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What Matters Most On Monday, December 23, 2024

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a video statement announcing a stepped-up campaign against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, December 22, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)

Biden aide briefs Trump team on risk of Iran push for bomb

PM vows escalated fight against Houthis; officials said urging direct attack on Iran

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

Netanyahu: Same force employed against Iran’s other terrorist arms will be used against Yemeni rebels; Mossad chief said to warn striking Houthis not enough; Tehran said to fear direct attack

Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)

Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel

A recently retired Mossad agent speaks on CBS News' 60 Minutes, December 22, 2024. (60 Minutes / CBS News)

Ex-Mossad agents detail exploding Hezbollah pager operation that ‘broke’ Nasrallah

By AP and ToI Staff

Speaking to CBS’s 60 Minutes, former spies reveal YouTube ads and fake showrooms set up as part of years-long ruse to convince terror group to buy rigged devices

Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon, December 17, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Lebanese media claims IDF handed over 7 people to UNIFIL observers at border

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A handcuffed man in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)

Two Jerusalem men arrested on suspicion of providing information to Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian

An activist pays his respect in front of portraits of Tibetan political prisoners released in 2015 from Chinese jails during an event organized by Students for a Free Tibet in Dharamshala, India, December 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Reporter's notebook'Your enemy is not outside you, but within'

In Dharamshala, nonviolent Tibetan leaders grapple with Chinese occupation, Gaza war

By Eliyahu Freedman

As Israel and regional terror organizations battle it out, pacifist Buddhist scholars and activists see parallels – and crucial differences – between themselves and the Middle East

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara along with several government ministers, some of whom she has strongly criticized, as well cabinet secretary Yossi Fuchs with whom she has frequently clashed, at a special government conference on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 23: Coalition said to agree on advancing attorney general’s ouster

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

Senior Houthi official pledges to continue attacks on Israel until Gaza war ends * Security forces foil attempt to smuggle guns from Egypt with drone

9:58 pm

'Out of respect for the PM, I won't say what I saw that day': Lapid hints at Netanyahu's emotional state on Oct. 7
9:35 pm

'My Ari does not deserve this treatment': Wife of suspect in PM's office document leak scandal calls for his release
9:07 pm

Palestinian media: Fatah bans Al Jazeera in West Bank over coverage of Jenin clashes

Rep. Michael Waltz, Republican of Florida, speaks to the media in New York, May 16, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Trump national security pick threatens US hostage-takers with ‘bullet in forehead’

Mike Waltz says not enough pressure is being put on those who take Americans captive, but indicates Hamas can survive if it lets them go

A poster showing hostages held in the Gaza Strip, displayed at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, December 22, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Hamas has given signs of life for a few hostages, Israeli official says, as talks go on

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Analysis

Amid IDF rethink, some see air-launched missile doctrine moving to more solid ground

The air force has long promoted versatile missile systems fired from jets, but critics say new threats require a shift to ground-based arms that are faster and more cost-effective

Israeli Air Force fighter jets prepare to head out for strikes in Iran, early October 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

A US fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Two US pilots shot down over Red Sea in ‘friendly fire’ incident

By AFP and ToI Staff

A man unloads construction materials in front of a damaged building in Metula, November 27, 2024. (David Cohen FLASH90)

IDF currently removing unexploded ordnance from communities

NIS 12 billion over 5 years: Israel’s plan for rebuilding the north comes into focus

While Minister Ze’ev Elkin claims, ‘We’ll build even bigger in the future,’ head of the Northern Contractors Organization counters: ‘There are simply not enough workers available’

Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on International Women's Day, March 8, 2019. (Vatican Media)

'My ancestors in Poland couldn't imagine such a partnership'

As relations ebb, rabbi and bishop launch guide to educate Catholics on antisemitism

Despite comments on the war by Pope Francis that rub many Jews the wrong way, Rabbi Noam Marans and Bishop Joseph Bambera have faith that dialogue can help overcome the hitch

A group of neo-Nazis protest against a proposed law clamping down on demonstrations outside houses of worship, on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia, on December 20, 2024. (X, Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Jews hate freedom’: One suspect named after neo-Nazis rally at Melbourne parliament

Police working to ID and arrest additional suspects who chanted Nazi-era slogans outside Victoria’s Parliament House, in protest of proposed laws clamping down on antisemitism

Damage caused by a firebomb at Beth Tikvah synagogue, Montreal, December 18, 2024. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)

Canada launches forum for combating antisemitism following synagogue, school attacks

Girls pose for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah menorah displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 21, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)

Reporter's notebook'When we speak about light, we know what darkness is'

After months of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Haifa’s Christians get ready for Christmas

By Diana Bletter

Without the constant threat of war, residents say they can enjoy the reboot of the northern city’s annual Holiday of Holidays celebration, cancelled last year

Somber Bethlehem readies for another Christmas under shadow of war

By Melanie Lidman

President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Biden commutes nearly all federal death sentences, but not for Tree of Life shooter

Move seen as effort to thwart Trump from jumpstarting executions; Biden keeps capital punishment for three men convicted of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder

A Palestinian home in Area B whose residents were said to have been expelled and replaced by settlers, east of the settlement of Tekoa, in an undated image (Courtesy Peace Now)

7 illegal settlements said built in West Bank area under Palestinian civil control

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Peace Now alleges settlers moved into homes of Palestinians who fled the area for fear of settler violence, warns against returning to ‘full military rule’ across entire West Bank

An Israeli protests against the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system outside a branch of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 23: Day 444 – Why MKs pushed restart on judicial overhaul bills

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Sam Sokol and Diana Bletter

An ultra-Orthodox man is seen in front of a sign for an IDF recruitment office during a protest against conscripting Haredi men to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Treasury officials warn ultra-Orthodox draft exemption law will cost Israel dearly

Finance Ministry budgetary department says annual cost to economy due to current burden on reservists is $8 billion, but can be relieved by drafting more Haredi men to combat roles

Chief of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, speaks during a ceremony in the southern city of Ashdod, May 29, 2023. (Flash90)

Air force chief reportedly vows to keep politics away from service

Suicide prevention: Talk! It can save lives.

My 6 takeaways, as a grieving father who lost his son to suicide and is living with the ’what-ifs’

War: A second immigration

Like aliyah did, the war is creating me anew: After years in Israel, I need to discover who I’ve become

The rotor head of an IAF helicopter that crashed in Syria on April 27, 1974, is recovered by Israeli troops, in a handout photo issued on December 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF troops in Syria find part of Israeli helicopter that crashed in 1974

By Emanuel Fabian

Rotor head of Super Frelon chopper involved in Yom Kippur War crash recovered, 50 years after all six crew members were killed during rescue mission

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Syria’s new leader says all weapons in country will come under ‘state control’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Lev Tahor members bust into Guatemala shelter to recapture kids rescued in raid

By AFP

Relatives of children from extreme ultra-Orthodox group that’s accused of abuse break into Guatemala City shelter, grabbing kids; authorities manage to recover some minors

A member of the Lev Tahor Jewish cult protests as Guatemalan police members surround a minibus transferring rescued children to the Alida Espana de Arana special education school in Guatemala City on December 22, 2024 (Johan ORDÓÑEZ / AFP)

Screen capture from video of a hearing on lifting a gag order relating to the leak of sensitive information and the Prime Minister's Office, December 22, 2024. (Walla: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Court permits lifting gag order on name of IDF reservist in intel theft and leak case

Details only to be published later this week; prosecution opposed suspect’s request to make his name public; he told court he can’t defend his reputation while ‘in the dark’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with his wife Sara on board the Wing of Zion official plane, July 22, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Dozens said to file complaints against Sara Netanyahu after report alleging dirty deeds

By Jeremy Sharon

Firefighters at the scene of a blaze at a boarding school in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Israel Fire and Rescue Service)

Jerusalem school blaze injures dozens; 3 in serious condition

Rescuers say 38 people hospitalized after being pulled from fire at religious postsecondary women’s school dormitory, including guard who tried to save students trapped inside

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Hapoel Beit She'an FC's announcement that Ghanem Mahajna was signed to the team, December 16, 2024. (Hapoel Beit She'an FC)

Israeli soccer club said to drop goalie amid anger over 2017 game for Palestinian team

Benny Friedman performs in a concert in Israel in February 2023. (Screencapture YouTube/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Top Hasidic singer’s UK show cancelled due to security fears, moves to new venue

A volunteer from the Border Police with a suspect apprehended while attempting to loot the Horbat Binit site in the lower Galilee, in an image released on December 23, 2024. (courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

Not so slickCops put squeeze on suspected looters at ancient olive oil complex

By Gavriel Fiske

US House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger and her panel begin work on fiscal 2024 spending bills, at the Capitol in Washington, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US lawmaker absent from office for months is found living at memory care facility

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