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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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Blue and White chair Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan at which he formally confirmed his withdrawal from Israel’s upcoming election, October 19, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

LIVE: Eisenkot vows not to serve in a Netanyahu government, even under rotation deal

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Israel to deport 4 activists detained after participating in Palestinian olive harvest; over 70 others freed, including US congressional candidate Lander * Ofer Winter, Charedi Public party both publicly reject pressure by PM and his allies to quit election race

8:22 pm

State Department orders non-essential US embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia
7:54 pm

Vance says he's done endorsing foreign candidates, standing by decision not to join Trump in backing Netanyahu
7:34 pm

Interception debris kills two foreigners in Saudi Arabia

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)

Iran threatens to 'eradicate' Israel if it makes wrong move

Netanyahu planned attack on Iran earlier this month, but Trump opposed it – report

Financial Times cites sources as saying strikes would have been ‘more intense’ than in February, ‘not unreasonable’ for war to resume after US and Israeli elections

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 21 – Is Netanyahu gearing up to strike Iran?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Iran security chief rejects moving enriched uranium abroad, as Netanyahu vows to topple regime

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israelis protest the judicial overhaul in New York City's Times Square as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the city to meet with world leaders at the UN's General Assembly, September 19, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Inside story'This election is the most consequential in Israeli history'

Israelis flying from US to vote are leaning on a network built during judicial overhaul protests

Prewar attempts to reform the judiciary led to an unprecedented Israeli-led protest movement in US, which pivoted to hostage advocacy after Oct. 7. Now it is pushing some 50,000 expats to fly in and vote

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Op-ed: 6 days to election

For Israel’s sake, Netanyahu has to go

He failed us on October 7, and every day since by refusing to answer for it. He clung to power, and now promises the same shameful coalition, with the same divisive and dangerous policies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center, with back to camera) campaigns in the northern city of Haifa ahead of the upcoming election, October 14, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

Buq'ata mayor William Abu Awad, left, and Salman Owida, Director General of Buq'ata on October 12, 2026. (Courtesy/Saleh Farhat)

Reporter's notebook'It all changed after the massacre of Druze in Syria'

In historic first, some Golan Druze, now new citizens, plan to vote in national election

By Diana Bletter

As taboos against naturalization and voting ebb, Buq’ata Mayor William Abu Awad expects many locals to back Benjamin Netanyahu, out of gratitude for Israel’s aiding their Syrian brethren

Turnout among Israel’s Arab voters could make or break hopes to unseat Netanyahu

By Reuters and ToI Staff

IDF soldiers vote at a mobile voting booth for Israel's national elections aboard a missile boat off the coast of Eilat in southern Israel, October 21, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli soldiers cast election ballots at bases, outposts and beyond borders

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF opens some 850 polling stations, including mobile sites in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, as October 27 election day approaches

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course at a base in southern Israel, June 25, 2026. (Flash90)

IDF seeks clarification on electioneering ahead of Netanyahu speech to new officers

Ofer Winter (left) at the launch of his People of Israel party, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to vote at the Likud primary in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Smotrich meet Winter’s rabbi to pressure him to quit race; he refuses

By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton

Yemen Blues performing at the 2025 Showcase Music Festival at Teder TLV, an outdoor venue in south Tel Aviv (Courtesy)

'If last year there was some understanding, now it's over'

Global industry professionals spurn major Israeli music showcase amid cultural boycott

By Jessica Steinberg

Upcoming festival seeks to bring local talent to the attention of international scouts, but funding cuts and hostile attitudes to Jewish state have it starting on a sour note

Dustin Hoffman (left) joins Israeli singer Ester Rada for Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikvah,” at a special evening of solidarity with Israel at UCLA in Los Angeles, October 21, 2026. (Screenshot/
@erevtov2/Israelim via X)

Hollywood stars gather at UCLA for celebration of Jewish ties to Israel

Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and others join sold-out ‘Letters, Light and Love’ event; former hostage Eliya Cohen and wife Ziv Aboud receive standing ovation

France is burning and immigrants are being blamed. I’ve seen this before

I saw looters ransack Paris shops 8 years ago. Now, amid fresh riots and claims of antisemitism, the rush to judgment feels familiar

Yehuda L. Oppenheimer

Fear is silencing the Charedi Public’s attempts at discussion

I’m running for Knesset and want to explain my passion for the new Haredi party, but it’s inviting threats. That’s coercion, not the Torah’s model of dispute

Macron blasts ‘stupid comments from foreign leaders’

Netanyahu blames French unrest on ‘invasion of extremist Islam’; France set to deploy troops

By Agencies and ToI Staff

As relative calm returns amid targeted curfews, PM claims he told Macron after Oct. 7 that ‘if we don’t eliminate them here, you will have them in Paris,’ adding, ‘and that is exactly what is happening’

A protester waves a Palestinian flag as he gathers with others to demonstrate against the “high cost of living,” in Paris on October 17, 2026, amid nationwide unrest in France. (Kiran Ridley/AFP)

Netanyahu, other officials summoned to testify in state inquiry over submarine affair

By Jeremy Sharon

Former Mossad head Yossi Cohen, ex-defense chief Moshe Yaalon among those summoned under warning; IDF chief Zamir, ex-president Rivlin also to give testimony, but not as suspects

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exits a submarine during a visit to the military port of Haifa on November 17, 2009. (GPO)

Former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit testifies in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, October 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Mandelblit says he doesn’t remember if he cautioned Netanyahu on bribery charge

By Jeremy Sharon

A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)

Israel bars United pilot from its airspace over alleged support for Iran, Hezbollah

Move is largely symbolic, as the pilot is not qualified to fly the route; letter obtained by Channel 12 says security review followed unverified social media claims

Illustrative: Airplanes are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on August 24, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Arkia joins Israir in halting Marrakech ticket sales as new Israeli security rules loom

By Sharon Wrobel

IDF says strike killed final Hamas member who took part in kidnapping Shani Louk

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Army and Shin Bet also announce targeting of senior operative in terror group’s general security apparatus, who along with his wife was among seven Gazans reportedly killed Tuesday

This IDF infographic published on October 20, 2026, shows Hamas terrorists driving to the Gaza Strip with the body of Shani Louk on October 7, 2023. (AP/Ali Mahmud; Israel Defense Forces)

Two suspects who allegedly planned a terror attack are seen captured by an elite counterterrorism force on the Route 1 highway near Jerusalem, October 19, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Arrest of 2 terror suspects on highway near Jerusalem said to be based on fake alert

By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian

Floral tributes are placed outside the offices of Australian lawmaker Helen Haines who was critically wounded in a “targeted” attack, in Wangaratta on October 21, 2026. (Martin KEEP/AFP)

Australian politician has both legs amputated after being hit in car ramming attack

By AP and ToI Staff

Federal lawmaker Helen Haines ‘alive and stable,’ husband says; suspect makes first appearance in court; police yet to announce motive, believe it was a targeted attack

Trump criticized for again using term ‘Shylock’ during speech at a rally

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US president says ad portrays GOP senator from Kansas as a ‘Shylock-type guy’; ADL warns against ‘normalizing language that has long been used to target the Jewish community,’ without naming Trump

US President Donald Trump greets Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas at a campaign rally at Heartland Credit Union Arena, October 19, 2026, in Park City, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed, left, appears with Republican nominee for US Senate Mike Rogers during a televised debate at WOOD-TV, on October 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

Michigan Senate race puts Jewish voters at center of Rogers-El-Sayed battle

By Andrew Lapin

Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a campaign event October 14, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan’s El-Sayed insists Israel ‘not an ally’ and ‘not actually our friend’

By Shira Li Bartov

Students at Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, October 20, 2026. (Courtesy of Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee)

New university opens near Israel’s northernmost city, hoping to boost war-battered region

Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, formerly a college, aims to draw more students, faculty and industry to the area, marking culmination of 21-year plan

Police officers guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, after an incident in Fairford, England, September 28, 2026. (Alastair Grant/AP)

UK police rearrest duo suspected of helping Iranian intel over RAF Fairford incident

One suspect previously arrested outside of airbase and another nabbed in London returned to custody; police officer says Tehran’s involvement highly likely

Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann David Wadephul of Germany speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Germany summons Iranian envoy after court convicts spies in plots against Jewish leaders

By Toby Axelrod

Beekeepers re-housing honeybees from traditional hives into the Beehome by Beewise. (Courtesy)

Robotic beehives and cancer-sniffing dogs: Israeli innovations make TIME’s Best Inventions list

By Sharon Wrobel

Also on the 2026 list: An AI engine that flags urgent cases from medical images, and a tool that gets artists royalties when AI uses their work

More Headlines

Footage posted to social media by Jewish volunteer security organization Shomrim showing an assault on Jewish women in Stamford Hill, north London, October 20, 2026. (Screenshot/Shomrim via X)

At least three Jewish women attacked in north London in alleged hate crime

President Isaac Herzog (left) meets Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Budapest on October 20, 2026. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

In Budapest, Herzog meets Hungary’s new PM Magyar, who pledges to visit Israel

By Nava Freiberg and JTA

Residents inspect debris of their homes after a missile strike in Seina, Taiz, Yemen, October 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Marzouq Al Jabri)

Houthis strike besieged city in Yemen that UN warns is at ‘grave risk’

By MARZOUK AL-JABERI and Samy Magdy

From left: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the Fijian embassy in Jerusalem on September 17, 2025. (Rafi Ben Hakoon/GPO)

Israel accepted as Pacific Islands Forum partner, FM says, as ties warm

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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)

Watchdog slams death threats to Croatian journalists who reported on pro-Nazi chants

By AFP

Bagels & Co. in Fresh Meadows, Queens, New York, seen in a Google Street View image. (Screen capture: Google Maps)

NYC man already charged with manslaughter now indicted for hate crime at kosher bagel shop

By ToI Staff and Luke Tress

Senior Rabbi Emily Segal stands for a portrait during a training from Arizona Faith Network for poll chaplains and peacekeepers, October 6, 2026, ahead of the upcoming general midterm election, at Temple Chai in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble)

Multifaith coalition sends ‘poll chaplains’ to voting sites across US for midterms

By DEEPA BHARATH

The stories of Jewish cowboys, or gauchos, like J. Sandler (inset, in a photo take in 1909) are preserved at the Museo Villa Dominguez in Argentina's Entre Ríos province, in an undated photo. (Alicia Segal, courtesy of AMIA; Museo Villa Dominguez)

Museum for Argentine Jewish ranchers stays open despite leadership feud

By Juan Melamed

Supporters of Hezbollah wave flags of the terror group during a ceremony held to mark the second anniversary of the killing of leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike by Israel, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 27, 2026. (Anwar AMRO/AFP)

Lebanese judge summons 2 Hezbollah officials over seized explosives shipment

By AFP

Illustrative: A woman straightens the ribbon on a wreath at the foot of the statue of Ukrainian nationalist leader Roman Shukhevych in the western town of. Bilogorshcha on January 10, 2010. (AFP PHOTO/YURIY DYACHYSHYN)

Edmonton ex-journalist admits to vandalizing monuments of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

By Debby Waldman

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