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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation on the Ellipse, September 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Miliband calls Israeli response 'regrettable and damaging'

Trump, briefed in advance, didn’t ask UK to wait with settlement sanctions — official

Fuming over West Bank trade ban, Israel tells UK to close Jerusalem consulate in 30 days, gives diplomats seven days to leave Gaza coordination center and Ramallah

In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivers a speech on an import ban of goods from West Bank settlements. (PRU/AFP)

Denouncing ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Bank, UK announces ban on all dealings with settlements

By Nava Freiberg, Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband addresses the House of Commons, announcing a ban on all dealings with settlements, September 8, 2026.(House of Commons handout)

Full speech: Ed Miliband says entire occupation unlawful, slams ‘settler terrorists’ and Israeli government that indulges them

Analysis

Failing to act in the West Bank or in the West, Israel brought UK’s sanctions upon itself

Netanyahu’s government could have done more to head off the move announced by the UK’s foreign secretary. Instead it let London go the way of Dublin and Madrid

In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivers a speech on an import ban of goods from West Bank settlements. (PRU/AFP)

An armed Israeli settler, an off-duty reservist, is detained by Palestinian Authority police near the West Bank village of Beitunia, August 23. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF arrests 3 Palestinian cops for beating off-duty reservist in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 9 – ‘As a Jew,’ UK’s Miliband announces sanctions on settlements

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Israeli soldiers surround a building site in the West Bank village of Qusra after it was attacked by settlers, on August 29, 2026. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Inside story'The army comes to protect the settlers'

As settler violence surges, some ask whether Israel can’t crack down, or simply won’t

By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

With attacks spreading across West Bank, locals and activists describe ‘vague’ orders, political pressure and systemic issues that result in troops punishing Palestinian victims rather than Israeli assailants

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Op-ed: Seven weeks to elections

This New Year, let’s start to restore the Israel that is a light unto the nations

We shouldn’t need Ed Miliband — way off with some parts of his critique but spot on with others — to remind us that indulging deadly settler violence against Palestinian civilians is shameful

Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, July 26, 2026. On its wall, Hebrew graffiti reads 'Revenge Benayahu,' referring to an Israeli settlement security squad member killed during clashes with Palestinians in the village of Tell a week before. (AP/Leo Correa)

US President Donald Trump talks with reporters after an emergency inflatable slide deployed on Air Force One before before Trump arrived to board at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 9, 2026. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 9: Trump says he wants to know why ‘all of a sudden’ the UK and others sanctioned settlements

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Ex-defense minister Gallant says he didn’t know of alleged MBZ-Netanyahu warning, says PM could’ve hidden it * Netanyahu calls for criminal probe into report * Poll: Israelis rank cost of living, security as top election issues

7:49 pm

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7:33 pm

Spain's intel agency issued warnings of plans to breach border before Ceuta crisis
7:24 pm

Trump says he wants to know why 'all of a sudden' the UK and others sanctioned settlements

A floating dredging platform and commercial vessels lie anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Basij commander said 'martyred' in restive border province

US hits Iranian oil tankers after attempted missile attacks on American Navy

Revolutionary Guards launch retaliatory missile barrage at US base in Jordan, threaten ships in Kuwait and Bahrain; CENTCOM says submarine drone seized by Iran was ‘defective’

A cleric takes a photograph at the shattered Shajareh Tayyebeh school, which has become a place of mourning and a memorial to those killed in a US airstrike on February 28, in Minab, southern Iran, September 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Families grieve in ruins of Iranian school where US strike killed dozens of children

An Iranian Mahan Air plane lands at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on February 4, 2021. (Saeed Kaari/IKAC via AP)

US Treasury slaps sanctions on Iranian airlines, accuses them of transporting arms

By AFP

Israeli babies born at the Nahariya Medical Center ahead of Israel's Independence Day, April 13, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Israel population is at 10,305,000, up 1.2% over last year

Number of people in country increased by 124,000, with 182,000 babies born; 24,000 new immigrants arrived, but emigration caused net migration loss of 8,000, statistics bureau says

Inside story

Israel barring recruits it vetted for Gaza police from leaving Strip for training

16,500 of 283,000 applicants approved to serve on new technocratic government’s police force still need to be let out for training in Egypt, Board of Peace officials tell ToI

Hamas police forces deploy in Gaza City on October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents the new members joining the Likud party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu says he’ll sue Haaretz over report UAE leader warned him days before Oct. 7

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

PM again denies he had call with Emirati president, demands criminal probe of the journalists who wrote the story; separate report says Egypt shared intel with Netanyahu that said Hamas wanted to ‘make the ground in Gaza tremble’

Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg (right), attends the registration of political parties ahead of the election at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2026 Knesset election'King' of fringe party shows up wearing crown and robe

Israel’s election takes shape as 38 parties submit slates, in battle between pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs

By Stav Levaton, Ariela Karmel and Emanuel Fabian

Major parties registering on Tuesday feature few women candidates in realistic spots; Shas adds IDF reservist; Sukkot slides on Religious Zionism list; Blue and White makes last-ditch survival effort

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents the new members joining the Likud party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, from left to right: Amir Avivi (who relinquished his spot on the list), David Peter, Talik Gvili, Netanyahu, Jacob Bardugo (behind), Itzik Bonzel, Elisha Madan (in front), Eli Goldschmidt, Dr. Keren Assayag and Oron Dobronsky. (The last two are not on Likud's slate but have been promised ministerial posts if Netanyahu forms the next coalition. September 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Finalizing slate, Netanyahu fills reserved Likud slots with allies, ideologues

By Ariela Karmel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attend a 40 signatures debate in Knesset, May 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court annuls controversial government appointments to broadcast regulator

By Jeremy Sharon

Violence is winning

Haredi kids blocked me as I rushed in an ambulance to treat a woman in labor. They endangered her life and violated Jewish law

I worked at Britain’s embassy in Israel. The East Jerusalem consulate had to go

Israel’s decision to shut the diplomatic post may look like retaliation, but it exposed a UK Mideast policy built on an untenable fiction

How we treat people is who we are: A tale of two bus drivers

It’s tempting to let fear spiral into hypervigilance, but I choose love instead, tolerating daily uncertainties for the sake of my sense of self

For me, September 11 is yesterday, today and tomorrow

There is pressure to present suffering as a completed journey. Human experience is seldom so orderly

An IDF soldier is seen operating in the West Bank, early September 8, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Shin Bet says it foiled ‘significant’ terror network in West Bank, Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

Over 30 Palestinian suspects detained; 5 Jerusalemites charged with slew of security offenses; IDF says troops killed Palestinian who attacked them during attempt to question him

'Voters are fed up with what’s happening in our politics'

Centrist beats progressive foe in NH Democratic Senate primary marked by Israel criticism

By Sharon Udasin

Moderates Chris Pappas and Maggie Goodlander win decisive victories, while Stefany Shaheen narrowly prevails, after races in which candidates sparred over Netanyahu, Gaza and AIPAC

Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., speaks during a news conference on the Equality Act at the Capitol, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democratic candidate for US Senate, addresses the state's Jewish Democratic caucus at its annual "Summer Simcha" event amid broader Jewish communal concerns about his campaign, Birmingham, Michigan, August 30, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

Michigan rabbis issue ‘nonnegotiable’ demands for El-Sayed, state Democrats to earn their votes

By Andrew Lapin

Despite anti-Israel turmoil, 67% of US Jews plan to vote Democrat in midterms — poll

Survey suggests slight decrease in Jewish support for Democratic party in recent years, alongside broad disapproval of Trump administration

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democratic candidate for US Senate, addresses the state’s Jewish Democratic caucus in Birmingham, Michigan, on Aug. 30, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

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Antisemitism fears and deep divisions weigh on US Jews ahead of High Holy Days

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally September 5, 2026, in Monroe, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Gavin Newsom says Democrats ‘overwhelmingly opposed to the current regime in Israel’

By Sharon Udasin

Composer Gilad Benamram working on the score for the fifth and final season of 'Fauda,' which premiered on Netflix on September 8, 2026 (Courtesy)

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By Jessica Steinberg

All eight episodes premiere worldwide on Netflix, with Gilad Benamram’s new score, rewritten around Israel’s complex emotional landscape following the Hamas onslaught

A man holds up a placard reading “FCK AFD” as he gathers with others in front of Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament to demonstrate for an open society based on solidarity during a festival of democracy in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on September 5, 2026, one day before regional elections in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)

‘Immense damage’: German Jewish leaders alarmed by election win of far-right AfD

By Toby Axelrod

Alternative for Germany’s plurality in Saxony-Anhalt election leads some of nation’s 200,000 Jews to fear throwback to fascism, amid backlash against culture of Holocaust memory

Children arrive for the first day of school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, September 1, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Israel plummets to worst-ever OECD education scores in math, reading, science

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Drop seen in all three skills compared to previous assessment in 2022; country descends to 33rd among developed countries; minister blames war conditions at time of 2025 testing

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) opens Israel's embassy in Slovenia alongside his Slovenian counterpart Tone Kajzer. (Foreign Ministry)

Israel opens first embassy in Slovenia’s capital, as thawing ties buck trend

By AFP and ToI Staff

Alpine nation was one of Israel’s harshest critics in Europe until new government flipped policy, but poll says closer ties to Jerusalem opposed by 56% of Slovenian public

Arkia CEO Oz Berlowitz with Philippine Ambassador to Israel Aileen Mendiola (left) as Israeli airline announces launch of direct route to Manila. (Courtesy of Arkia, Yossi Aloni FLASH90)

New direct Tel Aviv-Manila route set to spur tourism and trade ties with Philippines

By Sharon Wrobel

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John Malkovich cancels 2027 Tel Aviv show, citing false quote attributed to him

US President Joe Biden walks out to speak at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden says prostate cancer radiation treatment ‘worked as intended’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Jerry Seinfeld, right, and Jessica Seinfeld attend the premiere of Netflix’s “Kinda Pregnant” at The Plaza Hotel on February 3, 2025, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Itamar Ben Gvir seen holding a hood ornament taken from prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s car, in an October 1995 interview. (Screen capture: YouTube/IBA)

Yitzhak Rabin Center said to nix event over Ben Gvir’s planned speech

Signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing on September 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Huawei heads to trial in US over Iran dealings, trade-secret theft allegations

By Karen Freifeld

An Israeli Air Force IAI Eitan drone is seen landing following operations in Iran at an airbase in Israel, in a handout photo published June 22, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Zamir says IDF to open new ‘unmanned systems and AI’ branch by December

By Emanuel Fabian

People enjoy the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on a hot summer day, August 2, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Sea of Galilee beaches stay open despite recent brain-eating amoeba infection

By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter

Hadiya, an 11-year old student, holds a sign that reads, in German, 'My head, my decision,' during a protest against the Austrian headscarf ban in schools, in Vienna, Austriam on February 13, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

Austria’s ban on headscarves for girls under 14 in schools goes into effect

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Ongehoord Nederland's then-Editor-in-Chief Joost Niemoller, left, watches a speech by Adolf Hitler, alongside host Arlette Adriani, center, and pundit Raisa Blommenstijn in a segment published by the right-wing Dutch network on July 31, 2026. (Screenshot: Ongehoord Nederland via X)

Netherlands moves to ban right-wing broadcaster after head voiced sympathy for Hitler

By AFP

Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Damascus, Syria, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian social affairs minister, a Christian woman, urges equality in constitution

By AFP

A newly discovered 4,300-year-old tomb found in Saqqara near Cairo in an image published September 8, 2026 (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

Archaeologists uncover 4,300-year-old tomb of ancient judge near Cairo

By AFP

A worker stands near robots at the Nvidia booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on June 22, 2026. (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Egypt to build $1b AI data center with Nvidia tech as US squeezes out China

By AFP

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