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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Screenshot from video of diplomats attacked by settler extremists in the Taybeh area of the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Amit Orfali via X/@AmitOrfali)

European diplomats attacked amid settler raids on West Bank olive harvest

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Images show diplomat on the ground, damage to vehicle; IDF condemns ‘severe’ attack, says diplomatic delegation didn’t coordinate Taybeh visit as police launch probe; settlers said to kill around 20 sheep in Palestinian village

B'Yachad party member Yair Lapid speaks at the “Law and Lies” conference on October 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 17: Lapid says he doesn’t trust Netanyahu not to launch Iran strike that could disrupt election

Pro-Netanyahu pundit calls Eisenkot a ‘monkey,’ in apparent racist jab; Yashar compares comment to infamous 1981 ‘chah’chahim’ speech * Saudi Arabia says four drones shot down, including over Riyadh, amid fighting with Houthis

8:34 pm

Lebanon says military delegation will press for halt to Israeli attacks at US talks
8:20 pm

Huckabee casts attack on WaPo photographer 'despicable act of terror,' says perpetrators should spend years in jail
8:05 pm

Lebanon's Aoun asks visiting French FM for help preventing security vacuum in south after UNIFIL pullout

Pro-Israel supporters attend the Republican convention in Dallas on September 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

America’s politically divided Jewish community braces for Israel’s elections

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO

Some hope a change of government in Israel could help stem the tide of rising anti-Israel sentiment in the US, but most fear it would have very little effect on surging antisemitism

Protestors stand outside the New York Young Republican Club's 113th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on December 13, 2025, in New York City. (Adam Gray / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Jewish Dems launch ad blitz blasting Young Republicans who praised Hitler

By Sharon Udasin

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

GOP incumbent and Democratic challenger vie for Jewish vote in New York House race

Right-wing group sets up settlement near Gaza, demands government move it into Strip

Over 700 people said to set up ‘Pioneers of Gaza’ in forest overlooking north Gaza; government minister among those at ‘temporary’ encampment

People build a structure at the 'Pioneers of Gaza' settlement point in the Simhoni Forest in southern Israel, on the Strip's border, in a video published by the Nachala settlement movement on October 16, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Nachala)

Mourners perform funeral prayers for two Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike targeting a vehicle, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

IDF says 2 Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 killed in separate Gaza strikes

By Emanuel Fabian

Sarah Helm (YouTube screenshot)

UK cops looking into post supporting Palestine Action by wife of Burnham’s top security aide

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Liberman is risking another election to secure his right-wing political future

The Yisrael Beytenu chairman has ruled out a minority coalition dependent on Arab parties. He is banking on Likud defectors, but is actually erecting a roadblock for the center-left

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rabbi Dov Lior attends a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hardline rabbi: Jews can take Palestinian olives to ‘demonstrate our ownership of the land’

Dov Lior rules that eating the olives ‘fulfills the commandment to conquer the land’; moderate rabbinic group slams decision, says ‘theft is forbidden from anyone, Jew or non-Jew’

President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Baku, October 16, 2026. (Isaac Herzog via X)

Chinese FM tells Herzog that Israel should stop ‘forced establishment’ of settlements

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, June 2025. (Ariel Harmoni / Defense Ministry)

Italy names Israeli defense minister, IDF chief, others in probe of flotilla activists’ treatment

By Marco Roberti and Crispian Balmer

Israeli Ambassador to Zambia Ofra Farhi casts her ballot at the Israeli Embassy in Lusaka, during early voting for Israel’s 26th Knesset elections, October 15, 2026. (Foreign Ministry)

Israeli emissaries abroad end voting, with turnout 17 percentage points higher than 2022

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

86.7% of eligible voters, or 4,218 people, cast ballots at 101 polling stations in 99 embassies and consulates, ahead of October 27 election

'Saudis very happy to have Israel's support and our support'

Trump says Israel has ‘been very helpful to Saudi Arabia’ amid fight against Houthis

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US president also claims normalization between Jerusalem and Riyadh could be back on the table, ‘maybe more than ever’

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, October 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

People wave the flags of Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah at a pro-regime rally in Tehran, Iran, on October 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

CENTCOM chief cites reports Iran’s proxies holding back salaries to send money to IRGC

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An Undated handout photo originally issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland, who has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court to 20 years' detention for traveling to England to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH via Reuters Connect)

Norwegian teen sentenced to 20 years for plotting UK murder tied to Iran-linked gang

By AP and Reuters

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video message issued on October 16, 2026. (Screenshot/PMO)

‘This is our homeland’: Netanyahu slams Obama for saying Israel ‘took land off people’

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Obama criticized Jerusalem during speaking engagement in Belfast arena drawing 7,000 spectators, saying it ‘ceded moral ground’ in Middle East conflict

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

My son’s backpack was shot and that wasn’t even the craziest part of the story

What are the odds that a missing schoolbag, a police operation, and an entirely unnecessary decorative giraffe would land me in that exact checkout line?

The Nobel Peace Prize offensive

Navi Pillay has been awarded the world’s most prestigious peacemaking honor not for advancing peace, but for advancing the accusation of Israeli genocide

Book now for Sunday's event in Jerusalem

ToI Presents: What’s at stake in this election?

Join us IN PERSON in Jerusalem on Sunday as David Horovitz hosts Dr. Tal Becker, the legal and policy expert who memorably stood up in The Hague to debunk the allegation that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza

Reporter's notebook

Ben Gvir’s visit to Ramle market sparks joy and outrage in mixed Arab-Jewish city

Far-right minister’s conduct draws condemnation abroad but appears to be winning votes at home, with polls showing him gaining support where Netanyahu and Smotrich are losing it

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, center, tours the market in Ramle on October 14, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)

A mikveh discovered in 2003 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. (Courtesy/Dr. Celia Bergoffen)

Only 3 baths were excavated in the densely populated city

Buried, forgotten, demolished: Archaeologist searches for New York City’s lost mikvehs

Miriam Entin, a PhD candidate at CUNY, scours historical records to locate ritual baths from immigrant heyday, hoping to shine light on Jewish history and allow for future digs

(L-R) Michigan Israel Business Accelerator CEO Mark Davidoff, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Elad Strohmayer, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator Board Chair Howard Handler, and Israel's attaché to the US Chaim Martin pose at the first US-Israel Innovation Exchange Summit in Detroit, Michigan, on October 14, 2026. (Ryan Southen Photography via JTA)

Detroit summit boosts Israeli business in face of pro-Palestinian wave

By Andrew Lapin

Michigan Israel Business Accelerator drew fire ahead of the Innovation Exchange Summit at Huntington Bank HQ, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib demanding state end funding for group

A protester kicks a projectile as he stands among tear gas in front of Lyon’s tourism office during a demonstration to protest against the “high cost of living,” in Lyon, southeastern France, on October 17, 2026. (Jeff PACHOUD/AFP)

More than 160 people arrrested

Police, demonstrators clash as mass cost-of-living demonstrations rock France

By AFP

Police use tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades against protesters who shot fireworks at officers, broke into the Marseille town hall and set buildings on fire

Torcida, Hajduk Split supporters set off pyrotechnic fires during the UEFA Conference League 2026/27 League Phase MD1 match between HNK Hajduk Split and AFC Ajax at Stadion Poljud on October 15, 2026 in Split, Croatia. (Photo: Ivana Ivanovic/PIXSELL/Sipa USA)

‘Crush the Jews’: Croatia leaders, Israel embassy slam pro-Nazi chants ahead of soccer match

By AFP

The 1960 Billy Wilder film 'The Apartment' is featured on this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘The Apartment’: Why this 1960 film about adultery is a comedy icon today

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor agree to disagree about the Billy Wilder film that had Chris Rock raving in a recent interview

Interview

A top economist sees Israel’s fiscal future on the ballot as costs of war, division mount

Ahead of election, former central bank deputy governor Zvi Eckstein says outgoing government’s decisions have impacted country’s growth, with economy at risk unless changes are made

Prof. Zvi Eckstein, head of the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University and former deputy governor of the Bank of Israel. (Oren Shalev)

Rabbi Rebecca Carrillo lights candles at ILUMINA, Jewtina y Co.'s annual Hanukkah event, in Los Angeles, December 2024. (Cinthiya Silverstein via JTA)

‘Jewtina’: Latin Jews seek community in places where they feel unwelcome

By Alan Grabinsky

Analucía Lopezrevoredo says she founded Los Angeles-based social organization Jewtina y Co to answer her longtime question: ‘Where do people like me get to be whole?’

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Illustrative: Competitors sit at their tables during the first round of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025 at the Sports and Events Complex at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, on December 27, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS/AFP)

Israeli chess players say they’ve been barred from world championship in Malaysia

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, second left, and Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, center, review an honor guard at the Government Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, October 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Qatar pledges to help fund the reconstruction of southern Lebanon

By AP, Reuters and AFP

This picture, released by Vatican Media on October 16, 2026, shows Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, left, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he is recovering after having cancer removed from his right lung. (Vatican Media via AP)

Vatican says Pope Leo to be released from the hospital after lung cancer surgery

By Colleen Barry

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, October 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

White House says Press Secretary Katie Zacharia ‘let go’ from role after 5 days

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jasper Ward and Nandita Bose

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