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What Matters Most On Monday, November 18, 2024

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Eli Feldstein, a spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation launched in late October 2024 of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material. (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Eli Feldstein, Netanyahu aide jailed in leaks case, placed under suicide watch

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Prison service says ‘wardens found something’ in prisoner’s cell; reports say it was a rubber strip that the suspect could have used to hang himself

Spokesperson Eli Feldstein is seen at an event with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre. (IDF)

Netanyahu aide leaked stolen doc to try to ‘skew hostage deal debate’ in PM’s favor

By Jeremy Sharon

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) meets with US special envoy Amos Hochstein (L) in Beirut, on October 21, 2024. (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 18: Lebanon has ‘very positive view’ on US truce proposal, says official

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Even with Lebanon truce deal, Israel will operate against Hezbollah, Netanyahu says * MK laments racist posts from Jewish Israelis celebrating Arab teacher’s death

9:46 pm

PM reportedly asked Shin Bet to declare it unsafe for him to testify in criminal trial
9:21 pm

IDF says fragments from intercepted missile source of Ramat Gan impact
8:53 pm

Report: Aide Feldstein showed PM classified intel before it was illegally leaked to German daily

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (center) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

'Essentially the most dangerous person to State of Israel'

Ministers rage at ‘anarchist’ AG, with one implying she’s trying to ‘kill’ Netanyahu

By Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

After flares fired at PM’s home, his allies accuse Baharav-Miara of inaction against anti-government violence; Karhi is slammed for invoking Jewish saying about attempted murder

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives at a Jerusalem Day conference at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judicial overhaul returnsCabinet okays forced retirement for government legal advisers, ignoring AG criticism

By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits on one side of a desk, as his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman takes notes at the head of the desk, in a meeting with top security officials: (L-R) Maj. Gen. Ronen Gofman, the premier's military aide; IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi; then-defense minister Yoav Gallant; Mossad chief David Barnea; and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 2, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Ministers back bills creating new intelligence oversight body, banning ‘enemy’ flags

Promoted VideoSheba: One Year Later

“Doctor, we’re going in.” Dr. Liran Levy on serving in the battlefield

On October 7th, Dr. Levy, Director of the Lung Transplant Service at Sheba, volunteered as a combat doctor on the battlefield, accompanying a unit of 20-year-old commanders

Protesters next to a banner reading, 'You won't go home before the hostages,' demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a deal for the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 17, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Stance on ending war must soften for hostage deal, security chiefs said to tell PM

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Netanyahu, small group of ministers hold talks on hostages after defense brass reportedly warn of dire conditions for captives; Mossad head said to present new options for deal

Ofir Angrest, brother of hostage Matan Angrest, speaks at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hostage families barred from showing videos of loved ones in Knesset committee meeting

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and ministers of his government, right, meet with Hamas delegation led by Ismail Haniyeh, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Hamas officials booted by Qatar last week, now hosted in Turkey, diplomat says

Ankara, where many politburo members already live with their families, is a logical landing spot after Doha pulled out of talks, but Turkey risks running afoul of Biden administration

Woman killed in Hezbollah attack on north; 5 hurt by missile fragments near Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Victim, 41, declared dead after being pulled from 3-story building in Shfar’am; Beirut shuts schools; UN peacekeepers report attack, likely by ‘non-state member actors’

Medics and police at the scene of a deadly Hezbollah rocket impact in Shfar'am, northern Israel, November 18, 2024. (Israel Police)

US Envoy Amos Hochstein (L) meets with Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on October 21, 2024. (AFP)

US envoy Hochstein said heading to Beirut amid apparent progress in ceasefire push

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, November 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov. 18: Day 409 – Pope labels Israel’s actions ‘immoral,’ calls for probe

Former Canadian justice minister and human rights advocate Irwin Cotler, seen in Jerusalem in early 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

Canada said to foil Iranian plot to assassinate renowned Jewish jurist Irwin Cotler

Report says former justice minister was informed last month that he faced imminent threat of assassination by Iranian agents, with threat level since lowered

Gershon Saft stands by the ruins of Avot Uvanim Synagogue heavily damaged in the November 16 Hezbollah rocket attack on November 17, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'If there’s no protection, I just try to accept my fate'

Members of Haifa synagogue ravaged by Hezbollah rocket vow to rebuild

By Diana Bletter

‘Two hours before the attack, 20 of us were inside’; barrages injure people, destroy buildings in port city — but residents continue life as usual because otherwise ‘Hezbollah has won’

Report: Hamas requested $7 million a month to prep for Oct. 7

Unsealing secret Hamas papers, families of October 7 victims sue Iran in US court

Documents include itemized list of payments made by Iran to Hamas leaders over several years, discussions of mutual defense agreement between Palestinian terror group, Tehran, proxies

Iranians walk past a huge billboard bearing a portrait of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar at Palestine Square in Tehran, on October 19, 2024. (AFP)

War cabinet minister and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, with family and friends, at the funeral of his son Gal, in Herzliya on December 8, 2023. Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot was killed fighting in the Gaza Strip on December 7. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Family tragedy worsens for ex-IDF chief Eisenkot, who loses 3rd close relative in war

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Nephew Yogev Pazy, killed in Gaza, had tattoo created in memory of his cousin Gal Eisenkot after latter’s death in December; lawmakers send condolences to National Unity MK on loss

First 1,000 of 7,000 new Haredi enlistment orders sent out, sparking protests

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men block Route 4 near Bnei Brak, as extremist faction’s rabbi says sending Haredim to IDF ‘destroys the Torah, destroys Judaism and destroys everything’

Ultra-Orthodox protesters hold up a sign reading 'We will die rather than enlist,' while blocking a road during a protest against the military draft, in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024. (Erik Marmor/ Flash90)

In this image taken from video, police escort Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to the metro station leading them to the Ajax stadium, after anti-Israel protesters marched near the stadium, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 7, 2024. (AP Photo InterVision)

Analysis'Everybody saw the videos, heard the attackers speak Arabic'

Who attacked Israelis in Amsterdam? Some Dutch politicians can’t bring themselves to say

Victims, Israeli officials, some Dutch leaders blamed local Arab and Muslim gangs; others in Holland refer to ‘youths on scooters’ and ‘taxi drivers,’ highlight Israeli hooliganism

45 people being probed for violent crimes against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam

A defining moment for Israel’s future

Donald Trump’s sweeping victory offers Israel a golden opportunity to stake its biblical claim to all of its historical territory

Mike Huckabee: Shifting US-Israel dynamics?

Trump’s nomination suggests a focus on reinforcing Israel’s position rather than mending frayed ties with the Arab world.

View of the Jordanian city of Aqaba, as seen from the Israeli city of Eilat. November 10, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Malfunctioning IDF interceptor missile fired at drone appears to crash in Jordan’s Aqaba

Video footage shows errant projectile impacting near luxury development, just a few hundred meters from the border; kingdom’s military says no injuries or damage caused in crash

US Air Force Gen. James Hecker, US Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa commander, prepares to present the Distinguished Flying Cross to members of the 494th Fighter Squadron, during a ceremony at RAF Lakenheath, England, November 12, 2024. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Olivia Gibson)

US Air Force honors crews that thwarted Iran’s April missile, drone attack on Israel

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Houthi supporters raise their machine guns during an anti-US and -Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, November 1, 2024. (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)

Suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets ship in Red Sea

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-South Dakota, meets with reporters after he was elected to GOP leader, at the Capitol in Washington, November 13, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Incoming Senate majority leader threatens ICC with sanctions over case against Israelis

Senator John Thune warns US will impose restrictions on International Criminal Court if it moves ahead with arrest warrant requests against Netanyahu or other Israeli officials

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, speaks with reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 13, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer pushing to codify IHRA antisemitism definition amid free speech concerns

At left: Jean Carroll circa 1955. (via Photofest); Cover of 'First Lady of Laughs' by Grace Kessler Overbeke. (Courtesy: NYU Press)

Interview'She changed stand-up into something so much more personal'

Before Midge Maisel, there was Jean Carroll, a real-life trailblazing Jewish comedienne

By Rich Tenorio

In her new book, ‘First Lady of Laughs,’ scholar Grace Kessler Overbeke shines light on the oft-overlooked performer who created ‘a totally different model of funny Jewish women’

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US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

In first, Biden gives okay for Ukraine to use US arms to strike deep inside Russia

By Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk

One Zero digital bank's securities platform. (Courtesy)

One Zero CEO steps down after halted expansion plans in Italy and layoffs due to war

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel's Yarden Shua, right, celebrates after scoring his side's winning goal during the UEFA Nations League Group A2 soccer match between Israel and Belgium at the Bozsik Arena stadium in Budapest, Hungary, November 17, 2024. (Denes Erdos/AP)

Last-gasp goal gives Israel 1-0 win over Belgium in Nations League soccer

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Moscow-appointed head of Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Yevgeny Balitsky during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 18, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin says US ‘fueling the fire’ by allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons

Illustrative: A Saudi flag behind barbed wire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Record 101 foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia so far in 2024, tally finds

By AFP

Scene of a fatal car explosion in Petah Tikva, November 18, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

Man killed in Petah Tikva car explosion in suspected organized crime hit

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