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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 8, 2026

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends an October 7 coexistence event in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘Traitor’: Anti-Zionist protesters rage at Mamdani at Oct. 7 coexistence event

Demonstrators accuse New York mayor of ‘supporting genocide,’ wave terrorist flags; activists chant for intifada outside Columbia University; Mamdani ‘genocide’ statement infuriates Jewish leaders

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters encounter a pro-Israel protester during a march in London marking three years since 2023's Hamas-led invasion and massacre in Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP/Kin Cheung)

October 7 anniversary sparks protests, clashes and competing vigils worldwide

Israeli street artists Nitzan Mintz, left, and Dede Bandaid, right, in front of a sculpture commemorating the effort to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Agatha Khishchenko/Times of Israel)

‘Sense of closure’: NY Jews deposit hostage tags into new art installation on Oct. 7

By Agatha Khishchenko

Families and people attend the national memorial ceremony marking three years since the October 7 massacre, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘Investigate how it happened, don’t let time blur the truth’: Bereaved ex-hostage Sharabi closes Oct. 7 event with plea

By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff

Hosts highlight heroism of the fallen at Tel Aviv ceremony, attended by 50,000, organized by survivors of attack and bereaved families; opposition leaders seen in crowd; government ministers stay away

News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg on October 8, 2026 (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 8: Shared grief, deep divisions – Israel marks October 7

By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales

Families and people attend the national memorial ceremony marking three years since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘Every day is October 7, still’: 50,000 attend Tel Aviv memorial

By Deborah Danan

Op-ed: Three weeks to elections

As with Oct. 7, so too with Sept. 30’s flydubai attack: A failure to prevent obvious deadly threats, and a refusal to take responsibility

The gaping holes in security for passengers on foreign airlines serving Israel truly boggle the mind. Until they are clearly addressed, travelers should be very careful in their choices… And so, too, should Israeli voters

Passengers from flydubai flight FZ1073 walk through the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport, after their original flight from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a terror attack by the copilot, who attacked the captain and tried to crash the plane, September 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Smoke rises as Israeli forces demolish the home of Palestinian prisoner Dawas Hassouna, who is accused of killing an Israeli settler, in the West Bank village of Beit Amarin, September 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

From the Hartman Institute

Israel/Today: The politics of settler violence

What does the rise in settler violence in the West Bank reveal about the future of Israel?

‘Public is not being told what actually happened’

Netanyahu’s former military secretary alleges attempt to alter October 7 records

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Avi Gil, who advised PM on October 7, details ‘criminal pattern of behavior’ from Prime Minster’s Office to absolve Netanyahu of blame; Likud denies ‘politically motivated propaganda’

Then-Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Avi Gil arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Before Oct. 7, Netanyahu was repeatedly told internal rift emboldening enemies – report

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Magen David Adom paramedic and paramedic course instructor Amit Mann, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists who stormed the clinic in Kibbutz Be'eri where she was treating the wounded on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy of MDA)

New recordings of paramedic’s final hours renew family’s push to access Oct. 7 records

By Deborah Danan

Avi Gil, who was military secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from December 2022 to May 2024, in a Channel 12 interview broadcast on October 8, 2026. (Screenshot)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 8: After Avi Gil interview, Eisenkot calls for criminal probe against Netanyahu

PM’s former military secretary alleges that Netanyahu’s chief of staff tampered with Oct. 7 phone records * PM claims Gil ‘chose not to wake him up’ morning of attack

9:40 pm

Eisenkot calls for criminal probe against Netanyahu after ex-military aide's account of PM's Oct. 7 actions; Liberman alleges treason
9:32 pm

Netanyahu could have saved lives of some hostages, but prioritized his political survival, his ex-military secretary charges
9:25 pm

Netanyahu says his military secretary 'chose not to wake PM up in time' on Oct. 7, in response to damning interview

Book now for Wednesday's event in Jerusalem

ToI Presents: Israel’s most fateful election?

Join us in Jerusalem on Wednesday for an interactive live recording of our Daily Briefing podcast, hosted by ToI’s deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan

Inside Story

‘Moment of truth’: UK’s Jewish, anti-Israel Green Party leader faces key electoral test in London

Zack Polanski is at a political crossroads as voters in central London go to the polls for a special election during a week in which his party declared ‘Zionism is racism’

Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)

A photograph shows the visitors’ entrance to the British consulate in East Jerusalem after the signs were removed on October 8, 2026. (John Wessels/AFP)

Israel, UK announce last-minute deal that downgrades East Jerusalem consulate

By Lazar Berman and Reuters

A British Airways flight departs Ben Gurion Airport, February 25, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

British Airways planning to resume flights to Tel Aviv on October 25

By Sharon Wrobel

Yehonatan Maatuf, left, who was injured in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on April 11, 2025, about to train with Sagi Dovev at the House of Heroes in Or Yehuda on September 9, 2026. (Matan Siegel/Times of Israel)

Three years since Oct. 7'Their identity as warriors, as fighters, can get lost'

After war put them on the ropes, a martial arts gym gives wounded vets a fighting chance

By Diana Bletter

House of Heroes, founded by former IDF resilience trainer Sagi Dovev, uses MMA and other sparring styles to help rehabilitate some of the 26,200 soldiers scarred in body and mind since October 7, 2023

Ruthie Hollander

5 reasons to be upset about Mamdani’s October 7 tweet

If only New York’s mayor had stopped his message after the first 40 words of sympathy for Israeli victims. But no

The airstrikes we canceled: What NAZA leaves out

The film has it backwards: I worked with the IDF’s casualty estimate system. It’s a brake on civilian deaths, not a license to kill

I’m an ultra-Orthodox woman whose Jewish experience changed on October 7

At first, I hid my identity, but when I encountered a group spouting anti-Zionist propaganda, I spoke up – and discovered I needed a police escort to my car

I made a film about hostage posters. I was accused of centering ‘whiteness’

It takes a particular habit of mind to look at a grainy photo of a kidnapped person and start by asking what color they are

'This Jewish Moment' author Michael Posner in Toronto, August 2026. (Robert Sarner)

Interview'We’re under threat. Make no mistake about this'

Diaspora Jews predict their own decline and fall in new post-Oct. 7 oral history

By Robert Sarner

Released on third anniversary of cataclysmic massacre, ‘This Jewish Moment’ by Canadian author Michael Posner captures zeitgeist of North American Jews in their own words. It’s not pretty.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 lands aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), October 1, 2026, in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)

US military told to prepare for potential resumption of Iran strikes — reports

Officials tell Axios Pentagon order was issued several days ago, renewed strikes may target nuclear, infrastructure and energy sites; Israel said likely to be involved

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, October 6, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

InterviewVance: Iran needs to show ‘meaningful’ reduction in nuclear enrichment for a deal

By Jacob Bogage

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis (not pictured) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 7, 2026, in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Iran has ‘lost complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz, Rubio claims

An election poster for Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu that reads, 'We won't surrender,' in Tel Aviv, October 6, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Analysis

Three years after Oct. 7 reshaped Israel, its political map is much the same

Voters’ beliefs have been cemented by war, with those against Netanyahu blaming him for massacre, while loyalists view reports that he was given prior warnings of attack as part of effort to topple him

A convoy of supporters of the Islamist Ra'am party in southern Israel (L), and one of the alleged members of the convoy bound, on October 7, 2026. (X/Moshe Feiglin, X/Itamar Ben Gvir)

Ben Gvir touts arrests of Ra’am biker convoy, claims scenes reminiscent of Oct. 7

By Noam Lehmann

Illustrative: Futuristic robotic hand interacting with digital tax symbols and document icons in a global financial context. (iStock by Getty Images)

Finance Ministry eyes new taxes as AI threatens jobs and state revenues

By Sharon Wrobel

A plane takes off as a flydubai aircraft sits on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 30, 2026. (AP)

Dubai repatriation flights nixed after UAE pulls landing permit for Israeli carriers

By Sharon Wrobel

Arkia, Israir and El Al flights canceled day before repatriation flights were set to be completed, affecting an estimated 1,000 Israelis in wake of attempted flydubai terror attack

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

Saudi Arabia launching its own air safety probe into flydubai attack, sources say

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Family members and visitors gather at the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on the morning of October 7, 2026, three years after hundreds of people were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the site during the October 7 massacre. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A place ‘soaked with their dances, music and blood’: Nova victims remembered at scene of massacre

By Jessica Steinberg

Memorial event begins at 6:29 p.m., echoing morning hour when party was attacked by Hamas terrorists; President Herzog: ‘We will dance again, we will live again’

Members of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee observe a minute of silence in memory of those murdered in the October 7, 2023 massacre, during a committee hearing, October 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

MK Rothman pushes to indict Oct. 7 perpetrators next year, but process faces delays

By Jeremy Sharon

An aerial picture from October 10, 2023, shows the abandoned site of the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im, where some 360 people were killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Man jailed for 7 years for stealing equipment of slain soundman from Nova festival site

By Noam Lehmann

Idit Etinger of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, outside her temporary home in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, October 5, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'Nobody who has returned regrets it'

On the Gaza border, third anniversary of October 7 revives traumas of war and terror

With 90% of evacuated southern residents back home, they describe relying on strong communal ties amid continuing uncertainty and pain

Inside story

West Bank olive harvest, an annual flashpoint, presses ahead amid obstacles and violence

In recent years, Palestinians have reported being prevented from harvesting their olives, which causes them severe economic harm; this year, attacks have already been reported

A woman from the Palestinian Bedouin Kaabneh family swings under an olive tree as Israeli settlers move outside her house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, October 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian security officer Ali al-Bazari at Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, after he was killed in a clash in the village of Burqa on October 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Palestinians say man killed as settlers raid West Bank village accompanied by IDF

By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, Jeremy Sharon, AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A man is seen in handcuffs after an arrest operation (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

East Jerusalem student charged with plotting terror attacks in revenge for parking tickets

By Noam Lehmann

More Headlines

MK Ofer Cassif at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, October 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hadash MK Cassif convicted of assaulting police officer during 2022 West Bank clash

By Jeremy Sharon

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Visiting Greece, Rubio says Western civilization is ‘at an inflection point’

By Leon Bruneau

Anti-Israel protesters in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US religion professor charged with posting anonymous antisemitic threats online

People gather next to a giant portrait of Hezbollah’s slain former chief Hassan Nasrallah at the Tahrir Square in Baghdad on September 26, 2026, to mark the second anniversary of his killing in a major strike by Israel on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Lebanon. (Murtadha RIDHA/AFP)

Hezbollah got $200 million from Iran to help displaced Lebanese, sources say

By Agencies, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sings in the Church of S. Saviour in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 13, 2011. (Alessio Romenzi/AFP)

Anti-Israel groups urge boycott of Andrea Bocelli’s Jordan concert; he played Tel Aviv in 2022

By AFP

Naomi Ragen (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Chicago Jewish theater drops Israeli writer’s play over creatives’ opposition

By Lianne Kolirin

Houthi supporters carry their rifles while attending an armed tribal rally in Sanaa, Yemen, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Three killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports as fighting in Yemen escalates

Senior general-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing inspects a parade marking Myanmar’s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

US opens direct talks with Myanmar, reversing years of isolation amid deadly civil war

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