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What Matters Most On Monday, September 28, 2026

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

Live updates (closed)

Sept 28: PM reportedly met officials from Mideast countries without ties to Israel during UAE visit

Report: Settlers attack Palestinian vehicle with family inside, injuring infant * Israeli envoy to the Netherlands likely to be summoned for reprimand over retaliatory measures for West Bank trade ban

10:03 pm

PM reportedly met officials from Mideast countries that don't have ties with Israel during UAE visit
8:24 pm

Netanyahu's office: UAE visit dealt only with bilateral ties, regional challenges
7:48 pm

UAE confirms yesterday's meeting between Netanyahu, Emirati president MBZ

Ireland's soccer players bow their heads as the Israeli national anthem plays before their UEFA Nations League match in Debrecen, Hungary, September 27, 2026. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)

Sa'ar likens team to 1939 Irish squad that gave Nazi salute

Irish soccer team refuses handshakes, bows heads during Israeli anthem; wins the match 3-0

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Players wear black armbands to mark Gaza war dead, one player boycotts, broadcaster strips down its coverage; Israel’s captain says Ireland players said unpleasant things during game: ‘Obviously they hate us. We don’t like them’

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 28 – ToI’s military correspondent reviews ‘NAZA’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

This official government handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosting Egyptian spy chief Abbas Kamel at his official residence in Jerusalem, May 30, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Egypt warned Netanyahu of attack days before Oct. 7, after two previous warnings — report

Intel chief Abbas Kamel called PM in early October, having already warned officials that Gaza was a tinderbox, WSJ reports; premier has denied receiving warnings from Egypt, UAE

Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2024. (Channel 12 screen capture)

Gallant says Shin Bet received Sinwar ‘quake’ warning before Oct. 7, but misread its meaning

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) gives a statement, May 13, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO); Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, arrives at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)

Netanyahu said to secretly fly to Abu Dhabi for meeting with Emirati president

By Lazar Berman, Reuters and ToI Staff

Promoted ContentJewish Publication Society

Life Against Death: A new collection of essays by Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

Greenberg reflects on his most important essays from 1965 to 2025 on America, Israel, the Holocaust, and Jewish-Christian relations, identifying key turning points in Jewish life.

The Israeli Navy's INS Drakon submarine sails in the Mediterranean Sea, early September 24, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI at sea'The moment you disconnect the cables, you are alone'

Israel’s newest, largest submarine arrives, deepening Navy’s stealth capabilities

By Emanuel Fabian

Twelve years and one scandal in the making, the INS Drakon completes its 23-day journey from Germany with a ToI reporter aboard, carrying secret tech and powered by a system that will allow it to stay underwater for longer

Analysis

The ban on Arab parties will likely be reversed. To its critics, that isn’t exactly a relief

Often, the most extreme measures — like banning Arab-led parties from the election — get tossed, but their impact can live on

Yousef Jabareen submit the Joint List slate to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Goods from Druze towns in Golan Heights banned as well

Less broad than first reported, Dutch luggage checks for settlement goods spark Israeli warning

By Nava Freiberg

Dutch citizens on El Al flight tell ToI checks were limited but unusual and ‘intimidating’; Israel warns travelers of ‘invasive’ checks from Dutch customs, which says nationality not grounds for selection

A sign at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport warns travelers that, as of September 22, 2026, new restrictions apply to goods originating in Israeli settlements, including items carried in personal luggage. (Instagram/neshimatrips)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a joint press conference with Slovenia’s foreign minister (not pictured) prior to the opening of Israel’s embassy in Slovenia, in Ljubljana on September 9, 2026. (Martin Metelko/AFP)

Israel revokes credentials of Dutch diplomats to Ramallah as Holland said to check El Al passengers for settlement goods

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Opposition chiefs could not agree at meeting who should be candidate for PM — report

Liberman objected to assertion that head of bloc’s largest party gets to form government, but avoided an ‘argument,’ Channel 12 reports; follow-up meeting to be held in coming days

L to R: National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot at the Knesset on March 24, 2025; Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 19, 2025; former prime minister Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem day, May 26, 2025. (All photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Democrats party chairman Yair Golan arrives for a meeting with opposition leaders in Tel Aviv, September 26, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Day after meeting opposition chiefs, Golan says Arab parties could be in next government

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot meets with families of former hostages, hostages who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip, and victims of the October 7 attack at the Families’ Sukkah at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, September 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Report: After earlier refusals, Shin Bet to provide security for Yashar’s Gadi Eisenkot

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

By refusing to name a leader, the anti-Netanyahu ‘change bloc’ is making a fatal mistake

An intended reconciliation meeting exposed a critical flaw. In declining to rally behind Gadi Eisenkot, the opposition is inviting relentless, deeply damaging internal rivalry

The change bloc leaders: Avigdor Liberman, Yair Golan, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett (Official campaign photos, combo created by The Times of Israel)

US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators as pressure ramps on Tehran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Washington reportedly seeking to extract nuclear concessions from Islamic Republic after rejecting its bid to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Pedestrian walk past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers at Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, September 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US President Donald Trump attends the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Medinah Country Club, September 27, 2026, in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says he expects new Iran talks despite rejecting Hormuz deal offer

By AFP and Lazar Berman

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk down the steps after a visit the National Archives in Washington, DC on September 25, 2026. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)

Trump brought up possible arms sales to China’s Xi, US ambassador says

By AFP

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Hope cannot be built on the exclusion of Arab parties

If the change bloc wants to present a credible alternative government, it must stop treating Arab parties as untouchable coalition partners

Daphne Lazar Price

I want to read the essays

When you were accused of drugging and gang-raping a woman and given the opportunity to mitigate against the alleged crime, what did you say?

People walk in the streets of Maastricht on February 3, 2017. (Sophie MIGNON/AFP)

Dutch university suspends student who claimed he took part in October 7 massacre

The student, who is banned from Maastricht University buildings while the investigation continues, is part of a group of Palestinians granted scholarships to study in the Netherlands

‘I want to kill you’: Ben Gvir films himself berating terrorist behind deadly 1996 bus bombings

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Police minister boasts of making Hamas member Hassan Salamah’s life ‘hell,’ amid a series of videos of him bragging about worsening conditions for Palestinian security inmates

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen berating Hassan Salamah, a Hamas terrorist jailed for orchestrating a pair of 1996 Jerusalem bus explosions that killed 45 people, in a video posted to social media on September 27, 2026. (Screenshots/Itamar Ben Gvir via X)

Screen capture from video of Palestinian prisoners seen during a video filmed when National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Ofer Prison on February 13, 2026. (X)

High Court gives government 2 weeks to specify terms for Red Cross visits to detainees

By Jeremy Sharon

This photograph taken from the E1 corridor, an area in the West Bank shows vehicles driving along the highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, on September 8, 2026. (Ahmad GHARABLI/AFP)

AG postpones tenders for E1 settlement project; Smotrich accuses her of election meddling

By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and AFP

Baharav-Miara delays tender deadline until after Oct. 27 vote, citing electioneering concerns; far-right leader says process is apolitical, urges election chief to keep AG from becoming an ‘active player’

Nepali men stand amid the damage caused by landslides and flooding in the mountain village of Samagaun, where dozens of Israeli tourists were trapped, September 27, 2026. (Courtesy of Passportcard)

Stranded tourists left without power, none said hurt

Dozens of Israelis trapped in Nepali mountain village due to landslides, floods

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Extreme weather across Nepal, northern India kills at least 70, just month after major floods killed over 1,400; Foreign Ministry says it’s working to rescue trapped Israelis

Members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a main road in Mekelle on September 23, 2026, as tensions intensify in northern Ethiopia after Tigrayan rebels seized control of airports in the region. (AFP)

Some 20 Israelis stuck in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid rebel advance

By ToI Staff and AFP

Foreign Ministry says it’s leading ‘feverish efforts’ to assist return of stranded citizens; TPLF rebels seize airports, stoking fears of return to bloody 2020-2022 civil war

Hezbollah supporter chant slogans as they hold placards bearing the Arabic words “We will avenge you” during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes, at Nasrallah’s shrine in Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

‘We cannot be defeated’: Hezbollah chief rallies supporters 2 years after Nasrallah killing

By AFP

Tens of thousands gather near slain leader’s tomb as Naim Qassem tells Beirut gathering that Israel failed to destroy group; demands withdrawal from south before disarmament talks

More Headlines

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic signs his resignation as president in order to run for prime minister, in Belgrade, Serbia, September 27, 2026. (Serbian presidential press office via AP)

Serbia’s President Vucic resigns to run for prime minister in October elections

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A Zim cargo ship is seen outside the port of Haifa on May 1, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

Hapag-Lloyd revises offer as sale of Israeli shipping giant Zim hangs in the balance

By Sharon Wrobel

William, a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy from Jerusalem, who was pepper-sprayed by a Jewish extremist on Yom Kippur, speaks to Channel 13, in an interview aired September 26, 2026. (Screenshot)

Suspect arrested in Yom Kippur pepper-spraying of Christian child in Jerusalem

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, August 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ben Gurion Airport parking lots full, travelers told to arrive by public transportation

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

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