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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 14, 2025

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Netanyahu backs my West Bank policy 'revolution' - Smotrich

Smotrich says he’ll okay 3,000 homes east of Jerusalem, ‘burying idea of Palestinian state’

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

E1 settlement project that would split West Bank into north and south has been on hold for decades amid international pressure; settler leader hails ‘historical achievement’

Medics and health personnel welcome Palestinian children from Gaza and their families brought for medical care at Rome's Ciampino airport. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

'The insistence on sending patients abroad is stalling help'

Hundreds now leave Gaza for medical care each month. Thousands more are still waiting

By Nurit Yohanan

Israel says evacuations for treatment have increased, with restrictions seemingly eased, but bottlenecks like finding host countries are keeping many in urgent need from getting care

Heavy scrutiny and regulations block tons of aid from entering Gaza, groups claim

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel said in talks with Indonesia, Libya, 3 more countries about taking in Gazans

By ToI Staff and AP

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office to mark the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 14: Trump says he’d like to see Israel allow foreign journalists into Gaza

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Ben Gvir filmed visiting, threatening jailed Palestinian terror chief Barghouti; PA outraged * Hundreds attend Haredi rally against draft dodgers’ detention, clash with police, threaten journalists

8:57 pm

Germany calls on Israel to 'stop settlement construction' in West Bank
8:51 pm

Turkey latest to condemn Israeli settlement plan, says it breaches international law
8:50 pm

Hundreds of Haredi protesters clash with police outside jail holding draft dodgers

IDF chief greenlights general outline of planned conquest of Gaza City

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Military says plan for capture of Strip’s largest city ‘presented and approved,’ as Hamas reports heavy fighting, 123 dead; COGAT says nearly 320 aid trucks entered strip Tuesday

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with top officers on August 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Arab nations fume after Netanyahu says he feels connection to vision of Greater Israel

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Arab League and Palestinian Authority issue statements condemning PM’s comments, slamming ‘mentality steeped in colonial delusions’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at an amulet showing "a map of the Promised Land," given to him by his interviewer, August 12, 2025. (Screenshot i24 news)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement during an event hosted by Newsmax in Jerusalem on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun / POOL / AFP)

Netanyahu claims IDF abandoned commitment to ‘victory’ as he assails ex-security chiefs

By Nava Freiberg

Palestinian children and a journalist examine the destroyed Al Jazeera tent at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 11, 2025, following an overnight strike by the IDF. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

IDF source: Some of the journalists killed with Al Jazeera’s Sharif were also terror operatives

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

In response to ToI query, army defends strike, says ‘many’ steps taken to mitigate civilian harm; source doesn’t specify which of other 5 fatalities were ‘incriminated terrorists’

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)

Ex-IDF chief reportedly slams Mossad director for ‘self-promotion’ over Iran war

A man jumps in the water as people cool off in the Ein Lavan spring, amid a heat wave, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, August 13, 2025. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Two die of heatstroke as temperatures, electricity usage break records in extended heatwave

Highest Wednesday temperature recorded in Jordan Valley kibbutz, reaching 49.7°C (121.5°F); Israel Railways imposes speed limit on some of its train routes due to extreme weather

A man fills a tanker delivery truck with water from an underground water well distribution facility in Beirut on July 3, 2025. (Joseph EID / AFP)

Water shortages plague Beirut as low rainfall compounds woes

Police stand between Israel supporters and anti-Israel crowds during a protest in New York City, October 8, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity

Federal court says attacking Star of David is ‘racial discrimination,’ not political protest, setting legal standard for future cases involving anti-Zionist targeting of Jews

It’s not Mamdani’s criticism of Israel that we find so troubling

A NY Times article misses the point – it’s the candidate’s dismissal of Jewish pain and his disregard for threats to our safety

Zionism for the rich? The hypocrisy of ignoring Ethiopia’s Jews

History will judge those who gave fat incentives to well-off immigrants while leaving thousands of at-risk Jews in Gondar and Addis Ababa

TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey attends the 2025 Canada's Walk Of Fame Induction Gala held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, on June 14, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images/AFP)

Toronto film fest CEO denies Oct. 7 doc censored, says he still wants it shown

Cameron Bailey says lawyers working with filmmakers to ensure film meets standards, after organizers said use of Hamas massacre footage was unauthorized, cited fear of ‘disruption’

Retired Israeli general Noam Tibon in the documentary 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' (Courtesy)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 14: Day 678 – Surrealism — or censorship — at Toronto film fest?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz

Tamir (left) and Eyal Locker (right). (Courtesy)

'If Ori were still alive, he would have joined us'

Father and twin brother of fallen soldier join forces on the front line in his honor

By Stav Levaton

When 19-year-old Ori Locker fell in combat on Oct. 7, his father, Eyal, and twin brother, Tamir, channeled their grief into action, choosing to serve together in the IDF reserves

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside army recruitment offices in Jerusalem on August 13, 2025. The pictures in the posters, mimicking those of Hamas-held hostages, are of arrested draft-dodgers with text urging their release. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Haredi leaders plan large protests outside IDF prison in support of detained draft dodgers

Hundreds of rabbis set to attend rallies at Beit Lid on Thursday evening; Slonim Hasidic group urges ‘struggle against the enlistment decree and the persecution of Torah students’

IDF troops in Gaza in a photograph released by the IDF on August 12. (IDF Spokesman)

Coalition, lacking majority, postpones vote to extend call-up of IDF reservists

By Ariela Karmel

A lock placed the garage of the building where Justice Minister Yariv Levin lives in Modiin on August 13, 2025 (X/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Protesters lock gate to Levin’s garage after he shut AG out of her office

Justice minister rails at ‘anarchists’ for chaining entrance to his apartment building’s parking area; Yesh Atid files petition to block Levin from hampering attorney general’s work

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar after the latter announces his reentry into government, September 29, 2024. (Chaim Tzach/GPO)

Ruling Likud party approves merger with Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope

In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Elon Musk during a live discussion on the social media platform X, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, September 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO)

Netanyahu looks to tap an ‘Israeli Elon Musk’ to slash bureaucratic red tape

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Mascots hold a banner which reads 'Stop killing children, Stop killing civilians' on the pitch ahead of the 2025 UEFA Super Cup final soccer match at the Friuli stadium, in Udine, Italy, August 13, 2025. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Flouting its own rules, UEFA displays ‘stop killing children’ banner at key match

Rare political statement, which doesn’t name Israel, comes after player called out European soccer governing body for not mentioning that ‘Palestinian Pele’ was allegedly killed in Gaza

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Prof. Dan Turner: Treating our enemies humanely makes us human

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Senior pediatric gastroenterologist and human rights activist weighs in on horrific images of malnourished children in Gaza and why their underlying medical conditions are not the problem

Prof. Ariel Munitz, right, stands with PhD student Anish Dsilva in their lab at Tel Aviv University's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)

As food-allergy disease EoE rises, Israeli team says blocking a protein can shut it down

By Diana Bletter

Tel Aviv U scientists find that neutralizing TSLP protein halts progression of eosinophilic esophagitis, which affects 1 in 2,500; they want to raise awareness, help sufferers

Illustrative: A rabbi leads a blessing with wine in hand and tallit draped over his shoulders (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin via JTA)

'Welcoming these families is the most moral act we can do'

US Conservative rabbi quits movement, preempting sanctions over performing intermarriages

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

As the denomination’s ethics committee opens an investigation into rabbinical scion Ari Yehuda Saks’ participation in interfaith weddings, the cleric doesn’t wait for a verdict

More Headlines

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (2nd L) posing for a photograph next to Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L), Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (2nd R) and Head of Syrian Intelligence Hussein al-Salama during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on August 13, 2025. (HANDOUT / TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)

Turkey to supply Syria with arms, equipment under new military accord

By Tuvan Gumrukcu

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address on the anniversary of the death of the country's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the latter's mausoleum in Tehran on June 3, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

‘A mirage’: Iran’s president dismisses Netanyahu’s water-tech offer amid shortages

By AFP and ToI Staff

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Ankara on August 13, 2025. (TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)

Turkey and Syria accuse Israel of fostering chaos in Syria

By Agencies and ToI Staff

This photo taken from an IDF tank on October 7, 2023, shows the burning Sderot police station after it was attacked by Hamas terrorists. (Israel Defense Forces)

Police said to launch probe into its Oct. 7 response, nearly two years later

By Charlie Summers

This circa 2017 photo provided by his family shows Remy Rowhani, the head of the National Spiritual Assembly that governs Baha’i affairs in Qatar. (Family photo via AP)

Qatar sentences Baha’i leader to 5 years over social media posts

This picture shows the destruction at Evin prison in Tehran after Israeli airstrikes in June, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)

Human Rights Watch calls Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin Prison ‘apparent war crime’

By AP and ToI Staff

A Russian soldier patrols in a street of Mariupol, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Report: US, Russia considering West Bank-style future for Ukraine occupation

By ToI Staff and AFP

An Arrow interceptor missile is launched to take down a Houthi ballistic missile fired from Yemen, early in the morning on July 10, 2025. (X Screenshot)

IDF downs latest Houthi ballistic missile; no sirens sound

By Emanuel Fabian

Musician Piris Eliyahu, center, will play with his trio, wife Larissa Eliyahu, left, and double bass player Daniel Avrin, in their new work, 'Advat,' on August 21, 2025 (Courtesy)

Ripple effectIn complex times, Piris Eliyahu finds harmony in new music piece

By Jessica Steinberg

A police officer handcuffs a West Bank resident during his arrest on suspicion of planning an attack in Ra'anana, August 13, 2025. (Screenshot/Israel Police)

Palestinian arrested after Ra’anana manhunt on suspicion of planning terror attack

Illustration: Techology software solutions for insurance sector. (Khanchit Khirisutchalual/iStock).

Israeli insurance software provider Sapiens to be bought by US firm for $2.5b

By Sharon Wrobel

Syrian security forces deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, March 7, 2025. (Omar Albam/AP)

UN: War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syrian violence against Alawites

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