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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 4, 2026

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Opposition chiefs point finger at government

‘A pogrom’: Haredi rioters smash windows, damage home of deputy Supreme Court chief

By Alexander Fulbright

Dozens nabbed after attempt to break into Noam Sohlberg’s house, with wife likening shattering of windows to Kristallnacht; Herzog decries ‘dangerous crossing of red line’

Police inspect a damaged car at the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, after ultra-Orthodox Jews attacked the home in protest against the jailing of those who failed to comply with IDF draft orders, June 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Supreme Court president: Haredi rampage at justice’s home was attack on rule of law

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Founding editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI / AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 4 – Haredi-wrought ‘Kristallnacht’ smashes red lines at justice’s home

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Likud MK: 'I can photograph of my own free choice if I want'

High Court petition filed over state comptroller election after coalition MKs filmed their votes

By Jeremy Sharon

Watchdog argues secret ballot necessary to safeguard lawmakers’ freedom to vote, in order to preserve status of state comptroller as independent and impartial oversight authority

Members of the Knesset during the state comptroller elections, the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Left-to-right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes for the next state comptroller at the Knesset, June 3, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Attorney Michael Rabello, elected by MKs as State Comptroller on June 3, 2026, seen at the Knesset on June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Likud Knesset Faction Secretary Aliza Barashi surrounded by MKs and Knesset officials during the chaotic vote to elect a new state comptroller, June 3, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Netanyahu forces through election of his lawyer as state comptroller amid tainted vote

By Ariela Karmel

Op-edNetanyahu has turned the state comptroller into a branch of his loyalist court

By Tal Schneider

US President Donald Trump speaks at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Live updates (closed)

LIVE: Drone attack warning sounds in town where Netanyahu visited, as Hezbollah head appears to reject truce

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

President tells reporters he spoke to Hezbollah about bringing peace to country * Soldier killed in southern Lebanon anti-tank missile attack * US embassy in Jerusalem issues security alert regarding Israel, West Bank and Gaza * Poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc winning majority without Arab support, in first

8:34 pm

Trump says he spoke to Hezbollah, predicts progress on ceasefire
8:29 pm

Two killed in shooting near Nazareth
8:03 pm

Pew survey finds world increasingly sour on Israel, Netanyahu

Israel and Lebanon agree to renew truce, create ‘pilot’ zones where Hezbollah is banned

By AP, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

After talks in DC, Lebanon agrees its army will take full control of specified security areas, though unclear how they will be created; sides agree ceasefire dependent on halt to terror group’s activity

United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, second from left, is joined by third from left: State Department Chief of Staff Dan Holler, Sr., State Department Counselor and Director, Office of Policy Planning Michael A. Needham and United States Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, as they meet with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh, at the State Department, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Inside story

Israel vowed to sue over NYT’s abuse allegations. There’s no evidence it has, or will

It’s questionable whether Israel can file a defamation suit against the New York Times over claims of sexual abuse in prisons, or if it should, given the risk of what could come out in court

Members of the Red Cross watch while Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release from Ketziot Prison as part of a deal in exchange for hostages held in Gaza, on February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrives outside Ofer military prison, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the West Bank, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

High Court annuls government ban on Red Cross visits for Palestinian security prisoners

By Jeremy Sharon

Rand Halawani, left, and Natalie Abu Diyeh (Wafa; via social media)

Detention extended for Palestinian women’s soccer player arrested for ‘throwing objects’

By AFP

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump suggests Iran talks could yield deal by weekend while Tehran denies progress

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president insists ‘we will get’ Iran’s uranium stockpile, says he wants separate end to Lebanon conflict; Iran’s FM says Israeli attack on Beirut would trigger renewal of war

Screengrab of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with CNBC, June 3, 2026. (CNBC)

Netanyahu downplays row with Trump, says he and US leader agree on the ‘main things’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A US F/A-18 Super Hornet takes off from an aircraft carrier for strikes in Iran, February 28, 2026. (CENTCOM)

US House backs symbolic resolution aiming to halt Iran war, in rebuke of Trump

By AP

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Gaza’s women get lost in the argument about them

Girls are being handed to older men and women forced to trade sex for food. But instead of trying to protect them, we debate which side is to blame

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains… What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

Nirel Zini, left, and Niv Raviv in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

Human bones found in Kfar Aza; family hopes they belong to son murdered on Oct. 7

During visit to site, bones, including skull, found by family members of Nirel Zini, whose head was cut off by terrorists during massacre; his body was buried without it

Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)

Hamas operative indicted for allegedly holding Oron Shaul’s body in fridge in Gaza

By Charlie Summers

A temporary housing unit being built from shipping containers at the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Knesset passes law granting tax benefits to dozens of West Bank settlements

By Ariela Karmel

Smotrich says law will prevent Palestinian state; opposition accuses finance minister of funneling money to voter base ahead of elections, while abandoning the battered north

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a state memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026, during Memorial Day. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu took part in interview of PM’s military secretary candidate — reports

Sources says premier was not present for PM’s wife’s conversation with Brig. Gen. Guy Markizeno, and that it was ‘not just small talk’

Manuela Dviri, whose son Yoni fell in southern Lebanon in 1998. (Lidia Bagnara)

Interview'I asked if we needed to be there and understood we did not'

28 years after her son fell serving in Lebanon, activist mother slams IDF’s return

By Rossella Tercatin

Manuela Dviri led the call for Israel to leave its northern neighbor after her son Yoni was killed in 1998. Today, as the military strengthens its foothold there, she doubles down

Antisemitic hate crimes spiked in New York City last month — police data

NYPD figures show anti-Jewish incidents in May went up 46% compared to previous three months; NYU student arrested for flying swastika flag over school building

Police outside a Jewish center during an anti-Zionist rally, in Brooklyn, New York City, May 12, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

An imitation gun suspected to have been used in drive-by shootings on members of the Jewish community in Toronto, Canada, May 2026. (Toronto Police Service)

4 more charged in drive-by gel blaster gun shootings targeting Toronto Jews

Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an AFP interview after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2024. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

Former Gaza surgeon and staunch Israel critic wins NJ Democratic US House primary

By Joseph Strauss

Egypt-born US veteran Adam Hamawy wins by some 12 points despite scrutiny over ties to ‘Blind Sheikh’ terror convict; expected to serve in Congress after November’s statewide vote

California State Senator Scott Wiener, right, smiles before taking photos with supporters at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, February 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

‘Lefty Jew’ who accused Israel of genocide advances in San Francisco congressional primary

By Andrew Lapin

People stand in line during the last day of early voting, November 2, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, file)

North Carolina Dems reject Gaza genocide resolution after campaign by Jewish caucus

By Grace Gilson

Illustrative photo of a man holding a Nazi-era German passport that belonged to his grandparent, October 5, 2016. (Frank Augstein/AP)

Number of Nazi victims’ descendants given German citizenship jumped 61% in 2025

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Federal authority figures show 12,000 people gained citizenship under restitution laws, though unclear how many were Jews; one in five people naturalized in 2025 was Syrian

FILE - Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 20, 2019. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Dutch court rejects appeal by Jewish group, rules Kanye West allowed to perform

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich instructs ministry to build task force to help tech firms with shekel surge

Amid wave of mass layoffs, Finance Ministry officials meet with tech reps, insist that government won’t directly intervene to stabilize currency and instead look to limit damage

Troops of the Commando Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on November 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

In first, female IDF combat soldier completes training for elite Sayeret Matkal unit

By Emanuel Fabian

Servicewoman to soon be integrated into commando unit’s activities, following year and a half of training, army says

UK Jewish group: 'Promoting atmosphere of intimidation'

UK Greens’ Jewish, anti-Israel leader backs ‘monitoring’ British-Israeli IDF soldiers

Zack Polanski signs open letter citing ‘public interest’ to demand disclosure of service in IDF, potential extra screening for all travelers with Israeli documents or arriving from Israel

Britain's newly announced leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, reacts after being announced as the party's new leader, at a media event in central London on September 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

illustrative: An ambulance leaves a hospital in London, March 5, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)

In antisemitism crackdown, UK will bar NHS workers from wearing political badges

Doctor Baruch and his wife Daniella speak to ITV News at their home in London's Golders Green neighborhood as they pack their things to move to Israel, during a program on antisemitism that aired on June 1, 2026. (YouTube screenshot)

British Jewish doctor says colleagues told him they’d let Israeli patient die

More Headlines

Police officers collect evidence at the scene of a car bombing that left a woman dead in Tel Aviv on June 4, 2026. (Screenshot/Israel Police)

Woman killed in car explosion on Ayalon Highway near Tel Aviv; terrorism not suspected

Paramedics at the site that a four-month-old baby was found in critical condition in a hot car in Kfar Chabad, central Israel, June 3, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Baby in critical condition after being left in hot car in central Israel

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Germany misses out as five new countries elected as UN Security Council members

In this image taken from PA Video, police and protestors clash during a protest following the death of Henry Nowak, a 18-year-old student stabbed to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial dagger by Vickrum Digwa, in Southampton, England, June 2, 2026. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)

UK government pans protesters for ‘hijacking’ controversial death of stabbed student

By Jill Lawless

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