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International Criminal Court hit with ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack

Hague court, which does not specify a suspected motive, has several high-profile cases on docket, including issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu...

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Agencies

Herzog set to discuss ways to end PM’s trial, as White House highlights Trump’s empathy

Report says president will meet Tuesday with ex-chief justice Barak, who plans to insist Netanyahu step down as part of any plea bargain or pardon...

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Toi Staff

5 illegal West Bank outposts razed by security services after attacks on IDF troops

3 suspects in Har Hatzor outpost settler violence incident released by court; settler leaders, politicians condemn latest violence; IDF chief warns:...

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Jeremy Sharon

Trump administration releases $94 million in security grants for Jewish institutions

Remainder of funding is stalled, even as US Department of Homeland Security cites ‘deeply disturbing rise in antisemitic attacks’

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Grace Gilson

Marthe Cohn, Holocaust survivor and nurse who spied for the French, dies at 105

Cohn, who lived in US for last seven decades, crossed into German territory as World War II was winding down, pinpointing the location of a Nazi...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

In Iraq, restored tomb of biblical prophet Nahum quietly attracts Jewish pilgrimage

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in...

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Rossella Tercatin

Netanyahu set to visit White House July 7 as US pushes for end to Gaza war

Prime minister holds second meeting on ceasefire in as many days, but disagreements remain; official says Israel trying to get US to press Qatar to...

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Jacob Magid

Asked repeatedly to repudiate ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan, Mamdani sidesteps

Asked three times if he condemns the phrase “globalize the intifada,” Democratic New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani declined,...

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Toi Staff

PM: Iran war opened broad regional possibilities, ‘first we need to free the hostages’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s operation against Iran has opened up “broad regional possibilities,” while stressing...

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Lazar Berman

An Anishinaabe Zionist on how Indigenous history is weaponized to promote antisemitism

Retired Canadian judge Harry LaForme stood at a podium in Tel Aviv and began his remarks with a familiar ritual, but one rarely heard in Israel: a...

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Ariela Karmel

‘The battalion commander is a traitor’: Settlers riot outside West Bank military base

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen. Turkish authorities have detained three cartoonists over a satirical drawing...

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Toi Staff

Settlers torch West Bank security site, riot against ‘traitor’ IDF officer; no arrests

Dozens of Jewish extremists set fire to a security installation and rioted outside a West Bank base overnight Sunday-Monday, days after an officer...

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Emanuel Fabian

Iran says it poses no threat to IAEA chief after newspaper called for his execution

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that Tehran poses no threat to the head of the UN nuclear watchdog nor its inspectors, after an...

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Agencies

Despite reports, coalition seems unlikely to attempt to halt PM’s trial legislatively

US President Donald Trump’s demand for the cancellation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing criminal trial generated enthusiastic...

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Sam Sokol

Germany seeks increased Israeli partnership on cyber-defense, plans ‘Cyber Dome’

Germany is aiming to establish a joint German-Israeli cyber research center and deepen collaboration between the two countries’ intelligence and...

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Reuters

PM condemns ‘fanatic few’ settlers for attacking IDF; Lapid: ‘Terrorists are terrorists’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned attacks by settlers on security forces and security sites, in a statement issued hours after...

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Toi Staff

BBC regrets not stopping Glastonbury ‘Death to the IDF’ livestream

Britain’s BBC said it regretted not stopping the livestream of punk-rap duo Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury after the performance included chants...

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Agencies

Iran raises death toll from conflict with Israel to more than 900

Iran raised the official death toll from its war with Israel on Monday, with regime-controlled media reporting that 935 people were killed in the...

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Agencies

Israel in ‘advanced talks’ for deal to end hostilities with Syria, says senior official

Israel and Syria are holding “advanced talks” on a bilateral agreement halting hostilities between the countries, a senior Israeli official told...

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Lazar Berman

Cybersecurity unicorn Cato Networks snags $359m, soaring to $4.8 billion valuation

Cato Networks, a maker of cloud-based, secured networks for large enterprises that lets remote workers connect to applications regardless of where...

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Sharon Wrobel

Hamas tortured hostage Itzik Elgarat to death, thinking he was a pilot, says brother

Israeli hostage Itzik Elgarat died as Hamas tortured him for information because they thought he was a pilot, his brother told lawmakers Monday....

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Sam Sokol

Trump: I’m not talking to Iran, nor offering it anything after US struck nuke sites

US President Donald Trump said Monday he is not holding discussions with Iranian leaders and not offering them anything, as European nations...

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Toi Staff

Israel’s strike on Iran’s Evin prison sparks fear for political prisoners

Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she was imprisoned. She...

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Toi Staff

Daily Briefing June 30: Day 633 – Rioting settlers torch IDF facility meant to protect them

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Norwegian pension fund drops US, German defense firms from portfolio over Gaza war

Norway’s biggest pension fund, KLP, said Monday it had dropped US group Oshkosh Corporation and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp from its investment...

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Emanuel Fabian

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself

The Iranian regime was increasingly convinced in recent months that it would soon be able to destroy Israel. The “Destruction of Israel” clock in...

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David Horovitz

UK High Court rejects Palestinian group’s bid to stop export of F-35 parts to Israel

A Palestinian human rights group on Monday lost its legal challenge to the British government’s decision to supply Israel with parts for F-35...

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Agencies

Panel votes to impeach Arab MK Ayman Odeh, paving way for possible ouster from Knesset

Lawmakers in the Knesset House Committee came out overwhelmingly in favor of impeaching MK Ayman Odeh on Monday, in what the chairman of the Arab-...

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Sam Sokol

Police arrest three more people suspected of spying for Iran

Police and Shin Bet agents have arrested three Israeli citizens in two separate cases on suspicion that they carried out tasks for Iranian agents,...

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Charlie Summers

‘We have to be united’: Father’s plea at funeral for UK-born IDF soldier killed in Gaza

IDF soldier Sgt. Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, who was killed during fighting in northern Gaza, was laid to rest at the Ra’anana cemetery on Monday....

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Michael Horovitz

Arkia and Air Haifa to face class action suit over profiteering during Iran war

Israeli airlines Air Haifa and Arkia are facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly misleading their customers into accepting a refund for their...

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Sharon Wrobel

Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance

An Israeli official on Monday said that while talks about potential peace deals with both Lebanon and Syria are taking place, Beirut must “finish...

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Lazar Berman

UK probing Kneecap, Bob Vylan over Glastonbury chants; US to revoke latter band’s visas

LONDON — UK police announced Monday that the weekend performances by rap punk duo Bob Vylan and Irish-language band Kneecap at the Glastonbury...

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Charlie Summers

Man charged with killing his mother, the daughter of famed Noahide archaeologist

State prosecutors filed an indictment Monday against Joel Richardson, a 37-year-old man from the West Bank settlement of Maale Levona who is...

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Charlie Summers

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand Wimbledon cut Barclays as sponsor over Israel ties

LONDON — Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters urged Wimbledon to drop Barclays as a sponsor Monday because of the British bank’s business...

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Toi Staff

Elderly woman dies of wounds sustained in Colorado attack on activists for hostages

An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, US...

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Toi Staff

In political shakeup, National Unity No. 2 Eisenkot set to leave party, quit Knesset

In a shakeup within the opposition, a popular member of the centrist National Unity party announced his imminent departure from the faction and...

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Toi Staff

Dozens said killed in Gaza; IDF admits it has killed several civilians near aid sites

Dozens of people were killed across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including at least 11 in the area of a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid...

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Emanuel Fabian

Dozens of Iranian Jews said summoned for questioning on suspicion of ties to Israel

Dozens of Iranian Jews said summoned for questioning on suspicion of ties to Israel

Iranian authorities have summoned at least 35 Jews for questioning about their ties to Israel in the aftermath of the 12-day conflict between the...

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Toi Staff

Israeli officials temper expectations for Gaza deal amid heavy US pressure

Israeli officials temper expectations for Gaza deal amid heavy US pressure

Despite the optimism expressed by the US administration regarding the prospects of reaching a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal within days,...

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Michael Bachner

Bennett urges hostage deal, slams Gaza war policy, hails and claims credit for Iran strikes

Bennett urges hostage deal, slams Gaza war policy, hails and claims credit for Iran strikes

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett urged a comprehensive deal to bring home all hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza in an interview broadcast...

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Toi Staff

Alleged spy for Iran placed powerful explosives near defense minister’s home – report

Alleged spy for Iran placed powerful explosives near defense minister’s home – report

An Israeli arrested in April on suspicion of conducting intelligence-gathering missions on behalf of Iran was involved in a plot to assassinate...

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Toi Staff

Gay liberal Canadian writer takes fellow non-Jews to task, one acerbic essay at a time

Gay liberal Canadian writer takes fellow non-Jews to task, one acerbic essay at a time

TORONTO — As one of Canada’s most prolific online commentators supporting Israel and denouncing antisemitism, Pat Johnson is accustomed to readers...

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Robert Sarner

Ultra-Orthodox parties said to threaten new boycott until army exemptions legislated

Ultra-Orthodox parties said to threaten new boycott until army exemptions legislated

The Knesset’s ultra-Orthodox parties are reportedly threatening to again boycott coalition-backed legislation in the Knesset until a bill is passed...

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Toi Staff

Argentina accuses Iran of threatening IAEA head Grossi

Argentina accuses Iran of threatening IAEA head Grossi

Argentina has condemned what it said were threats against UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi, an Argentine citizen, after Iran rejected his...

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Emanuel Fabian

Iran claims 71 killed in Israeli strike on Evin Prison last week

Iran claims 71 killed in Israeli strike on Evin Prison last week

Israel’s attack on the Evin Prison in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on June 23 killed 71 people, Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on...

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Agencies

Trump tells Israel to make hostage deal as IDF readies to ratchet up fight in north Gaza

Trump tells Israel to make hostage deal as IDF readies to ratchet up fight in north Gaza

The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday ahead of intensified fighting against Hamas, as US President...

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Emanuel Fabian

‘Let Bibi Go’: Trump doubles down on call to end Netanyahu’s corruption trial

‘Let Bibi Go’: Trump doubles down on call to end Netanyahu’s corruption trial

For the second time in three days, US President Donald Trump late Saturday lambasted the ongoing criminal trial against Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Jacob Magid

‘Let Bibi Go,’ Trump urges in second demand to end Netanyahu’s graft trial

‘Let Bibi Go,’ Trump urges in second demand to end Netanyahu’s graft trial

The Times of Israel liveblogged Sunday’s events as they happened. A cabinet meeting to discuss the war in Gaza and attempt to reach a hostage deal...

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Toi Staff

Veteran Hamas operative who helped plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza City strike, IDF says

Veteran Hamas operative who helped plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza City strike, IDF says

One of the founders of Hamas, who was also one of the planners of its onslaught of October 7, 2023, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City on...

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Emanuel Fabian