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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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(L-R) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Special Envoy Jared Kushner attend a bilateral meeting between the Ukraine and US in conjunction with the the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Tehran's state media says FM relayed its demands for deal

US and Iranian negotiators hold talks at UN that Trump says ‘went very well’

Witkoff clarifies that mediators ‘shuttled’ between the sides; Trump gripes that members of Iran’s delegation were ‘not the highest level’; Rubio says US president open to meeting his Iranian counterpart while he’s in NYC for General Assembly

President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump tells UN he may sign deal with Iran after midterms, or ‘annihilate’ it instead

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) arrives for the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

Seeking talks, Iran offers to open Hormuz if US ends blockade, curtails military threat

By Agencies and ToI Staff

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, September 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 23: Rubio says Trump doesn’t think the world ‘needs a West Bank crisis’ right now

Pezeshkian, at UN, claims Iran won’t pursue nukes, falsely says it didn’t hit civilians in war * US-backed Board of Peace said set to roll out $2.45b Gaza recovery plan * Amid West Bank tensions, IDF moves to ‘enhance capabilities’ there

7:49 pm

Netanyahu visits family of Neria Leiter, injured in West Bank attack, in Jerusalem hospital
7:46 pm

Gal Gadot to distribute $3 million to Israeli mental health orgs as part of Genesis Prize honors
7:30 pm

At UN, OpenAI's Altman calls 'for extreme care' in AI

Analysis

A month from elections, UN speech is an opportunity for Netanyahu. But Trump isn’t helping him

PM is facing a challenging political mood back home, and can count on headlines from Thursday’s address. What he really wants is a Trump meeting, but the US president is staying away

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after speaking during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024 (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

An anti-Israel protester wearing a Hamas headband near the UN General Assembly, in New York City, September 23, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC Jews, Israelis, anti-Zionists plan protests during Netanyahu visit to UN

Democratic US Congressional candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026, in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

At Yom Kippur service, NYC’s Lander, Mahmoud Khalil accuse Israel of ‘genocide’

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Op-ed: Five weeks to elections

Eisenkot does not have this election sewn up. So why is he barely campaigning?

More than half the electorate wants Netanyahu gone. Yet the foremost candidate to replace him is ceding the spotlight and the agenda

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, holds a meet-and-greet with people at a coffee shop in Jerusalem as part of his election campaign, on August 12, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)

An illustrative combination displaying, left to right, UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the now-deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP, Mandel NGAN/AFP, JOE RAEDLE/Getty Images via AFP)

Report: UAE intel warned Shin Bet of Hamas action before Oct. 7, prompting leader’s call to Netanyahu

Israeli protesters hold large photographs of Israeli hostages who were killed in Hamas captivity, as they demonstrate on August 31, 2026, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem calling for a state commission of inquiry into failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

High Court delays decision on October 7 state commission until after election

By Jeremy Sharon

UK PM slams Oct 7 attack, Israeli actions in Gaza, West Bank

Netanyahu decries Macron’s ‘grotesque’ claim that Hamas ‘never operated’ in West Bank

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

PM notes an Israeli with French citizenship was killed by a Palestinian terrorist just days before; French official tells ToI that Macron meant Hamas ‘doesn’t govern’ the territory

France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 22, 2026. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman proposes Jordan control parts of West Bank, drawing right-wing rebuke

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

This picture taken from the E1 area northeast of Jerusalem shows vehicles moving along a highway near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)

US Senate Democrats to seek sanctions over Israel’s E1 settlement plan

By Reuters and ToI Staff

ToI senior analyst joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for the inaugural A Mandatory Listen podcast series. (ToI)

ToI podcast

A Mandatory Listen – Haviv Rettig Gur: Is the IDF justified in picking off Hamas terrorists?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur

In the first episode of our new podcast series, ToI’s senior analyst joins Amanda Borschel-Dan to take on the morality of the operations hunting down all who perpetrated the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre

Committee also disqualifies Hadash MK Ofer Cassif

Election panel disqualifies all Arab parties, in move likely to be overturned; Balad leader also barred

By Ariela Karmel

High Court expected to nix bans on Ra’am, Joint List after politicians cite alleged support for terror, denial of Israel as Jewish state; Sohlberg, AG, all opposition parties back disqualification of Balad’s Abou Shahadeh in rare consensus

Balad chair Sami Abou Shehadeh appears on a screen behind the Central Elections Committee during a disqualification hearing at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Exclusive

PA president’s son unsuccessfully sought to skirt US ban on Palestinian officials

Canadian passport proves insufficient as Yasser Abbas not allowed on flight from Dubai to NYC, where he planned to meet foreign delegations on UN sidelines, sources tell ToI

Fatah Central Committee member Yasser Abbas speaks during a visit to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on September 13, 2026. (Yasser Abbas/Facebook)

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham, left, meets with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, September 22, 2026. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

Analysis

Trump shows apathy about UK-led settlement sanctions, ignoring Israel request for action

Israel asked US to intervene on its behalf, and Rubio indicated response could come, but 2 weeks have passed and Trump is still claiming he’s not entirely familiar with British decision

Left to right: Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham attend a red carpet event for the screening of 'NAZA' at the 83rd International Venice Film Festival, in Venice Lido, Italy, on September 10, 2026; Omer Shem Tov speaks onstage during the humanitarian award dinner for Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav presented by the Simon Wiesenthal Center at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on October 30, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Tiziana FABI/AFP, Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Simon Wiesenthal Center/AFP)

Standing ovation for film felt like a 'shower of knives'

Rebutting ‘NAZA,’ freed hostage says he knows what it’s like ‘to be collateral damage’

Writing in WSJ, Omer Shem Tov says he witnessed IDF attempts to minimize civilian casualties while he was held captive by Hamas, which ‘left hostages like me waiting longer’

Screen grab from video of British pop star Boy George announcing an upcoming concert in Tel Aviv, in a video posted to social media, September 22, 2026. (Boy George)

'It is my honor'British pop star Boy George to perform in Israel in November

By Jessica Steinberg

Palestinian firefighters extinguish a fire on a vehicle hit by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 23, 2026. (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)

Top Hamas moneyman killed in Gaza strike, Israel says

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

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A lamentation for Jerusalem: Remembering Emek Refaim

The city that Yehuda Amichai and I love is disappearing amid bland high-rises that crush the Eternal City’s spirit with mediocrity and greed (PHOTO ESSAY)

Ethiopian Jewish wisdom: A sukkah creates community

Bete Israel’s spiritual tradition focuses not on the sukkah’s details or those of the 4 species, but on a sense of belonging and being guests in God’s world

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah

The prime minister’s stealth trip to New York reveals the gulf between his self-image and reality, exposing a squandered legacy that underlines the urgent need for a state inquiry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP)

Police officers talk near the scene of a shooting where a police officer was shot outside a Yom Kippur gathering at Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, September 21, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/Reuters)

Gunman who fired on police outside Canada synagogue dies of gunfight wounds

By AFP and ToI Staff

29-year-old shot by police during exchange of fire in which he injured officer; investigators yet to officially confirm if Jewish community was target of attack

Orthodox Jewish men walk near the scene of a deadly terror attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, October 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

UK police: 2 arrested over suspected plot to target Manchester Jewish community

By Reuters and ToI Staff

National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben Gvir and fellow party member Tali Gotliv hold a press conference in Jerusalem, September 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir demands role of defense minister in next government, Gotliv as justice minister

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Otzma Yehudit chair unveils plans to ‘encourage’ Palestinians to leave Gaza and West Bank, fire attorney general, loosen constraints on military and radically weaken judiciary

Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 23 – Religious Zionism party doubles down on judicial revolution

By Jessica Steinberg and Jeremy Sharon

Screen capture from video of an interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Atlantic Council in New York, September 22, 2026. (Atlantic Council)

‘The problem is with Israel, not us’: Sharaa says Oct. 7 shouldn’t dictate Israeli policy on Syria

Ahead of his UN speech, Syrian leader stresses IDF must withdraw to 1974 demarcation lines in order to forge an initial security pact before any peace talks can take place

Women hold portraits of detained Islamists held in Roumieh prison during a protest calling for their release in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on January 5, 2025. (Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP)

Hundreds go on hunger strike in Lebanon prison as amnesty law stalled

By AFP

Priests from various countries, members of the “Priests Against Genocide” network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, September 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

150 Catholic priests and nuns march toward Vatican to demand end to Gaza ‘genocide’

By AP and ToI Staff

Protesters, including Italian bishop, carry banner bearing names and photos of 300 children they say were killed in Gaza and Lebanon

Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin arrives at Heron House, the base of the government’s Number 10 North, in Manchester, England, September 18, 2026. (Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP)

Irish PM slams ‘unacceptable’ remarks from Israel’s soccer federation amid spat

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Employees at Hazera's R&D center at Brurim, southern Israel, remove flowers from tomato plants so that the pollen can be removed. (Ofer Hajayov)

Reporter's notebook'We want to give farmers a reason to get up in the morning'

Tomato tomorrow: The Israeli lab creating the veggies of the future

The Galia melon and the world’s first nearly shelf-stable tomato are among Hazera’s inventions. Now the company is helping to prepare farmers for climate change

More Headlines

US senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, left, and former US vice-president Kamala Harris participate in a roundtable discussion about reproductive health at Birth Detroit, in Detroit, September 22, 2026. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool)

US ex-VP Harris campaigns for leftist El-Sayed in key race for Michigan Senate seat

A smashed window at Jerusalem's Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem that was vandalized on August 14, 2026. (Kol HaNeshama via X)

Three minors arrested after repeated vandalization of Jerusalem Reform synagogue

By Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and JTA

People protest against corruption and calling for healthcare and education reform, in Casablanca, Morocco, October 2, 2025. (AP Photo)

Morocco gears up for elections after mass migration attempts, deadly youth protests

By AKRAM OUBACHIR

Supporters of Yemen’s Houthi rebels raise a banner during a rally in support of the group and to protest Saudi Arabia’s accusation that the Houthis targeted Islam’s holiest site of Mecca, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 18, 2026. (AP/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Houthis threaten to attack US interests if Washington joins Saudi strikes on Yemen

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israeli Air Force soldiers pose in front of an Arrow air defense system battery, in a photo issued by the IDF on June 26, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel picks 2 state-backed funds to drive investment in next-generation defense tech

By Sharon Wrobel

This image taken from undated video released by Al-Masirah TV, a channel owned by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, on September 11, 2026, shows, according to the channel, Houthi fighters chanting atop a pickup truck in Khawkhah, Hodeida province, Yemen. (Al-Masirah TV via AP)

Iranian advisers played key role in lightning advance by Yemen’s Houthis, sources say

The Israeli Navy's INS Drakon submarine makes its way through Germany, en route to Israel, in a handout photo published on September 23, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel’s 6th submarine to arrive as Navy plans major fleet expansion

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Spain allows US extradition case against alleged Hamas donor to proceed

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Egyptian soldiers peer out of a police vehicle to watch released detainees outside Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Nov.18, 2016. (AP/Amr Nabiln)

Fate of 3 Israelis held in Egypt remains unknown 6 months after their arrest

From right to left: RealSense CFO Roy Cohen, RealSense VP R&D Guy Halperin, RealSense CEO Nadav Orbach, Cognex President and CEO Matt Moschner, and Cognex M&A head Joerg Kuechen. (Courtesy)

In first Israel acquisition, Cognex buys Intel robotics spinoff for over $600 million

By Sharon Wrobel

Vincent Reynouard (left), prosecuted for contesting crimes against humanity, during his appearance before the Saverne criminal court, September 27, 2007. (Frederick FLORIN / AFP)

French Holocaust denier jailed for denying Nazi gas chambers, saying Jews spread disease

By AFP and ToI Staff

Nelli Levonyan, left, who has appeared multiple times in a full Nazi uniform on Duel.com’s blackjack live streams, sits alongside Paul 'Gypsy Crusader' Miller, who often appears online dressed up as the supervillain the Joker. (Screenshot via JTA)

Crypto casino used Nazi imagery even before Orlando fight with swastika flags and Hitler salutes

By Joseph Strauss

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