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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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US President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, on September 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Hamas has ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan or ‘pay in hell’

By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and Nurit Yohanan

Qatari PM says plan still needs ‘clarification and discussion’ as Turkish spy chief arrives in Doha to hold talks with terror group, which is facing heavy pressure to take deal

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

Qatar, Egypt and Turkey said to urge Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal

By ToI Staff, Agencies, Luke Tress and Nurit Yohanan

Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair walks through the COP28 UN Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 3, 2023. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

AnalysisTony Blair’s long experience in Middle East is both his strength and his weakness

By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA

Op-ed: Day 726 of the war

On Yom Kippur, the faint hope of a ‘good conclusion’

There is no shortage of clear-headed grounds for pessimism. But right now, perhaps more than at any time in the past two years, there is at least a concerted effort to change the terrible new normal

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) leave the State Dining Room of the White House after a press conference in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025, at which Trump set out a plan to end the war in Gaza. (Win McNamee / Getty Images via AFP)

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)

AnalysisNetanyahu bets Trump’s Gaza plan will put pressure on Hamas, but risks coalition

Op-edWhy Qatar is the big winner of Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza

By Ksenia Svetlova

Members of the group of ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza are seen moored at the small island of Koufonisi, south of the island of Crete, on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Eleftherios ELIS / AFP)

Activists claim increasing harassment by Israeli forces

Gaza flotilla rebuffs calls to stop, as Israel readies for complex interception

By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Italy’s calls for 47-vessel convoy to stop are ‘sabotage,’ say organizers; Navy prepares to seize hundreds of activists, as some 600 police to take part in detaining, deporting them

A boat that is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla departs to Gaza to deliver aid amidst Israel's blockade on the Palestinian territory, in the Tunisian port of Bizerte, September 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 1: Day 726 – With ‘peace’ flotilla on horizon, Hamas weighs Trump plan

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, David Horovitz and Emanuel Fabian

Italian frigate Alpino (F594) performs manuevers during the 'Noble Dina 23' multilateral aeronautical exercise in the Mediterranean sea on March 27, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Italian navy frigate to quit shepherding Gaza aid flotilla as it approaches coast

By Reuters and ToI Staff

People eat a free meal at the Meir Panim soup kitchen in Jerusalem, in this Monday Dec. 2, 2002 file photo. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

Promoted CampaignMeir Panim

Israel’s Holocaust Survivors desperately need you

While most Israelis fast for Yom Kippur, Holocaust Survivors are too medically fragile to fast – but did you know 1 in 4 can’t even afford the essential medications they need?

Jews praying for forgiveness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on October 1, 2025, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel marks tense Yom Kippur, as Hamas mulls Trump’s offer and army fights in Gaza

On Day of Atonement, Navy prepares to intercept large Gaza-bound aid flotilla while troops have been reinforced along all fronts amid concerns for potential friction

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at a joint press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, January 20, 2025. (Shlomi Amsalem, GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 1: Italy’s FM says Israel assured him troops won’t use violence against flotilla activists

Navy begins boarding fleet of ships carrying anti-Israel activists * Qatar emir speaks with Trump about US plan to end Gaza war as White House says it’s standing by 3-4 day for Hamas to respond

7:23 pm

Hamas denies link to three held in Germany on suspicion of attack plans
6:55 pm

Navy begins intercepting aid flotilla attempting to break Gaza blockade, activists say
6:42 pm

Italian foreign minister: Israel assured me its troops won’t use violence against the flotilla

Between Athens and Jerusalem is Yom Kippur

Antisemites who think Jews seek world domination don’t get the Jewish focus on self-determination in Zion. They need Yom Kippur’s annual reminder of our imperfections and limits

Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld

Digital resolutions: A liturgical deletion of the cache

We often fall into the habits that tech companies nudge us toward, but we must take greater care and recalibrate our responsibility for the runaway train of AI

Yom Kippur: Remembering the drama we forgot

The present Day of Atonement prayer is dramatically different from the Temple ritual, but it can serve a profound longing for the raw connection of those days

The moral courage to pray with the transgressors

Two years after October 7, there are those among us who have not yet admitted responsibility, asked forgiveness, or corrected their ways

Golan vows he will oust Zini if voted into power

Cabinet unanimously approves David Zini as new Shin Bet chief, despite controversy

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Jeremy Sharon, Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol

Netanyahu says post-Oct.7 reality demands agency be led by outside figure; AG’s office says candidate must consult with legal adviser before dealing with issues tied to PM

David Zini seen with ultra-Orthodox soldiers from the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ron Dermer to leave role as minister soon, PM said to announce at cabinet meeting

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee hearing, September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Bedlam in Knesset, as coalition MKs accuse AG of lying, ‘betraying’ Israel’s values

By Jeremy Sharon

Yahya al-Sarraj, mayor of Gaza City and one of the signatories of the letter to Trump. (Screenshot: Facebook)

Inside story'You have the power to succeed where others failed'

‘Everyone in the street is now against Hamas’: Gazan elites push Trump to end the war

By Nurit Yohanan

Politically independent Gaza City mayor, academics and businessmen warn of total economic and infrastructural collapse in first joint letter urging US president to pressure Israel

Nir Am defenders staved off one of Hamas’s fiercest October 7 assaults — probe

By Stav Levaton

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A deep hope for repair and relief

By Jessica Steinberg

The mother of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, killed in Hamas captivity, talks about how she moves forward for herself, her family and her local and global communities

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar during a debate in the Knesset on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Inside Israel’s ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

As officials call social media the current war’s ‘eighth front,’ new documents reveal how Jerusalem is paying to shape US opinion

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone, October 16, 2023, in Sydney. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Study: X now ‘one of the most effective tools for spreading antisemitism in history’

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt at the Never is Now conference in New York, March 5, 2024. (courtesy)

ADL takes down extremism database after criticism over entry on Charlie Kirk’s group

Pro-Palestinians protesters hold a giant Palestinian flag during a protest part of the nationwide strike organized by the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB Union) in Turin, northwestern Italy on September 22, 2025. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)

Analysis

AP and ToI Staff

Israel’s long-standing ties with Europe crumble as outrage over Gaza war swells

European cities witness an average of 15 anti-Israel protests a day, as Jewish state faces cultural boycotts, sanctions and criticism from historically close allies

People march during a nationwide strike 'Let's Block Everything' in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a halt to arms shipments to Israel, in Rome on September 22. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Poll finds 15% of Italians see attacks on Jewish people as ‘justifiable’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Israel's defender Idan Nachmias handles the ball during the 2026 World Cup qualifiers Europe zone group I soccer match between Israel and Italy on September 8, 2025 in Debrecen, Hungary. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Israel says Reebok sought to remove its logo from soccer team jerseys; company denies it

By Sharon Wrobel and Reuters

Israel Story

Sorry, Not Sorry

Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

US judge rules Trump administration’s arrests of pro-Palestinian students were illegal

By Michael Casey

Court says non-citizens lawfully in the US have the same constitutional free speech rights as citizens; government official rejects ruling as ‘smearing, demonizing’ law enforcement

US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon speaks during a news conference on charges related to the deadly shooting of Israeli Embassy staff during a news conference at the Attorney General's office for the District of Columbia in Washington, August 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Justice Department sues synagogue protesters, using law meant to protect abortion clinics

By Boris Shipkowski

New York City mayoral candidate and former New York governor Andrew Cuomo (C) speaks during an election party following the primaries at the Carpenters Union in New York City on June 24, 2025. (John Lamparski / AFP)

Orthodox Jewish groups back Cuomo for NYC mayor after Adams drops out of race

A Ryanair flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport, March 31, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Ryanair won’t resume Israel flights this winter, ‘fed up’ with treatment by airport

By Sharon Wrobel

Airline says Ben Gurion Airport refusing to confirm summer 2026 slots when schedules already on sale, can only resume services when airport honors agreements with company

A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, on May 16, 2018. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)

'Hopefully this starts a domino effect in other federations'

NYC pilot program offers Jewish day school subsidies — and hope for overextended parents

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

With a 3-year, $15 million fund, New York’s UJA-Federation seeks to address the longstanding issue of prohibitively expensive Jewish schooling amid surging post-Oct. 7 demand

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Damage at the Bazan Group's oil refinery in Haifa Bay, northern Israel, after it was hit by an Iranian missile between June 15-16, 2025. (Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Cities fight decision to allow rebuild of oil refinery plant destroyed by Iran missile

A man waves an Israeli flag over a picture of Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze in Israel, during a weekly rally in Sweida, southern Syria, on September 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fahd Kiwan)

Inside storyAfter brutal sectarian clashes, Syrian Druze pushing for autonomy, lean toward Israel

By Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb

3D printed glass boat using the Hebrew University team's new technology. (Amir Reisinger)

Window of opportunityIsraeli researchers make breakthrough in glass 3D printing

An IDF D9 bulldozers, manufactured by Catepillar. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90)

Netherlands’ top pension fund divests from US company Caterpillar over supplies to IDF

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A worker hangs a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian armed forces commanders, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, top, Gen. Gholamali Rashid, center, and Gen. Hossein Salami who were killed in Israeli strikes in June at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Two Holon residents arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran

By Charlie Summers

Illustrative: This handout picture released by Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center on July 8, 2025 reportedly shows a view of a missile fired by the Houthis during the attack on the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C at sea. (Ansarullah Media Center/AFP)

Yemen’s Houthis say they will target major US oil exporters in nearby seas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Author Gary Shteyngart holds a cucumber in the short documentary "The Man Who Got Cut Wrong." (Screenshot via 'The New Yorker' on YouTube)

The first cutGary Shteyngart reflects on botched circumcision in new short film

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A returning kibbutz resident receives her homecoming kit from the Kibbutz Movement. (Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitaton Fund)

Home againHomecoming kits given to kibbutz residents returning to Gaza border area

A member of the cleaning staff makes her way through the Rotunda on an empty US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

US government enters shutdown as Congress fails to reach funding deal

By Frankie TAGGART

Rescuers search for three people who were reported missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in Bogo City on October 1, 2025, after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines. (TED ALJIBE / AFP)

At least 69 dead in Philippines earthquake as many more trapped, missing

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