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Jacob Magid
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Jacob Magid
US wanted Hamas to start disarming before Knesset election, but it’ll have to wait
Illustrative: Palestinians gather around the burning wreckage of a car after an Israeli army strike in Gaza City, August 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Alzanoun)
Despite Kushner's insistence to the contrary, Israeli buy-in is needed for Board of Peace to meaningfully advance the plan, and that's not coming before Oct. 27 vote at the earliest
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner seen during a joint press conference with Ukrainian president following their talks in Kyiv on September 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Reuters
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation on the Ellipse, September 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 9, 2026, 11:19 am
Trump, briefed in advance, didn’t ask UK to wait with settlement sanctions — official
Fuming over West Bank trade ban, Israel tells UK to close Jerusalem consulate in 30 days, gives diplomats seven days to leave Gaza coordination center and Ramallah
By Jacob Magid
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally September 5, 2026, in Monroe, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
September 9, 2026, 5:34 am
Gavin Newsom says Democrats ‘overwhelmingly opposed to the current regime in Israel’
California governor and 2028 presidential hopeful slams Netanyahu and AIPAC, maintains Democratic Party has unified stance on Jewish state ‘even if you don’t think it’s genocide’ in Gaza
By Sharon Udasin
Palestinians inspect burned-out cars after an attack by settlers, where they also spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a house in Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 2:24 am
US issues harsher censure of ‘West Bank violence,’ without explicitly blaming Israel
Washington urges legal action against perpetrators, but doesn’t use the word ‘settler’; 2 Palestinians reportedly shot dead after security forces enter village to find missing pets
By Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
US Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 31, 2026. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
August 31, 2026, 8:09 pm
Vance to privately address Republican Jewish Coalition amid tensions on Israel
US vice president will speak behind closed doors as some in RJC remain uncomfortable over his refusal to disavow Tucker Carlson and his public criticism of Israeli leaders
By Thomas Beaumont
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., holds up a Trump Bible as he questions Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, February 11, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 28, 2026, 4:04 am
US House Democratic leaders tap pro-Israel lawmaker for top Mideast policy post
Moskowitz’s appointment as subcommittee ranking member angers progressives, who say he’s out of step with rest of party on Israel; supporters argue move can help him beat GOP challenger
By Jacob Magid
Argentina's President Javier Milei sings on stage during a recorded rehearsal for the upcoming Israel Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem, April 19, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 25, 2026, 2:06 pm
Why Israel is having a moment in Latin America — and what might make it last
Jerusalem is being embraced by right-wing Latino leaders eager to follow the White House’s example, cater to evangelical voters and benefit from Israeli technology. The challenge is to ensure the new warmth is sustained
By Ben Sales
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House, September 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 24, 2026, 2:02 am
US envoy tries to downplay remark that Israel occupies Golan, which defied American policy
Tom Barrack insists he was describing UN’s position on the territory, not endorsing it; also asserts he wasn’t advocating for Iran and Hezbollah to join Israel-Lebanon talks when he said they’re ‘missing from that table’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani speaks in the Syrian capital Damascus on July 25, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
August 23, 2026, 12:02 pm
Syrian FM urges Israel to seize ‘historic opportunity’ for bilateral relations
‘We do not trust Israel currently,’ top diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani says, but ‘Syria is extending its hand for understandings, peace, diplomacy’ with its neighbor
By TOM PERRY and Feras Dalatey
An Image of the US and Israeli flags is projected on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
August 23, 2026, 3:31 am
Israelis worry about weakening connection with young US Jews amid rising antisemitism
Poll finds only 4/10 religious and 2/10 secular Jewish Americans consider supporting Israel to be important, prompting concern they’ll stop viewing it as a safe place to turn to
By AP
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 10:21 pm
‘Thou shalt not steal’: US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian property
Huckabee says settlers involved could be hit with US sanctions, though adds such measures yet to be mulled; Western nations condemn Israel’s E1 West Bank settlement plan
By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett addresses a 'security concept conference' held by his B’Yachad party, August 19, 2026. (Elad Gutman)
August 19, 2026, 7:53 pm
Bennett: Israel should strike Iran to retaliate for Hezbollah attacks
B’Yachad chief accuses PM of tearing ‘Israeli society to shreds’ at party conference. Lapid calls to repair Israel’s ‘bipartisan status’ in US, strengthen ties with Diaspora Jews
By Sam Sokol
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, August 18, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 19, 2026, 2:10 am
Huckabee stands by calling violent settlers ‘terrorists’: They’re ‘pouring gas on a fire’
US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn’t clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel ‘never backed away’ from Trump’s overall plan for Strip
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Palestinian-American Louai Abu Ridi, whose home in the West Bank village of in Qusra has been encircled by extremist settlers for more than a week, hangs a US flag with his neighbor, after gaining access to his besieged home, August 17, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
August 17, 2026, 11:06 pm
Palestinian-American raises US flag upon return to Qusra home besieged by settlers
Louai Abu Ridi, who owns West Bank house that settlers started surrounding over a week ago, urges US embassy to provide him with protection
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
Large billboards near the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv showing support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Trump declare: "Pundits talk, leaders lead," April 13, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Trump says he should stay out of Israeli election, but ‘may endorse’ someone
US president’s remarks follow a report claiming he is reluctant to endorse Netanyahu in part due to his poor showing in opinion polls and partially due to wartime disagreements
By ToI Staff
Israeli forces stand in front of the entrance of a Palestinian house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 17, 2026, 3:06 am
US officials to reportedly tour West Bank town besieged by settler extremists
TV report says administration wants Israeli officials to join visit to Qusra; Shin Bet said working to compile sufficient evidence against suspects involved in the violence
By ToI Staff
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