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What Matters Most On Friday, September 12, 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he arrives to attend a signing ceremony for a framework agreement to speed up development in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, September 11, 2025. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

‘There will be no Palestinian state’: Netanyahu signs plan for E1 settlement expansion

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PM declares ‘this place belongs to us’ during signing ceremony in Ma’ale Adumim, as Smotrich vows that the next step is annexation of the West Bank

Reporter's notebookAt Ma’ale Adumim, Netanyahu buried the two-state solution

By Shalom Yerushalmi

The settlement of Har Homa, as seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, August 16, 2025 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Most Americans, including MAGA supporters, oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank — poll

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 12: Security chiefs said to warn ministers Gaza City takeover will ‘inevitably’ kill hostages

10,000 children in Gaza City diagnosed with acute malnutrition in past two months — UNICEF * Report: Mossad pushed back on carrying out plan it drew up to use agents on the ground to kill Hamas leaders in Doha

8:55 pm

Sharaa says Syria in talks with Israel on security deal
8:14 pm

Qatar emir hosts Netanyahu-ally Orban, thanks Hungary for support following Israeli strike
8:09 pm

50 reported killed throughout Strip Friday as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza City

Two wounded, one seriously, in terror stabbing at hotel west of Jerusalem

By Charlie Summers and Diana Bletter

Suspect, a 42-year-old man from East Jerusalem who worked at Kibbutz Tzuba hotel, is subdued by off-duty cop; man, 50, is injured seriously, 23-year-old man moderately

Police at the scene of a stabbing attack in the dining room of the hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba, near Jerusalem, September 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

From Our SponsorHZWOA

Hadassah Doctors Performed Israel’s First Artificial Heart Transplant

A 63-year-old man’s life was saved when Hadassah doctors replaced his heart with a revolutionary device. (Story first published in May.)

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answers a question, as US President Donald Trump looks on, during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)

Whenever talks progress, 'it seems like he bombs someone'

White House said ‘frustrated’ with Netanyahu, fears he wants to tank ceasefire talks

By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Trump says ‘hopefully’ Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha won’t affect hostage-ceasefire talks, but Arab diplomat tells ToI all mediation efforts ceased after Qatar bombing

Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks during a press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (not pictured) in Doha, Qatar, on June 24, 2025. (Karim JAAFAR / AFP)

Qatari prime minister to meet with top US officials in Washington Friday

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinians transport their belongings as they evacuate Gaza City towards southern areas of the coastal Gaza Strip, on September 11, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Netanyahu discusses plan for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Gazans starting next month

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks at a Turning Point event for Republican US vice presidential nominee JD Vance, September 4, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Online conspiracy theorists blame the Jews for Charlie Kirk’s assassination

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Popular podcast host accuses Mossad of shooting death of right-wing influencer, while some commentators warn that incident could serve as pretext for extreme crackdown

This undated combination of images provided by the FBI shows a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)

FBI releases photo of suspect in Charlie Kirk killing, recovers rifle nearby

By Eric Tucker, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JESSE BEDAYN

Ruthie Hollander

Do our souls still shudder?

Charlie Kirk’s murder is shocking and tragic, but the thing that’s bothering me is how many children saw that video of the life leaving his body?

When words fall silent: Reflections on Charlie Kirk’s murder

The courage for passionate, fierce debate in the service of truth is the hallmark of a healthy people, for whom words are never silenced by bullets

Analysis

Striking out: Legality of Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha called into question

Doctrine of ‘unwilling and unable’ allows states to strike in non-hostile countries, but Doha has insisted Israel knew about and even requested Hamas leaders’ presence there

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing after an Israeli strike in Doha's capital Qatar on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Jacqueline PENNEY / AFPTV / AFP)

A composite image of five members of Hamas's leadership targeted by Israel in Qatar on September 9, 2025, L-R: Zaher Jabarin, Khaled Mashaal, Khalil al-Hayya, Muhammad Ismail Darwish, Nizar Awadallah. (Mahmud Hams/Louai Beshara/KHAMENEI.IR/AFP)

Israeli security establishment said to believe Doha strike failed to kill targets

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

People attend a funeral held for those killed by an Israeli attack in Doha, including Corporal Badr Saad Mohammed Al-Humaidi Al-Dosari, a member of the Internal Security Force, at the Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, September 11, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a video feed. (Qatar TV/Reuters TV via REUTERS)

Hamas says Israeli strike on Doha was ‘assassination of the entire negotiation process’

By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan

Palestinians check a destroyed building following an overnight strike on al-Shati neighborhood, west of Gaza City, on September 12, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Palestinians report 43 killed by Israeli fire across Gaza Strip since dawn

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Roughly a quarter of Gaza City’s million residents have fled ahead of IDF offensive there, military assesses, as it announces plans to expand aid shipments to facilitate exodus

An IDF infographic shows the location of a strike on a Hamas command center at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, April 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Hamas government docs detail terror group’s use of Gaza hospitals, medical facilities

By Jeremy Sharon

Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, August 11, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Zamir ignored top IDF lawyer’s warning that Gaza City evacuation may be illegal – report

By Jeremy Sharon and Emanuel Fabian

Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)

Struggling to walk, Elizabeth Tsurkov embraces loved ones after return to Israel from captivity

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Freed from Iraq after being held hostage for 2.5 years, Russian-Israeli researcher tells PM of ‘harsh conditions,’ expresses hope that all hostages will return home soon

Palestinian Authority intelligence chief Majed Faraj arrives at the inauguration ceremony of a waste treatment plant in the northern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2018. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images via ZUMA Wire)

Exclusive

US hosted PA intelligence chief for meetings with CIA counterparts despite visa ban

Majed Faraj conveyed to Trump administration that PA would continue combating terror in West Bank regardless of whether entry ban reversed for Palestinian officials

Inside story

Jerusalem terror attack exposes fresh holes in reliance on West Bank security barrier

By Nurit Yohanan

With Israel heavily restricting work permits for Palestinians since October 7, many are now entering the country illegally, stretching the ability of police and posing a fresh security threat

Israeli soldiers guard a section of Israel's security barrier, in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah, November 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

'We cry and laugh, and go on'

Can spinach pies infuse strength back into Kibbutz Be’eri? This baker hopes so

By Jessica Steinberg

Yaki Sagi wants Lalush Bakery, reinstated in its home behind the communal dining hall, to help revive his community, devastated on October 7: ‘The will to live is strong’

Israel accuses Spanish PM of issuing ‘blatant genocidal threat’ after nuke comments

Netanyahu’s office says ‘apparently the Spanish Inquisition is not enough for Sanchez,’ after counterpart laments Madrid ‘doesn’t have nuclear bombs’ to help put an end to Gaza war

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in this composite image. (AFP)

Illustrative: Orthodox Jews congregate in the ancient Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy, in an undated photo. (Paolo Raccanelli)

Orthodox US couple allegedly attacked in Venice by group shouting ‘Free Palestine’

By Grace Gilson

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, representing Israel with the song, 'New Day Will Rise,' walks on the turquoise carpet next to the Basel Town Hall, with protesters' Palestinian flags behind, during the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Netherlands joins countries set to boycott Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part

By AFP and ToI Staff

Dr. David Catalunya, a researcher at the Complutense Institute of Musical Sciences (ICCMU) in Madrid, and organ expert Koos van de Linde, with the ‘Oldest organ in Christendom,’ dating back to the 11th century, which was unveiled to the public at the Saint Savior’s Monastery of Jerusalem’s Old City on September 9, 2025. (CTS)

'It is a true miracle'

‘Oldest organ in Christendom’ makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence

By Rossella Tercatin

A team of researchers studied and restored dozens of organ pipes crafted some 1,000 years ago for Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which are now on display at the Terra Sancta Museum

Film review

It doesn’t go to 11, but die-hard fans of UK’s loudest band may still enjoy ‘Spinal Tap II’

Now in US theaters, the cult comedy’s sequel lacks momentum and relies on cameos to make up for paucity of jokes. Those who love the 40-year-old original will likely see it anyway

From left, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest in a still from 'Spinal Tap II.' (Courtesy Bleecker Street Films)

Interview

With flotilla in spotlight, Israel seeks way to thwart activists without going overboard

As the Global Sumud Flotilla sails to Gaza, expert says Israel can convince it to turn back, intercept it carefully, or just let the boats into the Strip and avoid a media black eye

Demonstrators shout slogans on a boat ahead of the launch of a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza, aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid, in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

In 'Boy from the North Country,' Sam Sussman writes about his mother's real-life romance with Bob Dylan. (Penguin Random House; author photo by Ben Kaplan via JTA)

Interview'Her refusal to discuss him was one long act of protection'

Sam Sussman’s novel turns mystery of whether Bob Dylan is his father into ode to his mother

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In ‘Boy from the North Country,’ the writer leverages his real-life uncertain paternity into a fictional exploration of his late mother’s wisdom, finding a legacy deeper than celebrity

Lazar Berman (Ariel Jerozolimski) / Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose for a photo on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords at the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

ToI podcast

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: After five years, are the Abraham Accords a success?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

ToI’s diplomatic reporter talks about which countries joined the Trump-brokered agreements and which were on deck before the region shifted with the Hamas-instigated war in Gaza

NYC comptroller Brad Lander speaks during the Jews For Racial And Economic Justice's Mazals Gala on September 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images via JTA)

NYC comptroller calls for coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists at Mamdani event

By Joseph Strauss

While being honored by progressive Jewish group JFREJ alongside the anti-Israel mayoral candidate, Brad Lander says he hasn’t spoken out enough against Israel’s ‘war crimes’

Protestors gather outside of Columbia University's Butler Library after anti-Israel protesters occupied the space on May 07, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America)

Columbia, Barnard college rank last in US campus free speech survey

North Carolina State Senator Sophia Chitlik (YouTube screenshot)

Jewish lawmaker who shared stage with Seinfeld decries his ‘Free Palestine’-KKK comparison

By Andrew Lapin

More Headlines

IDF troops operate in southern Syria in a handout photo cleared for publication on August 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it nabbed suspected terror cells working for Iran’s IRGC in Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at LaGuardia Airport in New York on September 11, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Trump’s insistence he deserves a peace prize won’t sway us, says Nobel committee

By AFP and ToI Staff

Police inspect the scene of a murder and attempted suicide in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, on August 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Man kills pregnant ex-wife, shoots himself, in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, September 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)

Iran says enriched nuclear material ‘under rubble’ of facilities hit amid Israel war

By AFP

Pupils participating in the 2024 Hebrew Language Olympiad. (Yael Tzur)

Hebrew Language Olympiad expands to reach native Arabic speakers and Diaspora pupils

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, September 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro given 27 years in jail for plotting coup

By Ramon Sahmkow

Avner Netanyahu and fiance Amit Yardeni (Instagram)

After wedding was canceled due to Iran war, Avner Netanyahu calls off his engagement

A screenshot from security camera footage of the suspect in attacks on Jewish institutions in London. (Shomrim/Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

London police hunt for man suspected of smearing feces on synagogues, other Jewish sites

By AFP and ToI Staff

Shockat Adam (YouTube screenshot)

British lawmaker condemned for speech invoking IDF’s ‘blood-soaked tentacles’

By Grace Gilson

Jonatan Urich, a suspect in the so-called Qatargate investigation, arrives for a court hearing the Lod-Central District Court, August 19, 2025. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)

Court rejects police request to extend restrictions on Qatargate suspect Urich

By Jeremy Sharon

Protesters rally for the release of French teacher Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris from Iranian prison, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, on March 23, 2024. (Kiran RIDLEY / AFP)

France demands release of 3 citizens held in Iran after Tehran floats prisoner swap

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison speaks during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via JTA)

Battle of billionairesOracle exec Larry Ellison briefly surpasses Elon Musk as richest man alive

By Grace Gilson

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