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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 23, 2026

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US President Donald Trump walks to the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, after arriving on Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US announces condition after deal was already signed

Trump says Saudi civilian nuclear pact is conditioned on normalization with Israel

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and Agencies

PM’s office credits Iran war with creating climate for deal, says it’s a ‘historic leap forward’ for peace, Saudi source counters: ‘Tweets don’t overturn signed agreements’

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, left, and Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman, shake hands after exchanging documents during a signing ceremony at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP/File)

US confirms signing a nuclear cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia, to Israel’s alarm

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, heads to the chamber for a series of votes on US President Donald Trump’s priorities, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, July 22, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US House passes defense bill including $750 million for security ties with Israel

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) enters the Temple Mount during the day of Tisha B’Av, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)

Thousands of Jews visit Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av; some pray openly

By Charlie Summers, Nava Freiberg and AFP

Advocacy group says over 3,000 people visited holy site on day marking destruction of Temples; Ben Gvir among the worshipers; Jordan blasts ‘flagrant violation’ of status quo

IDF specifies terror affiliations of 12 Gazan soccer players killed in Israeli strikes; one was a FIFA ref

By Emanuel Fabian

Seven of them have been acknowledged as members by Hamas and Islamic Jihad; IDF criticizes ‘false campaign’ that portrayed Israel as deliberately targeting soccer players, despite many of them having ties to Gaza terror groups

Mohammed Sami Mohammed Khattab, an international soccer referee and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative, in an undated photo published by the IDF. (Israel Defense Forces)

US President Donald Trump, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino watch confetti fall at the conclusion of the World Cup championship final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Report: Trump wants FIFA chief Infantino to serve as next UN secretary-general

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A padlock bearing inscriptions hangs from pipes inside the Israeli pavilion, which presents “Rose of Nothingness” by Belu-Simion Fainaru, during a preview of the 61st International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale, in Venice, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Promoted ContentRebecca Lieberman Nissel

So Proud

A grandmother’s reflection on the quiet maturity, deep moral standard, and immense responsibility carried by our young soldiers.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Israel 'would join in two minutes if I asked them to'

Trump says he’s considering ordering Iran attack that’s ‘bigger than ever before’

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

President threatens to strike Iran over Houthi targeting of Saudi ships; several Israeli mayors reopen bomb shelters; PM to convene security meeting; Rubio: Tehran ‘paying price’ for breaking deal; Iran hits Jordan, Kuwait

An oil tanker approaches the new Jetty during the launch of the new oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Yemen’s Houthis hit tankers in Red Sea as US strikes Iran for 12th consecutive night

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump escalates threats to Iran’s infrastructure, as US said readying to use heavy bombers

By Agencies, Stav Levaton, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray during the fast day of Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Reporter's notebook'The lesson is that we must be united to succeed'

At the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av, prayers for redemption mingle with hopes for peace

Worshipers say the annual fast, which commemorates the destruction of the holy temples, is shaped by visions of national unity and an end to years of conflict

One of the attackers identified as Palestinian Authority cop

2 Israelis hurt in separate stabbings in West Bank; 3 Palestinian attackers killed

By Emanuel Fabian

Man, 51, seriously injured near outpost after trying to extinguish a fire; armed civilian kills 2 assailants; soldier lightly wounded in 2nd incident, troops shoot dead stabber

Emergency personnel look on as a fire burns near the site of a suspected stabbing attack in the West Bank on July 23, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)

The scene of a stabbing on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, July 23, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Live updates (closed)

July 23: Sa’ar blames Mamdani’s ‘incitement’ for apparent antisemitic stabbing in NYC

By ToI Staff and Joshua Davidovich

IDF says settlers raided home abandoned by Palestinians after repeated harassment; no arrests made * PA says public employees will only be able to receive 50% of salaries this month due to Israeli restrictions

11:37 pm

Sa'ar blames Mamdani's 'incitement' for apparent antisemitic stabbing in NYC
10:12 pm

NYPD says attacker who stabbed Jewish man in Manhattan shouted 'Allahu Akbar'
8:46 pm

Two men stabbed with screwdriver on NYC street in suspected antisemitic attack

Analysis

Mamdani’s vision of NY as ‘a city of international law’ runs up against reality

More than a year and half after pledging to arrest Netanyahu, New York City mayor forced to reckon with foreign courts’ irrelevance in US

Illustrative: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes a World Cup soccer tournament announcement in New York City, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/ Adam Gray)

News editor Ben Sales joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (AP/ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 23: Big whoop? Mamdani admits he can’t arrest Netanyahu

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ben Sales

Nina L. Kampler

I thought I knew my father’s story; then some untranslated letters came to light

He was the only Jew to survive the entire war at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, but he shouldn’t have been there at all

No one comes to Israel for Jerusalem anymore

The visitors I guide ask me to take them to October 7’s killing fields, and I do. But they shouldn’t go home without seeing why Israel is so much more than its worst day

Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz

What Israel in 2026 can learn from the Prophet Jeremiah

Anger, responsibility, and hope: Lamentations’ 3 lessons for discourse in a contentious election year

Getting angry at God as an act of faith

The Book of Lamentations offers a surprising message for Tisha B’Av: When belief is on the verge of collapse, protest may be its strongest lifeline

Inside story

Israel acts to ease Palestinian banking crisis it helped create, but is it moving too late?

Smotrich signs waiver allowing transactions with Palestinian banks until end of 2026, though Israeli financial institutions are wary about continuing to provide services crucial to keeping West Bank economy afloat

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gestures toward a map of the West Bank during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Head of Realign for Palestine Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on this week's What Matters Now. (AP/courtesy)

What Matters Now podcast

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas still holds two million hostages

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

The head of Realign for Palestine speaks about the newly anointed head of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, and its restrengthened ties with Iran and Hezbollah

Jihad al-Shamie, who carried out a deadly terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK, on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025. (Image circulated on social media)

Manchester synagogue terrorist plotted to kill Israeli soldiers at a UK military school

Attacker discussed ‘violent jihad’ with friend from mosque who is now convicted of espionage, plotting to storm UK Defence Academy on assumption Israeli soldiers were present

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

MK Haskel testifies lawmakers were told to film their votes for comptroller, show Netanyahu

By Jeremy Sharon

Watchdog calls for perjury probe as New Hope lawmaker’s affidavit contradicts those submitted by Likud MKs; High Court has annulled vote and ordered new one

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center at an abandoned airport in East Jerusalem on July 5, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Netanyahu promises to unite country in campaign video ahead of Tisha B’Av fast

By Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel

After attacking rival Eisenkot with AI-generated content, PM urges the public to see beyond political disagreements; Religious Zionism, Yashar, Noam reveal new candidates

Bereaved families turn their backs ahead of a vote in the Knesset on a politically-appointed probe of the October 7, 2023, attack, December 24, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government says no Oct. 7 inquiry before election, urges High Court not to intervene

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: A Palestinian man inspects a burnt car following a reported attack by Israeli settlers in Jalud village, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on March 22, 2026. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP)

Settlers attack 2 West Bank villages; family abandons home after weekslong siege

By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF confirms settler arson attacks in Turmus Ayya and Jalud, but no arrests made; journalists said blocked by settlers from accessing besieged home in Jalud, despite troop escort

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Smotrich takes steps to make his major settlement policy shift harder to reverse

By Jeremy Sharon

Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker Haim Yavin attends a debate organized by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on March 6, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Obituary

Veteran news anchor Haim Yavin, Israel’s ‘Mr. Television,’ dies at 93

Yavin, who for decades was country’s main TV news host, coined a new word live on air upon Menachem Begin’s dramatic 1977 election, and announced Yitzhak Rabin’s 1995 assassination

UCLA students visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem on a Maccabee Task Force trip to Israel, July 2026. (UCLA Hillel)

'When we destroy the false narrative, we change the student'

Anti-Zionism still ravages UCLA. Some non-Jewish students seek answers in Israel

With tensions over the Jewish state still simmering at one of America’s most polarized campuses, a student trip challenges assumptions and asks leaders to form alliances with ‘ostracized’ Jews

Portland’s Reed College agrees to sweeping reforms as part of antisemitism settlement

By Andrew Lapin

Andy Biggs named GOP contender for Arizona governor amid antisemitism allegations

By Joseph Strauss

More Headlines

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

Construction said already underway on Ben Gvir’s prison crocodile moat

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

US embassy urges caution among American citizens in Israel amid uptick in organized crime

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Iranian strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role

By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari

The monday.com team opens trade on the Nasdaq on June 10, 2021 (Nasdaq)

Israel’s Monday.com lays off 20% of its employees as AI changes how work gets done

By Sharon Wrobel

US Vice President JD Vance, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, left, next to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, center, as they meet for high-level talks at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

AnalysisPakistan’s US funding push after Iran war role draws skepticism from economists

By Ariba Shahid

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez center, meeting with Israeli representatives in a photo released on July 22, 2026. (IDF Spokesperson)

Israel ends Venezuela quake mission, will continue assisting remotely

By Nava Freiberg

People check Roman-era ruins after an Israeli airstrike hit an area nearby, in the southern port city of Tyre, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

UNESCO adds war-hit Lebanese city of Tyre to list of world heritage sites in danger

By AFP and Lazar Berman

Former Hungarian prime minister and chairman of the Fidesz party Viktor Orban, left, and new faction leader of the party Janos Boka hold a press conference in front of the Fidesz headquarters in Lendvay Street in Budapest, Hungary, July 22, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s Orban declares ‘resistance’ movement against Magyar government’s ‘tyranny’

By Justin Spike

OpenAI models go rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ cyber breach

By Raphael Satter

French paralympic athlete Helios Latchoumanaya (R) holds the paralympic flame flanked by French-Iranian writer Marjane Satrapi (2nd L) and French DJ Barbara Butch (C) during the 20th edition of the Rock en Seine music festival, in Saint-Cloud, outside Paris, on August 25, 2024. (Anna KURTH/AFP)

French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is defiant after concert disrupted by anti-Israel protesters

By Kelly Hartog

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