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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 21, 2024

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

Court also seeking arrest of slain Hamas official Deif

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant over Gaza war; PM slams ‘antisemitism’

By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies

In bombshell ruling, all 3 judges allege crimes against humanity, making Netanyahu and ex-defense chief internationally wanted suspects; PMO, ‘with disgust,’ rejects false charges

Then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Gallant: IDF ‘securing aid distribution’ is a ‘euphemism’ for military rule in Gaza

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Netanyahu aide charged with harming state security in leaked document case, could face life term

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Spokesman Eli Feldstein allegedly transferred classified information with intent to harm the state; second defendant, an IDF reservist, charged with offenses carrying 7-year term

Eli Feldstein, a spokesman with the Prime Minister's Office named as a suspect in an investigation of an alleged leak of sensitive information. (Social media / used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Jonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Report: Netanyahu adviser Urich questioned for second time in document leak case

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Israeli researcher Ze'ev Erlich seen in IDF uniform on November 20, 2024, hours before he was killed in a gun battle with Hezbollah operatives. (IDF Spokesman)

Hezbollah gunmen launch deadly ambush at ancient fortress

71-year-old civilian killed alongside soldier in Lebanon; IDF probes breach of procedures

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Researcher Zeev Erlich was allowed to cross the border to examine archaeological site, slain troop named as Gur Kehati, 20; reservist killed in separate southern Lebanon incident

Israeli researcher Zeev Erlich seen in IDF uniform before entering into southern Lebanon on November 20, 2024, hours before he was killed in a gun battle with Hezbollah operatives. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Slain West Bank historian mourned as questions swirl around his IDF trip into Lebanon

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

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President Isaac Herzog speaks at Higher Education Conference in Herzliya on November 21, 2024 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

'What the hell is happening to us?'

Herzog pans coalition rhetoric against AG and security chiefs as ‘absolute madness’

By Lazar Berman

In harshly worded address, president says physical and verbal violence, including against Netanyahu, is ‘horrifying’ and could tear country apart

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)

Suspects meticulously planned firing of flares at PM’s house 3 weeks prior — reports

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 21: AG slams ‘baseless’ arrest warrants, says ICC has no authority in Israeli matters

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

EU, Jordan, Canada, UK call for respecting ICC warrants against PM, Gallant * ‘The boss is happy’: Indictment indicates Netanyahu may have known about aide’s leak of classified intel

9:47 pm

IDF says drone incident in Negev over; pro-Iran militia in Iraq says it launched drone this evening
9:31 pm

AG says ICC arrest warrants 'baseless,' has no authority in Israeli matters
9:09 pm

Sirens warn of suspected drone infiltration in Negev

Man killed in Nahariya rocket barrage as US envoy comes to Jerusalem for truce talks

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Medics say Braen Direktor, 27, was killed by shrapnel as he took cover; IDF strikes on Beirut and Tyre after US envoy leaves Lebanese capital to meet with Netanyahu

Security and emergency services at the scene where a man was killed by a missile fired from Lebanon, in the northern city of Nahariya, November 21, 2024. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

An image grab taken from Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV on November 20, 2024, shows Hezbollah chief Naim Qasem delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location. (Al-Manar/AFP)

Hezbollah’s leader says it has responded to US proposal, ceasefire in Israel’s hands

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies

All 14 other Security Council members vote in favor

US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire not conditional on hostage release

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

American officials say they offered compromises that were rejected, cast blame on Russia and China; US allowed a similar resolution to pass in March

US Alternate Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood raises his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, during a United Nations Security Council meeting on November 20, 2024, at UN headquarters in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Diplomacy or a masterclass in miscommunication?

Did Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister just suggest Hezbollah should improve its targeting skills?

Shayna Goldberg

The sweatshirt in our front closet

Israel is a small enough country that a chance encounter in February can easily break your heart in November

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "climate justice now" at the COP29 UN climate conference, November 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Reporter's notebook

At the third UN climate confab to be held in a petrostate, fact and fantasy collide

Israeli innovation strutted its stuff in Baku, but a global consensus on carbon-guzzling countries paying for the effects of their consumption is not yet on the horizon

Daily Briefing Nov. 21: Day 412 – Climate fact and fiction at global confab in Baku

Senate motions blocking arms sales to Israel fail, but pick up Democrat support

Most Democrats reject Bernie Sanders-led resolutions, though size of faction opposed to Israel’s handling of Gaza war up markedly since January vote, underscoring internal divide

US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), joined by fellow senators (L-R) U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) a U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), speaks at a news conference on restricting arms sales to Israel at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC.( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)

Screengrab from machtoffin.com, an Arabic-language webpage launched by Israel that allows Gazans to provide information on hostages

New website lets Gazans provide information on hostages in return for rewards

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Gazans celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the broken Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)

Report: Netanyahu looking to ban formation of state committee of inquiry into Oct. 7

Draft legislation said to propose establishing political committee to probe Hamas atrocities, would outlaw any other body from investigating failures that led to devastating attack

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 8, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90)

Bill creating new intelligence oversight body passes preliminary Knesset reading

Then-outgoing interior minister Ayelet Shaked at a handover ceremony with then-incoming minister Aryeh Deri (unseen), at the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Jerusalem, January 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-minister Shaked denied visa to Australia, reportedly since she might ‘incite discord’

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Former politician denounces ‘political’ ban, says it’s because she opposes Palestinian state; Jewish groups slam decision as offensive; car burned in antisemitic attack in Sydney

Otzma Yehudit party head National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a faction meeting in the Knesset on November 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)

Three Palestinians charged with plotting to kill far-right minister Ben Gvir, son

Key suspect accused of trying to obtain weapons, scouting out politician’s movements and security detail, considered trying to kill him during visit to scene of terror attack

Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)

US blasts Ben Gvir over visit to grave of extremist rabbi Kahane

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

IDF soldiers operating in the area of Jenin, the West Bank, November 20 , 2024. (IDF)

Nine Palestinian gunmen killed during two-day raid in Jenin area, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian

Former US president Bill Clinton, left, in conversation with comedian Billy Crystal at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, November 19, 2024. (Cathryn J. Prince)

Onstage, Bill Clinton tells Billy Crystal he thinks about failed Oslo Accords ‘every day’

By Cathryn J. Prince

In a live interview at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the former president laments the failed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks while standing up for the Jewish state after Oct. 7

At ADL concert against hate, Israel and antisemitism in shadow of war take center stage

Ben Stiller hosts annual event with performances from pop stars Sia and Eden Golan

Sia performs during the 2024 ADL In Concert Against Hate at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, November 18, 2024. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League via JTA)

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IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, left, give a joint press conference in Tehran with Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Mohammad Eslami on November 14, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran warns Western resolution against it at IAEA will disrupt nuclear cooperation

By AFP

Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters raise their fists and shout slogans during the funeral of their senior commander Ali Dibs who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

New Zealand designates Houthis and entirety of Hezbollah as terror organizations

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in an interview aired on November 19, 2024. (Fox News screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Zelensky says ‘Israel made a mistake’ in holding back military support for Ukraine

By ToI Staff and AFP

This combination picture shows Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan, arrested at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, and handguns allegedly seized from him on April 23, 2023 (Jordanian media; courtesy)

Jordan sentences lawmaker to 10 years in prison for smuggling weapons into West Bank

A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Oklahoma, on March 21, 2023. (AP/Sean Murphy, File)

US admiral says wars in Ukraine, Mideast eating away at US air defense stocks

Shas MK Yoav Ben-Tzur (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Labor minister agrees to court-proposed compromise on Haredi daycare subsidies

By Jeremy Sharon

A money changer counts notes at his shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 22, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

This image provided by the Office of the New York Mayor shows New York Mayor Eric Adams, second from right, and New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch, right, during a major expansion of capacity at the Staten Island Compost Facility, January 4, 2024. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

Longtime Jewish public servant appointed as new NYPD commissioner

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