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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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Victorious Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, November 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

'Many people have told me God spared my life for a reason'

Donald Trump elected US president in stunning, historic White House comeback

By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax

Also wins popular vote; vows to ‘stop wars’ not start them, says his initial focus will be on domestic priorities; in state after state, Harris does less well than Biden in 2020

Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Full text – Donald Trump’s victory speech: ‘God spared my life for a reason’

US President-elect and former president Donald Trump gestures at supporters after speaking as he holds hands with his wife, Melania Trump, during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center, Florida, on November 6, 2024. (Jim Watson / AFP)

ExplainerTrump takes charge of divided nation, exposes weakness within the Democratic base

By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow

Former US president Donald Trump (left) hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

‘History’s greatest comeback!’ Netanyahu and Trump speak after PM swift to fete win

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli premier first world leader to hail former president’s return to office; ‘warm and cordial’ phone conversation includes discussion of Iranian threat

Republican presidential nominee former US president Donald Trump speaks at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. (Evan Vucci/AP)

World leaders congratulate Trump on victory in US presidential election

Women hold placards during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 45th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 3, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran’s currency tanks to all-time low as Trump clinches US presidency

By AP and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

In scene unimaginable 4 years ago, Michigan Arabs bask in Trump win they helped clinch

Buying notion he can succeed in ending Gaza war where Biden and Harris failed, minority community ostracized by GOP nominee in previous elections helps him flip key swing state

Paul Manni, from left, Sam Alasri, Wasel Yousaf, Waseem Makani and Abrahim Tamimi, cheer as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's speech is broadcast during an Arab Americans for Trump watch party at the Lava Java Cafe, a hookah lounge, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Reporter's notebookJewish regent at U of Michigan says Trump not the answer to anti-Israel campus unrest

US President-elect Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump wins White House in political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters

By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price, Will Weissert and Jill Colvin

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A billboard that displays a photo of US President-elect Donald Trump and reads 'Congratulations! Trump, make Israel great' is projected a day after the US election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Nov. 6: Harris, Biden call to congratulate Trump, discuss peaceful transfer of power

By Michael Bachner, Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Teen killed in north as Hezbollah fires over 150 rockets at Israel, rocket hits Ben Gurion Airport area, debris hits parked car in Ra’anana, several hurt in Avivim

9:41 pm

In concession speech, Harris urges supporters to 'keep fighting'
9:38 pm

IDF issues fresh Beirut evacuation orders ahead of strikes on Hezbollah sites
9:37 pm

Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister throwing future of ruling coalition into doubt

Mark and Suzan Lopatin gather with other supporters of Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris in a Sukkot before going door to door to canvass Jewish voters, October 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

79% of US Jews voted for Harris, according to largest preliminary exit poll

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Survey says Trump received lowest proportion of Jewish vote for GOP candidate in 24 years; Democrats make up majority of voters who think US support for Israel too strong

Victorious Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, November 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AnalysisVictorious Trump pitched to Jewish voters on his support for Israel; they didn’t back him

By Ron Kampeas and Ben Sales

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant salutes as a sign of respect to Israel's security forces at the end of a press conference after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. (Reuters/Nir Elias)

PM's office denies Netanyahu plans to oust IDF, Shin Bet heads

Netanyahu fires Gallant, saying disagreements and lack of mutual trust helped the enemy

By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Visibly emotional Gallant says Israel’s security is his ‘life’s mission,’ calls for probe into October 7 failures; Katz named new defense minister, Sa’ar takes Foreign Ministry

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets in Tel Aviv on August 19, 2024, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center) and IDF chief Herzi Halevi. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

US caught off guard, ‘concerned’ by defense minister’s ouster on Election Day

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant salutes, at the conclusion of his address to the nation following his firing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered from the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Gallant, after being fired, warns Israel is abandoning captives, risks ‘mark of Cain’

Op-ed

Netanyahu’s firing of Gallant mid-war is reckless, divisive and dangerous to Israel

The PM has put his political survival above the state’s fundamental interests; if he now also ousts the AG, there will be nobody principled and potent to challenge his authority

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a vote on the state budget at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Op-ed: Day 397 of the warTwo very different comebacks

By David Horovitz

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant salutes as a sign of respect to Israel's security forces at the end of a press conference after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. (Screen capture)

Full text of Gallant speech: There will be no atonement for abandoning the hostages

Yesh Atid party head Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, right, speaks at a joint press conference with (R-L) National Unity party head Benny Gantz, The Democrats party head Yair Golan, and Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

‘An illegitimate PM’: Opposition appeals to Likud MKs not to back Gallant’s ouster

Defense minister’s removal was ‘an act of insanity by an incompetent prime minister,’ says Lapid, as Liberman warns Netanyahu also preparing to fire attorney general

A composite image shows, L-R: National Unity Chairman Benny Gantz, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, The Democrats leader Yair Golan (All photos taken on November 4, 2024, by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition pillories Gallant’s firing as ‘act of madness,’ while coalition welcomes it

By Sam Sokol and Lazar Berman

'Gallant Night 2' (referring to the intense demonstrations when Gallant was first fired in March 2023) protests at Tel Aviv's Begin Gate on November 5, 2024 (Credit: Roni Shapiro)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Nov. 6: Day 397 – PM fires defense minister Gallant on US election day

US bureau chief Jacob Magid and political correspondent Tal Schneider discuss the unexpected dismissal of Yoav Gallant, the US response, and Jewish and Arab voters in PA and Michigan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces he has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, November 5, 2024 (GPO Screenshot)

Full text of Netanyahu speech: I fired Gallant amid crisis of faith that helped enemies

Israelis block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv as they protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, November 5, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Protesters take to streets after Gallant fired; crowds much smaller than previous time

By Noam Lehmann and Iddo Schejter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu blasts 'hunting expedition' against his office

Police probing ‘criminal incidents’ from start of Gaza war linked to PM’s office

Despite gag order, reports indicate investigation tied to allegations Netanyahu tried to alter transcripts of wartime meetings; detentions of suspects in separate leak case extended

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Appointment of new Supreme Court president in the offing as Levin sets date for vote

By Jeremy Sharon

Israelis call for the release of hostages held captive by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu offering hostages’ captors millions of dollars, safe passage from Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Lebanon complains to UN over pager explosions

Teen killed by Hezbollah rocket in north; another hits area near Ben Gurion Airport

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Heavy barrages fired at central Israel, north; rocket part hits car in Ra’anana; IDF chief says military must prepare to expand Lebanon ground op; fighter jets strike southern Beirut

Sivan Sade, an 18-year-old killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack in Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk on November 6, 2024. (Courtesy)

Illustrative photo of the West Bank settlement of Shiloh, on November 17, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Two civilians lightly hurt in ramming and stabbing attack in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Lebanese soldiers inspect the beach at a reported landing site for Israeli naval commandos who captured a Hezbollah official in a raid in the northern coastal town of Batroun on November 2, 2024. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)

Lebanese probe claims IDF commandos snuck ashore in speedboats, jammed UNIFIL radars

By ToI Staff, AFP and Emanuel Fabian

Supporters cheer at an election night watch party for Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, in Bozeman, Montana, November 6, 2024. (Tommy Martino/AP)

Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House

GOP secures at least 51 seats out of Senate’s 100; Republicans lead Democrats in Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin; control of House still undetermined

Josh Stein beats ‘Black NAZI’ to become North Carolina’s first Jewish governor

Craig Goldman wins Texas race, becoming 3rd Jewish Republican in US Congress

Trump antagonist Adam Schiff wins California senate seat

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Healing a nation divided: Four steps for Israeli unity

It’s not about agreeing, it’s about how we manage to live together when we disagree. Compromise is critical to survival

‘Defense Minister’ Israel Katz: Bulldozer or bull?

Bibi has been busy building a house of cards, pulling some out of the bottom and hastily shoving in some bent ones. Iran can only see this as an opportunity

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during campaign appearances on Nov. 3, 2024 (AP Photos/Jacquelyn Martin, Evan Vucci)

Analysis

Neither Harris nor Trump would upend US Israel policy, but there are key differences

A Republican victory would mean less tension on humanitarian issues and more pressure on Iran, but the current veep would have an easier time brokering a Saudi deal

File: US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks at an event where US President Joe Biden was set to address prescription drug costs in Concord, New Hampshire, on October 22, 2024. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Israel critic, progressive darling Bernie Sanders wins fourth US Senate term

A volunteer helps cut "I Voted" stickers at the Boyle Heights Senior Center on November 4, 2024, in Los Angeles, the day before the US presidential election. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this Jewish neighborhood of LA, the US presidential race is all about Israel

By jacob gurvis

Volunteers work with donated building materials on November 5, 2024, as part of a Brothers and Sisters in Arms project to renovate 16 homes for young people damaged when Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Outpacing state, Brothers in Arms becomes 1st to renovate homes damaged on October 7

Nonprofit takes on project initiated by grandson of murdered Kibbutz Kfar Aza co-founder, who says ‘no need to wait for the state’ with volunteers lining up to help

Anti-Israel activists join climate groups at a demonstration outside of the SEC Armadillo, the venue of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Barclays, in Glasgow on May 9, 2024. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)

Some European firms withdraw from Israel-linked finance amid pressure over Gaza war

Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)

Knesset passes law allowing government to fire teachers it asserts identify with terror

Right-wing MKs call new law an important tool in preventing radicalization; rights group ACRI says it ‘violates the rights to expression, employment and pedagogical autonomy’

Released Palestinian security prisoners (wearing gray) who were released from Israel's Ofer military facility in exchange for Israeli hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza, wave flags and chant slogans as they are paraded in Beitunia in the West Bank on November 24, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Lawmakers advance bills cutting welfare benefits for convicted terrorists

David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) take a train to Majdanek while on a tour of Poland in 'A Real Pain.' (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures via JTA)

Interview

In ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg connects on- and offscreen with his ancestors’ Poland

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Now in theaters, the latest film from the Jewish writer, director and actor features a semi-autobiographical heritage tour full of pathos, banter and fast-paced humor

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A young woman crosses a main road in front of an anti-Israel and US billboard depicting an Israeli soldier receiving military supplies from the United States with a Farsi headline reading "the American Rabid Dog" in central Tehran's Valiasr Square on November 6, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran sentences 4 people to death on charges of spying for Israel

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Students wear signs in support of Gaza on their mortarboards during commencement in Harvard Yard, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 23, 2024. (AP/Ben Curtis)

US judge rules Harvard University must face narrowed lawsuit over antisemitism

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Alkatabi Ahmed, of the UAE, makes a throat-cutting hand gesture at the Israeli delegation, leading to his disqualification at the Jiu Jitsu World Championship, November 4, 2025, in Crete, Greece. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli teen wins jiu-jitsu gold after UAE rival disqualified for throat-cutting gesture

Departures hall at Ben Gurion Airport, on Sunday August 4, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)

Faced with flight shortage, tech firms relocate staff and seek to run a NY route

By Sharon Wrobel

Argentinian President Javier Milei (L) and his new Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein stand during the latter's swearing-in ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on November 4, 2024. (Argentinian Presidency / AFP)

At swearing-in ceremony, Argentina’s president compares Jewish FM to biblical Abraham

By PHILISSA CRAMER

FILE - Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus appears on "Cavuto: Coast to Coast," with anchor Neil Cavuto, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot cofounder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95

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