Daily brief
Israel's 2026 election campaign intensified on September 1, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara promoting a conspiracy theory that opposition leader Yair Golan had advance knowledge of the October 7 attack, prompting Golan to threaten a NIS 2.5 million defamation lawsuit. Meanwhile, the Joint Arab List and Ra'am parties outlined their platforms, and Netanyahu visited a school in Ramle hit by an Iranian missile as the school year began nationwide.
The Lebanese army reportedly wants Israeli forces to remain in southern Lebanon out of fear of a Hezbollah return.
Israel established two new settlements deep in Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
The UK pledged a major policy 'reset' on Israel over its West Bank settlement plan.
The IAEA said findings at a Syrian site hit by Israel were 'consistent with a nuclear reactor'.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary