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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Passengers embark on a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Emirates airline won't let TLV-bound travelers fly to Dubai

UAE says probing whether attack on flydubai flight to Israel was terror

By Agencies, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sharon Wrobel

Initial probe into Omani pilot being carried out by Saudis, who will hand him over to Emiratis once done; Herzog recommends presidential medal for Israelis who thwarted attack

L: President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Sa’ar speak to Emirati counterparts, vow cooperation after flydubai attack

By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

Settlers are filmed stealing from Palestinian olive trees as IDF soldiers look on in the central West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on October 1, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 1: Soldier filmed threatening Bedouin man in West Bank after settlers attack his family

By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Protesters throw tennis balls onto field, call on Ireland to boycott 2nd match against Israel * US sanctions target Iran’s auto, rail sectors

8:31 pm

UK maritime group says tanker struck by unknown projectile in Strait of Hormuz
8:30 pm

Rabbi who coached Adam Brody for ‘Nobody Wants This’ calls him ‘relatively ignorant Jew’ after 'genocide' remark
8:15 pm

Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted four Houthi drones, two ballistic missiles

Among the saviors of a flydubai airliner after a September 30, 2026, attack by its copilot: L-R top row: Captain Smit Machchhar (Danny Danon via X), Asaf Rajuan (Jack GUEZ/AFP); L-R bottom row: Yaniv Hayun (AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum), Tzvika Manes. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Safely home'Life is stronger than everything, we decided to fight for it'

Hailing pilot and three Israeli heroes, passengers say midair ‘miracles’ thwarted alleged attempt to crash plane

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Sharon Wrobel and Nava Freiberg

Indian flydubai pilot saluted for using ‘last moments of his energy’ to click open cockpit door so knife-wielding copilot could be subdued by Israelis, one of whom says he knew how to stabilize plane from watching TV show about air crashes

Passengers from a flydubai flight whose copilot allegedly sought to hijack and crash the plane arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Passengers laud ‘heroism’ of Israelis who subdued flydubai flight attacker, as videos show moments of fear

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and AFP

A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft prepares for landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Lod on September 30, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Cockpit attack puts spotlight on flydubai, a key air link for Israelis since Oct. 7

By JTA and ToI Staff

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)

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Op-ed

Unprecedented: Extraordinary heroism and near-miraculous circumstances avert an airplane catastrophe

There appears to be no prior instance of passengers thwarting a pilot’s attempt to crash a commercial airliner

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

A flydubai rescue flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Conspiracy theories about flydubai attack spread across social media, reports find

‘Immense courage and resolve’: Pilot feted for crucial role in saving the lives of all aboard flydubai 1073

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Indian national Smit Machchhar undergoes surgery in Saudi Arabia after being attacked by Omani copilot, who Netanyahu says ‘obviously hated Israelis’ while acknowledging his ‘exact background’ remains unclear

An undated photo of Captain Smit Machchhar, captain of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that suffered a terrorist attack mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing Machchhar in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026. (Danny Danon via X)

Passengers embark on a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel to expand security checks on pilots after flydubai airplane attack

Screen captures from video of a Saudi Arabian medic attending an Israeli woman at Tabuk airport after a flight was diverted to the kingdom following an alleged attempt to deliberately crash the plane, September 30, 2026. (X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Saudi medic’s care of passenger from Israel-bound flydubai flight drama goes viral

By AFP and ToI Staff

Analysis

Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Israel maintains unique air security arrangements, but flydubai incident shows vulnerabilities

With air marshals, screening and cockpit rules — not to mention the IAF — Israel has famously secure civil flights. Does that help when foreign airlines have different rules?

A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is pictured on the tarmac after landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Flydubai attack becomes election flashpoint as opponents draw Oct. 7 parallels

By Ariela Karmel

Government allies say attack vindicates Netanyahu’s warnings of pre-vote attacks; opposition says it instead recalls state’s security failures, civilians forced to fend for themselves

Political correspondent Ariela Karmel appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 1 – Flydubai attack becomes political fodder for candidates

By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel

Analysis

Will the flydubai attack save Netanyahu’s struggling campaign?

The PM, with his eye for optics, is leveraging the power of incumbency to link himself with the passengers’ heroism — and suggest that Israel is in too much danger to take a risk on someone new

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

US President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: ‘Can’t imagine’ Netanyahu ignored warnings ahead of Oct. 7

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After death, creation: Simchat Torah in the shadow of October 7

We finish the Torah with mourning and immediately go back to the beginning, refusing to let destruction have the final word

A blessing of love: Recalled

I raised my hands in the Priestly Blessing countless times, but I felt like a fraud. I didn’t feel blessed myself, until a friend restored the love underneath it all

A screenshot from the trailer for the film 'NAZA' published on September 25, 2026. (Screenshot: YouTube, The Guardian)

'Interviewees raised speculation, assumptions without basis'

‘Distorted, misleading, and disingenuous’: IDF publishes full response to ‘NAZA’ film

By Emanuel Fabian

In 10-page document, military rejects claims of deliberate mass civilian killings and AI targeting, says documentary’s narrative based on ‘substantial factual errors’

A graphic released by the IDF on October 1, 2026, shows Mhammad Abd al-Aziz, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on September 30, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says it killed Oct. 7 Hamas operative identified as journalist, vows to expose others

By Emanuel Fabian

Author and public intellectual Dr. Micah Goodman joins ToI deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan on this week's A Mandatory Listen. (ToI)

ToI podcast

A Mandatory Listen – Micah Goodman: The one issue that unites America’s radical left and right

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In the second episode of our new podcast series, the public intellectual joins Amanda Borschel-Dan to probe the hidden reason why ‘self-loathing’ Americans all have a final solution for Israel

'The Iranians have overplayed their hand'

American envoy to UN: US having ‘tough conversations’ with Israel

Mike Waltz’s comments come in response to question about West Bank; ambassador says Trump nixed Iran’s latest offer as ‘not good enough,’ touts Gaza progress and plans to expand Abraham Accords

United States ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March 11, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP)

President Isaac Herzog on a visit to the IDF Judea and Samaria Division headquarters in the West Bank, on September 30, 2026. (Shalev Shalom)

Herzog says Israeli politicians have not done all they can to halt settler violence

By Lazar Berman

Then-Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed, File)

Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan may join with Hamas to challenge PA’s Abbas at ballot box

By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid

Oct. 7 survivors and bereaved to hold separate commemorations at Nova site, Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Kumu, formed by October 7 mourners, and Nova Tribe community each plan ceremonies on anniversary of the 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, timed so that both can be attended

At the Nova rave site in Re'im on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Protesters demonstrate in support of Israeli victims of sexual violence, outside the United Nations in New York City, December 4, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Israeli, US scholars to outline redress for Oct. 7 rape victims on attack anniversary

Former Gaza Division intelligence officer, Lt. Col. Aryeh Amidror, is seen in an undated photo. (Screengrab: Channel 12 news)

Lt. Col. Aryeh Amidror named as Gaza Division intel officer involved in Oct. 7 failures

By Emanuel Fabian

Widely cited Times of Israel archive of Oct. 7 fallen now available on social media

By Eilah Goldberg

Those We Have Lost seeks to commemorate all those slain in the Hamas onslaught. It will now appear in its own channels on Instagram, X, and Facebook as the invasion’s 3rd anniversary approaches

Visitors at a memorial for those killed in the October 7, 2023, massacre. (AP photo/ Ariel Schalit/ Graphic by Times of Israel)

Vienna Jews celebrating the renovation of the Stadttempel synagogue walk a new Torah scroll through the streets, Vienna, Sept. 9, 2026. (IKG/Rosa via JTA)

Amid uncertain times, European Jews renovate old synagogues, dedicate new Torahs

By Toby Axelrod

In Vienna, Leipzig, Budapest and cities across the continent, local Jews are working to restore houses of worship to former glory despite rising antisemitism, say it’s a ‘sign of resilience’

Illustrative: An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a placard reading 'Every Day is Oct. 7' while a banner reads 'From the Sea to the River' during a demonstration simultaneous with a pro-Israeli commemoration marking the anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch Jewish leader says settlement ban another sign of Netherlands’ growing hostility

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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, right, speaks as she is joined by moderator Alex Cohen during the Jewish Los Angeles Mayoral Forum at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Leftist LA mayoral candidate defends genocide charge, Hasan Piker meeting in Jewish forum

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his Leader’s Speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

UK’s Burnham says ‘strong indications’ Iran involved in airbase incident

By AFP

Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted September 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee botches first execution of woman in 200 years; inmate survives two lethal doses

By Kim Chandler and KRISTIN M. HALL

Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback speaks to college students and supporters at a restaurant near the University of South Florida in Tampa, on July 30, 2026. (Dave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters)

Far-right Israel critic James Fishback likens abortion to the Holocaust at Ole Miss event

By Sharon Udasin

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)

Israelis rescued from northern Ethiopia after days trapped by rebel advance

By Nava Freiberg and AFP

Illustrative: Riki Greenspan who conducts tours at the University of South Carolina McKissick Museum in Columbia, S.C., is shown in front of the exhibit featuring 300 years of southern Jewish life in the state April 30, 2002. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky)

Inside storyMoving south, Jewish college students discover rich history of Southern US Jewry

By Ashley Walters

The Texas State Capitol building is seen in Austin, Texas, September 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas man accused of plot to attack state Capitol, was reportedly mad at AIPAC

By AP and ToI Staff

FILE - This photo provided by Yaseen Najeeb shows Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour on June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from Clay County Jail in Brazil, Indiana, where he was detained after his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March. (Yaseen Najeeb via AP, File)

US judge finds Wisconsin mosque leader can be deported on national security grounds

By Cybele Mayes-Osterman

British journalist Esther Rantzen arrives to attend a service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of late British singer Dame Vera Lynn, at Westminster Abbey, in central London, on March 21, 2022. (Hollie Adams/AFP)

Campaigning British Jewish broadcaster Esther Rantzen dies at 86

Israeli singer Noga Erez performs in Katzrin on October 4, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Not the end of the roadFrom ‘pariah’ to sold-out shows: Noga Erez on career during war

By Jessica Steinberg

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