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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (second from left) is greeted by members of the local municipality as he arrives to visit the home of a Palestinian-American resident who has previously been attacked twice and says he faces ongoing harassment from Israeli settlers, in the Israeli-West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, on September 5, 2026. (John Wessels/AFP)

Denies Israel planning to force Palestinians out of Gaza

Huckabee, in West Bank, urges severe consequences for settler violence: ‘Terror is terror’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Visiting Palestinian town, US envoy says it's in Israel's interest to take action, and a 'few hundred' violent settlers are 'too many'; separately, settlers reportedly torch Palestinian fields, attack convoy making condolence visit

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60 killed in fighting between Houthis and government forces in Yemen, sources say

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on October 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (Screenshot/Benjamin Netanyahu via X)

Report: Alerted to Hamas attack, PM took 2 hours to leave home, didn’t speak to IDF chief for 3

Israeli TV cites unpublished Oct. 7 minutes from Netanyahu's office diary showing he stayed in Caesarea until at least 8:30 a.m., notes he didn't contact CoS Halevi for another hour after that

This handout image taken by the European Space Agency, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country's main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometers south of the mainland in the north of the Gulf, on March 7, 2026. (European Space Agency/AFP)

US personnel said polygraphed over munitions shortage leaks

US military says it destroyed 3 Iranian oil tankers after IRGC targeted its warships

By ToI Staff and Agencies

One vessel 'permanently disabled' near Kharg Island, another near port of Jask; Tehran has vowed strong response to attacks on Kharg, which further jeopardize economy

Adir Schwartz talks with Jerusalem municipality inspectors as they shut down a temporary cafe set up by the Hitorerut movement in central Jerusalem after Cafe Basimta closed following weeks of protests by ultra-Orthodox extremists (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem municipality shuts down Shabbat coffee stand near cafe that caved to Haredi protests

Inspector tells volunteers from Hitorerut that they 'received orders from higher up' to close stall; head of liberal group: 'Violence closed Cafe Basimta, but failed to close Jerusalem'

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s top candidate for regional elections Ulrich Siegmund gives a speech during the AfD’s regional congress in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on April 11, 2026. (RONNY HARTMANN/AFP)

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Joshua Schultheis

German far-right AfD party’s projected win puts Jews between the left and a hard place

Populist Alternative for Germany faces accusations of antisemitism as it's poised to win big in Sunday's elections in state of Saxony-Anhalt. What does it bode for a beleaguered Jewish community?

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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign, August 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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El-Sayed and Vance call each other ‘evil,’ while both handling antisemitism the same way

The Republican US vice president and Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan each show reluctance to disavow inflammatory supporters, in sign of collapsing firewall between politicians and extremists

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From left to right: Prof. Gil Levkowitz, Dr. Yael Kuperman and Prof. Alon Chen of the Weizmann Institute of Science. (Courtesy)

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An election campaign poster by the Unity Party, led by Gilad Erdan is seen at the entrance to Jerusalem, August 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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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)

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Moshe Feiglin attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Those we have lost

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Killed in southern Israel following Hamas’s October 7 attack

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Those we have lost

Cpt. Omer Neutra, 21: Tank commander sought to ‘make an impact’

Killed while battling Hamas along the Gaza border on October 7, his body taken captive and returned in November 2025

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Those We Have Lost

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Shuli Rand, left, and rapper Jimbo J duet their hit songs ahead of Rosh Hashanah, in August 2026. (YouTube screenshot)

White hope

Rapper Jimbo J and actor Shuli Rand duet in optimistic mashup

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A road sign showing the direction to Petah Tikva (iStock)

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Former hostage Eliya Cohen and October 7 survivor Ziv Aboud marry on August 19, 2026 (Screenshots/Hen Mazzig via X)

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View of the northern town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon, June 22, 2026. (Chen Leopold/FLASH90)

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People walk in the rain in Jerusalem, August 15, 2026. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

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Rocker Aviv Geffen will perform after the screening of 'Aviv,' Tomer Heymann's documentary about the musician, at the National Library's Docu.Text festival, August 16-20, 2026 (Daniel Aharony)

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Documentary film fest to open at National Library for 11th year

Docu.Text, running August 16-20, will feature 25 films, with premieres, filmmaker talks and live performances by Aviv Geffen and other Israeli artists

By Jessica Steinberg

Alex Farfuri's video installation at the Israel Festival Verse event on August 11, 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

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Israel Festival event urges audiences to listen and speak up

'Verse,' a collaboration with the Aner Shapira Foundation, takes place at the Jerusalem Campus of the Arts, showcasing a variety of voices in society

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A branch of the Golda ice cream company. (Screen grab/Kan news)

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