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What Matters Most On Monday, September 7, 2026

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A vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrives outside Ofer military prison, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the West Bank, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 7: Red Cross to meet with Israeli security officials amid push to renew Palestinian prisoner visits

Eisenkot warns Israel in immediate danger, urges opposition parties to unite after election * In first for Israel, ultra-Orthodox party chooses a woman to run on its Knesset slate

8:47 pm

Report: UK may impose trade embargo on settlements tomorrow; Smotrich, Ben Gvir urge far-reaching responses
8:06 pm

Police: Haredi protesters trying to damage Jerusalem light rail line, officers working to disperse them
7:45 pm

Ben Gvir accuses High Court of 'direct harm' to security as Red Cross pushes to renew visits to prisoners

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner is seen during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (not in picture) following talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Reuters

US envoy says Israel and US agree on ‘end state for Gaza’; father and daughter killed in strike in Gaza City, IDF says father was a Hamas commander

Abdallah Nabhan, an aid worker in Gaza killed in April 2024. (Courtesy)

Israel demands Belgium apologize after Gaza aid worker’s possible Hamas link emerges

By Nava Freiberg

Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza under the US-backed “Board of Peace” tasked with implementing the October 2025 ceasefire plan, speaks at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2026. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)

Mladenov: Gaza deadlock, West Bank escalation making two-state solution ‘impossible’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustration of Tel Aviv University's Prof. Yuval Ebenstein's new blood test, which uses a DNA chip to detect a tumor’s biological fingerprint. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)

Goal is to diagnose deadliest cancer before symptoms occur

$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows

By Diana Bletter

Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time treatment monitoring

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Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, from left, at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state election in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

CDU loses half of support after governing state for 24 years

Germany’s far-right AfD wins big at state election, but falls just short of majority

By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke

Anti-migrant party three seats shy of outright victory in Saxony-Anhalt; even if it doesn’t form government in eastern state, result is massive blow to Merz

Ulrich Siegmund, the main candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany at the Saxony-Anhalt state election, and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel celebrate after exit polls following Saxony-Anhalt’s state elections at the fairgrounds in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on September 6, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

Exit polls show big win for Germany’s far-right AfD in state election, but government elusive

Screen capture from video of amputee Israeli athlete Shalev Biton from a video promoting a single-shoe order service from Adidas, August 2026. (Shalev Biton)

Adidas apologizes for ‘offense’ over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021

Sports giant says it’s ‘taking feedback seriously’ after boycott calls followed inclusion of Shalev Biton in local Israeli campaign advertising Single Shoe service for amputees

Susan Sarandon poses for photographers at the photo call for the film "The Echo Chamber" during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on September 6, 2026. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Blaming ‘Zionists,’ Susan Sarandon says she’s still losing film roles over Gaza stance

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

Hoping to put wind back in sails, B’Yachad tacks toward liberal-Zionist center

Unveiling slate at high-energy rally, Bennett’s party bets roster of experienced ‘doers’ and promises of universal service, Oct. 7 inquiry can win back support without relying on the right

Former Israeli Prime Minister and Together (B'Yachad) party chairman Naftali Bennett, together with Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and party members in Tel Aviv, present the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections, September 6, 2026. (Flash90)

L: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at a B'Yachad party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. R: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman at a party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. (Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Bennett hails tenacious team readying 'to save Israel again'

Anti-Netanyahu leaders Bennett and Liberman unveil their parties’ Knesset election slates

By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

B’Yachad head Bennett vows to ‘fix Israel’ with list of former MKs, ministers and senior civil servants; Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu slate boasts ex-Likud members as he vies for leadership, swipes at Eisenkot

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)

Golan: If Israel maintains liberal values, ‘woke’ critics will have less ‘ammunition’

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot (center) along with Zionist Home leader Chili Tropper (second from right) and candidates Shira Shapira, Elyasaf Peretz and Shlomi Yehiav, in a photo published on September 6, 2026, following a political merger. (Yahav Trodler/Yashar)

Ditching Hendel, Zionist Home chair Chili Tropper merges party into Eisenkot’s Yashar

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

With his own hands, Yair Lapid dismantled his life’s work

Facing dismal polls and amid a desperate merger with Naftali Bennett, the centrist leader abruptly ended the careers of almost 20 sitting Yesh Atid lawmakers

Yesh Atid party chair MK Yair Lapid at a faction meeting in the Knesset, June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Jaclyn S. Clark

George Clooney defended a right nobody threatened

Calling speech antisemitic isn’t censorship. As a federal judge just made clear, it’s an opinion — and the answer to an opinion is more speech

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

Meta agreed to protect America’s children. Who will protect Israel’s?

After nearly three years of war on their screens, Israeli children deserve the same safeguards Meta has agreed to provide American teens

Palestinian said dead in overnight clash with settlers, IDF

Palestinian stabs, wounds Israeli in West Bank farming outpost, is killed by troops

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Israeli man, around 20 years old, in moderate-to-serious condition after incident at Maoz Yehuda outpost; Katz threatens ‘full-scale war’ against PA if it starts Oct. 7-style attack

The scene of a suspected stabbing attack at the West Bank farming outpost Maoz Yehuda settlement farm on September 7, 2026 (Magen David Adom)

Jewish men build temporary housing units made from shipping containers in the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

Netanyahu orders some West Bank outposts removed, amid US pressure over settler attacks

By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon and Agencies

Volkswagen to convert German car plant to produce Israeli defense equipment

Factory in Osnabrueck to be sold to Israeli investment firm, with an initial deal inked to produce air defense system parts for Rafael

File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)

Germany to fight claims at ICJ it is ‘facilitating’ Gaza genocide by arming Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivers a speech during Thessaloniki’s international trade fair, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, September 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek premier, leaning into Israeli defense cooperation, courts Arab states as well

By DEMETRIS NELLAS

Issue may go to High Court, which has cited privacy concerns

Central Elections Committee allows parties to use real-time voting data on election day

By Jeremy Sharon

In boon to Likud, committee decides party-appointed poll workers may share info with campaign on who has voted already, though they can’t share when, and must destroy data after election

A ballot is cast at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset election, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)

A man casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

High Court dismisses petition by Israeli expats who were stripped of voting rights

By Deborah Danan

Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy (L) the scene of a shooting incident in Ramle, May 11, 2026, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police chief reportedly makes senior appointments despite Ben Gvir’s election freeze

By Noam Lehmann

A Lebanese army soldier inspects destroyed vehicles at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the village of Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon on September 7, 2026. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP)

Eleven said killed, including 2 children, in overnight IDF strikes in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel says strikes came after Hezbollah explosive-drone attack on troops, third in a week; 2 soldiers injured in clash with Hezbollah gunman near Beaufort

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) and Nauruan Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea at the opening ceremony of the Nauru embassy in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Gideon Sa'ar)

Pacific island nation Nauru opens its first Israeli embassy, in Jerusalem

By Nava Freiberg and AFP

Visiting FM Lionel Aingimea declares move is ‘message to the world of where we stand;’ FM Sa’ar lauds ‘one of Israel’s greatest friends,’ says Colombian embassy expected in October

Iran says it struck unmanned US vessel; US: 'Complete lie'

Netanyahu: ‘End is near’ for Iran’s regime, Israel is determined to see it fall

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Amid concerns of escalation during holiday season, premier says if Iran ‘miscalculates,’ it will ‘suffer blow it can’t even imagine’; US says oil flow now 2/3 what it was pre-war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting, September 6, 2026, in Jerusalem. (Omer Meran/ GPO)

The sun sets over commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, with the city’s skyline in the background, September 6, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says it will declare ‘prohibited zone’ near Strait of Hormuz in coming days

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Two men ride a motorcycle along the waterfront as commercial vessels lie anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran focuses on economic problems, but warns of ‘more painful’ response if attacked

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks with troops at the Tzeelim training base in southern Israel, during a major snap drill, September 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF conducts snap drill testing readiness for ‘sudden, complex, multifront’ scenario

By Emanuel Fabian

Simulation included infiltrations in north, south and West Bank, rockets on Tel Aviv; Zamir says it is ‘message to our enemies’; most generals kept unaware before exercise launched

The densely built city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, July 15, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Industrial zones, built up areas, suffer most heat in Gush Dan — study

Heat in built-up parts of Tel Aviv metropolis, including Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, Holon, and Rehovot, can be 4°C higher than in open areas in summer, 9°C higher in winter

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 7 – Desalination plant shutdowns break dam on water security risks

By Gabriella Jacobs and Sue Surkes

Manhattan synagogues featured in 'My Year in New York Synagogues' by Andrew Waxman include, clockwise from top left: Congregation Shearith Israel, Sutton Place Synagogue, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Park East Synagogue, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Park Avenue Synagogue, Congregation Or Zarua and Congregation Emanu-El. (All images Wikimedia Commons; design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)

Interview'I'm in awe at the number of amazing communities'

New ‘Yelp guide for synagogues’ in Manhattan showcases Big Apple’s Jewish diversity

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Andrew Waxman attended a different service weekly for his book ‘My Year in New York Synagogues,’ and found much more to review than just the after-prayer kiddush spreads

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Kevin Dimon, the French national to be deported by Thailand after banning Israelis from his zoo. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Thailand to deport French zoo owner who barred Israelis, and an Israeli said to threaten him

By AFP

Babies and medical staff with Israeli flags at the Nahariya Medical Center, ahead of Independence Day, April 13, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

The Name GameMohammad, Avigail most popular baby names in Hebrew year 5786

Yaqoub Shibli (right) being arrested by police on August 16 for allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS. (Screenshot/Israel Police)

Teen from northern Bedouin town charged with pledging allegiance to Islamic State

By Noam Lehmann

Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, left, and Fatemeh Pasandideh, right, former members of the Iranian women’s soccer team, appear on 60 Minutes Australia, in a video uploaded to YouTube on September 6, 2026. (Screenshot)

Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia say anthem silence was anti-regime protest

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem Day in Tehran, May 31, 2019. (Saeid Zareian/DPA/Reuters); Israel’s UK Embassy in Kensington, west London, March 23, 2010. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

2 London apartments near Israeli embassy thought to be owned by Khamenei go up for sale

A Houthi supporter paints his face in green and carries a flag during a rally to mark Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, known as Moulid, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

More than 300 fighters killed in Yemen clashes over last 4 days, amid Houthi offensive

By AFP

Swastikas sprayed during a break-in at Shvilim democratic school in Pardes Hanna on September 6, 2026. (Pardes Hanna Municipality)

Pardes Hanna school broken into, daubed with swastikas and a racial slur

By Noam Lehmann

An Amazon cargo plane sits at the Miami International Airport (MIA) after it overshot the runway, in Florida, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

At least 5 dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes while overshooting runway in Miami

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, DAVID FISCHER and Josh Funk

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