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Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs
William, a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy from Jerusalem, who was pepper-sprayed by a Jewish extremist on Yom Kippur, speaks to Channel 13, in an interview aired September 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
Suspect arrested in Yom Kippur pepper-spraying of Christian child in Jerusalem
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Police say 22-year-old from Haredi-majority settlement of Ganei Modi’in arrested in northern Israel after assault, in which extremists attacked child upon hearing him speak English
People walk in the streets of Maastricht on February 3, 2017. (Sophie MIGNON/AFP)
Dutch university suspends student who claimed he took part in October 7 massacre
By ToI Staff
Ireland's soccer players bow their heads as the Israeli national anthem plays before their UEFA Nations League match in Debrecen, Hungary, September 27, 2026. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
Irish soccer team refuses handshakes, bows heads during Israeli anthem; wins the match 3-0
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
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Daily Briefing Sept. 28 – ToI’s military correspondent reviews ‘NAZA’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative image of Israeli national identity cards in Jerusalem on January 22, 2008. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 11:40 pm
Israel said to freeze immigration of 2 Jews involved in defending Palestinian rights
Lawrence Shenkin of UK and another unnamed US woman reportedly both been told by Population and Immigration Authority their cases now on hold, despite initial approval
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 28, 2026, 11:08 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief says he’ll sue Netanyahu for claim he withheld pre-Oct. 7 warnings
After PM accused him of not informing him of impending Hamas attack, Ronen Bar calls for the release of documents, demands PM’s staffers be summoned to testify
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Raed Yousef in a September 2026 booking image. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
September 28, 2026, 9:47 pm
Florida beauty store owner who wanted to behead Jews charged with funding Hamas
Raed Yousef charged with 19 felonies for allegedly sending $45,000 to terrorists, in latest in series of cases claiming sham charities sent money to Gaza terrorists
By Luke Tress
Activists hold a picture of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni in a demonstration in front of Montecitorio, the Italian Parliament, in Rome on January 25, 2017. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AF/File)
September 28, 2026, 8:57 pm
Rome convicts 3 Egyptian security officers for 2016 murder of Italian student
Cambridge PhD candidate Giulio Regeni, 28, was killed and mutilated in Cairo during research trip; investigators believe Egyptian authorities thought he was a spy
By AFP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Science Minister Gila Gamliel, Settlements Minister Orit Strock, and other dignitaries inaugurate two new settlements in the southern West Bank region, September 27, 2026. (Eitam Shalem)
September 28, 2026, 7:40 pm
Two new West Bank settlements inaugurated with cabinet ministers on hand
Makeda and Karmei Yehudah in the southern West Bank are already populated, while residents of Meged and Maale Einav in the same region will move in soon
By Jeremy Sharon
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar attends a session at the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on September 28, 2026, as the parliament lifted his parliamentary immunity, allowing criminal proceedings against him. (Attila KISBENEDEK/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 7:33 pm
Hungarian parliament suspends immunity for PM Magyar, two Orban-era ministers
Hungary’s new leader under probe for 2024 altercation outside nightclub; former ministers Hanko and Sesztak suspected of taking over $90 million combined in bribes, kickbacks
By Justin Spike
Protesters hold placards reading 'Deniz Goktas, Let him be released!' during a demonstration in support of Turkish comedian Deniz Goktas, as he went on trial for insulting Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other offenses, seen outside the Justice Palace courthouse in Istanbul on September 28, 2026. (YASIN AKGUL/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 7:15 pm
Court-jesting comedian convicted for Erdogan ‘insult,’ but freed pending appeal
After amusing with quick-witted defense during trial, Deniz Goktas found guilty of insulting president and ‘religious values,’ could be jailed for 19 months
By Fulya Ozerkan
Police guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, in Fairford, England, a day after British counterterrorism police were probing “a major” incident near the base, September 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
September 28, 2026, 6:45 pm
5 British suspects in air base attack plot released on bail; Iran denies involvement
Police say suspects are all London residents in their 20s; incident sparked by suspicious vans parked near RAF Fairford, a British base used by US bombers during Iran war
By AP and ToI Staff
Right-wing activists attend a rally calling for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, near the border in southern Israel, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 28, 2026, 6:29 pm
Board of Peace official: Extremist views in Israel impeding effort to deradicalize Gaza
Official from US-controlled panel overseeing Gaza rebuild expresses alarm over widespread support in Israel — trickling down from politicians to youth — for ‘encouraging migration’ of Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivers a speech on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on September 28, 2026. (Oli SCARFF/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 6:07 pm
UK’s FM Miliband boasts that sanctions on settlers have spurred global action
Foreign secretary tells delighted Labour party confab that government approach to Israel has ‘mobilized international community,’ calls Gaza a ‘stain on conscience of the world’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
L: President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 5:44 pm
Netanyahu flew to UAE to ask MBZ to deny giving him pre-Oct. 7 warning of Hamas attack – sources
Secret trip Sunday came amid wave of reports that UAE and Egypt alerted PM to Hamas’s plans days before massacre; he again denies Egyptian warning, doesn’t comment on UAE visit
By AP and Lazar Berman
Pedestrian walk past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers at Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, September 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 28, 2026, 4:42 pm
US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators as pressure ramps on Tehran
Washington reportedly seeking to extract nuclear concessions from Islamic Republic after rejecting its bid to reopen Strait of Hormuz
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A sign at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport warns travelers that, as of September 22, 2026, new restrictions apply to goods originating in Israeli settlements, including items carried in personal luggage. (Instagram/neshimatrips)
September 28, 2026, 4:24 pm
Less broad than first reported, Dutch luggage checks for settlement goods spark Israeli warning
Dutch citizens on El Al flight tell ToI checks were limited but unusual and ‘intimidating’; Israel warns travelers of ‘invasive’ checks from Dutch customs, which says nationality not grounds for selection
By Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk down the steps after a visit the National Archives in Washington, DC on September 25, 2026. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 2:42 pm
Trump brought up possible arms sales to China’s Xi, US ambassador says
US paused $14 billion weapons purchase by Taiwan in May, with Trump calling it a ‘good negotiating chip’; State Department says US law forbids selling arms to China, no plans to do so
By AFP
Screen capture from video of Palestinian prisoners seen during a video filmed when National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Ofer Prison on February 13, 2026. (X)
September 28, 2026, 2:16 pm
High Court gives government 2 weeks to specify terms for Red Cross visits to detainees
Court ruled in June that ban on visits to Palestinian security detainees was unlawful, but visits have yet to resume, while the Prison Service has sought new restrictions
By Jeremy Sharon
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