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What Matters Most On Saturday, September 5, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on October 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (Screenshot/Benjamin Netanyahu via X)

Report: Alerted to Hamas onslaught, Netanyahu took 2 hours to leave home, didn’t speak to IDF chief for 3

Told at 6.29 a.m. on Oct. 7 that Hamas was attacking, PM only arrived at IDF HQ at 9, according to office diary entry cited by Israeli TV; he’s acknowledged he ordered full IDF mobilization at 9.55

The Israeli army demolishes buildings east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

IDF says it killed a Hamas commander who led Oct. 7 assault on border post

By Emanuel Fabian, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (second from left) is greeted by members of the local municipality as he arrives to visit the home of a Palestinian-American resident who has previously been attacked twice and says he faces ongoing harassment from Israeli settlers, in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, on September 5, 2026. (John Wessels/AFP)

Denies Israel planning to force Palestinians out of Gaza

Huckabee, in West Bank, urges severe consequences for settler violence: ‘Terror is terror’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Visiting Palestinian town, US envoy says it’s in Israel’s interest to take action, and a ‘few hundred’ violent settlers are ‘too many’; separately, settlers reportedly torch Palestinian fields, attack convoy making condolence visit

Palestinians inspect burned-out cars after an attack by settlers, where they also spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a house in Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

‘Doing the minimum:’ IDF said angry at Shin Bet for not taking settler violence seriously

Analysis

Joshua Schultheis

German far-right AfD party’s projected win puts Jews between the left and a hard place

Populist Alternative for Germany faces accusations of antisemitism as it’s poised to win big in Sunday’s elections in state of Saxony-Anhalt. What does it bode for a beleaguered Jewish community?

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s top candidate for regional elections Ulrich Siegmund gives a speech during the AfD’s regional congress in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on April 11, 2026. (RONNY HARTMANN/AFP)

US President Donald Trump speaks September 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says Iran war is 'small potatoes'

US said drafting postwar plan to create alliance against Iran, expand Abraham Accords

Trump said to tell confidants he’s working on ‘something much bigger’ in the Middle East after the war with Iran, but plan to only be implemented after US, Israeli elections

This handout image taken by the European Space Agency, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country's main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometers south of the mainland in the north of the Gulf, on March 7, 2026. (European Space Agency/AFP)

US military says it destroyed 3 Iranian oil tankers after IRGC targeted its warships

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives for the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, North Carolina, August 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

US slaps sanctions on Turkish bank, calling it ‘critical financial lifeline’ for Iran

By Farnoush Amiri

Adir Schwartz talks with Jerusalem municipality inspectors as they shut down a temporary cafe set up by the Hitorerut movement in central Jerusalem after Cafe Basimta closed following weeks of protests by ultra-Orthodox extremists (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem municipality shuts down Shabbat coffee stand near cafe that caved to Haredi protests

Inspector tells volunteers from Hitorerut that they ‘received orders from higher up’ to close stall; head of liberal group: ‘Violence closed Cafe Basimta, but failed to close Jerusalem’

Analysis

El-Sayed and Vance call each other ‘evil,’ while both handling antisemitism the same way

The Republican US vice president and Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan each show reluctance to disavow inflammatory supporters, in sign of collapsing firewall between politicians and extremists

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign, August 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Roger Waters performs in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Roger Waters to headline 9/11 ‘truth’ conference at NYC-owned museum

From the battlefield to the ballot box

A democratic society allows each Israeli to decide what makes the country worth fighting for. That’s the vision they should carry into the voting booth

Katie Cunningham

‘Cunningham? That doesn’t sound very Jewish’

What does it mean to stand with the Jewish people even though I am not Jewish — and why is that responsibility mine, too?

IDF troops operate in the West Bank city of Nablus, in a photo published on September 4, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says 5 Palestinians planning attack arrested in West Bank commando raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Soldiers find weapons, ammunition and military gear hidden by suspects; army says 10 others arrested and weapons-making equipment seized in separate Nablus raid

The Great Synagogue of Brody, Ukraine, pictured on a 1908 postcard. (Public domain)

'How could so many have lived here and now there's nothing?'

War-weary Ukrainian students learn Yiddish to reclaim a Jewish past nearly erased at home

Non-Jews learn about region’s history through language study with New York’s YIVO Institute, while connecting with US Jews over national heritage decimated with help of some local collaborators

Trump sends Kushner, Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to ‘end war’

By AFP

Commercial vessels lie anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 5: Iran threatens ‘more severe attacks’ against US Navy, claims to have targeted oil tankers in Hormuz

TV report claims days after Oct. 7, Winter warned PM that 15,000 IDF soldiers would be killed in Gaza offensive * Iran reports 10 killed when fuel tanker explodes after crash on highway

8:35 pm

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted oil tankers, US ships after American strikes
8:28 pm

Veteran Haredi MK Moshe Gafni reportedly replaced as chief of Degel HaTorah faction
8:12 pm

Man shot dead after firing at cops identified as Border Police officer from Netanya

An election campaign poster by the Unity Party, led by Gilad Erdan is seen at the entrance to Jerusalem, August 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

9th politician leaves Yesh Atid amid slump in polls

Erdan’s Unity quits election race as parties scramble to finalize slates ahead of deadline

Gadi Eisenkot hints at surprise mergers before Tuesday’s cut off date to submit lists, amid reports of talks with Bennett; Ben Gvir appoints Gotliv as number 2 in his far-right party

US President Donald Trump meets with a delegation of Hasidic rabbis at the White House on September 3, 2026. (White House)

NY Hasidic rabbis reportedly ask Trump to intervene in Israel’s draft crisis

Leaders of several Jewish movements in New York region appeal to president for help with federal prisoners, schools and housing

From left to right: Prof. Gil Levkowitz, Dr. Yael Kuperman and Prof. Alon Chen of the Weizmann Institute of Science. (Courtesy)

'It’s not just building the system; it keeps it running'

Israeli scientists find ‘multitasking’ gene controls mood and metabolism in mice

By Diana Bletter

Weizmann Institute researchers show Orthopedia gene plays critical role throughout life after aiding in-utero brain development; study may help treatment of anxiety and metabolic disorders

A Red Cross convoy escorts four released prisoners who were held in Israeli prisons as they arrive in the southern village of Mansouri, Lebanon, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Red Cross hands four more civilians detained by Israel in security zone to Lebanon

By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

AFP reports two are Syrian nationals, though Jerusalem had referred to all four as ‘Lebanese civilians’; PMO says they were interrogated and found to have no terror links

Residents inspect the damage after an overnight airstrike by the Israeli military that targeted Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun on September 5, 2026. (ammar ammar/AFP)

3 said killed in IDF strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah drone attack on troops

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

This week's Reel Schmooze is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Star Trek series. (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

Star Trek: 60 years to the most gloriously nerdy enterprise

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor boldly go where no staff have gone before and explore all that is Jewish behind the beloved franchise

Visual arts teacher Ariel Bassano speaks in front of a painting identified as "Portrait of a Lady," stolen by the Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector, as it is displayed at the Public Prosecutor's Office in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on September 3, 2025. (AFP)

Argentina ordered to return Nazi-looted painting to Jewish Dutch collector’s heir

By Federico Bruno

Patricia Kadgien, whose father was high-ranking Nazi Friedrich Kadgien, agrees to return the painting to sole heir, Marei von Saher, and give some $3,200 to local hospitals

Screen grab from the official boradcast shows Argentina’s President Javier Milei Addressing the Nation from Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on September 3, 2026. (Handout/Argentina’s Presidency Press Office/AFP)

Israeli investors in crosshairs of Argentina’s Milei over Falklands oil project

By Stephanie Kelly and Jonathan Saul

Gal Gadot, star of “The Runner,” is interviewed at the premiere of the film on August 27, 2026, at the Harmony Gold Preview House in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Gal Gadot-backed mac-and-cheese brand to be bought by Italian pasta giant Barilla

Terms of deal not disclosed but brand holds 7.8% of the US market and was valued at $88 million in 2023; founded in 2020 as a healthier take on the food, Gadot was early investor

More Headlines

In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, a Chinese national is seen after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, September 5, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

By AP

Protesters gather at Dover Priory train station after black-clad and masked demonstrators blocked roads during a protest, in Dover, England, September 5, 2026. (Oscar Rihll/PA via AP)

Masked anti-immigration protesters block roads to Britain’s busiest ferry port

By Jill Lawless

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg (L) looks on during a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, not in picture, at the Pentagon in Washington on July 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP)

White House looking to replace Hegseth deputy Steve Feinberg, sources say

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, son of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi, speaks during a demonstration to denounce the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabian consulate headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 5, 2018. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)

UAE president pardons son of Muslim Brotherhood’s late spiritual leader

By AFP and ToI Staff

Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2026. (Abdullah Güçlü, Pool Photo via AP)

Trump taking Qatari Air Force One to Ireland despite questions over plane’s security

By AFP

Houthi supporters shout slogans in front of posters showing from right to left; late Iranian IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, late Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, during a rally to mark Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, known as Moulid, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Over 120 killed in Yemen clashes as Houthis push toward key strait

By AFP

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