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A woman walks past a mural depicting a US aircraft carrier under missile attack in downtown Tehran, Iran,, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US claims secret mission to protect ships from Iranian attacks

US launches strikes for second straight night in bid to force Iran to agree on deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Trump hints at further attacks if Iranians reject proposed agreement: 'We'll the bomb s**t out of them'; Islamic Republic targets Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain after latest US strikes, threatens to hit vessels traversing Strait of Hormuz

Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset passes law giving justice minister control of internal police investigations

By Jeremy Sharon

MKs vote 43-39 in favor of legislation, which the attorney general has said will remove the barrier between politicians and law enforcement, whose independence will be undermined

A building under construction is pictured in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev on October 24, 2025. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

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Cabinet reportedly set to back de facto establishment of 61 West Bank settlements

Smotrich championing proposal to fund establishment of temporary communities while planning stages ongoing * Trump asserts Iranians directly asked him to halt latest round of airstrikes, which he says Israel wasn’t involved in

Analysis

Depleted but dangerous, Hamas is holding its fire against Israel. The quiet may not last

Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

While others attack, the terror group has largely vanished from the battlefield as it licks its war wounds and focuses on controlling Gazans, but experts warn the situation is far from stable

Ultra-Orthodox protesters outside the Abu Kabir detention facility in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Knesset advances Basic Law bill equating Torah study with IDF service, despite coalition revolt

By Ariela Karmel

Four coalition MKs opposed measure declaring Torah study a foundational value; critics say bill seeks to preserve mass ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions, 'spits in the face' of troops

US President Donald Trump (left) talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

Analysis

Trump might just be getting tired of Netanyahu — and so might Israel

The US president's musing that Netanyahu might not run for reelection may have been wishful thinking, as a poll shows many Israelis would also welcome a fresh face in charge

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The Jaffa Institute in Israel has launched an urgent campaign to provide a safe haven for hundreds of traumatized youth this summer in Tel-Aviv Jaffa.

FILE - President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Op-ed

The bully and the schemer

Trump and Netanyahu may deserve each other. But in the battle against Iran and its proxies, and in the struggle for the democratic, law-abiding, Jewish-majority Israel, we need better

Latest Articles

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Morey Schwartz

When hands speak louder than politics

The Knesset’s recognition of Israeli Sign Language is a historic victory for human dignity – and for leaders who can transcend partisan battles

Shimon Sheves

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

By normalizing disruption, the country’s leadership is chiseling away at the public’s discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Dan Sagir

Israel needs a deal with Iran, not another war

After years of escalation, military gains have reached their limits. A US-Iran agreement can freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and open the door to disarming Hezbollah

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

A story larger than ourselves

On the 250th anniversary of US independence, we need a ’Seder’: Gathering to ask questions, tell stories, and ponder what freedom demands of us today

Rivka Lebrett

Another soldier fell in Lebanon. I know his loving mother

Stopped in my tracks by the pain of a woman who knows she’ll never hug her son again, I try to do my best for my own boy, even as we argue about his shoes

Matthew Kaufman

Matthew Kaufman

The case against Reform anti-Zionism

The claim that Zionism staged a ’slow-moving coup’ collapses under scrutiny, and ignores why the movement embraced Israel in the first place

Doug Klein

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A preview

Mexico and South Africa can count us out – there’s only one Group A team we’re pulling for — and it’s not just because it comes from the land of the Golem

Stephan Pechdimaldji

Stephan Pechdimaldji

The hypocrisy in Israel’s new Christian outreach

George Deek’s appointment as envoy masks the reality of erasure and land grabs facing Christian communities in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and beyond

Ariel Beery

Why Peter Beinart doesn’t care about Israelis

Our conversation revealed a progressive imperialism that puts politics above people

Dan Moskovitz

Canada, remember your vows

Prime Minister Carney acknowledged this week that Canada’s covenant with its Jewish citizens is broken. Will the country do what’s needed to repair it?

Shalom Yerushalmi

Shalom Yerushalmi

The violent ultra-Orthodox fight against the draft is an ostensible holy war against the state

The shocking attack on Justice Noam Sohlberg’s home underlines that extremists view the enlistment battle as a religious crusade, in which there can and will be no compromise

Demonstrators hold placards bearing portraits of Palestinians detained by Israel during a solidarity protest in Ramallah on April 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

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External audit finds PA no longer rewarding security prisoners — diplomats

Western officials tell ToI that global consulting firm's initial review shows Ramallah reformed welfare program to be needs-based instead of based on time served, contradicting US report

A displaced man who fled his village in south Lebanon lies next to his belongings on a sidewalk in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

'Israel is not at war with you'

Netanyahu urges Lebanese people to ‘join Israel’ in peace, reject Hezbollah and Iran

By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Herzog makes similar appeal amid growing communications between Jerusalem and Beirut; IDF strikes said to kill 13 in south Lebanon, as army says it hit Hezbollah operatives, sites

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‘Jews are allowed, Arabs have to get out,’ armed settler tells Palestinians, activists

An armed settler accompanied by IDF soldiers tells Palestinians and Israeli civil rights activists that only Jews can stay on privately owned Palestinian land in Area B of the West Bank, on the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah, during a confrontation on June 5, 2026 (Screenshot composite, courtesy)

By Jeremy Sharon

Settler, backed by IDF troops, sought to prevent Palestinians from working their land; 'Goal is expulsion of Palestinians from their land,' says rights group

Top ops

Morey Schwartz

When hands speak louder than politics

The Knesset’s recognition of Israeli Sign Language is a historic victory for human dignity – and for leaders who can transcend partisan battles

Shimon Sheves

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

By normalizing disruption, the country’s leadership is chiseling away at the public’s discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jaclyn S. Clark

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Dan Sagir

Israel needs a deal with Iran, not another war

After years of escalation, military gains have reached their limits. A US-Iran agreement can freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and open the door to disarming Hezbollah

Charles E. Savenor

Charles E. Savenor

A story larger than ourselves

On the 250th anniversary of US independence, we need a ’Seder’: Gathering to ask questions, tell stories, and ponder what freedom demands of us today

Rivka Lebrett

Another soldier fell in Lebanon. I know his loving mother

Stopped in my tracks by the pain of a woman who knows she’ll never hug her son again, I try to do my best for my own boy, even as we argue about his shoes

Matthew Kaufman

Matthew Kaufman

The case against Reform anti-Zionism

The claim that Zionism staged a ’slow-moving coup’ collapses under scrutiny, and ignores why the movement embraced Israel in the first place

Doug Klein

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A preview

Mexico and South Africa can count us out – there’s only one Group A team we’re pulling for — and it’s not just because it comes from the land of the Golem

Stephan Pechdimaldji

Stephan Pechdimaldji

The hypocrisy in Israel’s new Christian outreach

George Deek’s appointment as envoy masks the reality of erasure and land grabs facing Christian communities in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and beyond

Ariel Beery

Why Peter Beinart doesn’t care about Israelis

Our conversation revealed a progressive imperialism that puts politics above people

Dan Moskovitz

Canada, remember your vows

Prime Minister Carney acknowledged this week that Canada’s covenant with its Jewish citizens is broken. Will the country do what’s needed to repair it?

Shalom Yerushalmi

Shalom Yerushalmi

The violent ultra-Orthodox fight against the draft is an ostensible holy war against the state

The shocking attack on Justice Noam Sohlberg’s home underlines that extremists view the enlistment battle as a religious crusade, in which there can and will be no compromise

Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am

By Ariela Karmel

Factions say they are 'leaving the door open' for Mansour Abbas's party to join them before the election; former MK Michal Rozin to run in The Democrats primary

Anti-Israel candidate who long had a Nazi tattoo wins Democratic Senate primary in Maine

Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Top Democrats in pickle over what extent to back Graham Platner, who has been accused of antisemitism for his claims about AIPAC control and faces allegations of misconduct toward women

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Daily Briefing June 10: Army of God? Bill equates Torah study with national service

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tal Schneider

Political correspondent Tal Schneider on a proposed controversial Basic Law that would have resounding ripples, and why nations that were once allies of Israel are sanctioning its ministers

A locomotive is exhibited outside the historic Hejaz train station in Damascus on January 26, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Future plan is for overland alternative to Strait of Hormuz

Turkey, Saudi Arabia agree on major regional railway line bypassing Israel

By Michael Bachner

Ankara touts deal that would curb Jerusalem's influence, as lack of Israeli-Saudi normalization stalls progress on a India-Europe trade corridor passing through Jewish state

Anti-Israel graffiti at the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, part of an alleged campaign targeting businesses connected to the University of Michigan. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

US feds charge anti-Zionist network with criminal campaign against U of Michigan

Suspects allegedly targeted Jewish federation, intimidated a witness and sprayed pro-Hamas graffiti on private homes

Likud MK Tally Gotliv (left), and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition turns Gotliv hearing into attack on AG, who opposes immunity for Likud MK

By Ariela Karmel

Baharav-Miara says Gotliv broke the law by exposing Shin Bet officer's identity; coalition lawmakers spend hours ignoring charges, instead airing broader grievances against AG

Prison Service 'unable to fulfill its mission,' Englman says

Comptroller: Prison overcrowding has harmed Shin Bet, delayed Oct. 7 terror trials

Gazan detainees seen in a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

By Ethan Rubinson

Watchdog's report says state was unprepared to absorb influx of thousands of detainees during war, which led to the release of several high-level security prisoners back to Gaza

ToI podcast

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler: How AI is poisoning the information well

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

Senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute warns that as Israel heads into elections, the field is wide open for mass influence campaigns with no regulations

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Illustrative: Offices of the Jerusalem Venture Partners tech investment firm in Jerusalem, February 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)

Despite war, Israeli startups snag $8.6 billion, as strong shekel cuts cash runway

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli director Nadav Lapid poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California on March 30, 2026. (Valerie Macon / AFP)

Filmmaker Nadav Lapid receives industry support after boycott at film festival

By Jessica Steinberg

A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd as it enters the Sports City Stadium during a funeral procession in Beirut, February 23, 2025. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Alleged spy’s mysterious vanishing spotlights Israel’s intelligence grip in Lebanon

By ABBY SEWELL and Sally Abou Aljoud

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, right, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026. (Nicolas Kremenchusky for Chabad Lubavitch Argentina via JTA)

Courting European Jews, Javier Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event

By Juan Melamed

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

Testifying before US Congress on Epstein, Bill Gates says he ‘never victimized anyone’

By Frankie TAGGART

View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Haifa oil refineries will close in 2029, says head of Haifa Bay development agency

People watch as firemen arrive to put out vehicle that was set alight during a protest in East Belfast following a stabbing incident in Belfast, June 9, 2026. (Peter Morrison/AP)

Anti-immigrant protests flare up across Belfast after brutal knife attack

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing on petitions regarding women’s prayer at the Western Wall, February 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

After 17-month obstruction by Levin, Supreme Court president’s appointment to be formally announced

By Jeremy Sharon

Haim Sirotkin at a hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on April 7, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Driver who hit protesters in 2024 gets year in prison for reckless endangerment

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks during a military ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s outgoing president under fire over ‘Heil Hitler’ tweet

By Grace Gilson

A drone launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is intercepted above the southern Israeli city of Eilat, shortly after midnight on June 9, 2026. (Screenshot via social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF downs drone over Eilat launched by Yemen’s Houthis

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

The tail of one of two sperm whales spotted off Israel's southern coast on June 8, 2026. (Maya Elasar, Delphis)

Haifa University researchers spot two rare sperm whales off southern coast

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Niv Raviv (left) and Nirel Zini (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Niv Raviv, 27, Nirel Zini, 31: Funeral instead of engagement party

Murdered in their home in Kfar Aza, October 7

Clemence Felix Mtenga (Courtesy)

Those We Have Lost

Clemence Mtenga: Tanzanian student on 1st trip from home

Believed killed by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Nir Oz, date of death unknown

Sgt. Maj. (res.) Rabbi Elisha Loewenstern (IDF)

Those we have lost

Sgt. Maj. Elisha Loewenstern, 38: Rabbi, software engineer and dad of 6

Killed battling Hamas in southern Israel on December 13, 2023

Shahar Kadman (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Shahar Kadman, 34: Scientist who made waves in food tech

Murdered trying to flee the Psyduck music festival on October 7

Awad Darawshe, a paramedic, murdered by Hamas terrorists as he treated those wounded by gunfire during a party near the Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Screenshot)

Those We Have Lost

Paramedic Awad Darawshe, 23: Killed treating wounded at rave massacre

Murdered at the Supernova festival, October 7

Zohar Meiri (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Zohar Meiri, 55: Dad of 2 daughters loved to go fishing with friends

Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Sderot on October 7

Israel Chana (Facebook)

Those We Have Lost

Israel Chana, 30: Civilian who ‘saved a whole neighborhood’

Armed with just his personal weapon as a security guard, he was killed battling Hamas terrorists in Ofakim on October 7, his 30th birthday

Staff Sgt. Shlomo (Dmitri) Reshetnikov (IDF)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Shlomo Reshetnikov, 20: Lone soldier from Russia

Killed while battling the Hamas invasion of southern Israel on October 7

Staff Sgt. Haim Meir Eden (Courtesy)

Those we have lost

Staff Sgt. Haim Meir Eden, 20: Golani soldier was ‘glue of the family’

Died on December 9, 2023, of wounds sustained fighting Hamas at the Paga IDF outpost on October 7

Cpt. Kfir Itzhak Franco (IDF)

Those we have lost

Cpt. Kfir Itzhak Franco, 22: Recently engaged tank commander

Killed while battling against Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip on November 15

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

This picture of a kayaker rowing above sharks in central Hadera won Gilad Topaz a special mention in a marine photography competition organized by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, June 9, 2026. (Gilad Topaz/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

Making waves

Photography contest captures fragile beauty of marine life

Tel Aviv Cinematheque hosting exhibition of 40 out of 600 photographs submitted to Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

People visit the opening of the 100th Hebrew Book Week at Sarona in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Story hour

Hebrew Book Week celebrates centennial in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Amid declining reading rates nationwide, annual book event opens in both cities following one-day delay caused by Iranian missile fire

By Jessica Steinberg

Gwyneth Paltrow is face of Herzliya luxury apartment project, 51 Park (Courtesy)

Park plug

Gwyneth Paltrow lends her face to Herzliya real estate project

Award-winning actress fronts video commercial for 51 Park residential towers

By Jessica Steinberg

US President Donald Trump gestures during the National Anthem as he attends an NBA Finals playoff basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden in New York, June 8, 2026, with Kai Trump, left, Knicks owner James Dolan and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, right. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Political arena

Trump booed at NBA Finals game in Madison Square Garden

'We've waited a lifetime for this, and he's made it about himself, like everything else,' one fan says of US president, who has had a complicated relationship with his former hometown

By Amy Tennery and Bo Erickson

A view of 'Drifting With Magritte: Castles in the Air,' the Israel Museum's new exhibit offering an in-depth look at the iconic Surrealist work, through October 2022 (Courtesy Zohar Shemesh)

Surrealism in 3D

Magritte masterpiece at Israel Museum being repaired after pinecone puncture

'The Castle of the Pyrenees,' which was donated to the museum in the 1980s, was damaged by a young boy who idly pierced the canvas while visiting with his family

By Jessica Steinberg

Kosha Dillz in his video "Parade." (Screenshot via YouTube)

Go New York go

Jewish rapper’s song celebrates Knicks mania in NYC

Team's run in the NBA Finals brings in New York City Jews, from kosher watch parties to radio talk shows and a viral slogan involving bagels

Hebrew Book Week at Tel Aviv's Sarona in 2025 (Courtesy)

Cancel culture

Culture events called off in wake of Iranian missile attacks

Hebrew Book Week opening and inaugural Theater Award ceremony are postponed, many museums close doors

By Jessica Steinberg

A Great White shark spotted in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, in late May. (Healthy Seas/SDSS/GhostDiving screenshot)

Jaw-some!

Diver has rare encounter with Great White shark in Mediterranean

Volunteer clearing fishing nets from wreck off Sicily says fingers trembled while videoing creature; hopes it doesn't spark hunt for endangered species, which was spotted far from shore

By Michael Horovitz

From 'Noga,' the new documentary about the indie singer premiering June 7, 2026, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York (Courtesy)

Indie attention

‘Noga,’ documentary about singer, to premiere at Tribeca

Film about Noga Erez's rocky road to stardom to screen at New York City film festival

By Jessica Steinberg

A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)

Stone setting

Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos

Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city's reunification following 1967 Six Day War

By Jessica Steinberg