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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

PM: 'This can be new beginning not just for Gaza but region'

Trump unveils ‘historic’ Gaza peace plan, hails backing from Israel, Arab and Muslim states

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

US president calls on Hamas to accept proposal, which would see all hostages freed within 72 hours, says backing it was popular thing for PM to do, amid likely pushback from far right

US President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

TranscriptSeeking ‘eternal Middle East peace’: Full text of Trump, Netanyahu statements on deal to end Gaza war

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 30: Ben Gvir said to tell PM at cabinet meeting that Gaza plan is ‘dangerous,’ ‘full of holes’

Ron Dermer to end role as minister soon, PM said to tell cabinet * Hostage’s mother says IDF chief told her army bombing area where her son is * Official barred from hostage talks over Qatargate allowed to re-join for 12 days

9:00 pm

Netanyahu speaks with new Shin Bet chief, thanks interim leader 'Shin'
8:55 pm

Trump administration broke the law by revoking visas of anti-Israel activists, judge rules
8:52 pm

European soccer union said to hit pause on vote to expel Israel, amid peace push

Analysis

Netanyahu secured key edits to Trump plan, slowing and limiting IDF’s Gaza withdrawal

US proposal for ending war says army will only pull back when specific benchmarks met and buffer zone to be established, after earlier version was more vague on Israel’s red lines

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from left, waves upon departing as Monica Crowley, White House chief of protocol, looks on at the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 30: Day 725 – ToI in DC assesses Trump’s bombshell ‘eternal’ peace plan

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Full text: Trump’s 20-point ‘comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict’

Promoted ContentBabyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

Memory Under Fire: Holocaust Research and Education Continues in Ukraine

Even as missiles rain on Kyiv, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center restores names of the Holocaust victims, digitizes archives, and defends truth against both bombs and denial.

President Donald J. Trump hosts a trilateral phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar in the Oval Office, September 29, 2025. (The White House)

Ben Gvir and Smotrich lash out at PM over apology

Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar for violating its territory with strike on Hamas chiefs

By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Premier’s apology, delivered alongside Trump at White House after weeks of defending failed strike on terror chiefs in Doha, comes as he meets with US president on deal to end war

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)

Some Gazans fear plan is a ‘farce’; others dare to hope

Arab, Muslim nations pledge to realize Trump’s Gaza plan; Hamas examining it ‘responsibly’

By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Palestinian Islamic Jihad decries proposal as ‘formula for igniting the region’; Palestinian Authority welcomes it, commits to carrying out necessary reforms

US President Donald Trump sits across the table from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (lower right), as French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sit next to Trump during a meeting with European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)

Europe hails Trump’s plan to end Gaza war as ‘turning point’ for the region

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Analysis

Trump’s unique diplomacy offers Netanyahu a path to goals in Gaza and beyond

Reshuffling conflict after increasingly rough diplomatic stretch for Israel, US president harnesses broad support for plan to free hostages, disarm Hamas, and transform Middle East

US President Donald Trump (L) greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich assails Gaza deal but doesn’t say he’ll try to sink it, as praise pours in

By Sam Sokol, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

US-led proposal draws plaudits from broad swath of Israeli politicians; Netanyahu claims agreement won’t lead to Palestinian state; Hamas mulling terms

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip call for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Golan offers Netanyahu 'safety net' in Knesset to reach deal

Hostage families, opposition and many Likud MKs hail US Gaza plan; some PM allies critical

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Far-right ministers mum on proposed ceasefire-hostage deal while fuming over Netanyahu’s apology to Qatar; senior Likud members laud his ‘genius’ while several backbenchers unpersuaded

Reform the PA to be strong, not to be a democracy

Instead of trying to satisfy American ideological rhetoric, effort should go to stabilizing the Authority and enabling it to govern

Did Israel just stop Russian influence in the Middle East?

If Israel’s unilateral actions have even temporarily blunted Moscow’s designs, the West must capitalize, not congratulate and withdraw

Shuly Rubin Schwartz

No shade for Jonah: Engaging the other in challenging times

Jonah teaches that it is precisely in our most difficult moments that God invites us to show concern for those outside our circle

Austin Reid Albanese

A rabbi once rejected inherited guilt. Yom Kippur still does.

The idea of original sin never sat right with me. When I discovered Judaism cast aside the idea entirely, I found a path to freedom

Two teens injured in car-ramming terror attack on West Bank highway near Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

Terrorist from nearby Palestinian town, is shot dead at scene by senior reservist officer; military says he also attempted knifing

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a car-ramming terror attack where two teens were injured, on a West Bank highway near Jerusalem. September 30, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

This handout photo issued by the Foreign Ministry on September 30, 2025, is said to show Ahmad Bahar, chairman of the Legislative Council in Gaza on behalf of Hamas speaking, and Zaher Birawi, head of Hamas’ Sector within the PCPA in the UK (second from left). (Foreign Ministry)

Israeli Navy likely to intercept boats before they near Gaza

Documents from Gaza show Hamas’s ‘direct involvement’ with aid flotilla, Israel claims

By Emanuel Fabian

Foreign Ministry says material shows ties between Hamas and its foreign arm PCPA, whose leader in UK is flotilla organizer, while Spanish member owns some of the boats sailing to Strip

A group of people on board the boat “Karma,” which is escorting the Global Sumud Flotilla, as it sails towards Gaza in September 2025. (Courtesy Arturo Scotto)

'Our PM is harsher with the activists than with Netanyahu'

Nearing Gaza, ‘peace’ flotilla rocks Italy, throwing government into political storm

By Rossella Tercatin

Rome reels from the fallout of the Middle East conflict, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attempting to steer a course between domestic pressure and international concerns

Charlie Kirk speaks just before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, September 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

'Feels like I defend Israel more than your own government'

In letter to PM, Kirk said Israel getting ‘CRUSHED’ online, losing support on US right

Slain US conservative activist wrote to Netanyahu in May that Israel facing ‘5-alarm fire’ as conservative support erodes; said revamped effort could also help PM with his corruption trial

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, on January 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

Musk attacks ADL, calling it a ‘hate group’ that ‘hates Christians’

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

A screenshot of the Peacemaker dance 'emote' from Fortnite shows the controversial swastika-like pose that led to it being pulled from the game. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Fortnite removes ‘Peacemaker’ dance ’emote’ that users said resembled a swastika

By Grace Gilson

After two years of war, US public backs Palestinians over Israel for first time — poll

Support for Jewish state has plummeted after nearly two years of war against Hamas in Gaza, with younger voters and Democrats most hostile, survey says

A sign is shown written over to read 'University of Palestine' at an anti-Israel encampment on the University of Washington campus April 29, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

‘Alarming’ survey: US college students prefer Palestinians as an ally over Israel

Protesters on opposite sides clash during an anti-Israel demonstration outside a synagogue in West Orange, New Jersey, on November 13, 2024. (Screen capture: Betar Worldwide via X)

US sues over November anti-Israel protest outside New Jersey synagogue

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Margit Silberman, left, with her brother, Maurice Shnaider (Courtesy)

Complaint to International Criminal Court seeks Oct. 7 genocide charges against Iran

Uncle of Shiri Bibas files charges against Tehran, alleging crimes against humanity for supporting the Hamas onslaught against Israel

IDF's probes into Oct. 7Kibbutz Gevim was left exposed on Oct. 7; residents’ defense averted massacre — probe

By Stav Levaton

Michael Podolsky with his cat, a few years before the onset of ALS. Podolsky, 44, was the first named individual with ALS to successfully fight for his right to die in Israel in almost 30 years and the first to donate his organs. He died on September 25, 2025.(Courtesy/Tamar Ashkenazi)

'My life now is hell and I want to end it'

Circumventing Israeli law, judge grants ALS patient’s right to die; he donates his organs

By Diana Bletter

Mechanically ventilated oxygen for Michael Podolsky, 44, was reduced at Sheba Medical Center last week; became the first ALS patient under end-of-life care to donate organs

Women in Gaza have reported facing sexual abuse while seeking aid or work. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Inside story'I told myself that no one would believe it'

Gazan women say aid workers promised them food, money, work in exchange for sexual acts

By AP and ToI Staff

Some claims involve UN staff; women’s nonprofit director says cases downplayed to keep focus on blaming Israel

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IDF soldiers are seen at a former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, Syria, December 11, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Reservist officer seriously wounded by blast in southern Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

Tour director smiles as he conducts Argentine students chanting 'Today we burn Jews' on graduation trip in screenshot from video that went viral on September 28, 2025. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Today we burn Jews’: Argentine students chant on bus, with Jewish students on board

By Juan Melamed

Israeli DJ Roi Perez performs at HÖR BERLIN in February 2023.(Screenshot/HÖR BERLIN via JTA)

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ despite his public pro-Palestinian advocacy

By Grace Gilson

Green paint that was thrown on the walls of the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue in Paris on May 31, 2025. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP)

Serbia arrests 11 citizens accused of stirring Jewish-Muslim hate in France, Germany

By AFP and ToI Staff

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem, April 7, 2025. (Sharon Wrobel/The Times of Israel)

Central bank again holds rates as governor warns prolonged Gaza war weighs on growth

By Sharon Wrobel

Former defense minister Yoav Gallant arrives for a hearing at an internal Likud tribunal in Tel Aviv to present his defense against a move to expel him from the party, September 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Gallant calls on Likud to reject path of Ben Gvir as party meets to expel him

By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol

Anti-Israel protesters gather in Harvard Yard at a rally in Cambridge, Massechusetts, October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Trump administration seeks to eliminate Harvard federal funding amid antisemitism claims

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Social Equality Minister May Golan is seen outside a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, September 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police officer questioned for alleged involvement in May Golan corruption case

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

A view of the Israel-Egypt border south of the Nitzana Crossing, January 12, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Israeli man killed in car chase with IDF amid apparent smuggling attempt on Egypt border

By Emanuel Fabian

A worker assembles a Galil-GT assault rifle at the Colombian based military weapons manufacturer, Indumil, in Soacha, Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia produces first rifles to replace Israeli guns after cutting ties last year

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustration image of handcuffs on the hands of an arrested man, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Acre man accused of plotting to bomb soldiers at bus stop on behalf of Islamic State

By Charlie Summers

Artist Judy Chicago is featured in two new Tel Aviv exhibits that opened September 18, 2025, at the Nassima Landau Art Foundation and Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Courtesy)

Feminist framingTel Aviv exhibits pose question, ‘What if women ruled the world?’

By Jessica Steinberg

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