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What Matters Most On Monday, October 26, 2026

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Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026; Right: IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 10, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition leaders: Netanyahu off the rails; a security threat

In ‘unprecedented confrontation,’ IDF chief said resisting Netanyahu’s order for military action tied to Iran

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Channel 12 says action could lead to conflict with Tehran just before election, Zamir demanded signed documents regarding legal authorization; PM calls report ‘nonsense’

Gadi Eisenkot speaks at a campaign rally in Tel Aviv, October 25, 2026. (Courtesy of Yashar)

Eisenkot warns at campaign rally: Netanyahu will ‘stop at nothing’ to stay in power

By Ariela Karmel, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

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

IDF says discourse 'irrelevant,' army is focused on missions

Netanyahu pushed for Iran strike before election but Trump refused, CNN says

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Network says US president instead signaled there will be joint military action soon; PM’s office denies ‘fake news’; reps from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey in Tehran for talks

Op-ed: Election eve

Netanyahu, desperate, now tells us we’ll all die if we don’t re-elect him

The PM is disseminating Iranian-style propaganda showing Tel Aviv under a mushroom cloud, and reportedly pressing his IDF chief to act ‘relating to Iran’ and potentially trigger a ‘miscalculation’

Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement, October 25, 2026; right: An AI-generated image of a nuclear strike on Tel Aviv, posted on the X account of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 25, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO, X/Benjamin Netanyahu)

An AI-generated image of a nuclear strike on Tel Aviv, posted on the X account of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 25, 2026. (X/Benjamin Netanyahu)

Netanyahu posts AI image of nuke hitting Tel Aviv, warns of ‘2nd Holocaust’ if he’s not elected; Eisenkot: He’s hysterical

By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

Promoted ContentIsrael Democracy Institute

Special post-election briefing: understanding Israel’s election results

IDI and ToI experts will analyze the most consequential election in Israel’s history, explaining who won, who lost, which scenarios lie ahead, and what is at stake for Israel’s future

An election campaign poster featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) alongside US President Donald Trump, reading, "We have an opportunity to win," displayed on the back of a bus in Jerusalem, the general election, October 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Herzog: It won't affect who I task with forming coalition

‘We have to finish the job’: Trump doubles down on Netanyahu support after PM’s reported request

Re-endorsement comes hours after Netanyahu shares post with AI image of nuclear blast in Tel Aviv, warning that only he can lead a war against Iran with the US president

US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman speaks in Beverly Hills, California, on May 4, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)

Billionaire Trump donor Bill Ackman says far-right ministers should not be in next gov’t

By Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 26: Mossad chief said sparring with aides for backing Iran strike plan pushed by PM

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Mossad chief said sparring with aides over his support for plan backed by PM to strike Iran before election * Report: IDF chief tells Netanyahu there’s no justification for keeping Palestinians from their homes, but PM orders Hebron op to continue

9:30 pm

Syria says Jordan did not coordinate before strikes
9:18 pm

Columbia defends Mahmoud Khalil event, after vowing 'zero tolerance' for his protest group
8:53 pm

Syria says five civilians killed in Jordanian strikes

Election campaign posters are seen along a highway in Tel Aviv, ahead of the national election, October 25, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Police chief vows to deploy ‘full strength’ to protect integrity of election

By Noam Lehmann, Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton

In statement ahead of vote, Daniel Levy doesn’t mention controversial sit-down with Netanyahu and Ben Gvir; 7.3 million Israelis eligible to vote at 18,000 ballot boxes, says CEC

Arab Israelis cast their vote at a voting station in Tayibe, during the Knesset elections, on November 1, 2022. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90/ File)

Civil rights groups increasing efforts to ensure election integrity ahead of vote

By Jeremy Sharon

Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 26: Legal groups brace for right-wing interference at Arab polls

By Jessica Steinberg and Jeremy Sharon

Analysis

Netanyahu’s crypto bet signals a dangerous readiness to accept economic isolation

Instead of working to avert bank sanctions, PM proposes a bypass that risks rattling investors, sparking capital flight, and imperiling the high-tech sector the economy relies on

A composite image shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cryptocurrency symbols (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Russian former chess world champion and Chairman of Renew Democracy Initiative Garry Kasparov attends the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland on October 12, 2026. (Wojtek RADWANSKI/AFP)

Interview‘As long as Bibi stays, Israel will be a pariah’

Kasparov hopes Netanyahu’s days are numbered, urges Russian-Israelis to vote him out

By Ksenia Svetlova

Chess legend and Putin critic says Russia’s propaganda machine is backing the PM, predicts a new government without him, urges Israel to side with Ukraine against a shared enemy

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Four secular teens, a Haredi family, and a place at the table

The disagreements over religion and military service didn’t disappear, but for one holiday meal, they simply mattered less

Not just a vote against: What a Zionist government must stand for

Five priorities for a Zionist government that aims beyond correcting this coalition’s failures to securing Israel’s long-term future

Israeli soldiers close a gate to vehicles during an army operation in Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026, a day after a Palestinian shooting attack in the area. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

IDF to impose lockdown on West Bank during Israel’s election

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Military bars Palestinians workers from entering settlements this week; Palestinian home taken over by settlers set on fire as troops remove ‘Israeli rioters’ from village

Mourners carry the body of one of three Palestinians during their funeral at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 25, 2026, after they were killed in an Israeli strike on the Islamic University building. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

Three reported killed in IDF strike targeting Hamas terrorist at Gaza university

By Emanuel Fabian

Dr. Nechumi Yaffe, left, a candidate for the Charedi Public party, speaks during a campaign rally at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, October 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

'A party supporting Haredi integration can't overlook women'

Haredi women activists hope for new era of influence with landmark Knesset run

Earning two spots on maverick Charedi Public party’s slate wasn’t easy, but for these crusaders pushing for a brighter future, political representation is just a means to an end

Opposition rages at ‘corruption’ as PM filmed convincing small Haredi party to drop out of race

PM said to secretly meet ex-Mossad official working for Qatar at height of Gaza war

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Netanyahu, who was reportedly asked to rein in ministers criticizing Qatar, said to be refusing further police questioning in Qatargate affair; Urich was reportedly paid NIS 1.9 million in 2024 for Qatar influence campaign

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024. (Jack Guez/Pool Photo via AP)

In upset, Brazil’s anti-Israel incumbent Lula defeats Flavio Bolsonaro in presidential runoff

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Leftist leader defies predictions to secure unprecedented fourth term, as rival son of jailed former president alleges voting irregularities, seeks to annul vote

Brazilian lawmaker Andre Janones embraces President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he delivers a victory speech after winning a fourth term in the presidential runoff in Brazil, October 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A defaced poster of Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), lies on the pavement outside the National Assembly, after he conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, October 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Serbia’s Vucic concedes election defeat in historic win for student protest movement

By Ivana Sekularac, Edward McAllister and Aleksandar Vasovic

Analysis

Israel’s global image is in free fall. Why isn’t it a bigger issue in the election?

As hostility toward Israel grows over Gaza war and settler violence, many voters believe problem is beyond their control, accept Netanyahu’s argument issue rooted in antisemitism

Protesters against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war in Gaza walk towards the United Nations in midtown Manhattan, New York, on September 24, 2026. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via JTA)

Campaigners for Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, prepare signs before his arrival in London on September 12, 2026. (Toby Shepheard/ AFP)

Top UK Jewish group declares Green Party racist after it rules Zionism is racism

Board of Deputies of British Jews passes motion 118-1, and will now consider any party cooperating with the Greens as failing to take antisemitism seriously

A view of Greenwich, Connecticut (CC BY-SA Quintin Soloviev/Wikimedia Commons)

CAIR Connecticut urges Greenwich schools to stop using Jewish camp over its Israel ties

By Toby Axelrod

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at McMorran Place Arena in Port Huron, Michigan, October 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Trump says Jews who vote for Michigan’s El-Sayed should be ‘ashamed of themselves’

By ToI Staff and Reuters

US president likens Democratic Senate nominee to 9/11 hijacker, says voting against him is comparable to actions of Michigan native Todd Beamer, who fought back on Flight 93

Oscar Levis, known early in his career as “Chick Levy,” and later as “Oscal,” was celebrated as the premier pitcher in Panama before joining the Cuban Stars and Hilldale Daisies in the Negro Leagues. (Courtesy of Zachary Kranc, via JTA)

Oscar Levis was a Negro Leagues star — and Jewish. Jewish baseball forgot him

By Zachary Kranc

Jamaican-born pitcher starred in Black baseball in the 1920s; family records and contemporary reports trace his Jewish roots to a Sephardic father

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A national service volunteer (left) helps a resident of Perach Village for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in central Rosh Ha'ayin to practice voting in an accessible voting booth within the facility. (Perach Israel)

Mastering the meaning of a ballot at a village for adults with disabilities

Ex-Supreme Court president Asher Grunis seen in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Chair of inquiry commission into submarine affair steps down for health reasons

By Jeremy Sharon

Relatives mourn as they hold a framed portrait of a victim killed in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral ceremony in Karak, Jordan, October 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan arrests three suspects over deadly shooting attack on church

Anti-migrant activist Sheffi Paz, surrounded by supporters, arrives to enter the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramle to serve a 45-day sentence after being convicted of vandalism, November 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Activist Sheffi Paz, who fought presence of migrants in south Tel Aviv, dies at 74

In this image made from video, Tony Hout is examined by Dr. Hussein Tawbi at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, on October 19, 2026. (AP/Lekan Oyekanmi)

New vaccine slashes chance of melanoma patients’ tumors returning, study shows

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

People eat at a restaurant in downtown Beirut on August 2, 2024. (JOSEPH EID/ AFP/ File)

Beirut’s pricey chicken sandwich sparks discourse over disparity in Lebanon

By Nazih Osseiran, Raghed Waked and Emilie Madi

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