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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 9, 2026

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski (C) celebrates with the party's newly elected Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava (centre R), and supporters, outside the count center in Lewisham, south London, on May 8, 2026. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)

Labour PM Starmer says he won't quit, will listen to voters

Anti-Israel Greens win 2 mayoralties, 5 councils in UK local elections; hard-right Reform is big winner

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Farage’s Reform would be largest party in Parliament if general elections were held today; Polanski’s Green Party, engulfed in antisemitism scandals, wins mayoralty and council control in London’s Hackney, home to large ultra-Orthodox community

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (right) celebrates with the Greens' Zoe Garbett after she was declared the winner in the 2026 London Borough of Hackney mayoral election at Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026. (Reuters via PA)

UK Jews worry as Green Party rise sees election of candidates accused of antisemitism

A man jogs along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Decenmber 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

May 9: Qatari PM meets with Rubio, Witkoff in Miami as Doha reportedly mediating US-Iran talks

Man arrested after Tel Aviv protest for allegedly insulting cop; police use water cannon at Jerusalem demo * Palestinian from East Jerusalem killed in West Bank; police launch probe

9:01 pm

Rubio, Witkoff met with Qatari PM in Miami today to discuss Iran talks, source tells ToI
8:58 pm

Syria's Al-Sharaa partially shuffles cabinet; replaces brother, who held key office, with former governor
8:51 pm

At least 69 killed in militia attack in Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources say

Settlers force Palestinians to exhume body of relative buried near West Bank settlement

By Emanuel Fabian and Noam Lehmann

Family rebury body elsewhere as IDF soldiers stand by; Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers wielding sharp instruments in southern West Bank

Palestinians seen being forced by settlers to remove a body they said was buried too close to the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank on May 8, 2026 (Screencaptures/X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi before and after his release from yearlong Israeli administrative detention on April 30, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian journalist details Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail

Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Footage seems to contradict claim Arab prosecutor resisted arrest before cops beat him

By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers

Golan Regional Council Deputy Head Yaakov Selavan, left, stands with Reut Tal-Levy, head of demographic growth in the Golan Heights, in a new neighborhood in Odem, on April 20, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebookKatzrin 'will be a big city with the feeling of a village'

The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom

By Diana Bletter

Despite local volatility, residents brace for speedy growth and bolstered infrastructure as part of recently approved 5-year plan allocating NIS 1 billion to develop area by 2030

A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of US President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US, Iranian naval forces clash as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to latest proposal

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

CENTCOM strikes Iranian tankers while Iran seizes Chinese-owned vessel carrying crude, fires missiles and drones at UAE; Vance meets with Qatari PM in DC to discuss Iran talks

Iran's Alireza Jahanbakhsh passes the ball during the Asian Cup Group C soccer match between Hong Kong and Iran at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Iran says will play in World Cup, but demands soccer officials linked to IRGC be allowed

By AFP

Members of the Baha'i religion demonstrate in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach on June 19, 2011 asking Iranian authorities to release seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel and sentenced to 20 years in jail. (ANA CAROLINA FERNANDES / AFP)

Iran’s Baha’i minority community facing increasing arrests, torture and execution fears

By Stuart Williams

'Brooklyn is the epicenter of antisemitic assaults'

Antisemitic assaults surged 56% in Brooklyn last year — ADL report

While incidents declined across the city, physical attacks on Jews in borough increased from 32 to 50, mostly targeting visibly identifiable Orthodox community members, watchdog says

Graffiti at a park in Brooklyn, January 21, 2026. (Courtesy/Community Board 12)

Illustrative: Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York City garden that had barred Zionist members drops the requirement

Police cars at the scene of a shooting with a replica gun outside a synagogue in Toronto on May 8, 2026 (Screen grab/CTV News)

Man arrested for firing replica weapon in 2 drive-by attacks on Toronto Jews

Soldiers enjoy free meals at Shuva Achim, near the Gaza border, southern Israel, January 5, 2026. (Dror Trabelsi)

Reporter's notebookCenter has served over 1.5 million meals to 150,000 soldiers

Pop-up stop for soldiers on Gaza border draws volunteers from across the globe

Begun by a handful of brothers eager to help fellow Israelis on October 7, 2023, Shuva Achim has become a second home for soldiers and a magnet for anyone visiting the south

Vincent James Hooper

How Jews built modern finance — then got blamed for it

Conspiracy theorists say Jews have manipulated markets since Talmudic times. In reality, Jewish thinkers helped make the financial system understandable

We shouldn’t depend on US taxpayers to fund our security

Israel’s friends at the heart of America’s political establishment are calling for cuts to US military aid. It’s time to listen to them

Strikes said to hit targets on highway near Beirut

12 said killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon, as Hezbollah drones wound 3 troops

By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff

IDF issues evacuation warning to nine villages; says it hit 85 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the past day and an underground weapons site in the Beqaa Valley

Smoke rising from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the village of Arnoun on May 9, 2026. (AFP)

This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of El Qlaile on May 8, 2026. (KAWANT HAJU / AFP)

Hezbollah fires rockets at Haifa area; drones wound 2 troops in north Israel, 1 in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff

‘Everyone hates me now,’ Herzog reportedly wailed to Netanyahu confidant at secret meet

President said to have told Jacob Bardugo that he couldn’t pardon Netanyahu because PM did not admit guilt when submitting request; right-wing journalist told Herzog to ‘stop being a coward’

President Isaac Herzog (left) attends an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Jacob Bardugo broadcasts outside a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

A bus with a campaign poster for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party passes by the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on October 30, 2022. The poster says: "The 61st seat depends only on you!" (Olivier Ftoussi/Flash90)

Poll: 42% of Likud voters weighing or have decided to back different party in fall

This week's The Reel Schmooze features 'Bernstein's Wall' and 'Maestro.' (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

Who wore it better: Bradley Cooper or Maestro Leonard Bernstein?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor consider the depiction of the troubled genius in Hollywood biopic ‘Maestro’ versus the master’s own voice in documentary ‘Bernstein’s Wall’

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists stage a protest against the participation of Israel in the Venice Biennale art show, in front of Israel's pavilion, on May 6, 2026, in Venice. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Artists strike to protest Israeli participation ahead of Venice Biennale

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Some 12 pavilions closed or partially shuttered, while others fly Palestinian flags; police clash with march of 2,000 demonstrators trying to reach Israeli installation

Illustrative: A soldier of the Danish Army (Forsvaret) guards the Copenhagen Synagogue, December 16, 2023. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Denmark records third straight year of historically high antisemitism

By Zev Stub and ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog (right) with Chile’s President José Antonio Kast, May 8, 2026. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)

Chile to return ambassador to Israel after more than two years

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Right-wing president José Antonio Kast tells visiting Herzog he wants to restore ties, expand cooperation after sharp deterioration of diplomacy under leftist predecessor

Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

By AP

Parade takes place without tanks, missiles and other heavy equipment as Putin vows to achieve victory in Ukraine; North Korean troops take part

FILE - In this combination of file photos, US President Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, are seen at the Elysee Palace, December 7, 2024 in Paris, and Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a Technology Forum in Moscow on February 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, left and center, Pavel Bednyakov, right, File)

Russia and Ukraine agree to 3-day ceasefire, prisoner swap brokered by US

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

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This photo is from the US Air Force's 'The Roswell Report,' released June 24, 1997, which discusses the alleged UFO incident in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 (US Air Force via AP, File)

As first batch of UFO files is released, Trump urges public to draw its own conclusions

By AP

The official seal of the US National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities is seen on an office building in Washington, February 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US judge rules DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional

By Andrew Lapin

Trucks carrying medical supplies line up to bring equipment into Gaza for the expansion of a Red Cross field hospital coordinated by COGAT, May 8, 2026. (COGAT)

Hundreds of pallets of medical supplies enter Gaza for Red Cross field hospital

By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and Reuters

David Attenborough looks at a view from a window as he visits to open Turner and The Thames exhibition, at the recently restored home of the British landscape artist JMW Turner, in Twickenham, London, January 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Palestinian Tahseen Abu Assi rides a wave at a beach along the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of relief taking to the waves

By WAFAA SHURAFA

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting with residents and Catholic youths in Piazza del Plebiscito, May 8, 2026 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

After Rubio meeting, Pope Leo gives speech asking God to inspire leaders to calm tensions

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