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Among the saviors of a flydubai airliner after a September 30, 2026, attack by its copilot: L-R top row: Captain Smit Machchhar (Danny Danon via X), Asaf Rajuan (Jack GUEZ/AFP); L-R bottom row: Yaniv Hayun (AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum), Tzvika Manes. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
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'Life is stronger than everything, we decided to fight for it'
Hailing pilot and three Israeli heroes, passengers say midair ‘miracles’ thwarted alleged attempt to crash plane
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Sharon Wrobel and Nava Freiberg
Indian flydubai pilot saluted for using ‘last moments of his energy’ to click open cockpit door so knife-wielding copilot could be subdued by Israelis, one of whom says he knew how to stabilize plane from watching TV show about air crashes
A passenger is seen with a bloodied shirt aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026 (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Copilot subdued after stabbing pilot in alleged attempt to crash plane full of Israelis
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Passengers at the arrival hall in the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on May 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 7, 2026, 2:00 am
Likud inks compromise with Israeli expat voter effort; 53,000 said planning to fly in for election
Under the agreement, Likud agrees to withdraw petition, while AID Coalition, which advertised six flights for Election Day, will not subsidize costs or organize more planes
By ToI Staff
Actor Guy Kapulnik attends the Sloan Cocktails For War Games event during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, on April 28, 2012, in New York City. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images/AFP)
September 30, 2026, 8:11 am
Guy Kapulnik, Israeli actor and pilot, dies in light plane crash in California
A graduate of the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Jerusalem, Kapulnik appeared in films including ‘Room 514’ and ‘Lebanon’; was also a flight instructor in LA
By ToI Staff
Israeli ambassador to Thailand Alona Fisher-Kamm gestures during an interview with AFP at the Embassy of Israel in Bangkok on September 15, 2026. (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP)
September 15, 2026, 4:17 pm
Ambassador to Thailand plays down anti-Israeli protests, but urges cautionary action
Alona Fisher-Kamm says antisemitism is not part of Thai mindset, but there are cultural differences that need to be addressed to prevent tourists causing offense
By Sebastien duval
Kevin Dimon, the French national to be deported by Thailand after banning Israelis from his zoo. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2026, 4:47 pm
Thailand to deport French zoo owner who barred Israelis, and an Israeli said to threaten him
Bangkok says Kevin Dimino, co-owner of Samui Exotic Park, engaged in threatening, harassing and physically abusive behavior; Israeli national given a suspended jail term
By AFP
Police guard the scene of a deadly terror attack carried out a day earlier at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
September 6, 2026, 5:00 pm
Israel warns of heightened terror threat to Israelis, Jews abroad ahead of holiday period
National Security Council says Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and global jihad groups are stepping up efforts; 25 Israelis and Jews killed in attacks overseas since war began; October 7 anniversary raises risk
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Dual Israeli-US citizen Ilana Mittman did not know that she was stripped of her right to vote, at an Israeli consulate abroad in 1986. (Courtesy of Mittman via JTA)
August 29, 2026, 1:50 am
‘My blood is boiling’: Israeli expats gear up to sue for voting rights in Oct. 27 election 
Some 120 citizens abroad challenge removal from voter registry without their knowledge, seek to take case to High Court
By Natasha Mozgovaya
A member of the security forces and his sniffer dog search for survivors following flash floods at Trishuli in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. (Prakash MATHEMA/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 6:10 pm
Nepal flood death toll rises to 362 as rescuers dig through mud for more than 1,400 missing
Foreign Ministry says it’s providing assistance in search for Israeli man among the missing, is in contact with his family; survivors describe towns completely wiped out as rescuers race against fresh flood risk
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ballots are counted at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:22 am
Likud threatens legal action against initiative to bring Israelis abroad back to vote
Netanyahu’s party claims organization is operating illegally and in contradiction to party financing laws; AID Coalition responds that is non-partisan, not providing funding
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hebrew and English signs on Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand, August 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 14, 2026, 1:45 pm
Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad
Emigrees cite political drift rightward, social stagnation, ‘endless and pointless wars’ as they depart Jewish state in droves; experts increasingly concerned about ‘brain drain’
By Deborah Danan
Protesters hold up banners, flags and placards during an anti-Israel demonstration in London, February 3, 2024 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
August 12, 2026, 4:30 pm
Israelis second only to Russians among least wanted immigrants to UK, poll finds
Almost half of Britons think their country should allow in fewer Israelis or none at all; survey results significantly more negative toward Israel than 10 years ago
By ToI Staff
A billboard advertises Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, in Cyprus. The Hebrew reads: 'Israelis, enjoy! You deserve it. Yashar, with Eisenkot.' (Fidias Panayiotou on X)
July 27, 2026, 4:10 pm
Eisenkot ad campaign targets Israelis vacationing in Cyprus, irking locals
Yashar party raises two billboards encouraging Israelis to enjoy themselves, then to go home and vote; Cypriot influencer and EU lawmaker calls to defend nation’s ‘sovereignty’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture of Israeli businessman Yakir Levi from the Channel 13 reality show 'The Americans.' (Channel 13)
July 22, 2026, 12:43 pm
Israeli tycoon reality star plunges to death from 28th floor of Miami luxury building
Police open investigation into death of Yakir Levi, who made a fortune in Los Angeles and featured in TV show about Israelis living abroad; sister says still unclear what happened
By ToI Staff
A general view shows a street in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa on July 18, 2019. (Matthieu Clavel/AFP)
June 18, 2026, 1:53 pm
Israeli arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of attempted murder in knife brawl
Police say 3 injured after 21-year-old pulled out knife during altercation with local man outside nightclub; guard seriously injured; 2nd Israeli seriously hurt, is also arrested
By ToI Staff
Screenshots from a video of a hotel employee harassing an Israeli couple in California, May 23, 2026. (Social media)
May 23, 2026, 8:48 pm
‘Are you a baby killer?’: Israeli couple harassed by employee at California hotel
Hotel staffer repeatedly asks pair if they served in IDF and calls them ‘baby killers,’ as antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes surge in US
By ToI Staff
Dory Manor, left, and Moshe Sakal of new Hebrew publishing house Altneuland. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 6, 2026, 8:14 am
New Hebrew press in Berlin seeks to build literary home outside of Israel
Founders of Altneuland, the first such publishing house since the Jewish state’s inception, embrace Israeli writers – and readers – while spurning government funding
By Shira Li Bartov
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