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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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Left: Sara Netanyahu in a Channel 14 interview broadcast on August 31, 2026. Right: Yair Golan, October 14, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 14; Kan TV screenshot)

Democrats leader says he'll sue PM's wife over claim

Sara Netanyahu pushes conspiracy theory that left-wing leader Golan had advance knowledge of Oct. 7

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Golan, former deputy chief of staff, dashed to fight at Nova after invasion; his party decries ‘slander’ that ‘crosses a red line bordering on insanity’; PM’s wife also avoids ruling out ‘treason’ by security chiefs, which her husband has dismissed

Senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (from left): Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich. (Flash90)

‘Let them burn’: PM’s aides said to slam IDF on Oct. 7 for being slow to release photos

Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas (center right) holds a joint press conference with former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz (center left), who will run on the Ra'am slate in October's election, in Nazareth, August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)

In unprecedented move, Abbas and Segalovitz announce joint run, bringing Jewish lawmaker to Arab party’s slate

By Sam Sokol and JTA

Ra’am chief: We need to create partnerships and ‘see the other as a human being, not as an enemy’; Segalovitz: ‘The assertion that after October 7 it is impossible to maintain a political partnership with Arab parties is false’

Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas (left) holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovitz in Nazareth, August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)

Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra’am with hopes for ‘a shared future’

Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Flash90/ToI)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 1 – What makes a Jewish legislator join forces with an Arab party?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

After a three-year closure due to war, Israel's northernmost community of Metula celebrates a first day of school, September 1, 2026. (courtesy)

Reporter's notebook'We have to rebuild the community from scratch'

‘That’s victory’: In battle-scarred Metula, a reopened school offers hope on the border

By Diana Bletter

School is again in session in Israel’s northernmost community, after 65% of its residents came back to live amid telltale signs of war. It was a celebration three years in the making

2.6 million students return to school amid teacher shortages, systemic challenges

By ToI Staff, Sue Surkes, Nurit Yohanan and Diana Bletter

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Far-right MK pledges to block coexistence initiative

Rahm Emmanuel gives $550K to program training Palestinian doctors at Israeli hospital

Democratic politician dubs initiative ‘healthcare diplomacy,’ weeks after Tel Aviv speech warning Israel will become a pariah if it maintains Netanyahu’s policies

Rahm Emmanuel tours Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center on July 6, 2026. (Rahm Emanuel/X)

Brad Lander argues with anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, August 29, 2026. (Screenshot/FreedomNews TV)

Brad Lander, Jewish Mamdani ally, downplays being berated as a ‘Zionist’ at protest

Sen. Ed Markey speaks during a Get Out the Vote event supporting Markey, August 29, 2026 in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Massachusetts progressive and Israel critic Markey expected to rout centrist challenger

By Sharon Udasin

Vance courts Jewish Republicans, but declines to clarify stance on Tucker Carlson

By Joseph Strauss

US vice president stresses importance of relationship with Israel in speech to Republican Jewish Coalition, blames rising antisemitism on immigration

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Universal Contracting and Urban Tree Trimming, in Sterling Heights, Michigan, August 31, 2026. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Rep. Mike Collins, a Georgia Republican (C), speaks with RJC National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman (R) on the stage of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual convention in Las Vegas, August 31, 2026. (RJC/X)

At GOP Jewish confab ahead of midterms, speakers warn of far-left DSA candidates

By Joseph Strauss

Palestinians check the damage to a mosque that, according to residents, was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Bazariya, September 1, 2026, as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads “Huckabee regards from the terrorists”, referring to the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Graffiti reads 'Regards to Huckabee from the terrorists'

West Bank mosque said torched by settlers; 8 arrested for assaults on Palestinians, mosque arsons

By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Suspects aged 16 to 20; 4 Palestinians shot during raid by settlers, soldiers; elderly Palestinian woman beaten; former Israeli officials to NYT: Settler violence is ‘like the Germans’

IDF manpower head Dado Bar Kalifa testifies at a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bar Kalifa tapped as top IDF West Bank officer, weeks after Katz announced move on TV

By Emanuel Fabian

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire caused by a debris from intercepted Iranian drones in Manama, Bahrain, June 11, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 1: Kuwait, Bahrain report Iranian drone attacks after US base in Jordan targeted

Netanyahu claims defense officials deliberately failed to wake him on morning of Oct. 7 attack * Later says not accusing officials of ‘betrayal,’ just ‘failure’ * PM peddles theory as his wife accuses Yair Golan of knowing ahead of time of Hamas massacre

10:28 pm

Kuwait and Bahrain report Iranian drone attacks after US base in Jordan targeted
10:02 pm

Jordan says it intercepted ballistic missiles from Iran
8:43 pm

Trump says US strikes target Iranian effort to rebuild radar system

People gather near a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

IDF strikes Gaza as Hamas official captured in reported raid by Israel-backed militia

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Military carries out heavy wave of strikes, says it struck targets to ‘remove threats to security forces’ amid apparent operation by anti-Hamas armed group; 3 said killed

Exclusive

Palestinian banking crisis averted, as Israeli bank delays plan to halt collaboration

A day before deadline, Discount Bank agrees to push off plan to stop correspondent banking services to Palestinian counterparts, which tethers West Bank to global economy

Palestinians wait in line to withdraw money from an ATM in the main market in Ramallah city in the West Bank on June 9, 2024. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

ExclusiveFeuding Fatah officials meet as internal rifts risk poor showing in November election

In Israel’s AI election, who decides what is true?

Forget the spectacular deepfake. AI’s most dangerous feature is the way it packages reality for voters

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

It takes a village – and the Peoples of Israel – to get me out of a dress

What do you do when you’re the only grown-up in the house?

UAE says it downed Iranian drone

Trump vows response to Iranian strike on US troops in Jordan as tensions ratchet up

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

‘We’re going to hit them hard,’ US president says; Tehran source downplays flare-up, says it’s ‘limited and contained’; US vows to persist with economic pressure campaign

US Sailors signal an F-35C Lightning II on the flight deck of the USS George Washington, in a photo released August 30, 2026. (US Navy photo)

US President Donald Trump smiles during an event about drug prices, in the Oval Office of the White House, August 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘What a stupid question’: Trump rules out idea of nuking Iran amid renewed tensions

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down after after reported tensions with Hegseth

By Ben Finley and AAMER MADHANI

Syria’s interim foreign minister Asaad Shaibani (L) delivers a speech during the inauguration of Syria’s embassy at Al-Nofleen district in Tripoli on August 30, 2026. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)

Syria says it’s working ‘seriously’ on diplomatic solution with Israel despite attacks

By AFP and ToI Staff

FM al-Shaibani reports US-mediated talks aim for full Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 lines, pans Katz’s remarks on IDF remaining in Syrian territory

Illustrative: Syrian security personnel officers guard the road on the outskirts of Sweida, southern Syria on February 26, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)

10 Syrian security personnel reported wounded in clashes in Sweida

By AFP and ToI Staff

Gal Gadot shares more details about the DC Studios Wonder Woman franchise with 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast host Josh Horowitz in August 2026 (Screenshot/Josh Horowitz via YouTube)

Passing on Gadot

Gal Gadot confirms she was cut from Wonder Woman franchise

By Jessica Steinberg

Actress says she wasn’t surprised by cold shoulder from DC Studios, is grateful she ‘got to wear’ the superhero’s boots

Met Museum cancels planned John Galliano exhibit after backlash over antisemitism

By AP and Luke Tress

Fashion designer says he decided ‘it is best’ not to hold event, apologizes for ‘hurt I caused to the Jewish and Asian communities’; move welcomed by Jewish leaders

John Galliano speaks onstage during Vogue’s Forces of Fashion Conference at Milk Studios on October 12, 2017, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP)

'Playmakers,' by author Michael Kimmel. (Courtesy)

Interview'They saw a world where others could have what they lacked'

Toy story: From teddy bears to Tiddlywinks, how Jews helped shape American childhood

By Rich Tenorio

New book ‘Playmakers’ by sociologist Michael Kimmel looks at how children of Jewish immigrants built the dolls, games, books and comics that became cultural touchstones in the US

Aerial view of the Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, on January 29, 2026. (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)

Israel’s global warming emissions down in 2025 but still cost economy $11 billion, ministry finds

Environmental Protection Ministry’s pollution data shows positive trends in many areas thanks to continuing demise of coal, drop in wildfires after end of rocket fire from Lebanon

Emergency drinking water tanks are placed near the Old City of Jerusalem amid nationwide water supply disruptions, September 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Desalination plants again shut down due to murky seawater; farmers sound the alarm

By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff

Israeli Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who is also a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, at a press conference in Rehovot. (Flash90)

Obituary

Nobel Prize-winning Israeli chemist Ada Yonath dies at 87

Noted for her groundbreaking research on ribosome crystals, Yonath was one of the country’s greatest scientific minds, winning numerous awards over her decades-long career

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Planes from Brussels Airlines on the tarmac at Brussels Airport in Brussels May 12, 2020. (Francisco Seco/AP)

Brussels Airlines facing strike after workers say they were forced to fly to Israel

Heaton Park Synagogue's Rabbi Daniel Walker speaks at a memorial service for victims of the 2025 Yom Kippur terror attack, August 31, 2026 (Courtesy Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region)

Manchester synagogue marks one year since deadly Yom Kippur terror attack

By Zev Stub and ToI Staff

A branch of the Zol UBegadol supermarket chain is seen in Jerusalem, January 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Man arrested for allegedly lacing supermarket baby food with sedatives

The island of Krabi in Thailand, November 27, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Thailand shortens visa-free stay for Israelis and other tourists from 60 to 30 days

Stills from footage of a Tesla on an Israeli highway, with the driver out of sight and allegedly asleep at the wheel, and the vehicle apparently on autopilot setting, August 31, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

Life on autopilotPolice investigate after man filmed asleep at the wheel of Tesla

Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks to the media outside the Jerusalem District Court, August 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Strident Likud MK says she is open to ‘serious offer’ to join another party

Shuli Rand, left, and rapper Jimbo J duet their hit songs ahead of Rosh Hashanah, in August 2026. (YouTube screenshot)

White hopeRapper Jimbo J and actor Shuli Rand duet in optimistic mashup

By Jessica Steinberg

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)

Joshua Kushner blames ‘political dynamics’ for collapse of plan to sell World Cup stakes

By AFP

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