The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.
Iran says it needs time before talks with US, can start enriching again quickly
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says it will take time and assurances from the US before Tehran is ready to re-engage in talks on its nuclear program, insisting that the country will soon be ready to start enriching uranium again and “make up for lost time.”
“I don’t think negotiations will restart as quickly as that,” Araghchi is quoted telling CBS News through a translator, though he adds that diplomacy is not off the table.
“In order for us to decide to reengage, we will have to first ensure that America will not revert back to targeting us in a military attack during the negotiations,” Araghchi adds. “And I think with all these considerations, we still need more time.”
Speaking to a US outlet for the first time since Israel halted 12 days of bombings aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Araghchi claims that the campaign, which included destroying centrifuge facilities and assassinating nuclear scientists, did not achieve its goal.
“One cannot obliterate the technology and science for enrichment through bombings,” Araghchi says. “If there is this will on our part, and the will exists in order to once again make progress in this industry, we will be able to expeditiously repair the damages and make up for the lost time.”
He appears to indicate that the military conflict only hardened Iran’s resolve to continue enriching uranium.
Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program has turned into a matter of national pride and glory,” he says. “We have also gone through 12 days of imposed war, therefore, people will not easily back down from enrichment.”
Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, but has long enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, and according to Israel, had recently taken steps toward weaponization.
Over 12 Palestinians arrested after trying to keep settler shepherd away, rights group says
Israeli security forces arrested over a dozen Palestinians Monday who sought to prevent a settler from grazing sheep on their land in the southern West Bank, the B’Tselem rights group says.
Members of the Palestinian hamlet of a-Rakeez, in an area known as Masafer Yatta, called Israeli Police upon spotting the Israeli settler on their agricultural land, B’Tselem says.
When Israeli troops and officers arrived at the scene, they arrested the Palestinians, while allowing the settler to continue grazing his sheep.
The detainees, including women, minors and the parents of two young children, are being held at a police station in the southern West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, B’Tselem says.
Spokespeople for the Israel Police and the IDF did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Masafar Yatta is located in what Israeli authorities say is an IDF firing zone, exposing it to evacuation orders. Residents say they have lived their for decades and face regular demolitions by Israeli authorities and harassment from nearby settlers from nearby illegal outposts, who they say are spared the selective enforcement of the orders.
Harvard pushes back at Trump administration over antisemitism findings
Harvard University says it strongly disagrees with the findings of a federal task force accusing it of being a “willful participant” in antisemitic harassment of Jewish students and faculty.
“Antisemitism is a serious problem and no matter the context, it is unacceptable,” the university says in a statement. “Harvard has taken substantive, proactive steps to address the root causes of antisemitism in its community.”
The government’s investigation largely relied on a campus antisemitism study commissioned by Harvard and released in April. Federal officials cited numerous details from that report, including accounts of Jewish students who said they were spit on and faced chants on campus including “Heil Hitler.”
It focuses heavily on last year’s protests over the Israel-Hamas war. In the letter to Harvard, federal officials say the campus was “overrun by an impermissible, multiweek encampment” that left Jewish and Israeli students fearful and disrupted their studies.
The task force threatens to refer the case to the Justice Department to file a civil rights lawsuit “as soon as possible,” unless Harvard comes into compliance.
Harvard has faced mounting sanctions after rejecting a list of federal demands calling for sweeping changes to campus governance, hiring and admissions. The formal finding could now jeopardize Harvard’s eligibility to accept federal loans or grants for students to attend the university — a penalty often referred to as a “death sentence” in higher education.
In a court filing Monday seeking to annul the freezing of federal funds over antisemitism claims, Harvard argues that the formal filing marks a concession by the government that it previously bypassed required procedural findings under Title VI.
It calls the administration’s previous use of antisemitism claims to justify the freeze “arbitrary and capricious,” with the government failing to investigate or document antisemitism on campus itself and relying instead on Harvard’s own study.
The filing also claims an “absence of any concrete evidence of antisemitism in the administrative record,” while accusing the government of ignoring the school’s efforts to combat hate.
“Harvard’s willingness to seek and publish a report harshly condemning antisemitism on its campus, and detailing actions to implement the report’s recommendations, show that Harvard did respond and is responding
forcefully to antisemitism,” the filing reads.
Turkey arrests cartoonists as protesters attack magazine over ‘Muhammad’ drawing
Turkish authorities have detained three cartoonists over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman that depicts a Muslim named Muhammad and a Jew names Moses shaking hands in the sky, while missiles fly below in a scene resembling war.
The cartoon has drawn strong condemnation from government officials and religious conservatives who say it depicts the Prophet Mohammad, with protesters attacking an Istanbul bar frequented by Leman staffers, provoking angry scuffles with police.
In several posts on X, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya says police arrested the cartoonist responsible for “this vile drawing,” the magazine’s editor-in-chief and its graphic designer.
“I once again curse those who try to sow discord by drawing caricatures of our Prophet Muhammad,” Yerlikaya wrote.
Peygamber Efendimizin (S.A.V) karikatürünü yaparak nifak tohumları ekmeye çalışanları bir kez daha lanetliyorum.
Bu alçak çizimi yapan D.P. adlı şahıs yakalanarak gözaltına alınmıştır.
Bir kez daha yineliyorum:
Bu hayasızlar hukuk önünde hesap verecektir. pic.twitter.com/7xYe94B65d— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) June 30, 2025
Police had also taken over the magazine’s offices on Istiklal Avenue and arrest warrants had been issued for several other of the magazine’s executives, presidential press aide Fahrettin Altin writes on X.
In a statement on X, the Leman magazine apologizes to readers but says the cartoon sought to highlight “the suffering of a Muslim man killed in Israeli attacks,” and that there was no intent to insult Islam or its prophet.
“In this work, the name of a Muslim who was killed in the bombardments of Israel is fictionalized as Muhammad,” Leman editor-in-chief Tuncay Akgun tells AFP by phone from Paris. “More than 200 million people in the Islamic world are named Mohammed.”
“We would never take such a risk,” he adds.
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Turquie: Un groupe d’individus a attaqué le journal satirique Leman à Istanbul, en réaction à une caricature montrant le prophète de l’islam et Moïse (Moussa) se serrant la main sur les décombres de Gaza.La justice a lancé une enquête visant à la fois le journal et les… pic.twitter.com/eGXITX8cJy
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An AFP correspondent says scuffles between police and protesters who attacked the bar in downtown Istanbul quickly degenerated into clashes involving between 250 to 300 people.
Earlier in the evening, video footage on social media showed a group of protesters marching to Leman’s office building in central Istanbul, chanting slogans and kicking its entrance doors.
Gaza ceasefire, Iran bombing to top agenda at Netanyahu-Trump meet — official
A US official says Gaza and Iran will be the top issues on the agenda when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, scheduled for July 7.
The official stresses US President Donald Trump’s desire to secure an end to the war in Gaza and a release of the remaining hostages. The president is also seeking to use the meeting as an opportunity to tout military achievements in the war against Iran, they say.
During the war, the US attacked three Iranian nuclear sites in support of Israel, including dropping massive ground-penetrating bombs on the hardened underground Fordo site.
Syria will also be discussed, as the Trump administration seeks to facilitate a gradual warming of ties between Damascus and Jerusalem, the US official adds.
They clarify that while Washington wants Syria to join the Abraham Accords, it recognizes that it will take more time.
Argentina charges soccer fans after ‘antisemitic acts’ during match against Jewish-backed team
Argentina’s security ministry says it has filed a criminal complaint after fans of the second division All Boys soccer club after they staged anti-Israel protests and carried around a coffin draped in the Israeli flag before a match against Atlanta in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
The complaint accuses fans of “demonstrations of violence, expressions of racial and religious hatred, and public intimidation.”
The Argentine Football Association also condemns what it describes as “antisemitic acts” by All Boys club fans during the Sunday match, which also included fans waving Palestinian and Iranian flags; flyers and pamphlets found outside the stadium read “Israel and Atlanta are the same crap,” and “Clear off to Israel” under a banner reading “Death to the genocidal state of Israel.”
"DAIA"
Porque salieron a llorar por los cánticos de la hinchada de All Boys https://t.co/f56T1pUXhw pic.twitter.com/fKUrDhtsxK
— Tendencias de Argentina (@Lolcitoo0) June 29, 2025
During the match itself, which ended in a 0-0 draw, a drone bearing a Palestinian flag flew over the stadium and some fans of the All Boys home team chanted anti-Israel slogans.
???????? En medio del partido de All Boys vs Atlanta apareció un DRON con una bandera de Palestina, por lo que se detuvo el encuentro.
En la previa, los hinchas estaban con un ataúd con los colores de Atlanta y una bandera de Israel, acompañado de cánticos hacia el pueblo judío.
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— Primera Nacional (@Primeranaciona) June 29, 2025
The Football Association expresses “its total and absolute repudiation of the abhorrent acts of antisemitism carried out by fans of All Boys yesterday, both before and during the match between the club and Atlanta.”
The association adds that it has filed a formal complaint with its disciplinary court.