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What Matters Most On Sunday, November 17, 2024

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Flares are fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea, November 16, 2024.(Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Shin Bet chief says firing of flares at Netanyahu’s home ‘far from legitimate protest’

By Sam Sokol, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Court remands 3 detainees, reported to be prominent anti-government activists, for 5 days; minister urges sacking of AG, accusing her of inaction that may cause PM’s ‘murder’

Flares are fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Caesarea, November 16, 2024. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Three arrested after flares fired at PM’s Caesarea home: A ‘dangerous escalation’

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Supreme Court justice Yosef Elron at a court hearing on the release to house arrest of Eli Feldstein, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Key suspects in PMO documents theft and leak case to stay in custody until Sunday evening

A still made from video shared online shows an interceptor missile falling back toward Eilat on November 18, 2024. (screen capture: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 17: Army investigating after failed interceptor missile appears to slam into Eilat

Lebanese report claims ceasefire proposal received positively by terror group * 2 soldiers killed in Gaza fighting * Iran pushes back after rumors of supreme leader’s demise

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Israel stuns Belgium with 1-0 victory in Nation's League soccer
9:51 pm

IDF confirms killing Hezbollah media chief in Beirut strike: Involved in 'psychological terror'
9:34 pm

Senior Hamas leaders left Qatar for Turkey last week, Arab diplomat says

Hezbollah's chief spokesman Mohammed Afif speaks during a press conference in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah media chief killed in IDF strike on central Beirut

By Emanuel Fabian

Mohammed Afif targeted at Syrian Ba’ath Party offices, terror group says, confirming death; military carries out new wave of strikes in Dahiyeh stronghold south of Beirut

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks with officers in southern Lebanon, November 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier killed in Lebanon as IDF pounds Hezbollah; rocket hits Haifa synagogue

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

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Soldiers killed in the northern Gaza Strip on November 16 and 17, 2024: From left: Staff Sgt. Noam Eitan, Cpt. Yogev Pazy, Sgt. first class (res.) Idan Keinan. (Israel Defense Forces)

3 soldiers killed in northern Gaza Strip; hostage holders said incommunicado

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Kfir soldiers killed in sniper attack, clash with Hamas gunmen Beit Lahiya; among them is nephew of Gadi Eisenkot; Hamas officials claim dozens killed or injured in an airstrike

A view shows the damage at a former school where the IDF said it targeted Hamas operatives, in Gaza City November 16, 2024. (REUTERS/Ayman Al Hassi)

IDF strikes gunmen, command centers in northern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, Reuters and ToI Staff

Demonstrators take part in a hostage rally outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 16, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Smotrich: Gaza war will continue until Hamas ‘wiped out’

‘They’re pawns in a horrible game’: Hostage rally highlights plight of daughters, sons

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Mother of hostage Matan Zangauker issues appeal to Trump at gathering outside IDF headquarters; scuffles with counter-protester who blasts music in order to drown out families

ToI blogger Rachel Sharansky Danziger (far right), facilitates a discussion between war widow Rachel Goldberg (center) and bereaved mother Rachel Goldberg Polin, titled, 'Rachel weeping for her children.' (Youtube screenshot)

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Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Day 407 – Guest conversation: ‘Rachel weeping for her children’

A deep discussion by ToI blogger Rachel Sharansky Danziger, war widow Rachel Goldberg, and bereaved mother Rachel Goldberg-Polin for the anniversary of the biblical matriarch’s death

Damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon on November 16, 2024, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, photographed on November 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov. 17: Day 408 – IDF signals northern residents may soon be cleared to return

The unbearable price Israel would pay for annexation

Taking on responsibility for 2.6 million Palestinians at the cost of $14.5 billion annually would destroy Israel’s future and its soul

The death of neutrality: How Trump’s campaign reshaped political communication

Trump spoke to his audience bluntly and directly, making the polish of traditional media seem manipulative and content moderation smack of censorship

A composite image of the five members of Hamas's temporary joint leadership. Top row from left: Zaher Jabarin, Khaled Mashaal, Khalil al-Hayya. Bottom row from left: Muhammad Ismail Darwish, Nizar Awadallah. (Credits: Mahmud Hams/AFP, Louai Beshara/AFP, Hamas, Ashraf Amra/APA/ZUMA Press via Alamy)

On the outs with Qatar, Hamas appears to change tack at the top, but not in Gaza

By Gianluca Pacchiani

The terror group is said to be led by five top officials representing its various components, but experts say that its war strategy and red lines in talks are unlikely to shift

'We were blind for years before that night'

Ex-IDF intel analysis chief: Replacing people won’t fix Oct. 7 strategic intel failure

Inability to recognize what Hamas was planning showed multi-year failure of culture and approach, says Itai Brun; even after massacre, intel didn’t internalize Iran-led axis believed it could destroy Israel

Brigadier General (res.) Itai Brun speaks to Channel 12 news, November 16, 2024 (Channel 12 screenshot)

The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)

Herzog canceled trip to climate confab because Turkey barred him from airspace — report

After Israel cites ‘security considerations,’ Azerbaijan, reportedly offended by implication Baku was unsafe, says Wing of Zion state plane was denied passage through Turkish skies

President Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for people who were murdered during the October 7 massacre, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

President Herzog cancels trip to Baku climate conference, citing security concerns

By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes

A car allegedly torched by settlers near the Palestinian village of Beirut Furik in the West Bank, November 16, 2024. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the copyright law.)

IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village

By Emanuel Fabian

Military suspects perpetrators came from settlement of Itamar, after a Palestinian reportedly attacked Israeli man and stole herd of sheep

Singer Netta Barzilai in the video shoot for her new single, 'Big Love,' released November 14, 2024 (Credit Nadav Yahalomi)

'When you’re in so much grief, this is what comes out'

Netta Barzilai offers some ‘Big Love’ to spread light after a year of darkness

By Jessica Steinberg

Pop star, whose music is normally bubbly and happy, talks about her latest release, the first in English since Oct. 7 assault, after spending a long time pondering what to share

Analysis

Amir Bar Shalom

Haredi draft is no longer a mere political issue: The IDF’s readiness depends on it

Over the past year, the outgoing head of the Personnel Directorate devoted most of his time to quiet diplomacy with rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox community. It didn’t work

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox -- photographed here through a metal fence -- attend a rally against the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students to the military, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on June 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The 'Masterpieces' exhibition at the Mishkan Museum at Kibbutz Ein Harod, autumn 2024. (Photo by Daniel Hanoch)

'We won't see many foreign artists here in the near future'

In new exhibit, Israeli museum responds to wartime isolation with ‘respins’ of great works

By Karen Chernick

Running through February, ‘Masterpieces’ at the Mishkan Museum in Kibbutz Ein Harod contains 300 works by 47 artists, including rethinks of ‘The Last Supper’ and ‘Guernica’

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Rescue forces near the scene where young Israelis were swept away in the flooding of the Tzafit riverbed near the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on April 26, 2018. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

Former academy head, counselor found guilty in flash-flood deaths of 10 students

Pope Francis delivers his speech during a mass on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, November 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope calls for probe into whether Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Then-defense minister Yoav Gallant (center) inaugurates Israel's national pavilion at the 2023 Paris Air Show, June 19, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

France to challenge ruling allowing Israeli firms to exhibit at defense shows

By Sharon Wrobel

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)

Some at ICC said to question integrity of UN inquiry into top prosecutor

Liberty Energy CEO, and recent nominee for US Energy Secretary, Chris Wright speaks at a TED Talk hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, in 2022. (Screenshot from Liberty Energy YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Trump picks oil industry executive, climate change denier to lead Energy Department

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Tehran, Iran, August 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran denies its UN envoy met with Elon Musk

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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