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What Matters Most On Saturday, September 20, 2025

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A propaganda image with the faces of 48 hostages that remain held by Hamas in Gaza, all of them named Ron Arad, referencing an Israeli Air Force pilot missing since 1988, published by Hamas on September 20, 2025. The image reads: "Because of Netanyahu's refusal, and Zamir's capitulation, a parting image as the military operation in Gaza City begins." (Hamas)

Anti-government protest to be held outside Likud celebration

Hamas issues propaganda warning for hostages’ fate, as tens of thousands holding rallies

Families say ‘writing is on the wall’ that Gaza City op will endanger captives, troops; terror group warns hostages could disappear like airman Ron Arad, missing for nearly 3 decades

Palestinians from Gaza City move southwards with their belongings, on the coastal road near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on September 19, 2025 (Eyad BABA / AFP)

IDF warns will use ‘unprecedented force’ in Gaza City as 480,000 thought to have fled

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israeli soldiers were killed in a stabbing and shooting attack at the Allenby Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Allenby crossing with Jordan to reopen for pedestrians Sunday, following deadly attack

Protestors unfurl a sign at a protest for the hostages at outside of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, September 20, 2025. (Dana Reany / Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 20: Anti-government protesters disrupt Likud holiday toast in Kfar Saba

Weekly rallies held to urge release of captives * IDF: Over half of Gaza City’s million residents have evacuated in recent weeks * Qatar said conditioning resumption of mediating role on public Israeli apology for Doha strike

8:40 pm

Police commander in Jerusalem filmed shouting 'you're a loser' at opposition MK
8:39 pm

Netanyahu, coalition lawmakers slam anti-government demonstrators after Likud MK falls amid protest
7:47 pm

Freed hostage concerned for Israel's future 'if we are ready to give up on' the captives

UN to let Abbas speak via video after US barred him from attending General Assembly

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

Passed 145-5, resolution also allows PA leader to participate virtually in Saudi-French two-state solution confab, suggests US ban on PA officials violates UN Headquarters Agreement

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2024 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)

A man holds up a Palestinian flag postcard during a protest calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state outside the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal says it will recognize Palestinian state on Sunday, ahead of UN assembly

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

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

France warns mayors not to fly Palestinian flag after announcement of state recognition

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former hostage Edan Alexander speaks at a Friends of the IDF event on September 18, 2025. (Michael Priest Photography/FIDF)

‘Until victory’: Ex-hostage Edan Alexander announces he’s returning to IDF service

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

‘My story does not end with survival. It continues with service,’ former Gaza captive tells audience at US event

Former Hamas hostage Naama Levy speaks in New York City, September 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Ex-hostage Naama Levy to diplomats in NY: ‘No greater crisis to work toward ending’

Oct. 7 'was genocide at the highest level,' says president

Trump suggests ‘very close’ to 40 hostages dead, Gaza fighting might free captives

Israel reportedly pushes back on latest Trump remark contradicting official Israeli figures that insist 20 of the 48 remaining hostages are alive

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on September 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee delivers remarks as US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)

Huckabee: US has talked with Gulf states about post-war Gaza administration

By Reuters and ToI Staff

An Israel Defense Forces Apache helicopter fires a missile towards the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Trump seeking congressional approval to sell $6 billion in weapons to Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sources say sale would include 30 Apache helicopters and over 3,000 infantry assault vehicles, a fresh show of support by US president as Israel faces growing isolation over Gaza war

The Dura-Europos Synagogue wall paintings in the National Museum of Damascus on September 16, 2025. (Jill Joshowitz via JTA)

After years of war, world’s oldest synagogue paintings seen intact in Damascus

By Grace Gilson

Dispelling fears for their fate, Dura-Europos synagogue wall paintings shown to Jewish visitors including academic Jill Joshowitz and ToI editor David Horovitz at Syria’s national museum

Syria's interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa meets with a US delegation lead by the new head of the US military's Central Command in the Syrian capital Damascus on September 12, 2025. (SANA / AFP)

Report: Iraq helped Syria foil attack on Sharaa by ex-members of his rebel group

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

The true cost of the holidays

While Israelis are throwing away hundreds of millions of shekels’ worth of food, many families are struggling to afford healthy meals

On Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear from Diaspora Jews

The old rules no longer apply — world Jewry must not stay mum on criticizing Israel: an op-ed from Democrats Party head

German singer ISAAK (Isaak Guderian) representing Germany with the song "Always on the Run" (top) and Israeli singer Eden Golan representing Israel with the song "Hurricane" (bottom) react during vote count during the final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 on May 11, 2024 at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

‘Founded to bring nations together’: Germany slams calls to bar Israel from Eurovision

By AFP and Reuters

Austria also calls out threats from Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland and the Netherlands to boycott song contest if Israel takes part amid Gaza war

State Secretary to the Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Sepp Schellhorn addresses a speech as he attends the 14th edition of the Art History festival in Fontainebleau near Paris, on June 6, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Eurovision boycotts ‘dumb and pointless,’ says senior official from 2026 host Austria

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters hoist flags and signs as they are addressed by Indya Moore during a Let Gaza Live march in Park City, Utah, January 21, 2025. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images/AFP)

Experts liken surge in celebrity Israel boycott calls to anti-apartheid embargos

By AFP and ToI Staff

Increasing number of Western artists call to shun Israeli cultural and artistic events, push to bar Israeli participation in international sporting competitions over Gaza war

British band Massive Attack performs on stage during the 20th edition of the Rock en Seine festival in Saint-Cloud, outside Paris, on August 24, 2024. (Anna KURTH / AFP)

Massive Attack, Primal Scream join initiative to block music being streamed in Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, is displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan says its nuclear program available to Saudi Arabia under defense pact

By AP and ToI Staff

Comments come after two nations sign mutual defense deal, largely seen as a signal to Jerusalem in the wake of Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar

The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on Iran at UN headquarters on September 19, 2025, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

UN Security Council nixes resolution to spare Iran from ‘snapback’ sanctions

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

A still from a video by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuting online theories that Israel was involved in the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, September 18, 2025. (Screenshot via X)

'Bibi is denying it, people are wondering what's going on'

Rejecting far-right conspiracy theory, Netanyahu reiterates Israel didn’t kill Charlie Kirk

By Andrew Lapin

While police haven’t raised the possibility, figures close to the murdered pundit are pointing fingers at the Jewish state, reflecting growing anti-Israel sentiment in the MAGA camp

Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US, killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy, Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US prosecutors: Suspect wore body camera to record killing of Israeli Embassy staffers

By Michael Kunzelman

Court filing says Elias Rodriguez ordered camera to DC hotel where he was staying before shooting dead Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, underlining attack’s premeditated nature

Illustrative: Jewish men attend a Passover sacrifice reenactment on March 30, 2015, in Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Interview'Their vision of the Third Temple has globalized'

What do the Third Temple movement and Noahide laws have in common? A far-right vision

By Rich Tenorio

In her new book ‘Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age,’ Rachel Z. Feldman documents a growing fringe movement to hasten the messiah’s coming – and its incendiary geopolitical implications

Firemen and rescuers in Paris's Rue des Rosiers after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg was attacked on August 9, 1982, by terrorists who threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others. (Jacques DEMARTHON / AFP)

PA arrested key suspect in 1982 Paris antisemitic terror attack, French officials say

By AFP and ToI Staff

Macron says Hicham Harb detained in West Bank over massacre at Jewish restaurant; French FM: Recognition of Palestinian state will aid extradition process

Police detain protesters during a rally in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch cops arrest suspect in attempted break-in, arson at Israeli embassy

A mayoral candidate forum hosted by B’nai Jeshurun, Congregation Beth Elohim, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, and New York Jewish Agenda on June 8. (Screenshot via JTA)

'I'm generally against it, but every rule has an exception'

With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race

By Grace Gilson

Most clergy are avoiding pulpit politics even with a recent change in IRS policy, but the specter of a city led by anti-Israel candidate Zohran Mamdani has some changing their minds

Can Mamdani divest NYC from Israel? Likely comptroller Mark Levine dismisses concern

By Joseph Strauss

Illustrative: Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, New Jersey, November 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ryan Kryska, File)

For many American Jews, High Holidays will be a mix of anxiety and determination

Rabbis across US contend with diverse opinions and security fears following series of attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets: ‘There’s no doubt this is a very precarious moment’

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People at BER airport as a cyber attack has caused delays, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports

By AP

Commander of the Gaza Division's Northern Brigade, Col. Haim Cohen, is seen during a handover ceremony, April 16, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Report: IDF officer sought Likud-linked crime family’s help to prevent post-Oct. 7 ouster

Police officers watch during a demonstration called by associations including SOS Racisme and the Women's Foundation to denounce antisemitism, in Paris on June 20, 2024, after the alleged antisemetic gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in the Paris suburb of Courbevoie. (Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP)

France’s outgoing justice minister urges tougher response to antisemitism

This September 19, 2025 Hand Out image released by the Swedish Airforce shows a Russian MIG-31 fighter jet flying above the Baltic sea after violating Estonian air space. . (Photo by Forsvarsmakten / HANDOUT / AFP)

Estonia says 3 Russian fighter jets violated airspace for 12 minutes in ‘brazen’ incursion

By Geir Moulson and andrew wilks

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