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Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, November 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 24, 2026, 6:47 am
Jewish Democrats in Congress oppose plans to merge roles of Holocaust and antisemitism envoys
Letter to Rubio calls to keep the Holocaust envoy as ‘a distinct, permanent office,’ as Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun pushes to fold the post into his antisemitism office
By Joseph Strauss
Fatah Central Committee member Yasser Abbas speaks during a visit to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on September 13, 2026. (Yasser Abbas/Facebook)
September 23, 2026, 12:23 am
PA president’s son unsuccessfully sought to skirt US ban on Palestinian officials
Canadian passport proves insufficient as Yasser Abbas not allowed on flight from Dubai to NYC, where he planned to meet foreign delegations on UN sidelines, sources tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
September 18, 2026, 12:27 am
US to let Iranian president attend UN General Assembly after barring PA leader
US also joins Israel in opposing resolution allowing Mahmoud Abbas to virtually address gathering, though it passes overwhelmingly; Iran’s delegation banned from buying luxury goods
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas is displayed on a screen as he speaks remotely during a United Nations Summit on Palestinians at UN headquarters during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 22, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
September 17, 2026, 2:09 am
US rejects Abbas’s entry visa, forcing him to again address UN virtually
Palestinian official tells ToI that State Department notice on rejection of PA president’s own request for a visa cites alleged association with a terror group but doesn’t elaborate further
By Jacob Magid
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh attend a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. (Oliver Contreras / AFP)
September 12, 2026, 11:22 am
Upcoming round of Israel-Lebanon talks delayed from next week until October – US official
Lebanese president confirms ‘no new talks with Israel at the present time’; as Israel prepares for elections and Hezbollah vows not to disarm, Israeli official cites scheduling conflict
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2025. (AP/Angelina Katsanis)
September 8, 2026, 5:31 am
PA submits US entry applications, testing plan to ban Abbas from UN confab — officials
Palestinian official says Ramallah was told it could still submit papers for adjudication after Trump aide told ToI Washington plans to again bar PA president from attending General Assembly
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians inspect burned-out cars after an attack by settlers, where they also spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a house in Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 2:24 am
US issues harsher censure of ‘West Bank violence,’ without explicitly blaming Israel
Washington urges legal action against perpetrators, but doesn’t use the word ‘settler’; 2 Palestinians reportedly shot dead after security forces enter village to find missing pets
By Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
This picture taken from the E1 area northeast of Jerusalem shows vehicles moving along a highway near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
August 21, 2026, 11:51 pm
US stresses opposition to Israeli West Bank annexation but avoids condemning E1 plan
Trump administration says it wants to see ‘a stable West Bank’ as top EU official, FMs of several Arab and Muslim nations denounce Jerusalem over controversial settlement project
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Soldiers from Kosovo visit a military base in southern Israel as they prepare to join the Board of Peace's International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza on July 12, 2026. (Board of Peace)
August 20, 2026, 5:40 am
US to provide $206 million for Gaza peacekeeping force, letters show
State Department says the funds will go toward equipment, vehicles and infrastructure for the International Stabilization Force, though it remains unclear when it will deploy
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah shows an Israeli tank maneuvering in the nearby village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, on August 7, 2026. (Ammar Ammar/AFP)
August 7, 2026, 11:59 pm
Lebanon, Israel agree on countries that could verify Hezbollah disarmament — official
Lebanese official says the US will ultimately choose the nations whose troops will oversee the process from the shortlist compiled in Rome talks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers are seen inside southern Lebanon from the Israeli side of the border, August 6, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 6, 2026, 11:11 pm
Despite deadly flare-up in violence, US claims progress made in Israel-Lebanon talks
Lebanese source says Israel refusing to move ahead with more pilot zones before ‘verifying’ success of implementation; US reportedly taking Israel’s side on pace of IDF withdrawal
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26, 2026, in this picture obtained by REUTERS
August 1, 2026, 10:05 am
A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country at global AIDS conference
State Department takes full responsibility and apologizes for map that appears to have been made with AI tools
By Jessica Donati
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while on Air Force One en route to Oakland County International Airport, July 27, 2026, in Waterford Township, Mich. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon)
July 27, 2026, 11:48 pm
Trump on Netanyahu opposing F-35s to Turkey: ‘Nobody tells me what we should be selling’
US president said he would sell fighter jets to Ankara, which has become a regional adversary of Israel, though State Dept said last week Turkey not eligible to buy them
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
A man votes during the presidential run-off election at a polling station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022 (Miguel Schincariol / AFP)
July 26, 2026, 5:43 am
Brazil denies visas to US envoys, accusing them of plans to undermine election system
US State Department rejects ‘baseless’ claim by Brazilian officials that delegation aimed to shape election between Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent Lula da Silva
By Lisandra Paraguassu
Illustrative: A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission over Sweden, June 10, 2026. (US Air Force)
July 26, 2026, 1:31 am
US says Turkey yet to meet conditions for F-35s, after Trump signaled he’d back sale
State Department letter to US lawmaker reveals that issue of Ankara owning Russian S-400 air defense systems hasn’t been resolved, meaning that US sanctions still prevent sale
By Jacob Magid
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