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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

PM later denies he and his wife are alleging 'betrayal'

Netanyahu claims defense officials intentionally failed to wake him in hours before Oct. 7 attack

By Stav Levaton

PM claims misguided security chiefs chose not to alert him because they knew he’d order mobilization and attacks on anybody approaching border and they feared this would trigger Hamas attack

Yair Golan, leader of The Democrats party and a former IDF deputy chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Netanya, Israel, August 27, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Yair Golan warns Sara Netanyahu of $825,000 suit for airing Oct. 7 conspiracy theory

By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner

Yair Golan, leader of The Democrats party and a former IDF deputy chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Netanya, Israel, August 27, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 2: Democrats accuse politically appointed panel of dragging its feet on Golan’s security detail

US president doesn’t give timeline for war to end, says he gets why unarmed Iranian protesters aren’t taking to the streets * Winter says he’ll only join Netanyahu government if conscription law is passed first * US issues rare condemnation of ‘West Bank violence,’ but doesn’t fault Israel for it

8:24 pm

In suit against Sara Netanyahu for conspiracy theory, Golan to lay out timeline of Oct. 7 actions — report
7:51 pm

Reports: 2 killed after settlers and IDF troops enter West Bank village
7:20 pm

Trump again says Iran conflict will wind down soon, but doesn't give timeline

A man drives past a banner showing a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump: When will the Iranians rise up and fight the regime?

Israel says it’s ready to ‘decisively’ strike Iran if attacked during upcoming holidays

By Agencies and ToI Staff

‘They like to attack on Jewish holidays because, after all, they hate Jews,’ says DM; Tehran says it targeted US military sites in Gulf states, as Saudi Arabia accuses it of killing two crew members on a state-owned tanker traversing Hormuz

In this US Navy handout photo, an F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, readies for takeoff on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on August 29, 2026. (US NAVY/AFP)

US strikes Iranian sites around Hormuz, IRGC says it retaliated against base in Jordan

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump prepares to depart after speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 31, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump aides, fearing midterm rout, push to keep Iran war ‘quiet’ for now

By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery

From Our SponsorThe Jaffa Institute

Hundreds of struggling families still need your helping hand

This Rosh Hashanah, your $80 gift provides a holiday food package to struggling families, seniors, and Holocaust survivors across central Israel.

Inside story

New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance

Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities

General view of a water desalination facility near Rishon LeZion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Op-ed: Eight weeks to elections

Netanyahu, who set policy and held the levers of power, now seeks to pin all blame for October 7 on others

Desperate for reelection, the PM claims he was a political victim on Oct. 7, while his wife spreads a foul conspiracy theory; but there’s no escaping that the invasion took place on his watch, by a terrorist government whose rule in Gaza he insistently funded

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Israel's 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Interview

Elections czar gears up to preempt any ‘speck of a claim’ of a tainted vote

Dean Livne, director general of the Central Elections Committee, details plan to fight deepfakes, protect voter privacy and release real-time data to keep polls clean on October 27

Dean Livne, acting director-general of the Central Elections Committee, attends a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Illustrative: In this image released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, July 25, 2023, Abu Mahdi naval cruise missiles are displayed in a ceremony to deliver the missiles to both the national Navy and the navy of the Revolutionary Guard, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Russia said helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles

Russian engineers have made multiple visits to Islamic Republic for project making ramjet engine needed to build high-speed anti-ship and land attack weapon, Financial Times reports

Anti-torture watchdog says indictment a 'drop in the ocean'

12 guards charged with reckless homicide for fatally beating Palestinian security prisoner

By Jeremy Sharon

Thaer Abu Asab, jailed since 2005 over terror attack, died in Ketziot Prison in November 2023; senior officer accused of ordering violent assault that caused cardiac arrest

Illustrative: The Ketziot Detention Camp in the Negev desert on September 13, 2022. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Settlers said to torch Palestinian cars in overnight attack

IDF ousts reservist who prayed with besieging settlers; still no arrests for Qusra attack

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Police chief tells officers not to cooperate with Katz plan for army to give cops responsibility for West Bank civilian law enforcement; back home after deportation by Israel, UK activist says settler violence backed by Israeli state

IDF soldiers are filmed praying with settlers at an illegal outpost used to lay siege to Palestinians in the village of Qusra, August 10, 2026. (Screen capture/X; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law.)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks during a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Sa’ar threatens retaliation if UK imposes sanctions on West Bank settlements

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

When the PM’s wife accuses a hero

Sara Netanyahu not only attacks her husband’s opposition, she also answers questions in his name. It’s time she answered to the Israeli people

Shayna Goldberg

When we forget, God remembers

This Rosh Hashana, I’m grateful that He remembers the father I remember. The strong, wise one I could turn to with any question, before Alzheimer’s began taking him from us

Israel confirms capturing Hamas internal security chief in Gaza City raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Special forces from Shin Bet descend on building in Strip, nab Muein al-Arabid in ‘bold operation,’ PM, military, and security agency say

Muein al-Arabid, head of Hamas's internal security apparatus, was captured by Israel on September 1, 2026. (Social media/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 2 – In bold Israeli op, Hamas commander nabbed in Gaza City

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

A view of the Ali Taher ridge from Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

IDF says it hit Hezbollah after group launched 2 drones at troops in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

Military says explosive-laden drones aimed at forces in Ali Taher Ridge area, no soldiers injured; retaliatory attacks hit Nabatieh, 1 reportedly killed; EU countries to help train Lebanese Army

The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen from a satellite. (Photo: Google Earth)

IAEA says findings at Syrian site hit by Israel ‘consistent with a nuclear reactor’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Smotrich, Feiglin announce joint election run, urge other right-wing parties to join

Religious Zionism leader warns achievements of current government at stake in election; responding dismissively to union, newcomer Ofer Winter says ‘people of Israel want something new’

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (R) signs an agreement with former lawmaker Moshe Feiglin for a joint run in the Knesset elections on September 1, 2026. (Religious Zionism)

Screen captures from videos of a book, 'The Minister Who Didn't Stop,' distributed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party, September, 1, 2026.

Ben Gvir’s party distributes book at schools glorifying him, depicting Arab MKs as ‘enemy’

By Noam Lehmann

The German Navy carries out a test with the Israeli-made LORA ballistic missile system in the North Atlantic, in footage published September 2, 2026. (Via Deutsche Marine on Instagram)

German Navy tests Israeli ballistic missile, will move forward with procurement

By Emanuel Fabian

LORA missile launched from German frigate in trial in North Atlantic; Israeli Navy’s sixth purchased Dolphin 2-class submarine, Drakon, departs Germany for Haifa

Analysis

US airlines bring competition back to NYC route, but fares won’t begin descent for months

Delta and United returning after Iran war hiatus, as Israir set to debut New York service, but prices will stay elevated until November, experts say, and may remain turbulent as long as war fears persist

A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)

Steve Stein, owner of Steve Stein's Famous Deli in Northeast Philadelphia, the day after closing his doors, August 24, 2026. (Jon Marks/ JTA)

'There’s nobody around, it’s all fading out'

Northeast Philadelphia says goodbye to its last Jewish deli

Close of Steve Stein’s Famous Deli and Restaurant marks end of an era for the neighborhood once packed with synagogues and kosher eateries

Opportunity to seek VP 'support in fight against antisemitism'

As part of Jewish voter outreach, Vance meets clergy of Michigan temple targeted in attack

By Andrew Lapin

VP seeks to draw contrast with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who suggested attack was in response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon but later apologized

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

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

Israel critic Ed Markey trounces Seth Moulton in Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary

By Sharon Udasin

More Headlines

Illustrative: A largely empty pedestrian mall in central Jerusalem on August 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel slashes rates to four-year low to bolster postwar economic rebound

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustrative: Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during a military operation to regain control of a village outside Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, file)

Former IDF soldier charged with training to fight abroad with Islamic State

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, left, talks with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel during an Assembly session at the Capitol, August 31, 2026, in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In first for US state, California lawmakers pass bill to deem ‘Jewish’ an ethnicity

By Sharon Udasin

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, August 31, 2026.

Nepal turns to rehabilitation as hope fades for nearly 4,000 missing after glacier disaster

By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma

Actor Mark Ruffalo arrives at the AFI Awards on January 9, 2026, at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jewish Hollywood creatives defend Mark Ruffalo after accusations of antisemitism

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, center right, and his wife Entissar Amer, right, welcome China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan as they arrive at Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt, for an official visit to Egypt, September 1, 2026. (Khaled Desouki/Pool photo via AP)

China’s Xi arrives in Egypt amid US sanctions threat over Iran links

By Menna Farouk and Mary Yang

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