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What Matters Most On Monday, July 27, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara board the Wing of Zion plane on their way to Washington, July 27, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO)

Netanyahu, amid reported Iranian security threat, takes off secretively for Trump meeting

By Lazar Berman

Without journalists on board, PM leaves from military base for first White House meeting in five months, as US president seeks to return to negotiations with Tehran

Analysis

At odds with Trump on Iran, Netanyahu heads to DC to seek agreement where he still can

With both leaders facing elections and divergent priorities, the premier may pursue understandings on Israel’s security needs while advancing Saudi normalization and US-backed pacts in Gaza and Lebanon

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)

Palestinians pray inside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Qusra, early in the morning of July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Settlers reportedly torch trucks, vandalize home near Nablus

Ex-IDF generals appeal to Trump, warn of ‘calamity’ if PM doesn’t curb settler violence

Hundreds of retired security officials urge US president to force Netanyahu’s hand in West Bank, say politics leave army ‘severely constrained when it comes to Jewish terrorists’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the start of a cabinet meeting, July 26, 2026. (Screenshot via GPO)

Netanyahu vows expanded operations against West Bank ‘terrorist strongholds’

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara board the Wing of Zion plane on their way to Washington, July 27, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

July 27: Netanyahu lands in Washington ahead of Tuesday meeting with Trump

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

US embassy extends order banning American officials from personal travel in the West Bank * Report: Trump initially refused to meet Netanyahu, agreed only after Israeli concession on Gaza

10:24 pm

Netanyahu lands in Washington ahead of Tuesday meeting with Trump
9:22 pm

US embassy extends order banning American officials from personal travel in the West Bank
9:04 pm

Sources: Mediators believe US-Iran breakthrough near; Trump waiting until after Netanyahu meeting to make decision

One in a series of AI-generated images against Iran posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, July 26, 2026. (Truth Social)

Khamenei said to restate support for Hezbollah 'resistance'

Trump threatens Iran with slew of AI social media posts despite lull in fighting

By ToI Staff and Agencies

President publishes fake images of US jets blowing up Kharg Island and taking over Iranian ships as oil markets rebound slightly on hopes of fresh truce

Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims carrying Iranian flags arrive at the Al-Mundheriya border crossing to join millions of Muslims heading to the holy city of Karbala for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, in Diyala, Iraq, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran says no current talks with US, while regional official hails mediation progress

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

Vehicles drive past a billboard depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2026. (AP/ Vahid Salemi)

Senior Iranian source says Tehran will halt attacks as long as US holds its fire

By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Former prime minister and head of the Together party Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, during Tisha B’Av, July 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett vows to declare Qatar enemy state, says he’s seen intel it funded IRGC

Together party chief blasts Gulf state’s ‘powerful global influence operation,’ calls it ‘a violent antisemitic cancer that is spreading metastases to the West’

Shin Bet chief said to warn Iran could meddle in Israeli election, target candidates

Senior Likud MK Bismuth cites ‘substantial fear’ that officials, candidates will be physically harmed, also slams judge who heads elections committee chair, seated next to him

From left: Shin Bet head David Zini, Likud MK and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth, Central Elections Committee chair and Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg, July 27, 2026. (Kan screenshot via YouTube)

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The government that abandoned Israel’s environment

The coalition’s failures reach beyond security and democracy to the air, water, and climate policies that will shape Israel’s future for generations

Dancing in the summer rain

The day camp’s young women staff splashed in puddles as I recalled other young dancers whose story makes me cry and prayed that this joyous day of rhythm would recur

Are the Israelis who come home to vote truly welcome?

When voters arrive to support your side, you hail the patriots; when they go for the others, they’re distorting the public will. But both are doing their civic duty

Kiva's Bagel Bar is seen in Toronto, Canada in a news report posted by "Global News" on YouTube, July 27, 2026. (Screenshot)

Police probing gunfire at Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto as possible hate crime

Windows smashed at other location of same business, police say they’re investigating connection; Sa’ar says Canada must act, amid record-breaking wave of antisemitic attacks

Police officers remove a vehicle that drove into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, July 26, 2026. (Annegret Hilse/Pool Photo via AP)

Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police after daylong search

By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber and STEFANIE DAZIO

(Left) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges audience applause after his address to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew); (right) Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a union rally on Park Avenue, in New York, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of ‘fomenting hate’ by calling for his arrest

By Agencies and Lazar Berman

PM confirms he’ll attend UN General Assembly to ‘speak the truth’ for Jews and Israel as he applauds deposition of ICC chief who issued ‘bogus’ arrest warrant over Gaza war

Illustrative: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes a World Cup soccer tournament announcement in New York City, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/ Adam Gray)

‘An unwelcome guest’: Some 9/11 victims’ families want Mamdani barred from tribute

Iran’s FM claims Ukraine struck Iranian vessel ‘at Israel’s behest,’ vows retaliation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Araghchi says ‘freeloader’ Zelensky violated UN Charter with deadly attack in Caspian, which Ukrainian president said targeted Iran-linked military cargo

Illustrative: A serviceman of Ukraine's defense intelligence prepares an An-196 Liutyi (Fierce) one-way drone against Russia in an undisclosed location in Ukraine late on May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 27 – Will Netanyahu-Trump meetup set stage for next Iran war?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Syria’s Sharaa: Working on security pact with Israel, could lead to comprehensive peace deal

Syrian leader tells Al Jazeera that Damascus has no interest in conflict with Israel; again rejects Trump’s urgings for him to send troops to deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, gestures as US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, on January 4, 2026, as they were returning to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Netanyahu talked Graham out of lobbying Trump to join war on Hezbollah – report

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Documentary footage seen by WSJ shows late GOP senator boasting about president excitement following first US-Israeli strikes on Iran; doubting envoys Witkoff, Kushner in talks

US President Donald Trump (right) meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 18, 2025. (Evan Vucci/ AP/ File)

Trump’s inner circle stands to gain from Saudi nuclear energy deal – report

A Palestinian man bends down to cross a closed gate after the Israeli army imposed a closure on the entrances of the West Bank village of Sinjil, July 1, 2026. (AP/Leo Correa)

'The IDF knows it isn't operating by any orderly system'

Restrictions on Palestinian movement in West Bank allegedly at levels not seen in decades

By Nurit Yohanan

Petition seeks full accounting of roadblocks, checkpoints, and other barriers put in place across territory, many in aftermath of October 7, but IDF indicates that even it does not know full scope

Israeli soldiers at a military position overlooking the so-called Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Cabinet gives initial approval for international force in Gaza, with some 200 troops

By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman

Ministers okay legal framework for ISF, which will only enter enclave and operate in humanitarian zone upon approval from Netanyahu, defense and foreign ministers

Settlements Minister Orit Strock at the Religious Zionism primary vote, Jerusalem, July 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Settlements Minister Strock wins 2nd spot after Smotrich in Religious Zionism primary

By Ariela Karmel

Voting limited to far-right party’s central committee rather than full membership; hostage father Tzvika Mor set to be given 3rd spot on Knesset slate, one of two reserved for Smotrich’s picks

A billboard advertises Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, in Cyprus. The Hebrew reads: 'Israelis, enjoy! You deserve it. Yashar, with Eisenkot.' (Fidias Panayiotou on X)

Eisenkot ad campaign targets Israelis vacationing in Cyprus, irking locals

Pastor José Vega Franqui, left, holds The New Testament he was carrying in his shirt pocket that deflected a bullet during the May 30, 1972, terrorist attack at Lod Airport -- what is now Ben Gurion Airport -- in which his wife, Vasthi Zila Morales, was killed. His daughter, Dámaris Pérez, was 15 months old at the time. (Courtesy)

Interview'God was able to restore us, to teach us how to forgive'

Death of Lod Airport massacre terrorist ‘closes chapter’ in victim family’s painful story

By Diana Bletter

Pastor José Vega Franqui, who survived the attack that killed 26 and wounded 80 in 1972, says he found forgiveness for Japanese Red Army terrorist Kozo Okamoto, part of a 3-man squad

Illustrative: Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' (Publicity)

‘Skynet Day,’ when AI hacked into startup, brings dystopian sci-fi scenarios closer than ever

By Laurie Kellman and Lindsey Bahr

While real-life ‘Terminator’ is not at hand, use of AI in military is getting uncomfortably close to film’s imagery, such as Israel’s use of programs to find targets in Gaza war

More Headlines

Yifat Ben Hai Segev arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on December 13, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Government-appointed media regulatory body chief resigns, citing court freeze on tenure

By Jeremy Sharon

Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires with another heatwave on the way

By Lucas CROSET and Patrick MARKEY

A police officer responds after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival July 26, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Three killed, four wounded in Seattle festival shooting

By Gene Johnson

A fire burns at Sderot's industrial complex, July 27, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service video)

Fire erupts at Sderot industrial complex; civilian and firefighter said lightly hurt

By Charlie Summers

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