Iran conflict
Iranian Americans wave flags and chant during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and the United States, outside the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
May 4, 2026, 1:13 pm
Support for Iran war among ‘connected’ US Jews falls again, poll finds
The poll comes weeks into a ceasefire that President Donald Trump has extended despite not achieving the concessions he has called for.
By Philissa Cramer
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Tyre shows smoke as it rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted villages on southern Lebanon on April 16, 2026. (Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
April 16, 2026, 5:57 pm
Israel agrees to 10-day halt in fighting in Lebanon, after Trump announces ceasefire
The ceasefire comes as Trump aims to preserve his talks with Iran, whose proxy Hezbollah is based in Lebanon.
By Grace Gilson
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the F11 PRIORITY Summit at the Faena Forum in Miami, Fla., on March 27, 2026. (Credit: Molly Riley/White House)
April 12, 2026, 12:39 pm
Trump orders blockade of Strait of Hormuz
The announcement follows collapse of talks with Iran and puts fragile ceasefire at risk.
By Steve Linde
First responders and residents stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood on April 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
April 9, 2026, 8:59 pm
US and Iran agree to ‘fragile’ 2-week ceasefire
Israelis have been told to remain alert and ready to reach bomb shelters.
By JTA Staff
Israeli rescue forces recover bodies at the scene where a missile fired from Iran struck a building in Haifa, April 6, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 6, 2026, 8:40 am
4 killed in Haifa strike; Trump sends ‘you’ll be living in Hell’ ultimatum to Tehran
A top Iranian official said the regime would respond “crushingly and extensively” to further attacks.
By Philissa Cramer
An El Al airplane (Photo courtesy of LLHZ2805, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
April 6, 2026, 6:54 am
El Al nixes regular flights through mid-April
Slight increase in number of passengers allowed on departing flights, now up to 100 people
By Sharon Wrobel
President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 5, 2026, 2:08 pm
‘Open the F—-in’ Strait’: Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s power plants
President promises ‘hell’ for regime’s ‘crazy bastards’ if they do not immediately allow passage of ships through key waterway, admits US sent guns to anti-regime protesters
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 29, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Torok/White House)
March 30, 2026, 11:33 am
Most American Jews disapprove of US military action against Iran, new poll shows
And a survey of “connected” American Jews detected declining support.
By Philissa Cramer
Kim Salzman at the bomb shelter that protected children playing soccer in Karmiel. She visited it the day after the incident and points out the soccer field and the donor sign with Federation’s logo. (Photo courtesy of Kim Salzman)
March 26, 2026, 10:31 am
We are tired, but we endure: Inside Israel’s unbreakable resilience
Resilience, however, doesn’t sustain itself. It must be strengthened.
By Kim Salzman
The logo of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
March 24, 2026, 4:03 pm
Feds charge Chicago man with threatening to ‘shoot up a synagogue’ after Khamenei’s killing
Timothy Holmes, 31, also tweeted “From the river to the sea every Jew will die,” according to investigators.
By Philissa Cramer
An emergency responder stands near destroyed buildings after an Iranian missile strike on March 22, 2026 in Arad, Israel. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on February 28th. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
March 23, 2026, 12:42 pm
Trump says US in ‘productive’ talks with Iran to end war
Trump’s announcement comes days after Iran struck two southern Israeli cities on Saturday, injuring nearly 200.
By Grace Gilson
Joe Kent is sworn in as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in July 2025 (Photo in public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2026, 1:02 pm
US counterterror center head resigns over Iran war
“Blaming Israel for the Iraq war and a secret conspiracy of the media and Israelis to deceive Trump into going to war with Iran is ugly stuff that plays on the worst antisemitic tropes.” — J Street.
By Andrew Bernard
Left: The Times of Israel's military correspondent, Emanuel Fabian, in southern Lebanon on November 21, 2024; Right: This photo taken on March 16, 2026, shows a bet on the Polymarket site titled 'Iran strikes Israel on...?' (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90; Emanuel Fabian/ Times of Israel)
March 17, 2026, 11:46 am
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel’s military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
By Emanual Fabian
An AI-generated video falsely depicting missiles striking Tel Aviv alongside footage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing his hand to rebut online claims that he had died. (GPO/X)
March 17, 2026, 10:32 am
Is Netanyahu dead? Has Tel Aviv been flattened? AI videos are dominating the Iran war.
Even shrewd consumers of the news are getting confused.
By Deborah Danan and Grace Gilson
Chris Deluzio (Photo courtesy of Chris Deluzio’s campaign)
March 15, 2026, 2:33 pm
Deluzio cites Iran war concerns in supporting limits on U.S. weapons sales to Israel
Pennsylvania congressman signs on to Block the Bombs and Ceasefire Compliance Act
By Toby Tabachnick
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