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Oct 23, 2026
Kushner denies a book's claim about Gulf money; the private meetings among Jerusalem, Washington and the Arab capitals go back to 1947. Then the Hebron attack, Israel's vote at four days, the strait, the Gulf, Gaza, Lebanon and France.
Oct 22, 2026
The last American troops left Iraq for Jordan three weeks ago; two carrier groups are in the Arabian Sea with a third on the way; the embassy in Riyadh is sending its families home; and after a week of mediation, Tehran's answer is "not a single gram [of nuclear material]."
Oct 21, 2026
The Forum publishes three years of prayers for killing from the Islamic Center of Detroit, and federal spending records list the mosque as the recipient of about $45 million since 2017, $31 million of it in a single Agriculture Department entry.
Oct 20, 2026
Three Iranian officials tell Reuters that Tehran is prolonging the talks to deny President Trump a win before November 3; Hegseth meets Netanyahu and Katz at Ovda; the Guards claim an MQ-9 shot down over the strait; Lavrov sits with Araghchi in Tehran; and the Tehran daily Kayhan calls for strikes on Israel’s nuclear sites.
Oct 19, 2026
President Trump gives Netanyahu his “Complete and Total Endorsement” and says the United States will “soon finish the job” in Iran; Netanyahu says “listen to him,” Eisenkot says Israelis “are the only ones who will decide,” Araghchi says “Be our guest,” and Gantz leaves the race.
Oct 18, 2026
France’s worst unrest in years began at a high school in Créteil that was missing a mathematics teacher. What the state left in the suburbs, who moved in, which party stood at the school gates this fall, and what the Islamists did.
Oct 16, 2026
The President says Israel has "been very helpful to Saudi Arabia" and the Accords are possible "maybe more than ever," rules out nuclear weapons and ground troops in Iran, and Treasury cuts an Iraqi bank out of the dollar.
Oct 15, 2026
The coalition reports a Houthi missile over Medina and Aramco's top floors are gutted, two ships go down in the strait, and the President says of Iran: "that's going to end very soon."
What the October 27 election is about, who leads each of the lists, and what can happen after the polls close. A guide for readers outside Israel, with no side taken.
