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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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Passengers who were on a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the co-pilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane, arrive back home at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. (Screenshots/Channel 12 News)

Live updates (closed)

Sept. 30: Flydubai announces suspension of Israel flights amid probe into attempted hijacking

Indian national used ‘last moments of his energy’ to click open cockpit door so hijacker could be subdued by Israelis * Israel said set to ramp up pilot checks for foreign airlines

8:57 pm

Three Syrian power plants out of service after gas pipeline explosion, state news agency says
8:53 pm

East Jerusalem Palestinian says bystanders, Israeli cops watched him being attacked by Haredi mob and didn't act
8:34 pm

Israeli carrier Arkia says it's gearing up to resume Dubai route following flydubai alleged attempt to crash plane

A passenger is seen with a bloodied shirt aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026 (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'We prayed Shema Yisrael; weren't sure we'd make it out alive'

Copilot subdued after stabbing pilot in alleged attempt to crash plane full of Israelis

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Flydubai flight from UAE lands safely in Saudi Arabia with no non-crewmembers seriously hurt after Israeli passengers rush cockpit, subdue stabber; Israeli warplanes were scrambled

Founding editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/ Boarding1Now/iStock/Screenshot via Google Maps)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 30 – Israelis land safely in Saudi Arabia after suspected plane terror

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Analysis

Mamdani antisemitism plan disregards anti-Zionism, leaving Jewish groups unsatisfied

City Hall initiative pledges education and public messaging, but omits Jewish connection to Israel and only highlights white supremacist violence against Jews

Protesters outside the United Nations, in New York City, September 24, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for a 9/11 Interfaith Peace Walk and Talk, in New York, September 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Mamdani announces campaign against antisemitism, doesn’t mention connection to anti-Zionism

Students march and wave Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel inter-university march in London on the second anniversary of the Hamas onslaught that sparked the war in Gaza, October 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Antisemitism on UK campuses continued to rise last year, watchdog says

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This composite image shows Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in video statements they each released on September 29, 2026. (Screenshot via Yair Lapid's X account, Screenshot/Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)

IDF sources say army knows of no specific threats

Netanyahu claims indications of attack plot by ‘enemies’ ahead of election; Lapid, briefed, derides him

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Opposition leader says ‘no reason to put the public in a panic’ after receiving update from PM in wake of latter’s vague announcement, says Netanyahu should ‘draft the 15,000 Haredim the IDF needs’ if he’s so worried about security

Deputy Commander of the Libyan National Army, Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar looks on before his meeting with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, on June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Report: Netanyahu met son of powerful Libyan general in Abu Dhabi

By Lazar Berman and AP

Analysis

‘It’s bad’: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty

This may be Israel’s most consequential election ever. But neither side has a clear path to victory and they’re both plagued by infighting. On Oct. 27, don’t expect a reckoning

A man walks past a television channel advertisement featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of Israel’s general election, in Ramat Gan, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, Israel, August 31, 2026. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Shin Bet won’t provide Eisenkot with security detail, despite earlier report to contrary

Thousands march in Jerusalem to fete Haredi draft dodgers; cash grants promised

Marchers carry signs calling the IDF an ‘enemy army’ and denouncing ‘the altar of Zionism,’ drawing condemnations from opposition leaders amid political battle over conscription

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a procession celebrating draft dodgers following their release from military prison, in Jerusalem on September 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in the southern city of Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Likud says Netanyahu has sued media outlets over reports of Egyptian, UAE warnings ahead of Oct. 7

Legal filing denounces reports that premier was told of potential Hamas attack as a ‘total invention meant to fatally harm the security of the country and the prime minister’

‘If I am not for myself, who will be for me’ still comes first

As Jewish students challenged Mamdani’s antizionism at a prayer vigil, I saw the sage Hillel’s teaching come to life: We cannot forget ourselves when we care for others

The coming storm

The country’s global standing has never been worse. Without a change in government, Israelis will soon feel it in their wallets, travel and security

Our new delicate Simchat Torah dance: A time to weep, a time to rejoice

When our feet move in rhythm, but in heavy steps, and our voices rise in song, but crack with the weight of memory, the community will help warm the chill of absence

What the sukkah lets in

The sukkah’s flimsy walls remind us to open our hearts to the pain, the joy and the needs of other people – even when they’re not ’one of our own’

Iran indicates it received official US response to latest offer on ending war

Officials don’t say what reply contained; FM Araghchi updates Tehran cabinet on his trip to UN General Assembly; UK monitors says three ships hit in Hormuz

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s IRGC pens open letter to US midterm voters, urging them to reject ‘liar’ Trump

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A US Air Force C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft prepares for takeoff from Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport on September 29, 2026. (Ammar Karim/AFP)

US leaves Iraq 23 years after fall of Saddam Hussein, stoking fear of vacuum emboldening ISIS, militias

By Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Hameed

Withdrawal fulfills 2024 agreement reached under Biden; Tehran hails departure as victory, Iraqi security officials warn ISIS could regroup without a Western military presence

Iraqi security officers flash victory signs while riding in vehicles decorated with national flags during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqis celebrate final US troop withdrawal as government takes charge of security

By Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Hameed

A display of people killed in Iran is seen outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP)

Iran hangs two men for participating in January anti-regime demonstrations

By AFP and ToI Staff

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White House official Brett McGurk and US Vice President Joe Biden (left) in an undated photo. (Brett McGurk/X)

Book excerpt released

Ex-Biden aide: US pressure on Israel harmed talks with Hamas to release hostages

In new book, Brett McGurk recalls how negotiations stalled amid public US warnings to Israel against Rafah op; but Harris aide defends approach, saying it was needed to prevent civilian harm

Bereaved father Yigal Sarusi, father of slain hostage Almog Sarusi, holds his newborn son on September 28, 2026. (Courtesy)

Parents of slain hostage Almog Sarusi welcome newborn son, conceived in his memory

By Jessica Steinberg

Boy, named Lavi, born via surrogacy using eggs that lay frozen for a quarter of a century; ‘We will continue on your path,’ writes sister of young man murdered in Hamas captivity

Ben Gvir fires back, says 'no limit to the hypocrisy'

U2’s Bono compares Ben Gvir to Nazi SS chief Himmler over his comments on Gaza

In Rolling Stone interview, Irish rockstar says he ‘has stood by Israel,’ but Ben Gvir’s ‘outrageous’ remarks on Palestinians have put Judaism ‘in the shade’

Bono attends the “GUGGI” premiere at SVA Theatre during the Tribeca Festival on June 13, 2026, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, and MK Yitzhak Kroizer visit the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

UAE slams Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit, days after hosting Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi

Op-ed

The Netherlands is just a symptom of a widening global boycott against Israel

A year after the US forced a Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s international standing continues to plummet. The latest European restrictions threaten to exact a heavy economic toll

Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched past the Peace Palace, housing the International Court of Justice, rear, demanding their government do more to halt Israel's campaign in Gaza, during a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Stephen Doughty talks to the media after a meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

UK official rejects claim London has broadened restrictions on Israel arms exports

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

France's National Rally leader Jordan Bardella (right) and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli at the international conference on combating antisemitism in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud minister defends French far-right leader amid allegations of past antisemitism

By AFP

Amichai Chikli denounces news outlet that published purported remarks from 2013 by Jordan Bardella, whom he calls ‘one of the clearest voices in Europe against Hamas’

Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella and far-right leader Marine Le Pen attend a rally in Lievin, northern France, on July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

French far-right leader says claims of antisemitism part of ‘total war’ on Le Pen campaign

By AFP and ToI Staff

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A fuel pump nozzle inserted into a car at a Dor Alon gas station in central Israel, September 4, 2026. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Price at pump set to hit record high of NIS 8.27 per liter

Syrian army soldiers patroling along the Syrian-Lebanese border in the rural area of Al Qusayr on April 1, 2026. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)

Syria says it dismantled Hezbollah-linked cell preparing rocket launchers

By AFP and ToI Staff

Actor Guy Kapulnik attends the Sloan Cocktails For War Games event during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, on April 28, 2012, in New York City. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images/AFP)

Guy Kapulnik, Israeli actor and pilot, dies in light plane crash in California

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

More Michigan Jews pressure El-Sayed on Israel as Democrats rally behind him

By Andrew Lapin

US Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, speaks at the Republican convention September 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP’s Mike Lawler spars with Democrat challenger over antisemitism, Israel in NY House race

By Sharon Udasin

Illustrative: Children with a basket of treats. (Vadym Terelyuk/iStock)

Sweet comebackSunkist Fruit Gems to return after Jewish community scare

By Shira Li Bartov

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