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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 20, 2026

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Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport during a strike, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

PM: Anyone thwarting airport operations 'will be sent home'

Wildcat labor strike brings Ben Gurion Airport to halt on busiest travel day of year

By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann

Airport back to full staffing but crowding and delays continue hours later; check-ins, arrivals were halted as workers protest personnel shortage; Netanyahu boots labor union’s leader out of Likud

An IDF soldier serving at Army Radio holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 20: Ministers fume at High Court ruling, vow to keep trying to shut Army Radio

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

US targets Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizing ties to Iranian government * EU said preparing sanctions if E1 settlement construction begins, including labeling all Israeli products

8:30 pm

Netanyahu expelling initiator of today's wildcat airport strike from Likud party
7:37 pm

Progress made in talks with Israeli banks on reversing decision that could collapse PA economy — sources
7:29 pm

Palestinian doctor arrested on suspicion of incitement said to have suffered cardiac event in custody

Analysis

Trounced in Florida GOP primary, antisemitic candidates believe ‘victory’ is still near

Heavy defeats of Dan Bilzerian and James Fishback show voters are turned off by classical antisemitic rhetoric, yet they may ‘have the wind at their back’ as young Americans increasingly turn against Jews and Israel

James Fishback (left) and Dan Bilzerian. (YouTube, Randy Shropshire / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Promoted ContentSheba Global

Sheba changes Shon Amar’s life

Shot in action, IDF commander Shon Amar had his jaw rebuilt at Sheba Medical Center and ran the Vienna Marathon—proving resilience overcomes all.

Illustrative: Turkish soldiers seen waiting in front of Incirlik military base in Adana in this handout photo released March 12, 2026. (Turkish Defense Ministry/AFP)

Turkey denies military visit to Syrian base; Damascus confirms it but refutes deployment plan

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Nava Freiberg

Ankara says no military delegation was at airbase ‘before or during Israel’s attack’; Al-Shaibani says Damascus told Jerusalem no Turkish troops were deploying to Abu Duhur

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses an Israeli airstrike in Syria, in a podcast interview, August 19, 2026. (Screenshot via X)

‘Don’t’: Netanyahu says he warned Turkey before Israel struck Syrian base

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz appears on Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 20: Israel risks opening a new front with strike deep in Syria

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

US official: Iran's IRGC 'doesn't control the strait. We do'

Declaring ‘economic D-Day,’ Trump says any country trading with Iran will be sanctioned

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

‘These maniacs are on the ropes, and these HISTORIC MEASURES will cripple them,’ claims president, as US military said helping get millions of barrels of oil through Hormuz daily

US President Donald Trump listens as Gemini co-founder and president Cameron Winklevoss, left, and Gemini co-founder and CEO Tyler Winklevoss, right, watch, during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, August 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Illustrative: An intercepted projectile falls into the sea near Dubai's Palm Jumeirah archipelago on March 1, 2026. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

UAE imposes financial embargo on Iran after missiles target ‘maritime traffic’

By Michael Georgy

Illustrative: The navigation bridge of a sunken vessel is all that is seen at the surface of the water in the Port of Mokha, the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city Mokha, held by Yemen’s internationally recognized, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026. (Khaled ZIAD/AFP)

Houthis planning to seize vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen government warns

By AFP

Former hostage Eliya Cohen and October 7 survivor Ziv Aboud marry on August 19, 2026 (Screenshots/Hen Mazzig via X)

'A crazy miracle'

Former hostage Eliya Cohen and longtime girlfriend wed in ceremony full of symbolism

By Jessica Steinberg

Cohen and Nova survivor Ziv Abud celebrate union, together with fellow October 7 survivors and bereaved; are wed underneath canopy decorated with prayer shawl of Abud’s slain nephew

Soldiers from Kosovo visit a military base in southern Israel as they prepare to join the Board of Peace's International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza on July 12, 2026. (Board of Peace)

US to provide $206 million for Gaza peacekeeping force, letters show

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Winter is coming

Hawkish ex-general Ofer Winter expected to launch new party next week, shaking up the right

By Sam Sokol and Michael Bachner

Billboards and video clip tease political run, though polls suggest non-aligned party may fail to enter Knesset and harm Netanyahu’s bloc if it doesn’t merge with others

Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter arrives for the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cemetery in Modiin, February 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett addresses a 'security concept conference' held by his B’Yachad party, August 19, 2026. (Elad Gutman)

Bennett: Israel should strike Iran to retaliate for Hezbollah attacks

Israel can no longer afford deference to America

Jack Lew’s prescription for preserving US-Israel ties belongs to an era when Israelis could rely on America to protect their vital security interests

Yes, I would let AI help me write a love letter

AI does not replace my emotions, ideas or judgment or emotion. For me – and for neurodivergent writers – it’s a creative tool like any other

From 'Rising - Voices of Protest and Hope,' Esther Takac's 2026 documentary about Israel's protest movement (Courtesy)

'We were writing a story without knowing the ending'

War, women and democracy: How two new films frame Israel’s storied protest movements

By Jessica Steinberg

‘In Protest’ and ‘Rising’ follow female activists, bereaved families and trauma professionals as mass demonstrations become a lens though which to view Israeli civil society

In a video published on August 18, 2026, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stands in front of a construction site where he says a gallows is being built. (X screenshot)

Ben Gvir announces ground broken on gallows where ‘terrorists will be executed’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Far-right minister says booths being built so families of terror victims can watch executions, days after promising ex-hostage that he’ll work to let him to personally hang his captor

A sign seized by Israeli police after the protester was arrested, June 6, 2026 (Israel Police Spokesperson)

Western allies rebuke Israel over West Bank plan, Gaza probes, ‘inhumane’ rhetoric

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi looks out the window of his home, which has been encircled by settlers for more than a week, after gaining access to it, in Qusra, West Bank, August 18, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Inside StoryResidents still trapped in homes, 11 days after siege began

Israeli settler berates Palestinian American near his besieged West Bank home

By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

After Loui Abu Ridi flies in from US amid extended blockade, extremist steps onto his property despite closed military zone, sparking face-off

Arab-majority Hadash, Ta’al and Balad parties agree on joint run after striking deal

Combined election slate would see Hadash’s Yousef Jabareen at the helm, followed by Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi and then Balad’s Sami Abou Shahadeh, after Tibi demanded better conditions

Left to right: Hadash chairman Yousef Jabareen, Balad chair Sami Abou Shahadeh and Ta'al head Ahmad Tibi. (Flash90)

Swedish minister, daughter of Haifa Palestinian, wears Star of David at election debate

Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson says she chose to wear Jewish symbol on behalf of Jewish children who cannot, amid surge in Swedish antisemitism; she’s subject to torrent of online hate afterwards

Sweden’s Liberal Party leader and Minister of Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson wears a Star of David as she takes part in a pre-election debate in Sweden on August 17, 2026 (Screencapture/YouTube)

Professor Mohamed Abdou speaks to The Electronic Intifada in an interview published on April 27, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

NY judge says Columbia University did not discriminate against pro-Hamas professor

Court dismisses Mohamed Abdou’s case alleging discrimination in university president’s Congressional testimony and by pro-Israel instructor

NYPD seen outside Manhattan’s Central Synagogue in the wake of a Friday night attack against worshipers, August 14, 2026. (Screenshots/CBS New York)

NY man who struck woman at synagogue insulted Jews, ‘identified as Jewish,’ feds say

An entrance to a Moderna building, May 18, 2020, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP/Bill Sikes)

‘Breakthrough’ Moderna personalized mRNA cancer vaccine curbs melanoma reoccurrence

By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen

News of first positive large late-stage trial result for drug could signal new era for treating solid-tumor cancers, with tests underway for lung, breast and pancreatic cancers

Jurgen Stroop watches his troops raze the Warsaw Ghetto. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)

Once censored, a Nazi commander’s death-row confession is now out in English

By Shira Li Bartov

‘Conversations with an Executioner’ gives firsthand account of the rise of Jurgen Stroop, a senior Nazi who led killings of over 50,000 Jews and destruction of Warsaw Ghetto

Trump’s devoted ‘human printer’ thrust into spotlight by Ankara decoy flight saga

Dem. Senate hopeful Jon Ossoff highlighted role of Natalie Harp, who effectively functions as gatekeeper to the president, in secret swap from Air Force One in Turkey

US President Donald Trump and aide Natalie Harp (R) exit Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House on August 16, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)

More Headlines

Judge Tomoko Akane arrives prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity, on November 20, 2024 at the ICC court in The Hague. (Eva Plevier/various sources/AFP)

ICC denounces new US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on its independence

By AFP

Emergency services evacuate residents of a Jewish retirement home in Munich after it was targeted in an arson attack on February 13, 1970, in which seven Holocaust survivors were killed. (IMAGO/Heinz Gebhardt via Reuters Connect)

Far-right suspect identified in 1970 Munich arson that killed 7 Holocaust survivors

By AFP

Illustrative: People at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Plan for new mall in Jerusalem could shake up local shopping market

View of the northern town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon, June 22, 2026. (Chen Leopold/FLASH90)

War poemsMetula poetry festival moved to Jerusalem, for third year

By Jessica Steinberg

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