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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 13, 2026

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Settlers gesture to the camera as they remain outside the besieged homes of Palestinian residents in Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, August 13, 2026 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Besieged homeowner: Soldiers gave us half-hour to leave

IDF removes Palestinians from homes for op said aimed at clearing harassing settlers

By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Army backtracks from evacuation order, but some residents say they still haven’t been allowed back into besieged Qusra home; Huckabee says IDF in Qusra at his request, slams the settlers as ‘Israeli terrorists’

Israeli soldiers stand guard next to settlers in front of Palestinian homes that they have blockaded in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, August 12, 2026. (AP/Nidal Eshtayeh)

US said fuming at Israel for allowing ‘anarchy,’ rampant settler violence in West Bank

IDF troops assemble at the Ofer military prison complex, between Ramallah and Beitunia in the West Bank, before releasing Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange on February 15, 2025. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Awad detained by IDF in West Bank, family says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Eisenkot vows ‘no compromise’ on IDF draft law, including for Haredim, if elected PM

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Yashar leader says a minority government would be ‘bad’ but may be required as ‘last resort,’ as poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc on verge of majority if Zionist Home joins it

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, as part of his election campaign, August 5, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Haredi Jews block traffic during a protest against the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox draft dodger, on Route 4 near Bnei Brak, August 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘Make the earth shake’: Haredi protesters don yellow stars, block roads after draft evader’s arrest

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

Flying on Air Force One, unwittingly under threat – and without Trump

‘But if I go, you go. Right?’ the US president told us reporters who flew from Ankara believing he was aboard, as Secret Service carried out covert operation amid apparent security threat

Airforce One sits on the tarmac before US President Donald Trump departs following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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From Ohio, a Palestinian American watches as settlers besiege his family in Qusra

Through security cameras 6,000 miles away, Loui Ridi sees IDF soldiers fraternizing with those blocking his trapped brother and nephew, instead of rescuing them

Israeli settlers gather in front of Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 12, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)

Israeli army vehicles operate near Palestinian houses, besieged by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, August 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Live updates (closed)

Aug 13: Settler leader says Qusra siege ‘not our way,’ condemns violence

IDF says it killed Hamas officer, police chief in Gaza strikes * Disputing Trump, Iran says Strait of Hormuz under its control * Hegseth: US blockade can go on indefinitely

8:58 pm

Human Rights Watch says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon
8:45 pm

Abu Dhabi Oil Co. says 2 vessels attacked in Hormuz, state news agency reports
8:05 pm

Young woman located by IDF, cops after relatives forcibly take her to Hebron — police

But NYT says US intel had multiple sources of info on threat

CIA reportedly doubted Israeli intel on Iranian threat that led Trump to swap planes

US spy agency had ‘low confidence’ in report someone may shoot down Air Force One, Washington Post says; official suggests Israel wanted to influence Trump as much as protect him

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying US President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rescue teams and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on August 12, 2026. (Raul ARBOLEDA/AFP)

Inside story'We are a small community, but very united'

After earthquake rocks Colombia, Cali’s Jews look to quickly rebuild

No quake-related deaths reported in country’s small Jewish community, but some families have had to move due to damage, synagogue president says

MK Mansour Abbas (left) in the Knesset, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Yoav Segalovitz (right) speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ra’am’s Abbas, former Yesh Atid MK Segalovitz confirm ongoing talks on Knesset run

Negotiations come as Islamist party seeks to shed its religious image; far-right Otzma Yehudit party claims Abbas using the move to turn Negev and Galilee into ‘Islamic territory’

News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg on August 13, 2026 (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps?

By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales

A family with Israel flags attends Shabbat services at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach, Fla., on October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto)

From the blogs

David A. Halperin and Michael J. Koplow

The future of American Jewry is on Israel’s ballot

With support for the Jewish state collapsing and antisemitism surging, the choice voters make on October 27 will reverberate through the world’s largest Diaspora community

Community Security Service CEO Richard Priem joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's What Matters Now podcast. (Courtesy/AP)

ToI podcast

Richard Priem: The ‘age of security’ has ended for US Jews

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

The Dutch-born CEO of the Community Security Service aims to empower a volunteer force of American Jews by giving them the tools to prevent and de-escalate terrorism at home

Raheli Baratz Rix

The night the words ran out: Sephora just reminded us it wasn’t the last time

What exactly is so dangerous about the sentence ’we sell our products in Israel’?

The Nazi drag queen

Cincinnati Pride welcomed Jews back after two fraught years — then featured a performer giving Hitler salutes beside signs saying Zionists did not belong

Illustrative: Palestinians in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, August 12, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)

Israel said holding 1,700 Palestinian bodies for future talks

IDF says Hamas operative killed in first Gaza airstrike in over a week

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says commander of terror cell was planning attacks on troops; amid lull in airstrikes, IDF denies change to rules of engagement following US-backed Hamas disarmament plan

Palestinians in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, August 12, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)

Board of Peace’s Gaza envoy denies financial deal with Hamas: ‘Not on the table’

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, August 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says US to maintain blockade, as Iran vows to keep Hormuz closed until demands met

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Tehran denies reports of ceasefire extension, saying there’s ‘nothing to extend’; 30 countries condemn Islamic Republic’s executions, say they’re used to ‘silence dissent’

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Arabian Sea, in a photo released July 1, 2026. (US Navy photo)

Multiple USS Lincoln sailors tried to go overboard amid dire conditions – reports

By AFP

US and Iraqi troops pass a poster of Muqtada al-Sadr, evidence of continued support for the anti-American cleric and his Mahdi Army militia, in Basra, Iraq, on June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Kim Gamel)

Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by September 30

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and ABBY SEWELL

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese viallage of of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah shows Israeli troops stationed in the nearby village of Zawtar al-Charkiyah on August 11, 2026. (Ammar Ammar/AFP)

Lebanese PM says Israel breaching international law as Katz boasts of ‘destroying all houses’

By Agencies, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Drawing US rebuke, defense minister vows Israel will be in southern Lebanon for the long term; Israel denies agreeing with Beirut on which nations will verify Hezbollah disarmament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shake hands during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan hopes for expansion of defense pact with Saudis, Pakistan, amid bid to woo Egypt

By AFP

Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, spokesman for Yemen's Houthi group, speaks during a rally denouncing Israel in Sanaa on January 3, 2025.(Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

X suspends Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree’s account amid regional escalation

By ToI Staff and AP

Spectators watch the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Eyeing Israel’s near-wins, Eurovision to bar conflict-hit countries from hosting contest

Contest winner usually hosts the next year, but new rules appear aimed at Israel, which came in 2nd this year and last; EBU can still allow winning nation to host if safety assured

5 Palestinian students and faculty sue Columbia University, claiming discrimination

Lawsuit alleging a hostile environment amid anti-Israel protest movement is latest fallout from demonstrations that rocked campus after October 7 Hamas attack and start of Gaza war

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, August 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Mamdani dodges question on whether NYPD will go ahead with training in Israel

By JTA and ToI Staff

Analysis

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Should Diaspora Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’?

JFNA first supports, then fires consultant for suggesting Jewish leaders shouldn’t use the loaded term that has been hijacked by its opponents — but many think he has a point

'120 Years of Zionism,' an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Luke Bronin, former Hartford mayor and Democratic candidate for Connecticut’s 1st congressional district, speaks during an election night watch party August 11, 2026, in Hartford, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)

Democratic incumbent loses Connecticut primary in which Israel not a decisive factor

By Grace Gilson

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (L), Joshua Kushner (2nd-L) and Disney CEO Bob Iger (2nd-R) attend a US Open match at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 2, 2025, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP)

Jared Kushner’s brother, ex-CEO of Disney team up to buy LA Lakers for record $12.5b

By jacob gurvis

The parents of missing girl Haymanut Kasau seen protesting and holding her photo in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

900 days after she went missing, Haymanut Kasau’s family demands answers from Shin Bet

By Noam Lehmann

The sign on the front of a Sephora store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sephora denies opening stores in Israel; will sell products via Israeli retailer

State Attorney Amit Aisman attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In blow to Levin, High Court rules state attorney can handle Sde Teiman leak probe

Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)

Backed by Walmart and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $365m to help build AI startups

By Sharon Wrobel

A police officer is pictured in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin building in Berlin, Germany, on February 8, 2024. (Stefanie Loos/AFP)

Germany to boost intelligence services, citing constant cyberattacks from abroad

By Geir Moulson

The Star of David stands atop the Park East Synagogue, March 3, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

‘Important new chapter’: NYC’s Park East Synagogue partners with local Chabad

In this photo provided by NASA, Helga and Zohar, two female manikins in the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment investigation, undergo post-flight payload inspections, January 17, 2023, inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)

Vest that US-Israeli startup helped make can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests

A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, August 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Excitement sweeps Europe as millions view total solar eclipse

ObituaryJack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 88

By Gary Rosenblatt

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