when nobody gets a bonus

We humans have an extraordinary ability to mistake the presentation of virtue for virtue itself, especially when it comes with refreshments (Devarim)

Was it wise to welcome Clavicular to Israel?

Regardless of controversial influencers, we as a society must learn how to disagree civilly, before we burn the storehouses again

Police forces arrest Shadi Jumaa, who murdered 29-year-old Iddo Zoldan in a 2007 terror shooting, nearly two decades after the fact on May 26, 2026. (Israel Police)

Palestinian terrorist indicted over 2007 West Bank murder of Israeli civilian

By Emanuel Fabian

Shadi Jumaa arrested by Israeli forces in Qalqilya after release from Palestinian Authority prison, indicted on terror charges by military prosecutors

A Star of David on the door to the not-yet-renovated synagogue at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, April 2, 2008. (AP/Matt Rourke)

'There was no legal obligation to have this synagogue'

First US prison synagogue stages new exhibit with story of Jewish inmates who built it

By Stephen Silver

Dedicated in 1929, the chapel at Eastern State Penitentiary reflects America’s dynamic Jewish history as crime, conversion, community and immigration converged some 100 years ago

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, attend a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in Jerusalem, July 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ministers said to approve lifetime security detail for Sara Netanyahu

By Nava Freiberg

The ICC staffer who has accused Karim Khan of sexual abuse, identified only as 'Sarah,' speaks during an interview with CNN on July 16, 2026. (Screenshot/CNN)

Karim Khan’s sex abuse accuser says ICC prosecutor exploited ‘power disparity’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Police forces stand in front of the far right Unite the Kingdom march in London, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK police charge man over suspected collaborating with Iranian intelligence

Sacha Baron Cohen appears at the Wimbledon finals as his Ali G character, on July 14, 2026. (Screenshots via X)

Ali G IndahouseSacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G character back to life at Wimbledon

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