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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Knesset speaker Amir Ohana in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-defense minister Ya'alon calls for cooperation with Ra'am

Opposition parties said planning to quickly replace Knesset Speaker Ohana

Anti-Netanyahu parties said holding talks on matter, though Liberman may be reluctant to ally with Arab MKs; goal would then be to establish a state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7, 2023, failures

‘Majority voted for change’: Rallies to be held Saturday calling for Jewish-Arab government

Protests planned for Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba, Haifa, Tayibe; organizers: ‘Arab votes are worth the same as Jewish votes, Arab citizens must be full partners in shaping the country’s future’

Israeli activists demonstrate outside the home of Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot in Herzliya, calling on him to form an alternative government with the support of Arab parties, two days after the election, October 29, 2026. The sign reads: 'A government with Arabs will save the country' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Supporters of Israeli lawmaker Mansour Abbas’s Raam party applaud and wave party flags after the release of the first exit poll results in Israel’s general election, in Sakhnin, Israel, October 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Frustration and fear fueled record Arab turnout, making potential kingmakers of Ra’am, Joint List

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Demonstrators chant slogans as one holds a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-government gathering in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US to Gulf allies: Iran strikes could begin Nov. 4 - report

Khamenei said to order military response without ‘geographic limits’ if US, Israel attacks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Supreme leader, still not seen in public, reportedly tells Iran’s army to target Israeli and US ‘tangible and intangible assets’ if war resumes; Arab diplomat ‘extremely worried’ renewed war would be more destructive

Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media and public relations wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, October 30, 2026. (Salahuddin/Reuters)

After talks in Tehran, Pakistan military ‘cautiously optimistic’ on US-Iran mediation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Supporters of Yemen’s Houthi rebels shout slogans during a rally in support of the group, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Saudi Arabia says at least 2 suspected Houthi drones shot down over kingdom

By AFP and ToI Staff

Left: 'Pink and Blue' painting (1881) of Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d’Anvers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (History and Art Collection/Alamy). Right: 'Little Irène' painting (1880) of Irène Cahen d’Anvers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (incamerastock/Alamy)

Interview'How does this beautiful childhood end in Auschwitz?'

How France betrayed the little Jewish girls in white dresses immortalized by Renoir

By Renee Ghert-Zand

New book ‘The Renoir Girls’ chronicles how the gilded existence of wealthy Belle Époque Parisian Jews ultimately ended in dark tragedy due to historical, ongoing antisemitism

Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran on June 4, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

Live updates

Oct. 31: Senior Iranian official says no nuclear talks or reopening of Hormuz until US accepts Iran’s demands

Citing Vance letter, top Iran security official says US ‘tone has completely changed’ * Phuket rally calls to shutter Chabad operations in Thailand, crack down on foreign investors *

9:46 pm

FBI blames North Korea for theft of $6 billion from Binance
9:30 pm

Phuket rally calls to shutter Chabad operations in Thailand, crack down on foreign investors
8:40 pm

Right-wing protesters rail at Arab parties during Tel Aviv rally against 'stolen' election

Natalie Livingstone

At Nuremberg, women helped deliver justice. Men got the credit

They stood up to Nazi leaders, documented the Holocaust and helped secure convictions. Then history largely wrote them out of the story of the Nuremberg tribunal

Sitting by the open tent flap

Abraham didn’t wait for someone else to welcome the travelers. Neither can we, especially in places where one warm handshake makes the difference between belonging and isolation

Analysis

Political deadlock in Israel prolongs its financial suffocation of Palestinian Authority

Failure by Netanyahu’s coalition to secure majority offers PA some respite, but improbability of alternative governing options could keep ministers seeking Ramallah’s collapse in power indefinitely

Palestinians transport bags of semolina past a military gate closed to vehicles during an Israeli army operation in Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026, a day after two IDF soldiers were killed by Palestinian gunmen in the area. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Mossad said to join probe of alleged foreign influence at Shin Bet’s request

Reports say arrests of Ra’am activists for alleged voter bribery followed complaint that PM’s chief of staff relayed directly to police chief; TV network claims cops searched the trio’s homes without warrants

Illustrative: An Arab Israeli woman casts her ballot in the general election at a polling station in Umm al-Fahm, October 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the Likud party’s election headquarters in Jerusalem, early October 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

As Netanyahu cries foul, election officials dismiss claim that vote was ‘stolen’

By Deborah Danan

Report: Shin Bet letting Hamas operatives choose to be killed alone or with their families

By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian

IDF identifies at least six members of terror group it killed in airstrikes this week, including a commander involved in holding numerous hostages in the Strip after Oct. 7 attack

People search the rubble of a collapsed building following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 9, 2026, before which the Israeli military had warned residents to evacuate the area. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

A screenshot of an undated Hamas video aired by Al Jazeera on October 30, 2026, shows the commanders of the terror group's military wing in an underground tunnel below the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot of Hamas video broadcast by Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera airs unseen Hamas videos of top commanders, all since killed

By Emanuel Fabian

Clips show Mohammed Deif in tunnels and plotting attacks, alongside Haniyeh, Sinwar and other leaders in the terror group

Hasan Piker compares Michigan Jewish voters to Ku Klux Klan ahead of El-Sayed Senate vote

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Anti-Zionist streamer says ‘The supremacist attitude underlying in their worldview is identical’; local leader blasts ‘insane, unhinged, repugnant rhetoric’

Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has been accused by several leading Jewish figures of promoting antisemitism, speaks to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about his views, April 21, 2026. (Screenshot via JTA)

Left: US Sen. Jon Ossoff, Georgia Democrat, speaks to the panel during an Atlanta Press Club general election senatorial debate, October 13, 2026, in Atlanta; Right: US Rep. Mike Collins, a Georgia Republican, speaks during an Atlanta Press Club general election senatorial debate, October 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Ossoff vs. Collins: The choices facing Jewish voters in the Georgia Senate race

By Joseph Strauss

American Psychological Association brushed off antisemitism complaints — US House report

Congressional report exposes internal emails from leading psychologists’ group showing leadership mocked Jewish concerns, consulted with anti-Zionists about October 7 response

Protesters demand world leaders take action against antisemitism outside the United Nations in New York City, September 23, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Anti-Israel graffiti at the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, part of an alleged campaign targeting businesses connected to the University of Michigan. (AP/Corey Williams)

Four more activists charged with threats to U of Michigan officials over Israel ties

By AP and ToI Staff

1982's 'Tootsie' is the featured film on this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘Tootsie’: Does the 1982 gender-bender hold up?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor take a 2026 look at the classic tale of an out of work actor who masquerades as a woman to bring home some bacon

Circus artists take part in a new show marking the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death in Budapest, Hungary, October 30, 2026. (Marton Monus/Reuters)

Off the chain

A century after his death, Budapest circus revives Houdini’s daring escapes

Production recreates some of the most famous feats of the escapologist, who was born Erik Weisz into a Hungarian Jewish family in 1874

Police officers stand on alert as protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland’s Constitutional Court in Warsaw after police blocked access to the building on October 30, 2026. (Wojtek RADWANSKI/AFP)

Poland suspends chief justice of constitutional court, sparking protests

By AFP and Reuters

Government escalates standoff with nationalist right; right-wing president turns plane around en route to Senegal, forces his way into court building

Israel’s Adam Edelman, left, and Menachem Chen celebrate at the end of a two man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, February 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Panel finds Swiss TV commentary on Israel’s Olympic bobsleigh team was ‘discriminatory’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Authority says it upheld complaints about call on public broadcaster for Adam Edelman to be excluded over his Gaza war comments; says commentary ‘appeared to have been prepared in advance’

More Headlines

OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after their talks in Moscow, Russia, on March 11, 2025. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey throws name of former FM, envoy to Israel into the race for next UN chief

By AP and ToI Staff

Patriot missile launchers acquired from the US are seen deployed in Warsaw, Poland, on February 6, 2023. (Michal Dyjuk/AP)

US approves proposed $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot interceptors to Ukraine

A man stands in front of a barricaded shop of the soccer team Paris Saint-Germain before protests in Paris, France, October 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France braces for fresh unrest amid protests, as officials vow tough response to rioting

Members of Hezbollah’s al-Mahdi Scouts hold portraits of Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor, Hashem Safieddine, during a gathering marking the second anniversary of their killings in Israeli airstrikes, in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, October 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese military court charges 13 over Hezbollah explosives truck

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