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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Illustrative: Israeli soldiers climb on the rubble next to the entrance of a tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025. (AP/Sam Mednick)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 15: Far-right minister says he doesn’t want anti-government protesters enlisting for combat duty

Likud threatens to sue Winter after he says its MKs seek to ‘destroy’ him, alleges private investigators sent after him * Iran war cost hits $38 billion so far, US agency says

8:47 pm

IDF, Shin Bet confirm killing Hamas Rafah Brigade commander
8:29 pm

Katz confirms Hamas Rafah Brigade commander killed in IDF strike
8:26 pm

Ed Sheeran says dropping Macklemore from US tour was not his decision

British healthcare system rife with ‘malignant’ antisemitism, watchdog alleges

By Michael Horovitz

Film by Campaign Against Antisemitism shares several anecdotes, including surgeon telling patient during a procedure that Jews kill Palestinian kids ‘for fun,’ nurse doing Nazi salute for colleague

The Lauderdale Road Synagogue in 2014. (Wikipedia)

Two fireworks launched at London synagogue by gang of youths on Rosh Hashanah

By Michael Horovitz

Supporters of alleged Palestine Action activists accused of breaking into Israeli-based defense firm Elbit Systems' site in Bristol in August 2024, hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court in south east London on November 17, 2025, where the activists are due to stand trial. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Convicted UK Palestine Action activist, freed for brother’s wedding, on run since last year

Illustrative photo of a premature baby in an ICU incubator. (Pixelistanbul via iStock)

'That little cloth heart meant the whole world to her'

Eau de mom: Israeli study shows how a mother’s scent comforts premature babies

By Diana Bletter

‘Close to the Heart,’ an initiative at two Israeli NICUs, uses smell to ease physical and emotional separation between mother and newborn, reducing stress and strengthening vitals

Promoted ContentBridges for Peace

“When tourists left, we stayed—and we’re raising kids who will come.”

Everyone has seen the concerning polls: will the next generation of Christians continue to stand with Israel? One nearly 60-year-old ministry is doing everything to ensure they do.

Yuval Abraham (left), in an interview on Channel 13 with presenter Raviv Drucker (right), September 14, 2026. (Screenshots)

'Israel is my home... I'm scared I won't be able to return'

‘NAZA’ director accuses Israeli media of ignoring Gaza civilian deaths for entire war

Amid domestic uproar, Yuval Abraham insists anonymous allegations of intentional harm to innocents were verified; Israel sends diplomats talking points to respond to film; ex-hostage Liri Albag: ‘You sold out your own people for people who wish for your death’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is seen at the IDF's main command center, September 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief floats legal action against ‘NAZA’ film, orders probe of leaked material

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings from the recent war in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, September 8, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

UN rights chief urges access to all of Gaza to recover bodies buried under rubble

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Storm over ‘NAZA’ doc is a massive boost to the Likud campaign

New film battering Israel over alleged Gaza atrocities, bitterly denied by the IDF, has been weaponized by Netanyahu and the right, linking center-left candidates to anti-Israel narratives and stoking conspiracy theories

Directors Rachel Szor, left, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the special jury prize for the film ‘NAZA,’ pose for photographers at the awards photo call during the closing ceremony of the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on September 12, 2026. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after ‘Free Palestine’ MetLife set

Rapper says Robert Kraft pressured Sheeran and rallied other stadium owners against him; Patriots owner takes credit for decision after promoter said venues threatened to cancel shows

Rap singer Macklemore performs before an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans, September 19, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/ Elaine Thompson/ File)

Jaclyn S. Clark

Macklemore got dumped. Pink got canceled. Everyone else lost their minds

A billionaire stadium owner – not headliner Ed Sheeran – had the courage to fire the bigoted rapper. What came next was even worse

Nassrin Pourbahrami

Mahsa and Shirel share a wall in Jerusalem

I grew up being taught that Israel was the enemy. Now I see Iranians and Israelis rediscovering ties the Islamic Republic tried to erase

Analysis

Israelis are feeling economic anxiety. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

Voters say they care about kitchen-table issues at a time of rising costs. But in the wake of Israel’s worst catastrophe, and amid political polarization, experts say the path to victory, as always, runs through matters of war and peace

People shop at a supermarket in Jerusalem, a day before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, September 10, 2026. (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)

Analysis

As parties lock in, Eisenkot plots path to power through heart of old Likud

With political landscape static, Netanyahu’s way to victory is uncertain, while his chief rival is leaning right with a new party that looks a lot like what Likud used to be

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026. (Flash90)

Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Yair Golan. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Democrats seek to bar Otzma Yehudit from election as polls show continued deadlock

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Political correspondent Ariela Karmel joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 15: How upstart parties could determine the Israeli election

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ariela Karmel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Opposition Leader Yair Lapid in his office on June 17, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)

Lapid-Netanyahu meeting said to ‘blow up’ over clash on increasing IDF’s budget

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Opposition leader says he’ll only support move if coalition diverts funds from ‘Haredi draft evasion’; Likud accuses him of ‘abandoning Israel’s security’ to play politics

Saudi crown prince to hold talks with Egypt's Sissi

Apparent Houthi attacks trigger alerts in 6 Saudi cities; Riyadh vows response

Saudi authorities say 13 hurt in Monday attacks, while Iran-backed group claims Riyadh launched 50 airstrikes in response; Strait of Hormuz traffic dwindles amid regional escalation

A billboard showing from right to left, Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Yemen President Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi is erected at a main street in Mahra, Yemen, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

A slider showing damage to a pumping station on the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia. (AP Digital Embed)

ExplainerWhat the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline could mean for oil flows

By AP

After Trump floats talks, Iran security chief rejects negotiations until ‘conditions’ met

Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei declares ‘stakes around oil and the straits have changed,’ vows Tehran will only talk if all its conditions are met

Mohsen Rezaei, former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was named on August 9, 2026, as the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, on June 4, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

This UGC image posted on social media on March 29, 2026 and verified by AFP staff appears to show a destroyed US Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, primarily used for air traffic control, in the aftermath of a projectile strike at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. (UGC / AFP)

US military says Iran war led to munitions shortfall, reveals base and aircraft damage

By AP

US Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, Commander US Space Command, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, center, hold the Space Force Flag as President Donald Trump gestures to it during the presentation of the in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US has weapons deployed in orbit, its Space Force says

By AFP

Israeli soldiers stop Palestinian farmers from Salem village at a checkpoint before entering through a closed gate onto their land to pick olives, east of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 22, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)

B’Tselem: Israeli policies ‘eliminating Palestinian collective existence’ in West Bank

By Jeremy Sharon

Rights group says violence, movement restrictions, economic policies harm social, political life, and ‘ethnic cleansing’ makes life impossible for Palestinians

Illustrative: Israeli security forces are seen near the security fence, close to the Palestinian village of Al-Jib, near Jerusalem, September 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinian shot dead by troops near Ramallah; IDF says he tried to grab soldier’s weapon

By Nurit Yohanan and AFP

Sewage flows in Wadi al-Eish near Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank, in early 2026. (Green Now)

Settler activist calls for Israeli wastewater control to protect key water source

Arab Israeli arrested for planning terror attack, target said to be Amdocs server farm

By Noam Lehmann

Volunteer firefighter from Kfar Qasim reportedly sought to attack Amdocs site; ‘greatly influenced’ by Oct. 7 and May 2021 riots, he tried to make explosives, had Airsoft guns and other equipment

Weaponry found in the possession of a 19-year-old from Kafr Qasim suspected of planning a terror attack (Israel Police)

Jamie Lee Curtis pays tribute to Rob Reiner during the 78th Emmy Awards on September 14, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘The Pitt’s’ Noah Wyle repeats Emmy best actor win, Rob Reiner honored

By AP

Reiner posthumously wins best guest actor in a drama for ‘The Bear,’ as Jamie Lee Curtis eulogizes ‘generous, kind and funny as hell’ filmmaker

Statues of Henry and Clara Ford look over the garden at their historic Fair Lane home in Dearborn, Michigan, September 2, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

'This history happened, and it caused harm'

‘Long overdue’: Newly restored Henry Ford home will confront his antisemitism

By Andrew Lapin

Curators at Fair Lane, the pioneering industrialist’s historic manor, say conspiracy-laden ‘newspaper’ and other antisemitic expressions to be addressed when museum reopens next year

Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia for alleged failure to protect pro-Palestinian students

By SUDHIN THANAWALA

Explainer

Carson Phillips and Regan Lipes

Why 3 years after Oct. 7, antisemitism in Canada remains at an alarming high

Amid a spate of attacks against Jewish targets in Toronto and Montreal, many Canadian Jews and their allies question whether the government is doing enough

Illustrative: Damage caused by a firebomb at Beth Tikvah synagogue, Montreal, December 18, 2024. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)

Israeli ambassador to Thailand Alona Fisher-Kamm gestures during an interview with AFP at the Embassy of Israel in Bangkok on September 15, 2026. (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP)

Ambassador to Thailand plays down anti-Israeli protests, but urges cautionary action

By Sebastien duval

Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, speak to party members in front of a reading “it starts here” at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local vote, but is fended off by mainstream slates

By Shira Li Bartov

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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport, September 13, 2026, in Shannon, Ireland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump: AI risks are a ‘hoax’; there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against it and data centers

Jason Eaton watches as Hisham Awartani arrives to testify in Eaton’s trial in Burlington, Vt., September 14, 2026. (Glenn Russell/Pool photo via AP)

Vermont man on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students claims CIA, Mossad told him to

By AP

Dennis Mokin, accused of fatally shooting Diar Umari during a road rage clash, is brought for a court hearing at the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court on May 7, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

Man who murdered teen in 2023 roadside altercation sentenced to 22 years

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Members of the Greenpeace delegation were among civil society groups from around the world calling for a global plastics treaty at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada, April 23 to 29, 2024. (Greenpeace)

Much disposable tableware marketed as biodegradable does not decompose — study

A woman walks by signs hanging in a window inside of a school building at the University of Antwerp, as pro-Palestinian students occupy parts of the campus in Antwerp, Belgium, May 14, 2024. (AP/Virginia Mayo)

Belgian universities slam Brussels for waffling on evacuating Gaza students

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former spokesman of Greek ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris puts his fist in the air as he greets supporters after his release from high security Domokos prison in central Greece on September 15, 2026. (Aris MESSINIS/AFP)

Prominent Greek neo-Nazi exits prison vowing he’ll return to politics

By AFP

Donald Trump Jr and wife Bettina disembark Air Force One as they arrive at Dublin Airport in Dublin, September 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Putin-linked oligarch paid for Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding festivities

Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway as demonstrations over fuel price increases spread across Syria, in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahmed Albam)

Fuel price surge sparks Syria’s biggest protests since Assad’s fall

By Feras Dalatey, Mahmoud Hasano and Firas Makdesi

Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

AnalysisIraq’s future murky as pro-Iran militias likely to retain arms after US pullout

By AP

(L to R) Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru in Wales, Mary Lou McDonald, president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein and Michelle O’Neill, vice president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein pose together with a memorandum of understanding as they attend a meeting in Cardiff, Wales on September 14, 2026, to press for self-determination votes in their territories. (Adrian DENNIS/AFP)

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties sign agreement asserting right to leave UK

By Kimberley Mannion

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