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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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Lebanese soldiers stand beside an armored personnel carrier near buildings damaged during the Israel-Hezbollah war in Ghandouriyeh village, southern Lebanon, July 21, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Lebanon's Aoun set to meet Trump in Washington on Tuesday

In first, Lebanese army deploys in southern ‘pilot zone’ after Israel withdraws

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Deployment in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh is a test of the US-brokered plan for IDF pullout; Lebanese Armed Forces urges displaced residents to not return to their homes yet

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (AP / ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 21 – IDF begins trial pullout from Lebanon buffer zone

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: This handout photograph released by the Lebanese army press office on July 15, 2026, shows Lebanese army soldiers setting up a checkpoint at a position in southern Lebanon. (Lebanese Army Press Office/AFP)

US indicates Lebanese army deploying to ‘pilot zones,’ including one IDF will withdraw from

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

The leader of the Gur Hasidic dynasty joins thousands of ultra-Orthodox men at a protest outside an IDF Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, July 20, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

25,000 Haredim protest at military prison over arrest of draft dodger; demo at AG’s home

In rare move, leader of Gur Hasidic dynasty attends rally at Beit Lid alongside UTJ party chief Yitzhak Goldknopf, who appeals for calm after breach of fence surrounding IDF base

Rabbi Dov Lando speaks on April 26, 2026. (Courtesy)

Top Haredi rabbi says religious soldiers committing murder; Netanyahu issues rare criticism

Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beersheba. November 4, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Five members of top higher education authority quit over new gender segregation law

Israeli intel said to show Iran has moved thousands of centrifuges to Natanz’s Pickaxe Mountain

Iranians estimated to have transported the enrichment devices in months of activity at underground nuclear site; unclear where the centrifuges came from; Trump has threatened to bomb site

This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex adjacent to the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)

Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis announce maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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IRGC says 2 tankers in Hormuz caught fire after being hit

Trump vows to make Iran ‘pay’ for killing soldiers, as US official says talks ongoing

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and Stav Levaton

US president threatens Tehran will pay ‘many times over’ for death of every American soldier, as military carries out 10th consecutive night of strikes while Iran targets Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan

US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 19, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)

Illustrative: An Iranian police officer stands guard in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

France says Iranian officers detained two of its diplomats, ‘physically abused’ one

By AFP and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump greets Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun on his arrival at the White House, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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July 21: Trump downplays concerns over Houthis blocking Red Sea, says ‘we’ve had no problem’ with them

Israel said wary of rejoining Iran fight ‘only to be told to stop’ * Trump: Iran ‘desperately’ wants to meet, but US isn’t interested until Tehran ready for ‘meaningful’ talks

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German man attacked for Israeli flag pin, pro-Israel group says
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Hegseth estimates cost of Iran war to US at $37.5 billion
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Mamdani says it's 'hard to prepare for death threats' over his views on Israel

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Being able to place a Star of David on the grave of a fallen relative and reconnect him with the Jewish people was a divine gift – delivered by human kindness

Decision said to include financial sanctions on extremists

Report: Cabinet quietly okayed plan to curb settler violence; PM called phenomenon ‘cancer’

Ministers said to have kept March decision — and Netanyahu’s harsh criticism — secret for political reasons; security chiefs wanted it made public

Israeli settlers, top, and Palestinians clash as brush burns along a roadside after Palestinians set it ablaze to prevent the settlers from approaching the West Bank village of Sinjil, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Extremist settlers reportedly steal goats from the Palestinian village of Deir Ibzi, July 19, 2026. (Screenshots, courtesy Peace Now)

Extremist settlers steal 200 goats from two Palestinian villages – report

By Jeremy Sharon

Newly-erected mobile houses set up by Israeli settlers are pictured near the Palestinian village of Umm al-Kheir in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the West Bank, on August 28, 2025. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

West Bank family says IDF order has barred them from accessing their own bathroom

By AFP and Nurit Yohanan

US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)

Trump vows Netanyahu won’t be arrested while visiting US, despite Mamdani’s wishes

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US president says premier will ‘not be arrested in any way, shape, or form’ while in US, in remarks apparently aimed at NYC mayor’s expressed desire to nab PM to face ICC

Netanyahu, to honor Lindsey Graham, finish his mission!

The senator who stood by my family during our son’s captivity never stopped pursuing Israeli-Saudi peace. Set aside your election campaign and work to achieve it

Forget bacon and skipped synagogue. These days, a ’bad Jew’ is the one who refuses to apologize for being Jewish

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Slowed by Hamas’s grip and Israeli politics, Gaza plan advancing in ‘baby steps,’ officials say

Progress on framework remains slow as meager international forces start to arrive; upcoming election makes Israeli leaders extra-cautious, to frustration of some Arab partners

Palestinians gather around the site of an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/ Jehad Alshrafi)

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a section of an earthen barrier being built by the Israeli military, right side of image moving top to bottom, in the central Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026. At left is the Maghazi camp, and on the other side are homes demolished by the military. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Photos show Israel building miles-long earthen barrier inside area it holds in Gaza

By AP and ToI Staff

Over a dozen Western embassies call for changes to Israel’s incarceration policies

By Lazar Berman and AFP

Residents inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, July 18, 2026. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

IDF strikes kill 2 Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7, held hostages

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Saturday strike said to have killed Nukhba commander who held captives, including Emily Damari, who says ‘monster’ is now burning in hell; Sunday strike killed terrorist who took hostages from Nir Oz

Palestinians inspects a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza, after raft of strikes on Oct. 7 terrorists

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Inbar Haiman (Courtesy)

IDF says it killed terrorist who attacked Nova festival, abducted Inbar Haiman on Oct. 7

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

MKs Naama Lazimi (red jacket) and Gilad Kariv (to her right) celebrate with other Democrats party politicians after winning the No. 2 and No. 3 slots respectively on the party's Knesset slate, following party leader Yair Golan (to Kariv's right). The candidates gathered in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2026, after the party's primary. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

MK Naama Lazimi wins No. 2 spot after Yair Golan in left-wing Democrats’ primary

By Ariela Karmel

Party says 97,000 of 112,376 registered members cast ballots in digital vote; party leader predicts list will draw ‘more than a million voters’; Reform Rabbi Kariv comes in third

Eight-year-old Charlotte Herzberg before she was killed in a car accident in June 2026 (Courtesy/Yudi Herzberg)

'I understood that Hashem was testing us'

A father forgives the friend who accidentally killed his daughter, inspiring others to reconcile

After embracing the driver who struck his 8-year-old, a New York dad launches a campaign ahead of Tisha B’Av asking others to let go of anger

Posters reading 'Israeli not welcome' appeared in several locations in Milan, Italy on June 26, 2025. (Courtesy of Afshin Kaboli)

Italy shuts down ‘Jew hunting’ form seeking to ‘map Zionist tourism’ after uproar

Rome’s antisemitism czar puts end to Google form that drew condemnation from government officials, including Senate leader who said ‘profound antisemitism’ was behind initiative

A panel at the Contemporary Antisemitism conference at Haifa University, July 8, 2026 (Yaniv Kopel)

Reporter's notebook'The actions against Jews after Oct. 7 weren’t spontaneous'

From AI to ideology, scholars look for answers to post-Oct. 7 antisemitism surge

Researchers gather in Haifa to offer insights into the fight against Jew-hatred, including how it’s financed, the role of technology in its propagation – and when things will get even worse

US Justice Department again probes Harvard, this time over financial aid programs

By Kanishka Singh

‘A matter of life and death’: UK monitor urges new PM to prioritize tackling antisemitism

By Zev Stub and ToI Staff

Campaign Against Antisemitism implores Burnham to find solutions beyond upping protective measures for British Jews but doesn’t include concrete proposals, calls his comments on Israel ‘disheartening’

Then-mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham talks to people as he attends a vigil for the victims of the terror attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood arrive for a cabinet meeting in London, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/ Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jewish former Labour leader Ed Miliband tapped as new British foreign secretary

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the Australia-India Economic Roadmap Business Reception in Melbourne, Australia, July 9, 2026. (Hamish Blair/AP)

Israel pans draft of Australia’s ruling Labor party’s platform ahead of debate

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Michigan Democratic US Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Detroit, July 18, 2026. (Jose Juarez/AP)

'There’s no way that I could vote for him'

How Michigan’s Senate race is testing pro-Israel Jews’ loyalty to the Democratic Party

By Andrew Lapin

Some Jewish communal leaders in the state say they would support a Republican candidate if a strident Israel critic beats centrist Haley Stevens in the primary

J Street defends co-sponsoring college Democrats event featuring Hasan Piker

By Grace Gilson

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Barry Levitt, 80, who was killed when a balcony collapsed on the bakery below in Jerusalem on July 20, 2026. (Courtesy)

80-year-old man killed after balcony collapses on bakery in central Jerusalem

The 32nd anniversary gathering to memorialize the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, July 17, 2026. (Juan Melamed via JTA)

Argentina’s Jews turn World Cup soccer chant into call for justice over AMIA bombing

By Juan Melamed

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nazareth resident accused of seeking to join Hamas, carry out attack on Ben Gvir

A displaced Palestinian girl, who according to doctors is suffering from chickenpox, shows rashes on her back as she stands inside her family’s tent in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 19, 2026. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

Chickenpox surges in Gaza camps amid overcrowding and poor sanitation

By AFP and ToI Staff

A currency exchange employee counts Israeli Shekels at a bureau in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

‘Economic warfare?’ In the West Bank, too much cash is breaking the Palestinian economy

By AP

Judit Polgár speaks onstage during the Sundance premiere of the Netflix documentary film 'Queen of Chess' at the Eccles Theater on January 27, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Netflix/AFP)

Jewish chess legend Judit Polgar declines offer to become Hungary’s president

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative. Computer processors. Conventional computers process information, or bits, each of which can be either a zero or a one, in the binary language of computing. Quantum bits, however, used by quantum computers, can be both a zero and one simultaneously. (Rost-9D; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel earmarks NIS 100 million for national quantum computing R&D infrastructure

By Sharon Wrobel

Displaced people from heavy monsoon flooding take refuge as they prepare tea at a temporary tent housing camp organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, September 10, 2022. (Fareed Khan/AP)

US mulls cutting ties with UN refugee agency, prompting diplomatic flurry — sources

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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