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Hawaii primaries pose latest test for Democrats amid party split over Israel

Hawaii primaries pose latest test for Democrats amid party split over Israel

Fresh-faced Jarrett Keohokalole calls for limits on military aid to Jerusalem, challenging seasoned lawmaker Ed Case after string of wins by...

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Pakistan’s defense minister threatens ‘illegitimate’ Israel after inking pact with Saudis, Turkey

Pakistan’s defense minister threatens ‘illegitimate’ Israel after inking pact with Saudis, Turkey

Khawaja Asif urges Muslims to form ‘united military front’ against Jewish state, which he calls ‘a product of the Balfour Declaration’ while...

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Toi Staff

In risky gamble, Iran bets control over Strait of Hormuz can force Trump to bend

In risky gamble, Iran bets control over Strait of Hormuz can force Trump to bend

Tehran believes US munitions shortages and voter discontent over high energy prices give it upper hand, but prolonged war and economic pain could turn...

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Joseph Krauss

Top US general said urging Iran war ‘off-ramp’ as Tehran and Oman near Hormuz deal

Top US general said urging Iran war ‘off-ramp’ as Tehran and Oman near Hormuz deal

Caine reportedly warned Trump advisors that further military action could backfire; Iranian Guards say negotiations with Muscat have ‘nothing to...

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Agencies

Hamas urges US pressure on Jerusalem over Gaza plan; Israel said to warn of ‘ambush’

Hamas urges US pressure on Jerusalem over Gaza plan; Israel said to warn of ‘ambush’

Terror organization claims it’s ready to disarm under Board of Peace roadmap, which Israeli security officials reportedly warn that Hamas signed to...

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Toi Staff

Driver crashes into cafe in southern Israel causing heavy damage, but no injuries

Driver crashes into cafe in southern Israel causing heavy damage, but no injuries

Car smashes through the entrance of the cafe in the city of Rahat, police investigating cause of accident

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Toi Staff

For the sixth week, Haredi protesters, police clash outside Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat

For the sixth week, Haredi protesters, police clash outside Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat

Police set up barricades to prevent the recurrence of demonstrators forcing their way into Basimta cafe; hundreds of secular activists rally in...

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Toi Staff

Report details further allegations that Gaza flotilla activists were abused by Israel

Report details further allegations that Gaza flotilla activists were abused by Israel

New York Times interviews some 2 dozen activists, most alleging physical, and in 1 instance, sexual, assault; Israel has repeatedly denied the...

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Toi Staff

US Senate confirms Trump former lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general

US Senate confirms Trump former lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general

Republican-controlled Senate approves nomination 50-49 despite Democratic warnings over politicization of Justice Department after controversial fund...

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Afp

Rome airport said to drop Israeli Rafael anti-drone system after court ruling

Rome airport said to drop Israeli Rafael anti-drone system after court ruling

Report says equipment was deemed military rather than civilian and lacked permits; cancellation comes amid strained Italy-Israel ties

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Toi Staff

‘The Frisco Kid’: A (gefilte) fish out of water in the Wild West

‘The Frisco Kid’: A (gefilte) fish out of water in the Wild West

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the extremely Jewish 1979 cowboy flick starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Houthi attacks kill 10 in Yemen as UN warns of return to full-scale civil war

Houthi attacks kill 10 in Yemen as UN warns of return to full-scale civil war

Tensions surrounding war with Iran threaten 2022 truce between Tehran-backed rebels and Saudi-backed government forces; Riyadh says attacks on...

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Afp

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567 million, overhaul child safety measures

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567 million, overhaul child safety measures

Ruling brings company’s total liability in case to $942 million; judge orders changes to addictive features, age verification and protections...

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Jeffrey Collins

Man worried about flying on Shabbat sparks security scare on Wizz Air flight to Tel Aviv

Man worried about flying on Shabbat sparks security scare on Wizz Air flight to Tel Aviv

Passenger abruptly demanded to exit aircraft just before takeoff from Rome without giving crew a reason; flight delayed after all passengers were made...

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Toi Staff

US Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late senator Lindsey Graham

US Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late senator Lindsey Graham

Bill also expands sanctions on Iran sought by White House; lawmakers’ concerns about tarriff authorizations could threaten legislation’s passage...

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Patricia Zengerle

Courting cancer? Israelis increasingly use viral UV index hack to get ‘instant tan’

Courting cancer? Israelis increasingly use viral UV index hack to get ‘instant tan’

Parents of teens turn to doctors for help as trend turns warning system into method for faster bronzing. In good news, national skin cancer mortality...

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Diana Bletter

United Airlines set to resume nonstop service between NYC and TLV on September 8

United Airlines set to resume nonstop service between NYC and TLV on September 8

American carrier says it plans to offer two daily flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Newark after halting service to Israel due to Iran war

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Sharon Wrobel

Mauthausen staff call cops after dispute erupts over teen wearing ‘Free Palestine’ shirt

Mauthausen staff call cops after dispute erupts over teen wearing ‘Free Palestine’ shirt

‘Don’t f**king call other things genocide. This is a genocide’: Woman berates tour group as they defend the shirt, which appears to depict...

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Toi Staff

US sanctions Dubai crypto exchange for aiding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

US sanctions Dubai crypto exchange for aiding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Treasury Department also blacklists founder of Shelbit, which Reuters identified it as the hub of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion scheme

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Reuters

Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates rising hostility toward Israel

Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates rising hostility toward Israel

Country remains top destination for Israeli tourists, but some worry recent proliferation of libels against Jewish state are influencing local opinion

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Larry Luxner

Top US general reportedly looking for ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war

Top US general reportedly looking for ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war

CNN says Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine believes military options under consideration could backfire * New Colombian president, who has...

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Toi Staff

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff: Entire staff at PM’s office instructed to ‘sign pledge of loyalty to his family’

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff: Entire staff at PM’s office instructed to ‘sign pledge of loyalty to his family’

Yoav Horowitz, now a candidate with the opposition Yashar party, tells Israeli TV that the premier ‘perceives himself as something between a king,...

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Toi Staff

Lebanon, Israel agree on countries that could verify Hezbollah disarmament — official

Lebanon, Israel agree on countries that could verify Hezbollah disarmament — official

Lebanese official says the US will ultimately choose the nations whose troops will oversee the process from the shortlist compiled in Rome talks

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Reuters

Foreign Ministry, Huckabee pan WSJ report on harassment of Christians in Israel

Foreign Ministry, Huckabee pan WSJ report on harassment of Christians in Israel

Jerusalem argues story on rise in attacks on clerics ‘took radical voices, extreme cases and turned them into the face of a country’; US envoy:...

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Lazar Berman

Iran said awaiting council’s approval for Hormuz deal with US and Oman

Iran said awaiting council’s approval for Hormuz deal with US and Oman

Report says that under temporary deal, Iran and Oman will oversee transit in strait, and ships will not be charged tolls; but US support not...

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Toi Staff

After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive

After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive

‘Every Jew has a dream that his last breath should be in Israel,’ a Kochi resident says. ‘I believe my last breath should be inside this synagogue’

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Deepa Bharath

Hundreds gather to remember Hersh Goldberg-Polin on second anniversary of his death

Hundreds gather to remember Hersh Goldberg-Polin on second anniversary of his death

Memorial event, held at Baka community center in Jerusalem, brings together Goldberg-Polin’s family, friends, neighbors as well as Hapoel Jerusalem...

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Jessica Steinberg

Reports: With primary near, Katz ditches security cabinet meeting early for Likud wedding

Reports: With primary near, Katz ditches security cabinet meeting early for Likud wedding

Netanyahu, reportedly surprised by departure, asks ‘Where is the defense minister?’; Katz says he held 10 hours of security deliberations on Thursday

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Toi Staff

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defense deal in shadow of Iran war

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defense deal in shadow of Iran war

Pact links NATO member, nuclear state and host of Muslim holy sites; three Sunni countries say deal not directed at any particular country, but all...

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Reuters

Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb

Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb

Defendants allegedly assaulted Benayahu Razi and his friend with knives, brass knuckles, a club and a kitchen mallet; cops say one defendant was...

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Noam Lehmann

Smotrich placates coalition on Haredi draft, but pays a cost among settler base

Smotrich placates coalition on Haredi draft, but pays a cost among settler base

After voting last month to keep ultra-Orthodox evaders out of jail, far-right minister risks losing onetime supporters who serve in IDF and bear heavy...

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Reuters

Student kills at least 6 in shooting at high school in Thailand

Student kills at least 6 in shooting at high school in Thailand

Shooter kills his grandparents before going to school, dies in hospital after shooting; authorities say they believe he took the gun from a member of...

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Tian Macleod Ji

Is there really progress in Trump’s Gaza, Lebanon and Iran talks?

Is there really progress in Trump’s Gaza, Lebanon and Iran talks?

On all three fronts, mediators claim progress. Trump is still chasing terrible agreements with Tehran, but in Lebanon and even in Gaza, there is...

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Lazar Berman

At Israel Festival, show goes on without international acts amid war, isolation

At Israel Festival, show goes on without international acts amid war, isolation

Organizers of annual event grapple with unofficial cultural boycott as global talent, usually a prominent part of the program, shuns Israel in wake of...

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Jessica Steinberg

‘You caused Oct 7’: Bereaved father rebukes Likud minister at Jerusalem campaign stop

‘You caused Oct 7’: Bereaved father rebukes Likud minister at Jerusalem campaign stop

Likud supporters call Nissim Louk, whose daughter Shani was murdered at the Nova festival, ‘trash,’ as he shouts at Miri Regev

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Toi Staff

Housing snapshot August 2026: Home prices fall 1%, largest drop in eight years

Housing snapshot August 2026: Home prices fall 1%, largest drop in eight years

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now

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Zev Stub

Once a bargain, Carmei Gat is transforming into Israel’s newest Anglo boomtown

Once a bargain, Carmei Gat is transforming into Israel’s newest Anglo boomtown

Filled with new homes going for less than they might in Modiin or Beit Shemesh, the swanky national religious Kiryat Gat neighborhood is attracting...

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Zev Stub

Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?

Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?

22-point victory for Wesley Bell — incumbent backed by pro-Israel lobby — indicates that views on Jewish state, even in deep-blue communities,...

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Sharon Udasin

Segalovitz departs Yesh Atid amid his reported talks to join Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am

Segalovitz departs Yesh Atid amid his reported talks to join Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am

ToI poll indicates most opposition voters support inclusion of Ra’am in coalition if Segalovitz joins; Democrats chair said to walk back promise to...

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Toi Staff

‘Strategic ambush by Hamas’: Israel said discussing open defiance of Gaza roadmap by resuming strikes

‘Strategic ambush by Hamas’: Israel said discussing open defiance of Gaza roadmap by resuming strikes

Report: Deal reached on temporarily reopening Hormuz; US support not assured * Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to sign defense pact amid effort to...

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Michael Bachner

Houthis kill 58 troops in Yemen, wound 11 civilians in attack on Saudi Arabia

Houthis kill 58 troops in Yemen, wound 11 civilians in attack on Saudi Arabia

Senior Saudi cites intel showing Houthis and Iraqi militias under IRGC supervision could soon launch coordinated attack on Saudi civilian energy...

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Agencies

Trump insists Iran deal could be inked soon, after previous forecasts don’t pan out

Trump insists Iran deal could be inked soon, after previous forecasts don’t pan out

Chief Iranian negotiator mocks US president for repeatedly walking back threats, while Trump denies reports that he’s mad at Hegseth for depleted...

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Jacob Magid

US scrutinizes more schools over admissions practices and anti-Israel protests

US scrutinizes more schools over admissions practices and anti-Israel protests

Education Department says it’s probing 2 California colleges for alleged failure to respond to antisemitism; DOJ claims Duke admissions practices...

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Kanishka Singh

Number of Palestinian minors in Israeli administrative detention rises sharply — data

Number of Palestinian minors in Israeli administrative detention rises sharply — data

While Israel stopped holding Jewish suspects without due process, it has intensified practice against Arabs, expanding number of Palestinian minors...

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Nurit Yohanan

With 2 new films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Diaspora Jews on edge

With 2 new films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Diaspora Jews on edge

In ‘The Floaters’ and ‘Influenced,’ the New York filmmaker shows Jewish identity as the backdrop for friendship, family and ambition rather...

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Stephen Silver

Toronto police arrest 2 teenagers over latest shooting at US consulate

Toronto police arrest 2 teenagers over latest shooting at US consulate

Authorities believe suspects were recruited via a messaging app and are probing possible connection to attacks on synagogues and Jewish bakeries

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Agencies

Despite deadly flare-up in violence, US claims progress made in Israel-Lebanon talks

Despite deadly flare-up in violence, US claims progress made in Israel-Lebanon talks

Lebanese source says Israel refusing to move ahead with more pilot zones before ‘verifying’ success of implementation; US reportedly taking...

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Jacob Magid

Mossad head reportedly removes 2 senior officials behind failed Iran regime-change plan

Mossad head reportedly removes 2 senior officials behind failed Iran regime-change plan

Report says Gofman sacked intelligence directorate and Iran division chiefs with whom he clashed upon entering top role; removal said to be part of...

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Stav Levaton

US Congress introduces buffer zone bill meant to protect houses of worship

US Congress introduces buffer zone bill meant to protect houses of worship

Bipartisan legislation aims to block protest disruptions to scheduled religious services, comes after caustic rallies outside synagogues

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Luke Tress

Emigration of doctors, engineers, other highly educated Israelis hits record high

Emigration of doctors, engineers, other highly educated Israelis hits record high

Israel Tax Authority research finds a near-doubling in five years of skilled, high-earning Israelis leaving; expert warns the trend risks becoming a...

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Sharon Wrobel