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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 25, 2025

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2025. (AP/Angelina Katsanis)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 25: Arab diplomats fear Israel could block Abbas from leaving or entering West Bank

Arab diplomat tells ToI of concerns Jerusalem may limit PA chief’s travel in response Western recognition of Palestine * Houthi missile downed after triggering sirens in central Israel

8:09 pm

Spain cancels third arms deal with Israeli defense company in weeks
7:58 pm

Netanyahu meets with Paraguayan president in NYC, thanks him for 'unwavering' support
7:49 pm

IDF says Houthi missile intercepted; no reports of injuries or damage

Inside story

Trump presented comprehensive plan to end Gaza war in UN meeting with Muslim leaders

Participating countries issue position paper welcoming proposal, while stressing they oppose any Israeli occupation of Gaza, displacement of Palestinians or annexation of West Bank

US President Donald Trump attends a multilateral meeting with leaders of Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Arab leaders attend a multilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss the situation in Gaza, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 23, 2025. (Reuters)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 25: Day 720 – Trump’s Gaza plan pins hopes on Arab states

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

(L-R) US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz attend a meeting between US President Donald Trump and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)

US envoy Witkoff ‘confident’ of Gaza breakthrough in coming days as peace plan floated

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara pose for a photo before departing Ben Gurion Airport to New York early on September 25, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Heading to UN, Netanyahu dismisses Palestine recognition as ‘shameful capitulation’

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Hundreds protest PM at Ben Gurion Airport as he departs for UN General Assembly, vows to ‘denounce’ leaders who recognized Palestinian state

Screen capture of the fight path taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he flew to Washington, September 25, 2025. (Screenshot via FlightRadar24)

Netanyahu’s flight to US takes extended detour, avoiding most European airspace

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

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Israel mulls extending law to settlements, sanctioning PA chiefs after Palestine recognition

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Sa’ar says Israel won’t annex Palestinian population centers; security officials reportedly recommend limiting Palestinian leaders’ freedom of movement

Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, of the Nahal Brigade's 932nd Battalion (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier killed in Hamas sniper attack on Gaza City guard post

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash remembered as ‘brave, modest with a huge heart’; Hamas claims Israeli strike on home containing displaced people kills 11, including children

Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)

Major outlets demand free press access to Gaza: ‘History is told by those who report it’

Illustrative: A suspect is handcuffed in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Arab Israeli, 22, accused of plot to kidnap soldier as leverage to force end of Gaza war

By Charlie Summers

Defense minister threatens to hit Houthis back ‘sevenfold’

Over 20 wounded, including 2 seriously, in Houthi drone attack on Eilat

By Emanuel Fabian

Unmanned aircraft explodes in shopping area after IDF fails to down it despite firing two Iron Dome interceptors; incident comes days after Houthi drone smashed into hotel in resort city

Footage posted to social media shows the moment a Houthi drone from Yemen hit Eilat in southern Israel, September 24, 2025. (Screenshots/Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

UN General AssemblyIsrael: Deal needs demilitarized southwest, safety for Druze

At UN, Sharaa blasts Israeli airstrikes but says Syria ‘committed to dialogue’

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

In first UNGA speech by Syrian leader since 1967, Sharaa says suffering under Assad compels Syrians to stand with Gaza; says country ‘reclaiming its rightful place,’ urges end to all sanctions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

UN General AssemblyUkraine’s president says world is in ‘most destructive arms race in human history’

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Saudi-Pakistan nuke pact is Iran’s worst nightmare

Gulf states see the deal as an insurance policy against Tehran’s aggression – for the West and Israel, it is strategic gold

All the ways Trump gets autism wrong

As the US president peddles bad science, the real reason for the increase in autism numbers is actually a sign of progress

‘A publicly recognized, legally secured homeland’

Zionism has always engaged with the world, including accepting territorial compromise, to ensure Israel’s survival and success

King George Street in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'You can barely get to this side of the street now'

Centuries of prayer to rebuild Jerusalem answered all at once as construction clogs city

With infrastructure projects on King George Street, Emek Refaim Street, and other major arteries, moving around in the capital has become impossible for many

L-R: US actor Liev Schreiber attends the premiere of "Caught Stealing" at the Regal Union Square in New York on August 26, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP); US actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik attends the photocall of the movie "Father Mother Sister Brother" presented in competition at the 82nd International Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2025. (Tiziana FABI / AFP); Gene Simmons attends "The Strangers: Chapter 2" Special Screening at AMC Century City 15 on September 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Lionsgate/AFP); Debra Messing attends the "My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay" Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Carnegie Hall on June 13, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival/AFP)

‘Blatant discrimination’: 1,200 Hollywood stars slam industry call to boycott Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

US entertainment industry leaders sign letter denouncing call to shun Israel’s film industry, say boycotters ‘aligning themselves with a dark legacy of antisemitism’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is depicted on ''South Park, in an episode that aired September 24, 2025. (Comedy Central)

Who do you think you are?Kyle’s mom confronts Netanyahu in South Park Gaza war episode

‘Troubling and alarming’ report shows Jewish life declining in key areas

An annual assessment by Jewish People Policy Institute finds Jews’ resilience, cohesion and identity worsening under threats of war, antisemitism

Representatives of the Jewish People Policy Institute present their annual report to President Isaac Herzog, September 25, 2025 (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

Israeli midfielder Manor Solomon of Leeds United has a shot at goal during the Championship match between Plymouth Argyle and Leeds United on May 3, 2025, Home Park, Plymouth, Devon. (IMAGO/PPAUK via Reuters Connect)

Spain’s Jewish community condemns ‘murderers’ taunt against Israeli soccer star

Illustrative: Protesters hold banners and flags, including one calling for 'Intifada revolution,' during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 24, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/ Emil Nicolai Helms/ via REUTERS)

Danish teachers’ pension fund to divest from Israeli state assets over Gaza, settlements

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Hostage Alon Ohel’s family approves publication of still from Hamas propaganda video

24-year-old captive now blind in an eye, according to family, which urges PM to return from US with ‘good news’ while condemning clip as ‘psychological terrorism meant to hurt us’

Hostage Alon Ohel is seen in still image approved by his family for publication from a Hamas propaganda video released on September 22, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near the city of Dimona, Israel, July 5, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran airs footage purporting to show details of alleged Israeli nuclear program

By AFP and ToI Staff

Documentary screened as Iran’s president meets with world leaders at UN; it includes alleged personal details of 189 Israeli nuclear scientists and specialists, photos of Dimona

Dual American-Israeli citizen Yaakov Perl, an alleged spy for Iran who was arrested by authorities on September 4, 2025, speaks at an anti-Israel protest in Rabat, Morocco on November 9, 2023. (Screenshot/Youtube)

American-Israeli man charged with spying for Iran on Ben Gvir, ex-IDF chief

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

UN General AssemblyPezeshkian vows Iran will ‘never bow before aggressors,’ as snapback sanctions loom

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Analysis

Countries recognizing Palestine elide issue of refugees, a core obstacle in conflict

France, UK, Portugal silent on descendants of displaced Palestinians, despite issue’s centrality to Israeli-Palestinian impasse; Australia and Canada back a ‘just solution’

A UN employee stands at a UNRWA school in the Jalazone camp north of Ramallah in the West Bank, on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Floods caused by heavy rains in northern Israel, September 25, 2025. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Record rainfall douses north, washing away 24-hour September record set in 1932

143 millimeters of rain recorded near Nahariya; Haifa beaches closed for swimming after downpours flood drainage systems, causing runoff to shore

Artist Avinadav Begin stands outside his Even Sapir workshop on September 21, 2025, contemplating a work in progress (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Menachem Begin’s grandson pushes forward with art in solo show, during country’s painful ‘limbo’

By Jessica Steinberg

Focusing on walls — and tunnels — Avinadav Begin prepares to close solo exhibition, laments gaping differences between his grandfather’s Likud and the current Netanyahu-led party

A poster displayed in a pizza shop in Furth, Germany, banning Israelis in protest of the war in the Gaza Strip, September 24, 2025. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

German pizza store bans all Israelis until they ‘open their eyes’ to Gaza

Israeli embassy says ‘the 1930s are back’; music store demands Israeli orchestra ‘assess’ war before it can rent equipment, drawing condemnation from antisemitism czar

Illustrative: A pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student protest at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate October 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

US anti-Israel activist sentenced to more than 19 years for firebombing

The Syracuse University campus is seen in Syracuse, New York, August 31, 2022. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Hate crime charges loom after pork tossed into US Jewish fraternity on Rosh Hashanah

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Jimmy Kimmel hosts his late-night show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in Los Angeles, California, September 23, 2025. (Randy Holmes/Disney via AP)

In emotional comeback, Jimmy Kimmel says he didn’t mean to make light of Kirk killing

By David Bauder

Illustration: A baby receives the measles vaccine on September 10, 2025, in Seattle, Washington. (AP/Lindsey Wasson)

Three Jerusalem children die of measles this week as outbreak continues

By Diana Bletter

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a tech conference in Ness Ziona, May 5, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Naftali Bennett says first move as PM would be setting term limit for the post

Finnish-US tenor Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay and Polish baritone Andrzej Filonczyk as Joe Kavalier, perform during the final dress rehearsal of Mason Bates' "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, September 18, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

Met season opens with new opera based on Michael Chabon’s ‘Kavalier & Clay’

By mike silverman

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