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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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US Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event at Webco Manufacturing, September 14, 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Vance: US cannot let its Mideast foreign policy be ‘subservient to Israel’

US vice president says allies sometimes disagree, Trump has shown he’s ready to ‘part ways’ with Netanyahu for sake of American interests; envoy Huckabee insists relationship ‘solid’

US said planning $2.8 billion in munitions sales to Israel, including 2,000-lb bombs

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Sources say pending sale to include 20,000 MK 84s, 20,000 BLU-117s and 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads, as experts voice concerns over use of large bombs in urban areas

Blu-109 and Mk-84 2,000-pound bombs sit on display at a US base in South Korea, October 23, 2014. (US Air Force photo)

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)

Iran said to have relied on Russian satellites to carry out major strike on US base — report

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, left, and US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper salute during an event in Israel, August 10, 2026. (IDF)

IDF chief met army heads of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, other Arab states to discuss Iran – report

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Meeting said to take place last week at German ski resort, also included CENTCOM head and military chiefs from UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and Kuwait

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Op-ed: Six weeks to elections

The writing is on the wall, again

The election campaign is turning toxic. The prime minister, who insists he played no role in the incitement that created the poisonous climate prior to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, needs to urgently internalize the lessons of 1995

Then opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu looks out over a right-wing rally in Jerusalem's Zion Square in 1995. The slogan on the sign partially visible below him reads: 'The nation did not decide.' (screen capture: YouTube)

Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu attends an Otzma Yehudit supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming election, in Petah Tikva, August 16, 2026. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Far-right minister panned for opposing IDF combat duty for anti-government protesters

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

People of Israel chair Ofer Winter speaks at a party event in Rishon Lezion, September 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Likud threatens to sue Winter after he says its MKs seek to ‘destroy’ him, alleges PIs sent after him

An AI-generated video posted September 15, 2026 by Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich depicts (left to right) Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, fellow justice Daphne Barak-Erez, and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara being forcibly removed at a protest. (Bezalel Smotrich via X)

Smotrich assailed for AI video of High Court chief, AG being dragged at protest

By Jeremy Sharon

Video posted as part of Religious Zionism party’s election campaign, advocating judicial overhaul more radical than outgoing government’s; Herzog denounces ‘offensive AI videos’

MK Simcha Rothman (left) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right), flanked by masked security personnel, arrive at a ceremony marking the establishment of the new Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Arugot in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Religious Zionism launches plans for more radical judicial overhaul after election

By Jeremy Sharon

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) receives Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in Cairo, September 16, 2026. (Thaer GHANAIM/PPO/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 16: Hosting Abbas, Egypt’s Sissi rejects any ‘displacement of Palestinian people’

Israel, Morocco agree to appoint ambassadors, upgrade ties as FMs meet * Images provided to CBS show heavy damage from Iran strikes targeting US bases

8:43 pm

US rejects Abbas's entry visa, forcing him to address UN virtually for 2nd straight year — officials
8:23 pm

Stolen IDF munition fired at residential complex in central Israel, none injured — police
8:21 pm

Officials: FBI and Coast Guard boarded US-bound oil tankers after signs ships were hit by cyberattacks

This handout picture released on September 15, 2026, by the Houthi Ansarullah Media Center reportedly shows burning military vehicles that they targeted in Saudi Arabia's al-Jawf. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTER/AFP)

‘Red line’: Houthis accused of targeting Mecca for first time in current flare-up

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran-backed Yemeni rebels deny claim of drone attack on Islam’s holiest city; Muslim umbrella body denounces ‘heinous’ attack, as fighting goes on in Arabian Peninsula

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

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 16 – From Mecca to Mokha: Houthis flex as Saudis flail

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gives an interview to AFP at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on September 15, 2026. (JOSEPH EID/AFP)

Lebanese president: Security deal with Israel would be potential prelude to peace

By AFP and ToI Staff

Inside story

Aimed at settlements, UK sanctions could put entire Israeli economy at risk

Trade ban threatens to unleash a Pandora’s box of boycotts around world, with businesses, banks and others staying away from all of Israel rather than trying to untangle penalties

New buildings at a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

UK Labour MK Tahir Ali speaks at a House of Commons session in London, September 14, 2026. (Tahir Ali/X)

British Labour MP calls for ‘military action’ against Israel, then apologizes

Tahir Ali claims Israel, like Hamas, must be disarmed due to ‘atrocities’; after first doubling down, he retracts call for attack, says he doesn’t ‘support military action anywhere in the Middle East’

Exclusive

Gaza-bound technocrats draw up 71 rebuilding projects, which hinge on Israeli approval

Board of Peace-overseen committee tasked with replacing Hamas has detailed plans for first 6 months of work, but there’s no guarantee they’ll be able to start after Israeli election

National Committee for the Administration of Gaza chief commissioner Ali Shaath holds up the NCAG's mission statement as he is flanked by members of the panel on January 17, 2026. (Ali Shaath/X)

Palestinian civil defense crews carry a body from the rubble of a collapsed building that housed displaced Palestinians and was heavily damaged during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, September 16, 2026. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

IDF denies striking building

20 reported dead, dozens missing after damaged Gaza City building collapses

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hamas-run civil defense says six-story structure had previously been hit in Israeli strikes; residents said to have returned, despite safety warnings, due to lack of shelter

Palestinians carry the body of Hamas commander Ahmad al-Batash during his funeral after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike the day before, Gaza City, September 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

IDF says Hamas Rafah Brigade chief, other terror commanders killed in Gaza strikes

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Gaza terrorists heard joking during Oct. 7 attack in newly released intercepted calls

US federal prosecutors file phone transcripts in case against alleged terrorist, in which attackers are heard laughing about the onslaught and the expected destruction in Gaza

Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, in black, with a group of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine trainees, in 2022. (US Western District of Louisiana court)

‘If only you had listened’: Oct. 7 families’ report accuses Netanyahu of enabling attack

By Stav Levaton

Released six weeks before election, 12-page dossier says massacre culminated years-long policy of preserving Hamas rule; relatives of victims demand accountability

Victims and family members of those killed and abducted during Hamas's October 7 attacks hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Which Israeli stories are we allowed to tell?

Films like NAZA should show Palestinian suffering, but when Jewish suffering is left out of the picture, the story the world sees is distorted

Lee Shira Wilson

Making the women of our story part of us: Ushpizot

For years, I thought about how the classic symbolic biblical male guests we invite into our sukkahs should include women. This year, I’m making it happen

'I'm not complicit': British pop star says decision wasn't his

Ed Sheeran’s Americas tour in trouble as opening acts quit over Macklemore’s removal

Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Danish band Lukas Graham and Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas drop out in solidarity with rapper who was ousted for onstage comments against Israel

Recording artist Macklemore appears on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series in Central Park in New York on July 22, 2022, left, and Ed Sheeran appears at the premiere of the film “F1 The Movie” in London on June 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

Israel Story podcastIn partnership with The Times of Israel

Tea with Rachel

An afternoon with Rachel Rabin Yaakov, Yitzhak Rabin’s little sister, who just died at 101.

Yitzhak Rabin with his sister Rachel Rabin and their mother Rosa, 1927. (Israel National Photo Collection via wikipedia commons)

ISIS supporter in Pennsylvania sought to poison synagogue food — FBI

Jonathan Kramer attempted to synthesize poisons to ‘wage war’ against non-Muslims, posted Hamas propaganda online

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)

Police protect a Jewish center during an anti-Zionist rally, in Brooklyn, New York City, May 12, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC man who attacked Israeli in hate crime after Oct. 7 sentenced to 90 days

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Illustrative: A view of the Kol HaNeshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Jerusalem Reform synagogue pelted with eggs on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month

Nick Reiner pleads not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, with public defense attorney, Kimberly Green, during his arraignment on murder charges for the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, February 23, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Chris Torres/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Los Angeles won’t seek death penalty for Rob Reiner’s son over alleged murder of parents

By steve gorman

Amazon’s AWS unable to restore access at some Mideast data centers after Iran war damage

By Feras Dalatey

In this still image provided by KABC-TV shows first responders work the scene after a helicopter crashed near a bus crash in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, September 15, 2026. (KABC-TV via AP)

NBC news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing at least 3

By Ashley Duong and Hallie Golden

Israeli defense firm Gate Technologies based in Shoham develops electronic fuzing systems for missiles, rockets, drones, and loitering munitions. (Courtesy)

US-based Ondas buys Israeli defense tech firm in deal worth up to $390 million

By Sharon Wrobel

This combination of pictures created on February 11, 2025 shows (L-R) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on February 7, 2025, and Elon Musk at US President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (John MacDougall and Saul Loeb/AFP)

AnalysisThe problem with slowing down AI: No one wants to cede the frontier

By KAITLYN HUAMANI and Kelvin Chan

This illustrative photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on July 15, 2026. (Martin LELIEVRE/AFP)

Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon to call for AI limits as unease crosses party lines

By Courtney Rozen

A police van waits outside the Iranian Embassy, flying the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, central London, January 12, 2026. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

US, UK and Netherlands issue joint advisory on Iran-linked spyware

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