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Despite pre-Oct. 7 warning, PM told aides striking Gaza could harm Saudi normalization talks — NYT

Trump told Xi that China’s support for Iran is unacceptable, US envoy says * Board of Peace met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says * UN Security Council condemns Houthi escalation against Saudi Arabia, in rare display of consensus

Master Sgt. (res.) Ofek Moalem (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Kali (right), who were killed when an IDF drone exploded during operations in the Gaza Strip on September 24, 2026. (Courtesy)

Two reservists killed in IDF drone explosion accident during operations in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Armed FPV drone crashed inside army post for unknown reason during takeoff, then detonated when soldiers came to check it; Army grounds all small strike drones as it investigates

PM to 'antisemite' Mamdani: 'You can’t silence me'

In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu blasts Iran, Qatar, Turkey, slams Gaza genocide accusation

By Lazar Berman

PM calls genocide allegation 'lie of the century,' defends IDF's morality, underplays settler violence; many envoys walk out before he starts; he doesn't mention Saudis or Abraham Accords

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to speak during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

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Netanyahu’s strong defense of Israel unlikely to sway critics abroad. Will it move voters at home?

The PM worked to dismantle the foul genocide allegation, and belatedly denounced Qatar. But his omissions, and his assertions of national unity in a society whose rifts he has widened, will have stung for many Israelis

A protester with a bag on their head next to an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a noose, in New York City, September 24, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Anti-Zionist protesters put Netanyahu effigy in a noose outside UN headquarters

Demonstrators compare Israeli prime minister to Satan, call Israel a 'child killer regime,' during rallies outside General Assembly in New York City

Daniel Rosenbaum, left, and Rabbi Elchanan Kuperman hold sets of the Four Species in front of the synagogue ark at the Wellington Jewish Community Center, in Wellington, New Zealand, September 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Daniel Rosenbaum)

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'We have to go through the same rigmarole as a huge company'

In New Zealand, sets of Four Species cost over $1,200. That’s only the first obstacle

By Nomi Kaltmann

Strict biosecurity measures make Sukkot the trickiest holiday for Kiwis: Only 14 quartets of palm, myrtle, willow and citron are permitted into the country -- and every leaf must be accounted for

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Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

I thought a sukkah was fragile; the border kibbutzim proved me wrong

Rain cancels the mitzvah, but grief does not: You must come out and sit under the thatched roof - not to rejoice, but to show up. That is resilience

Adam S. Ferziger

Adam S. Ferziger

Life is a fragile booth: The ‘falling sukkah’ redemption

Even when the walls shake, in times of personal and national crisis, internal division, and real exposure, we seek comfort in the sukkah’s ’shade of faith’

Alon Tal

They tried to destroy Temple Israel. Six months later, it stands tall

Back in their restored sanctuary for Yom Kippur, Michigan Jews had a message for those who would have them lower their voices: ‘We are Zionists. Full stop.’

Yaakov Chaliotis

Yaakov Chaliotis

The etrog’s long journey: How one fruit crosses the world before Sukkot

From the orchard to your sukkah, a lot could go wrong, so the growers, rabbis, freight companies, and border inspectors work small miracles to ensure timely delivery

Sharon Shalom

Ethiopian Jewish wisdom: A sukkah creates community

Bete Israel’s spiritual tradition focuses not on the sukkah’s details or those of the 4 species, but on a sense of belonging and being guests in God’s world

Ilana Brown

A lamentation for Jerusalem: Remembering Emek Refaim

The city that Yehuda Amichai and I love is disappearing amid bland high-rises that crush the Eternal City’s spirit with mediocrity and greed (PHOTO ESSAY)

Shalom Yerushalmi

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah

The prime minister’s stealth trip to New York reveals the gulf between his self-image and reality, exposing a squandered legacy that underlines the urgent need for a state inquiry

Romi Sussman

I have kept this secret for 25 years

As my oldest son prepared to marry, the time finally came to share something I’d been making for him since he was a baby

Tamar Pross

When my Israeli son asked me ‘What is Jewish?’

It took moving our family to Australia for me to understand what my 9-year-old had always taken for granted

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

The Yom Kippur lesson Israel still needs after October 7

No inquiry can guarantee that an Israeli ’conception’ won’t collapse down the road, but it can turn a catastrophe into an event we learn from, and that’s worth it

Henry Greenspan

Henry Greenspan

The Trail Book of Life

Hiking in the Adirondacks on Yom Kippur yielded its own kind of spiritual resplendence, though I couldn’t stop myself poking fun at fellow transgressors there

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Making Yom Kippur count

Fasting is easy. What’s hard is taking responsibility not for our close circles, but for those with whom we vehemently disagree

Israeli children seen on the first day of school at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Baby Einsteins

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Developing critical thinking is vital with rise of AI

Israeli study finds 68% of young kids innately think like scientists

By Diana Bletter

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Patras, Greece, say that young children can be taught scientific reasoning if asked 'how' things work, not 'why'

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by a Russian jet drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 25, 2026. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Boy's mother wounded in attack, brother escapes unscathed

Israeli teen killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv apartment building

By Lazar Berman and Reuters

Family said to request body of 14-year-old Daniel Umansky be flown to Israel for burial, after deadly blast kills four others and injures at least 20 people in Ukrainian capital

US and Iran discussing phased deal to reopen Hormuz and end US blockade, sources say

A woman chants slogan as she holds an Iranian flag while motorcyclists ride during a state-organized motorcycle parade called 'Janfada,' meaning 'Sacrifice for Iran,' in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

By Reuters, AFP and ToI Staff

Neither side wants to be the first to surrender its leverage, officials say, but both would prefer to reach a solution before the midterms in November

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Daily Briefing Sept. 25 – The PM’s speech: Fiery rhetoric, inside and outside the UN

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jacob Magid and Luke Tress

US bureau chief Jacob Magid and NY correspondent Luke Tress on the theatrics and props used by Netanyahu, PA President Abbas and the diverse array of protesters at the UN General Assembly

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Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

I thought a sukkah was fragile; the border kibbutzim proved me wrong

Rain cancels the mitzvah, but grief does not: You must come out and sit under the thatched roof - not to rejoice, but to show up. That is resilience

Adam S. Ferziger

Adam S. Ferziger

Life is a fragile booth: The ‘falling sukkah’ redemption

Even when the walls shake, in times of personal and national crisis, internal division, and real exposure, we seek comfort in the sukkah’s ’shade of faith’

Alon Tal

They tried to destroy Temple Israel. Six months later, it stands tall

Back in their restored sanctuary for Yom Kippur, Michigan Jews had a message for those who would have them lower their voices: ‘We are Zionists. Full stop.’

Yaakov Chaliotis

Yaakov Chaliotis

The etrog’s long journey: How one fruit crosses the world before Sukkot

From the orchard to your sukkah, a lot could go wrong, so the growers, rabbis, freight companies, and border inspectors work small miracles to ensure timely delivery

Sharon Shalom

Ethiopian Jewish wisdom: A sukkah creates community

Bete Israel’s spiritual tradition focuses not on the sukkah’s details or those of the 4 species, but on a sense of belonging and being guests in God’s world

Ilana Brown

A lamentation for Jerusalem: Remembering Emek Refaim

The city that Yehuda Amichai and I love is disappearing amid bland high-rises that crush the Eternal City’s spirit with mediocrity and greed (PHOTO ESSAY)

Shalom Yerushalmi

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah

The prime minister’s stealth trip to New York reveals the gulf between his self-image and reality, exposing a squandered legacy that underlines the urgent need for a state inquiry

Romi Sussman

I have kept this secret for 25 years

As my oldest son prepared to marry, the time finally came to share something I’d been making for him since he was a baby

Tamar Pross

When my Israeli son asked me ‘What is Jewish?’

It took moving our family to Australia for me to understand what my 9-year-old had always taken for granted

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

The Yom Kippur lesson Israel still needs after October 7

No inquiry can guarantee that an Israeli ’conception’ won’t collapse down the road, but it can turn a catastrophe into an event we learn from, and that’s worth it

Henry Greenspan

Henry Greenspan

The Trail Book of Life

Hiking in the Adirondacks on Yom Kippur yielded its own kind of spiritual resplendence, though I couldn’t stop myself poking fun at fellow transgressors there

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Making Yom Kippur count

Fasting is easy. What’s hard is taking responsibility not for our close circles, but for those with whom we vehemently disagree

Gunman shouted ‘you’re going to die for the Jews’ at cop during Ontario synagogue attack

Vancouver Police watch as city workers begin to clear the scene where a driver killed multiple people during a Filipino community festival April 29, 2025, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Officials say ex-Canadian soldier targeted Yom Kippur service and was equipped for potential mass killing; officer shot multiple times helped keep him out

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks via pre-recorded video during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN General Assembly

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'Palestinians won't accept displacement and won't disappear'

PA’s Abbas at UN: Israel trying to force Palestinians out with ‘genocidal war,’ ‘settler terrorism’

In virtual address, leader rejects US justifications for visa ban extension, insisting that Ramallah rejects terrorism and has 'completed' pledged reforms, targeting Israel in ICC is 'peaceful'

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Attorney general asks court to freeze Karhi’s media law, citing serious legal flaws

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset House Committee at the parliament in Jerusalem on June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Baharav-Miara says legislation weakens safeguards for independent news coverage and is particularly sensitive during election campaign

Macklemore hits back with ‘Free Palestine Tour’ after being dumped from Ed Sheeran tour

Recording artist Macklemore appears on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series in Central Park in New York on July 22, 2022, left, and Ed Sheeran appears at the premiere of the film “F1 The Movie” in London on June 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

By AFP and ToI Staff

US rapper announces three shows in London, Paris and Dublin for late October, with US dates in the works; says other artists will be announced soon

Dashes back from New York to be at Neria's bedside

Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Envoy to US says son's life 'still in danger'; says Palestinian violence seeks to 'uproot the Jews from this land,' calls Israeli attacks on Palestinians 'exceptions'

'We have no other place to go'

As Israel steps up hamlet demolitions, owner of razed home insists he’s staying put

Nabil Jabarin stands in the West Bank Palestinian hamlet of Jinba in the Masafer Yatta region where he lives, September 24, 2026. (Courtesy)

By Jeremy Sharon

After Civil Administration tears down dozens of structures in West Bank's Jinba, Nabil Jabarin says his family is sleeping outdoors, but will rebuild if 'better' government takes power

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A Mandatory Listen: The Times of Israel's senior analyst, Haviv Rettig Gur, says military strength i

A Mandatory Listen: The Times of Israel's senior analyst, Haviv Rettig Gur, says military strength i

Israeli troops razed a two-kilometer tunnel in the IDF-held portion of the Gaza Strip

Israeli troops razed a two-kilometer tunnel in the IDF-held portion of the Gaza Strip

ANALYSIS: Why did the US grant Iran entry visas but not the PA?

ANALYSIS: Why did the US grant Iran entry visas but not the PA?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s annual visit for the UN General Assembly brought out protestors

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s annual visit for the UN General Assembly brought out protestors

PM Netanyahu takes fire at "antisemite" Mayor Mamdani

PM Netanyahu takes fire at "antisemite" Mayor Mamdani

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invites “moral cowards” to leave the room after a walkout by many

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invites “moral cowards” to leave the room after a walkout by many

Who will Prime Minister Netanyahu be speaking to in his speech today?

Who will Prime Minister Netanyahu be speaking to in his speech today?

Hundreds rally against antisemitism outside UN headquarters in New York

Hundreds rally against antisemitism outside UN headquarters in New York

What Matters Now: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Radical pragmatism for a two-state solution

What Matters Now: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Radical pragmatism for a two-state solution

Watch the Jewish ritual of 'scape-chickens'

Watch the Jewish ritual of 'scape-chickens'

Netanyahu’s coalition and rival ‘change bloc’ draw level in latest ToI poll

A television channel advertisement featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main election rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of the Knesset election, in Ramat Gan, September 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Zionist anti-Netanyahu parties should agree on candidate for premier, say 67% of respondents who back them; PM bloc's edge in last week's Channel 13 poll, touted by Trump, disappears

US-Israeli browser startup valued at $6.4 billion as AI agents reshape workplace risk

Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)

By Sharon Wrobel

Island is the maker of a web browser tailored for businesses to help secure workflows in digital and hybrid work environments where employees and AI agents interact

People check their names on voters lists inside a polling station during the legislative elections in Rabat, Morocco, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Morocco’s ruling coalition tops vote; candidate who called Jewish leader ‘cancer’ elected

By AFP and ToI Staff

Same candidate has also stomped on Israeli flag; Islamist opposition gains ground in low-turnout election colored by Ceuta crisis, prep for 2030 soccer World Cup

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A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration at Republic Square in Paris, September 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

France says ICC warrant posed no obstacle to Netanyahu overflight en route to UN

Baruch Neriya, 9, who died from a brain-eating amoeba after a swim in the Sea of Galilee. (Pardes Hanna Regional Council)

Boy with rare brain-eating amoeba dies after Sea of Galilee swim

By Diana Bletter

Ariana Harwicz attends 'Die My Love' New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on November 1, 2025 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images/AFP)

350 cultural figures back Jewish author dropped from Spanish festival over Israel support

By Shira Li Bartov

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

At the UN, Sharaa says peace with Israel possible, but vows Golan will remain Syrian

By Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli protesters hold large photographs of Israeli hostages who were killed in Hamas captivity, as they demonstrate on August 31, 2026, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem calling for a state commission of inquiry into failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

High Court delays decision on October 7 state commission until after election

By Jeremy Sharon

The James Brady Press Briefing Room is seen at the White House, September 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

CNN, MS NOW, Politico allowed back at White House after judge ordered Trump to lift ban

By Jocelyn Noveck, Hallie Golden and Laurie Kellman

Hannah Gann, a Jewish public school teacher and activist in Philadelphia who pretended to be Palestinian for years, addresses a meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Dec. 4, 2025.(Screenshot via JTA)

Jewish teacher in Philadelphia admits to fabricating Palestinian identity for years

By Andrew Lapin

CIA Director John Ratcliffe speaks before US President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

CIA said to warn Europe of Russian plans to launch drones at Italy, France or Spain

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this December 21, 2014 file photo, late light falls on Wheeler Hall, South Hall and the Campanile on the University of California campus in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

In legal settlement, UC Berkeley promises snubbed Israeli dance scholar a job offer

By JTA and ToI Staff

Netherlands ends Eurovision boycott over Israel, announcing return to 2027 contest

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Sgt. Binyamin Meir Airley was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2023. (courtesy)

Those we have lost

Sgt. Binyamin Airley, 21: Had a ‘love affair’ with the Land of Israel

Killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip on November 18

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Those we have lost

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Those we have lost

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Ronen Daichman, 49: Physics teacher was ‘the coolest guy in the school’

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Those we have lost

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Those we have lost

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Screenshots from a video posted by user FreeSpirit666 on TikTok, on September 14, 2026, captioned “Prices at Auschwitz". (Screenshots/FreeSpirit666 via TikTok)

Sour taste

British tourist’s TikTok critique of Auschwitz Museum’s café goes viral

'This is a concentration camp where thousands died, not a 5 star restaurant experience,' says one commenter on since-deleted video

The exterior of the restored Tiferet Synagogue in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, open for tours during Batim Mibifnim in October 2026 (Jewish Quarter Tourism)

Opportunity knocks

Jerusalem’s homes and institutions open to the public

Annual architecture festival Open House Jerusalem to take place over two October weekends, with free tours of sites around the capital

By Jessica Steinberg

Former star striker Wayne Rooney stands on the pitch before the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, November 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

'Roo the Jew'

British soccer legend Wayne Rooney reveals Jewish ancestry

Raised Catholic and once interested in becoming a priest, former England striker learns his great-grandmother fled Poland for Liverpool

Screen grab from video of British pop star Boy George announcing an upcoming concert in Tel Aviv, in a video posted to social media, September 22, 2026. (Boy George)

'It is my honor'

British pop star Boy George to perform in Israel in November

Staunchly pro-Israel artist expresses his gratitude at being invited to give concert, promises 'an evening of positivity, and love, and good vibes'

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A Shabbat table (iStock by Getty Images)

Hungry for unity

Room for one more? Campaign bridges divides by breaking bread

Grassroots initiative urges Jews to invite someone outside their usual circles this Sukkot, building on successful trial run over Tisha B'Av

Actor Lior Raz in the fifth season of 'Fauda.' (Video screenshot)

Cross-border hit

Oct. 7-focused new season of ‘Fauda’ is No. 1 on Netflix in Lebanon

Shows fifth season tops charts across the Arab world, even as it focuses on Israeli pain and trauma caused by Hamas attack and Gaza war

Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow shofars on the latter's late night talk show on September 10, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Shofar so good

Gal Gadot blows shofar on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ before Rosh Hashanah

‘Wonder Woman’ star also talks gefilte fish, while musical guest MUNA distances itself from sharing the episode with Israeli star, posting ‘Free Palestine’

US film director Quentin Tarantino arrives for the screening of the film “Nouvelle Vague” (New Wave) at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2025. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP)

'Snorts like SpongeBob'

Tarantino laughs loudly at the movies, including his own, some Israelis say

The 'Kill Bill' director, who is married to an Israeli and lives in Tel Aviv some of the year, reportedly annoys moviegoers at local theaters by laughing at inappropriate moments

By Jessica Steinberg

Babies and medical staff with Israeli flags at the Nahariya Medical Center, ahead of Independence Day, April 13, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

The Name Game

Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names in Hebrew year 5786

Population and Immigration Authority list shows Ariel retaining top spot for Jewish boys; 179,398 babies born since last Rosh Hashanah

Gal Gadot shares more details about the DC Studios Wonder Woman franchise with 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast host Josh Horowitz in August 2026 (Screenshot/Josh Horowitz via YouTube)

Passing on Gadot

Gal Gadot confirms she was cut from Wonder Woman franchise

Actress says she wasn't surprised by cold shoulder from DC Studios, is grateful she 'got to wear' the superhero's boots

By Jessica Steinberg