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What Matters Most On Friday, August 28, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen in the Knesset on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Decision is 'final and complete,' Otzma Yehudit party declares

Ben Gvir refuses Netanyahu’s demand to merge with Smotrich; Likud: He’s crowning Eisenkot

PM’s party accuses the Otzma Yehudit leader of ‘burning votes’ for sake of his ego after he turns down PM’s invite to so much as meet with Smotrich ‘to save the right-wing bloc’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich to unite in a video posted to his Telegram channel, August 27, 2026. (Screenshot/Telegram)

Netanyahu urges Ben Gvir, Smotrich to unite as poll shows Winter’s new party surging

Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg presides over a hearing at the High Court of Justice on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations, and enforcement measures against Haredi draft evaders, July 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Election czar seeks clarification on party leaders’ requests for security protection

Smotrich calls to ‘Judaize’ Negev, Galilee as part of his settlement ‘revolution’

Far-right minister’s pre-election plan would establish dozens of towns for one million new Jewish residents while curbing Arab building

Religious Zionism chairman and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents his plan to "Judaize" the Negev and Galilee while curtailing Arab building, August 27, 2026. (Courtesy of Religious Zionism)

'Every day just feels like a fight'

Jews at US teachers unions subject to discrimination, forced to self-censor: report

Anti-Defamation League survey finds antisemitism, hostility to Israel’s existence in union spaces, leading to alienation and fear among Jewish educators

Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest led by high school students, in New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

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US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One, August 27, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump seeks to sanction Tehran into submission rather than renew MOU, sources say

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

President says Washington not talking with Iran, hints new sanctions could hit Chinese banks that do business with it, as Iranian FM hosts Qatari diplomat for talks on Hormuz

Patriot missles seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, in Jasionka, Poland, March 25, 2022. (Evan Vucci/AP)

US Patriot missile stocks in Europe ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say

By Emma Burrows and Ben Finley

Analysis

Going all in on sanctions, Trump limits how much he can squeeze out of Iran

Without military pressure, a wide deal covering Iran’s nuclear program, missiles and more is out of reach, experts say, but financial penalties may still create enough leverage for accord on Hormuz

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C., August 21, 2026. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Palestinians inspect the Abu Salim Mosque a day after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 28: IDF says it killed Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza, bucking US calls to halt strikes

Due to West Bank tensions, military said to freeze plan allowing 10,000 reservists to go home for High Holidays * Smotrich in talks with Moshe Feiglin about merger

7:20 pm

Trump announces new US 'Space Academy'
6:50 pm

Armed settlers filmed raiding Palestinian village alongside IDF soldiers
6:02 pm

ADL says it surfaced mosque threat by suspect in FBI investigation

Friction as UK mulls settlement trade ban over E1 expansion

UK: Expelling us from Gaza coordination center would ‘undermine’ peace efforts

London stresses commitment to seeing UN-backed Gaza plan through, notes its involvement comes at request of US, as Jerusalem reportedly weighs booting British officials from center

Personnel work at the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)

An Israeli officer looks on as trucks loaded with humanitarian aid delivered from Jordan cross into Gaza on the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, through the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing on October 21, 2024. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

Netanyahu, Katz deny reported Israeli plan to reopen Gaza’s Erez Crossing next week

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

An image from 'The Campaign,' an investigative documentary examining the anti-Israel Hamas social media campaign (Courtesy)

A new documentary finds orchestrating hands behind global online hate after October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

‘The Campaign,’ based on Warren Kinsella’s ‘The Hidden Hand,’ weaves in-depth interviews with investigative reporting to reveal a social media movement that spread anti-Israel messaging, fueling antisemitism

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I’m at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

The doors I wish we could keep open

This holiday season, US synagogues want to welcome new people, even as we’re cautious about who we let in. We’ve gotten used to the dance, but isn’t that part of the problem?

Censor allows publication of report Israel held direct hostage talks with Hamas, with PM’s approval

Israeli TV says negotiations by then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar were ongoing in early 2025; permission to reveal meetings comes on heels of report that Netanyahu also privately contacted Hamas amid 2014 war

Left: Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Dudu Bachar/Pool)

Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, amid the Likud primary elections. Right: Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, AP/Bilal Hussein)

Netanyahu held secret talks with Hamas during 2014 Gaza war, report says; PM’s office denies

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., holds up a Trump Bible as he questions Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, February 11, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US House Democratic leaders tap pro-Israel lawmaker for top Mideast policy post

Moskowitz’s appointment as subcommittee ranking member angers progressives, who say he’s out of step with rest of party on Israel; supporters argue move can help him beat GOP challenger

Illustrative: Congregants of the 104-year-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center which burned down in the Eaton fire, gather for Shabbat dinner at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, California, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California could become first US state to list ‘Jewish’ as ethnicity

By Sharon Udasin

Backers say adding category to voluntary demographic forms would help fight antisemitism, while critics warn of privacy and safety risks as lawmakers face Aug. 31 deadline

'Everything and everyone is gone'

Rescue teams race to find survivors of Nepal flash floods as risk of fresh flooding grows

Confirmed death toll rises to 469, with almost 1,000 others still missing, including at least 540 foreigners; lake formed by debris could soon burst, disaster management body warns

Damage is seen in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, August 27, 2026. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha)

Former hostage Emily Damari, right, marries Danielle Amit, center; Damari's mother, Mandy Damari, far left, on August 27, 2026 (Courtesy)

Former hostage Emily Damari marries food influencer Danielle Amit in emotional ceremony

By Jessica Steinberg

Damari, who had to hide her sexual orientation from Hamas captors, was smiling broadly as she lowered the veil on her now-wife’s head

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Police officers are seen detaining a suspect during a riot by ultra-Orthodox extremists against construction on the Jerusalem Light Rail, August 27, 2026. (X screenshot)

Haredi extremists riot against Jerusalem Light Rail construction; at least 2 arrested

One suspect detained for setting fire to part of construction site; TV report says several of the demonstrators were investigated over June riot at deputy Supreme Court chief’s home

King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. (AP/Francisco Seco)

Norway’s King Harald V dies at age 89 after more than 35 years on throne

Norway mourns beloved king, Europe’s oldest monarch, as his son succeeds him; Herzog hails king’s ‘loyalty and devotion’

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This photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows the construction site of a business park at the site of what was once a Nazi forced labour complex in Leobersdorf, Austria. (Jure Cufer/AFP)

Plans for business park atop site of former Nazi labor camp sparks anger in Austria

By Femke COLBORNE

View of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, April 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Two teens indicted for planning ISIS-inspired attacks on Temple Mount, security forces

Screen capture from video of an IDF strike on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, August 27, 2026. (IDF)

IDF hits Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon; Beirut says newly-wed woman killed

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Tel Aviv-based firm helps uncover Russian-speaking hackers’ use of SpaceX’s AI tool

By Raphael Satter

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, right, talks on the phone next to Russian Army General Vladimir Zurbenko, center, during the visit of a Russian Army delegation to the Bosnian town of Banja Luka in October 1995. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies at 84

By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, August 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed to ‘Lake America’ as trade war with Canada escalates

By Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 63rd edition of the Damascus International Fair, in the capital Damascus on August 26, 2026. (Bakr ALkasem/AFP)

Visa, Mastercard process first international card payments in Syria after more than a decade

By AFP

Police on guard duty at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, July 25, 2025, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Prosecutors: Palestine activists who damaged Trump Scottish golf course had ‘terrorism connection’

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