Trump told Xi that China’s support for Iran is unacceptable, US envoy says
After UAE leader’s warning, Netanyahu reportedly warned security officials Gaza strikes would thwart deal with Saudis, days before Oct. 7 * 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
Tehran will make no nuclear concessions, Hormuz to stay shut until conditions met, senior Iranian official says
UNITED NATIONS — Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the United States accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which calls for steps including the lifting of a US naval blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official tells Reuters.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says the waterway would remain closed until “all of Iran’s conditions are met” by the United States.
Under Iran’s proposal, Tehran has offered to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Within seven days, hostilities would end on all fronts, including Lebanon; the United States would lift its blockade on Iranian ports, release Iran’s frozen funds and waive its oil sanctions, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday.
The proposal follows a sharp escalation in Middle East tensions after seven months of war between Iran and the United States, with Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen launching missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia.
Trump says he discussed Iran war in meeting with China’s Xi
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says he had discussed the Iran war with visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, following allegations that Beijing has been supporting Tehran.
“We did, we did,” Trump says when asked if they had talked about Iran, as he showed Xi around the National Archives in Washington on the last day of the Chinese leader’s state visit.
Asked if he thought there would be progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump replies: “I think we’re going to do great.”
After UAE leader’s warning, Netanyahu warned security officials Gaza strikes would thwart deal with Saudis, days before Oct. 7 — NYT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s goal should be to maintain calm in Gaza so as not to thwart potential normalization with Saudi Arabia, at a security meeting six days before the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre, and after he personally received a warning over a potential attack from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, The New York Times reports.
Netanyahu did not mention the warning at the meeting with top security officials, instead warning that any major attack on Gaza would sabotage efforts to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reports, citing minutes from the meeting.
The prime minister’s position came in contrast to those of some of the security officials present, who advocated for strikes against senior leaders of Hamas directing terror activities in the West Bank, the report says.
Earlier this month, The Times of Israel confirmed a Haaretz daily report that some 10 days before the Hamas-led massacre, Netanyahu was personally warned by the leader of the UAE that Hamas was planning a major offensive move against Israel, but did not update Israeli security leaders and did nothing with the information.
Netanyahu has denied the claim and has threatened to sue Haaretz, though he has yet to officially do so.
UAE-owned Manchester City found guilty for breaching Premier League financial rules
MANCHESTER — Manchester City have been found guilty of all but one of 115 Premier League charges they face for breaching financial regulations, the Athletic reports.
The report adds that no sanction has yet been decided and that City are set to appeal.
The outcome of an independent hearing that began more than two years ago could send shock waves through English football.
The legacy of City’s trophy-laden era is on the line over accusations that it had been built on financial impropriety.
City were charged by the Premier League in 2023 following an investigation into alleged breaches between 2009 and 2018.
The club, which has always denied the allegations, was accused of failing to provide accurate financial information and details of payments to players and coaches, as well as breaches of financial sustainability rules.
Under the ownership of Sheikh Mansour, whose Abu Dhabi United Group acquired the club in 2008, City have become the dominant force in English football.
They have won eight Premier League titles, four FA Cups, seven League Cups and one Champions League in the past 15 years.
Oct. 7 footage to be shown outside New York screening of ‘NAZA’
The Israeli-American Council will show footage of Hamas’s October 2023 invasion of Israel outside the North American premiere of the documentary “NAZA” in New York City tomorrow.
“NAZA” purports to show that the IDF used AI for Gaza targeting and accepted high numbers of civilian deaths as acceptable collateral damage in the early stages of the war. The IDF has denied the main claims of the film.
The film’s North American premiere will take place at Lincoln Center as part of the New York Film Festival.
The Israeli-American Council announces a rally outside the screening that will show a compilation of raw footage from the October 7, 2023, massacre, including video filmed by the Hamas terrorists.
The footage will be shown on mobile LED screens, organizers say.
Two survivors of the Nova music festival massacre, Rom El-Hai and Shalev Bitton, will join the rally, along with Yunis Alkarnawi, a Bedouin Israeli who saved people from the festival.
Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder over stabbing of two Jews in Golders Green
LONDON — A 45-year-old man pleads not guilty to charges of attempted murder over a knife attack during which two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London.
Essa Suleiman, a British national who was born in Somalia, appears at London’s Old Bailey court and pleads not guilty to two counts of attempted murder, as well as a third count relating to an unconnected incident earlier the same day.
‘Deterred’ by protests, IDF and police have halted proactive arrests of Haredi draft dodgers — report
The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police have stopped proactively arresting ultra-Orthodox draft evaders, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing senior judicial officials.
Authorities have been “deterred” by mass demonstrations by Haredim that caused significant disruptions across the country in recent months.
In April, the High Court of Justice ordered the government to explain its failure to issue enough conscription orders to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students to meet the needs of the IDF, and its failure to enforce the orders it had issued. The police subsequently announced in May that new orders had been issued to officers to detain draft dodgers and wait for the Military Police to pick them up.
Efforts by the current government to enshrine in law a blanket ultra-Orthodox exemption from the draft have drawn fierce opposition from reservists, Knesset legal advisers and much of the public.
The coalition sought in July to halt arrests of Haredi draft evaders for seven months, but the High Court froze the legislation before it could take effect and later extended the freeze while considering petitions against the law.
UN blacklists 61 more firms operating in West Bank settlements
GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations human rights office issues a list adding 61 more companies operating in West Bank settlements, which the global body considers illegal.
The database is highly sensitive as firms could be targeted for boycotts or divestment to pressure Israel over settler expansion in the territory that is home to over 3 million Palestinians.
The database, first released in 2020, now includes 214 firms, mostly from Israel, but also from 10 other countries including France, Germany, China and the US.
Newly added firms included Israeli pesticide maker ADAMA, part of Chinese-owned Syngenta Group, Israel-based real estate investment holding company Alony Hetz and Spain’s Salvat Logistica.
They do not immediately respond to a request for comment on their inclusion in the UN database.
They joined companies such as travel agency Expedia and home-rental company Airbnb already on the list.
Israel, which views the West Bank as disputed rather than occupied, has previously said the list unfairly vilifies companies working legally.
“This is a distorted mechanism — created by a deeply flawed body with an automatic majority against Israel,” Israel’s diplomatic mission says, alleging that the database was established to “persecute” the Jewish state.
Over 500,000 Israelis live in the West Bank, which Palestinians claim, along with East Jerusalem and Gaza, as the basis of a future independent state.
Israel has said it has no intention of dismantling any of its West Bank settlements, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out an independent Palestinian state.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Report: Contradicting Feldstein, Einhorn told Israeli investigator they were both paid to work for Qatar’s benefit
Yisrael Einhorn, a former adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is a suspect in both the Qatargate and leaked documents scandals, told an Israeli police investigator that he and fellow suspect Eli Feldstein were paid by US lobbyist Jay Footlik, a paid advocate for Qatar, to work for Doha’s benefit, the Haaretz daily reports.
Einhorn, who lives in Serbia and has been declared a “fugitive criminal” by police for not submitting to his arrest warrant, was questioned by Deputy Commissioner Momi Meshulam in July 2025 in Serbia amid his refusal to return to Israel, Haaretz reports.
During the questioning, Einhorn refused to return to Israel for the investigation since Israel Police could not guarantee they would return his passport and allow him to return to Serbia, Haaretz reports.
Einhorn reportedly told Meshulam that Eli Feldstein’s claim that the money he received from Footlik was for work in the Prime Minister’s Office is a “complete fantasy.”
“He knows, just like me, that he worked for Qatar,” Einhorn is quoted as telling Meshulam. “We worked closely to spread the truth on Qatari issues.”
Einhorn, Jonatan Urich and fellow ex-Netanyahu aide Feldstein are accused of leaking a classified IDF document to the Bild newspaper in Germany in summer 2024 to influence Israeli public opinion about hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Separately, in the Qatargate affair, Einhorn, Urich and Feldstein are accused of taking money to spearhead a public relations campaign to cast Qatar in a positive light for over a year after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, despite the Gulf state’s strong ties to the terror group, and doing so while working in the Prime Minister’s Office.
NY politicians detained at anti-Netanyahu protest trumpet their arrests, are charged with disorderly conduct
Politicians detained by police yesterday for protesting Israel outside the United Nations were issued summonses for disorderly conduct and released, the NYPD says.
The protest was organized by the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the UN General Assembly.
The NYPD says officers were called to the unscheduled demonstration and saw protesters blocking traffic.
Officers repeatedly instructed them to disperse and told them they could leave, but would be arrested if they continued to block the intersection.
The NYPD says 103 individuals were taken into custody. Jewish Voice for Peace yesterday put the figure at 104 arrests.
Those detained have received court summonses for disorderly conduct.
The offense is a low-level violation, not a crime, so the protesters were immediately released, will have to appear in court, and will likely face minor penalties, such as a small fine, or have the case dismissed.
Nine leftist politicians from New York City were among those detained, including House primary winner Darializa Avila Chevalier, state senate candidate Aber Kawas, city councilmembers Alexa Avilés and Chi Ossé, and state assembly member Emily Gallagher.
The nine politicians all post photos or videos of their arrests on social media.
As the Democratic Nominee for New York's 13th Congressional District, I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged. I refuse to be complicit in genocide. pic.twitter.com/UcGhZC8I7f
— Darializa for Congress (@DarializaforNY) September 25, 2026
“I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged,” Chevalier says.
Several politicians from outside the city were at the protest but were not arrested, so they will not need to return to the city for court appearances.