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What Matters Most On Friday, August 14, 2026

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Israeli forces stand in front of the entrance of a Palestinian house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)

Settler aims gun at Palestinians, Israelis near Bethlehem

US said pushing silent Netanyahu to publicly condemn settler violence in Qusra

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Katz says he told IDF to plan transfer of full civilian law enforcement in West Bank to police, which is already largely responsible for the matter; residents say activists were blocked from delivering food on sixth day of siege

Israeli settlers stand outside houses after the reopening of the settlement of Ganim in the West Bank on August 13, 2026. (ILIA YEFIMOVICH/AFP)

Families move into rebuilt West Bank settlement of Ganim, 21 years after evacuation

By ToI Staff and AFP

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a congressional roundtable on anti-fraud initiatives in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)

UAE condemns Iranian attack on 2 of its ships; no injuries

Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Trump cabinet members say US could keep its Hormuz blockade indefinitely, Iran to face ‘never before seen’ economic isolation; Iran demands payment for spill from tanker it apparently hit

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government gathering at a square in Tehran, Iran, August 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran to join BRICS development bank soon, central bank chief says

In fact, Islamic Republic of Pakistan has a nuclear arsenal

Netanyahu calls UK an ‘Islamic republic,’ jokes it would be first one with nukes

PM echoes 2024 Vance crack during Army Radio podcast reportedly filmed at studio of a Likud vendor rather than the station’s military base

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in an episode of an Army Radio podcast released on August 13, 2026. (Screen capture: Army Radio/Youtube)

Britain’s Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, August 13, 2026, to cast his vote for the Clacton on Sea by-election. (AP/Richard Pelham)

Farage beats Count Binface to win back UK parliamentary seat in widely mocked election

By AP

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Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, in black, with a group of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine trainees, in 2022. (US Western District of Louisiana court)

Inside story

Gazan sham charities’ crowdfunding funneled cash to alleged terrorists, US probes show

3 federal investigations point to ties between terror activity and online fundraising, highlighting intersection of terrorism financing, social media and cryptocurrency

Israeli soldiers take position in a building located adjacent to the home of a Palestinian family besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of the city Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 14: While Netanyahu mum, Israeli envoy to US condemns settler violence in Qusra

Houthis say they targeted Aramco in Saudi Arabia’s Najran with drone * French national reportedly released on bail in Thailand after brutal attack on Israeli mother, daughter * IDF says it killed Hamas commander planning attacks on troops in Thursday strike

8:52 pm

Police allow Yahalomis to continue on their way in Argentina after questioning
8:19 pm

Police locate Israeli mother and daughter in Argentina, week after they were last seen in Vienna
8:05 pm

Trump claims he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory

Palestinians walk among tents and rubble on the coastal road in Gaza City, in the Strip's north, on August 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

‘Just like before Oct. 7’: Gaza border surveillance troops say they’re seeing terror activity

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

Kushner and Mladenov to visit Israel next week to lean on Netanyahu to restore halt on strikes, adhere to humanitarian commitments, in bid to advance Hamas disarmament, source says

Cpl. Noa Marciano, who was killed in Hamas captivity in November after being taken hostage on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held multiple Israelis hostage in Gaza

Assistant AG says US gov't assessing next steps after ruling

US judge drops Trump case alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students

Federal court says evidence presented by administration was ‘too isolated and episodic’ to back plausible claim of institutionalized noncompliance with Civil Rights Act

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

7 questions to Haredi leaders on not drafting to the Israeli army

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis relate to the IDF and to the possibility of their own drafting in ways that seem to undermine the very Torah they say they are protecting

Talyah Ginsberg

Justice, justice shall you pursue — preferably after coffee

Elul’s court means we must first give up our double-standards and only then demand leaders who do more than look thoughtful in photos (Shofetim)

L: Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot, on November 1, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Eisenkot opens up a lead on Netanyahu in new ToI poll, but both blocs shy of majority

Yashar’s margin over Likud grows to 4 seats in Zman Yisrael survey; Shin Bet said weighing armed bodyguards for Eisenkot, who Lapid declines to say if his party will endorse for PM

MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MK Elazar Stern announces Yesh Atid exit ahead of likely run with Eisenkot

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu’s takedown of Barkat: Chronicle of a political elimination foretold

The economy minister plotted to oust Netanyahu after October 7. Now he’s facing the wrath of a prime minister who neither forgets nor forgives

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK Nir Barkat present the Likud economic plan, during a Likud party event in Tel Aviv on February 16, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

A view of a Bank of Jerusalem branch in central Jerusalem, August 13, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Bank of Jerusalem stock plummets, revives amid rumors over employee’s disappearance in Vienna

Gag order placed on Israel Police investigation into whereabouts of Mali and Liel Yahalomi, as family claims terrorism has not been ruled out, despite reports that it’s not suspected

Illustrative: Hebrew and English signs on Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand, August 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

'Leaving is our way of expressing our opposition'

Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad

By Deborah Danan

Emigrees cite political drift rightward, social stagnation, ‘endless and pointless wars’ as they depart Jewish state in droves; experts increasingly concerned about ‘brain drain’

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg joins host Lazar Berman for this week's Lazar Focus. (R Mathiasson)

Lazar Focus podcast

Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world

By Lazar Berman

The Iran war emphasized how reliant we are on fossil fuels; a leading Danish thinker explains how we should think about energy needs, global warming, and the welfare of mankind

Left to right: A digital billboard for Anthropic's Claude AI seen at Times Square, New York City, June 20, 2026. (Brian Logan/iStock); Decart founders Dean Leitersdorf (left) and Moshe Shalev. (Amit Elkayam)

Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B valuation

By Sharon Wrobel

Potential acquisition of Decart, which is working to boost chip efficiency and develop generative AI models, would be Anthropic’s first acquisition in Israel and largest to date

Journalist Oren Nahari speaks at the Sapir Prize for Literature award ceremony in Tel Aviv, on January 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Obituary

Veteran journalist Oren Nahari dies of ALS at 70, days after final radio broadcast

Nahari said farewell to listeners on Saturday, citing worsening illness; journalist founded public broadcaster’s foreign affairs show in 80s, covered key events at turn of 20th century

An armed student waves a Yemeni flag as he is flanked by a peer waving a Palestinian flag and others displaying the Houthi rebels' banner, which reads 'Death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews,' at a rally in support of the Iran-backed rebels amid escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia, on the Sanaa University Campus in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital, on July 22, 2026. (Mohammed HUWAIS/AFP)

Houthi attack on Yemeni port city kills 8, government official says amid strained truce

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran-backed group also claims drone attack on Saudi Aramco refinery, as UN warns of highest risk of renewed civil war since 2022 truce, as humanitarian crisis deepens

Pakistani crew member Zaheer Ahmed, right, receives medical treatment at 2 December Hospital in Mokha, Yemen, on August 12, 2026, after the cargo ship Tihama was struck in a Houthi attack in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen’s Dhubab district on August 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack

By AP

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Bulgarian singer Dara (C) greets fans as she performs during a concert in front of National Gallery of Art after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Bangaranga” in Sofia on May 19, 2026. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP)

Eurovision unveils Burgas as 2027 host, with dates that clash with Israel’s Memorial Day

By Amy Spiro and AFP

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Knesset committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG: New appointments are politicizing police internal affairs, could harm election integrity

By Noam Lehmann

Rocker Aviv Geffen will perform after the screening of 'Aviv,' Tomer Heymann's documentary about the musician, at the National Library's Docu.Text festival, August 16-20, 2026 (Daniel Aharony)

Book your ticketsDocumentary film fest to open at National Library for 11th year

By Jessica Steinberg

Apple to pay $150,000 to settle lawsuit after firing Shabbat observant employee

By Grace Gilson

Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner arrive on the red carpet at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, December 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. (AP/Kevin Wolf)

Rob Reiner’s son charged with parents’ murder, in ‘profound betrayal’ of loved ones

By ANDREW DALTON

A firefighter working on rescue efforts holds a Colombian flag amid the rubble three days after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, August 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Hopes fade in Colombia as critical window to find quake survivors shuts

By AFP

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