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What Matters Most On Friday, September 18, 2026

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US President Donald Trump (right) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman watch F-35s and F-15s fly over during a welcome ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, November 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Israel is only Middle East country with the stealth fighter

Trump administration okays sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia as part of $24.3B military package

State Department insists sale ‘won’t alter the military balance in the region,’ referring to US policy of ensuring Israel retains a military edge over potential adversaries; deal must still be approved by Congress

Yemen’s Houthi armed forces patrol the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on September 12, 2026. (Mohammed HUWAIS/AFP)

China privately pushing Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say

By Parisa Hafezi

Inside Story

Joshua Schultheis

First they take Manhattan? Looking to mimic Mamdani, far left’s Elif Eralp eyes Berlin City Hall

Jewish community wary as Die Linke party’s mayoral candidate vows to fight antisemitism ahead of September 20 election; critics claim she can’t even control it within her own party

Elif Eralp, mayoral candidate for Die Linke in the upcoming regional elections, addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Berlin, August 29, 2026. (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP)

Analysis

The Macklemore battle presents a trap that pro-Israel activists have yet to escape

The cancellation of the pro-Palestinian rapper from Ed Sheeran’s tour is still playing out. But advocates for Israel are still struggling to figure out how to quash anti-Israel invective without drawing even more attention to their opponents

Macklemore performs at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater during the South by Southwest Music Festival on March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Ireland says it will again boycott Eurovision in 2027 over Israel’s participation

Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving comes off the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, in Salt Lake City, January 1, 2024. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

Kyrie Irving offers to pay NFL star’s fine for pro-Palestinian eyeblack

By jacob gurvis

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Live updates (closed)

Sept. 18: TV report says election booths will publish voter turnout every four hours to combat misinformation

Settler filmed beating Palestinian woman with stick in southern West Bank * F-35 parts reportedly lost after rerouted to Hong Kong, raising prospect China has hands on key tech

8:53 pm

Saudi Civil Defense gives all-clear after alerts warned of potential Houthi attacks
8:21 pm

IDF probing gunfire at Israeli motorist near West Bank village today
7:45 pm

Police nab East Jerusalem resident suspected of murdering missing woman; body found and sent for identificaton

From the Blogs

What ‘Naza’ really means: The truth about collateral damage

The filmmakers mistook the IDF’s system for limiting civilian casualties for something far darker. They should have asked me; I helped build it

Binyamin Krauss

My school will pray outside Gracie Mansion on Friday

Mamdani likely won’t be there, but the kids will learn about their civic responsibilities, their privileges, and how Jews who feel unsafe gather and pray, aloud

How to fail Yom Kippur

I take my lesson from ’Severance’ and its portrait of failure; to safeguard against it, I’ll be preparing a personal confession and naming my hopes for the future

Rereading Jonah after NAZA

Abraham is my hero for his complex faith, but Jonah’s intense loyalty to the Jewish people spotlights the fallacy of extending compassion to just everyone

Reed Berger-Fleishman

What to know if you’re on GLP‑1 drugs and plan to fast for Yom Kippur

Time your medication, prepare for the fast, and recognize when going without food and water may no longer be safe

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives on Air Force One, September 16, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump weighs return to large-scale Iran strikes: ‘I have a big decision coming up’

By Stav Levaton and Agencies

President says will meet with Gulf leaders at UNGA next week before determining next steps; State Dept. confirms Iranian delegation will attend; Iranian crypto exchange hit with sanctions

An overview of the construction site at Iran's Taleghan 2 facility, located at the Parchin military complex, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Tehran, as seen in a Vantor Technologies satellite image taken on September 13, 2026, and annotated by the Institute for Science and International Security. (Vantor Technologies, Institute for Science and International Security)

Satellite images show Iran rapidly working to rebuild nuclear site bombed by Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

US to let Iranian president attend UN General Assembly after barring PA leader

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rally in government-organized demonstration

By Nasser Karimi, Cara Anna and Lee Keath

State broadcaster says 300,000 gather in Tehran, pledging to take up arms for Islamic Republic; some trample US, Israeli flags, chant ‘Death to America’ and “Death to Israel’

Women affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carry rifles as they march beneath a banner depicting US President Donald Trump in crosshairs and reading “We will kill” during the state-organized “Janfada,” or “Sacrifice for Iran,” military-style parade in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Russia and China veto US proposal for UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions on Iran

By Edith M. Lederer

A child runs past a banner strung across the rubble of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school showing portraits of the children and teachers killed there by a February 28 US airstrike in Minab, southern Iran, September 7, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

UN mission: US strike that hit Iran school was ‘indiscriminate,’ likely a war crime

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu’s anti-Arab campaign has found Gadi Eisenkot’s Achilles’ heel

PM is exploiting prospect of a political partnership with Arab parties to put his main rival on the defensive and drive a wedge between Eisenkot and Liberman; Eisenkot needs to urgently reclaim national agenda

Gadi Eisenkot (second from right), chairman of the Yashar party, sits with party colleagues at the launch of Yashar's election campaign, in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026. (Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 2nd right, waves next to his wife Sara, 2nd left, as they stand on stage with Likud party lawmakers and ministers during a campaign event in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

Netanyahu’s bloc drops to 51 seats as Winter’s party falls short of Knesset in new ToI poll

Plurality of respondents who back premier say they would favor a unity government if Oct. 27 vote ends in stalemate, while plurality of those opposed to him would want a minority government

A man casts his vote with his dog at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the Knesset Elections, on November 1, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

High Court bans parties from tracking voters on election day, angering Likud

By Jeremy Sharon

Lazar Focus podcastBenny Gantz: Netanyahu is responsible for October 7, dividing society

By Lazar Berman

Amichai Atia, 17, who was run over and killed in Hadera on September 18, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Teenager hit by car and killed in Hadera after apparent dispute in parking lot

Amichai Atia, 17, of Itamar was leaving a Selichot service when a driver, reportedly 21 from Kafr Manda, hit him before himself getting shot by Atia’s friend; terror not suspected

The Department of Internal Police Investigations, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Police internal affairs questions border cop who shot, killed Arab man after car chase

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Jewish radio host Sid Rosenberg says he ‘charmed’ JD Vance after slamming VP’s stances on Israel

By Sharon Udasin

Thursday meeting comes after US vice president said Trump has been willing to ‘part ways’ with Netanyahu, and that US Mideast policy can’t be ‘subservient to the State of Israel’

Radio personality Sid Rosenberg (left) and US Vice President JD Vance. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via AFP, AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Left: Former US vice president Kamala Harris arrives at a National Action Network Convention in New York, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) Right: Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a news conference in Detroit, August 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kamala Harris to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, in first joint appearance

US Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed poses for a photo at the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Michigan on September 7, 2026. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP)

Hundreds of Michigan Jews pledge to vote for Abdul El-Sayed

By Andrew Lapin

Hamas terrorists move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, during the terror group's onslaught on October 7, 2023. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

Two Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 killed in recent Gaza strikes, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Military says probing reports of a child killed in strike on Nukhba operative Sharif Shadi Ibrahim Labad; PM, Shin Bet chief vow to keep pursuing Gaza terrorists until the last

Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ

Board of Peace to brief countries during UN General Assembly on Gaza rebuild efforts

Gaza Division intel officer on October 7 formally dismissed from the IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli settlers, some masked, run along a road to block access for local Palestinians in the West Bank village of Burqa, September 17, 2026, following an attack by settlers who, according to residents, set fire to the area. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel adds tender for 2,167 housing units to E1 settlement plan, rights group says

By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian

Tender to open two days before election; settlers seen setting fire to olive trees; Palestinians in Jordan Valley say work on new security barrier is blocking them from their homes

A crane moves an ancient 25-ton mikveh discovered in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, July 2026 (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)

25-ton Second Temple-era mikveh lifted from ground intact during Kiryat Gat construction

Ritual bath points to ancient settlement unknown to researchers, says Israel Antiquities Authority, as structure is temporarily removed in one piece to prevent damage during building

Tamar natural gas field off the coast of Israel. (Courtesy)

Energy committee opposes export limit despite looming risk of natural gas shortage

By Sharon Wrobel

Panel seeks to prioritize gas exploration and discoveries in Israel’s waters, as reserves for domestic use are projected to fall short of energy demand in the coming decade

More Headlines

Barney Greengrass in New York City. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

‘Appetizing’ stores, a Jewish American food tradition, are making a comeback

By Katie Workman

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, left, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pose before a meeting at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, September 17, 2026. (Thibault Camus/AP)

Top European, Arab officials meet to mull options for post-UNIFIL mission in Lebanon

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas terror group's military wing, attend the funeral of two fighters in Gaza City on January 24, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)

Tamra resident indicted for contacting Hamas, Iran with offers to help

A Magen David Adom ambulance stands in front of two vehicles that crashed into each other on Route 310 in southern Israel on September 17, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Five people killed in car crashes across Israel since morning

Leon Black, a billionaire who was close with Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee at the Capitol in Washington, June 26, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress over Epstein probe

By LISA MASCARO

Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson speaks during the Social Democrats’ election night watch party, September 13, 2026, in Stockholm. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish center-left coalition wins tight election marred by antisemitism accusations

By Shira Li Bartov

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