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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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US Vice President JD Vance, right, and Second Lady Usha Vance arrive at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

Qatar accuses Israel of violating truce, ignores Hamas

Vance visits Israel, joining Witkoff and Kushner, as US works to stabilize ceasefire

By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and Agencies

Trump’s VP tours HQ of emerging international task force that will oversee implementation of Gaza deal; will meet PM and president on Wednesday; US said to fear Netanyahu could collapse ceasefire

Vice President J.D. Vance, right, and Second Lady Usha Vance arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Oct. 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 21: Day 746 – Vance flies in to help keep Trump’s Gaza plan moving

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump floats renewal of Gaza fighting, but says Hamas still has chance to ‘behave’

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

Tal Haimi (right) with his wife Ela, was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak. His family was told on December 13, 2023, that he was killed during the October 7 attack. His body was returned to Israel on October 20, 2025. (Courtesy)

IDF withdrawal line being demarcated with tall yellow blocks

Hamas hands over body of hostage Tal Haimi, slain defending his kibbutz on Oct. 7

By Emanuel Fabian

Father of four was member of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak’s rapid response team; his youngest son was born 7 months after his death; 15 hostages’ bodies still held in Gaza

Yuval Engel weeps over the casket of her father, slain hostage Ronen Engel, during his funeral ceremony at Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 21, 2025 (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Slain hostage Ronen Engel is laid to rest, remembered for his boundless optimism

By Jessica Steinberg

Loved ones gather around the casket of Eliyahu Margalit, at his funeral in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 20, 2025. Terrorists murdered Margalit on October 7, 2023, and held his body in Gaza for two years. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Slain hostage Eliyahu Margalit finally laid to rest, as Israel buries two soldiers

Inside story

The return of Hamas: With wave of executions, terror group reasserts control in Gaza

Residents tell ToI of a pattern of sometimes deadly militia-style activity by Hamas, and some tacitly back aspects of it: ‘They’re on the ground, naturally they’ll rule’

A member of the internal security forces loyal to Palestinian terror group Hamas greets young Gazans in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) embracing top Hamas official Khaled Mashaal (C) as he meets with then-leader of the terror group Ismail Haniyeh (L) and his delegation at the Dolmabahce Presidential working office in Istanbul, on April 20, 2024. (Handout / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)

AnalysisTurkey boosts status with role in Gaza deal, ruffling Israeli and Arab feathers

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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Explore Jewish mindfulness practices to help you break free from doomscrolling, stay informed without burnout, and cultivate resilience and hope. Presented by Jane Eisner and Rabbi Josh Feigelson

Released hostages with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and White House adviser Jared Kushner on October 21, 2025, in Tel Aviv (Hostage and Missing Families Forum)

Smiles, hugs abound as Witkoff and Kushner meet with released hostages

By Jessica Steinberg

Nine of the hostages freed from Gaza last week in ceasefire deal urge envoys to secure return of final 15 deceased hostages, present them with gifts of thanks

IDF troops deployed along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip take position in their armored personnel carriers near the border fence on October 21, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 21: Israel assesses Hamas still has 20,000 fighters, many untrained, 100s of rockets

IDF brings bodies said to be of two deceased hostages back to Israel * Vance in Israel: Hamas has to disarm; recovering hostages’ bodies will take time, this peace is going to last * PM boots National Security Adviser Hanegbi

9:00 pm

Report: Iranian site hit in Israeli attack in October 2024 is being rebuilt
7:52 pm

Vance to meet with Netanyahu in Jerusalem tomorrow morning, followed by Herzog
7:47 pm

New proposal to end Ukraine war said to include peace board modeled after Gaza deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, on October 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

PM: Israelis would’ve died ‘in nuclear smoke’ if I’d heeded opposition demands to end war

By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol

Netanyahu, Lapid spar in fiery opening to Knesset’s winter session; PM says opposition wanted Israel ‘to surrender,’ Lapid snaps back: ‘Who was prime minister on October 7?’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks at a Knesset faction meeting in the Knesset on October 20, 2025 (Sam Sokol/ Times of Israel)

Ben Gvir threatens to stop voting with coalition unless death penalty bill advances

This image from 2021 shows a Sky Warden aircraft, which is based on the Air Tractor AT-802. (L3Harris)

IAI teams up with US contractor for new light aircraft for Israel’s border defense

By Emanuel Fabian

The ‘erasive Jew-hate’ that deletes Jewish ties to Israel

Decades of propaganda and revisionism have reshaped antisemitism into a campaign that denies Jews any indigeneity in their own land

No ceasefire for world Jewry

Even as the fighting in Gaza winds down, Diaspora Jews are still endangered by the pro-Hamas influence of the Qatari regime

PM: 'Isaac Amit is the president of the Supreme Court'

Ohana snubs Supreme Court president at Knesset’s opening session, sparking turmoil

Speaker declines to recognize Amit as head of top court, in row related to coalition’s efforts to constrain judiciary; Herzog slams ‘disrespect’ to national institutions, judges

President Isaac Herzog (left) and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attend the opening of the 2025 Knesset winter legislative session, October 20, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense committee postpones discussions on bill to regulate ultra-Orthodox conscription

Berlin's David McCormack, left, and Tel Aviv's Jasiel Rivero challenge for the ball during the Basketball EuroLeague match between Alba Berlin and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Berlin, Germany, November 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

European basketball becomes 1st sports competition to return to Israel after ceasefire

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Euroleague announces games will be held in Israel as of December 1, after being held in third-country venues throughout war; soccer federation expresses hope for similar return

A Maccabi Tel Aviv player kicks a ball during a match (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Maccabi Tel Aviv refuses away tickets for Aston Villa match, citing safety concerns

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Jewish leaders issue fresh warnings about Mamdani in closing weeks of campaign

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, a leader in the Conservative movement, calls candidate ‘a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community’

Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a mayoral debate, in New York City, October 16, 2025. (AP Photo/ Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Screen capture from video showing Vincent Sumpter, left, moments after he allegedly stabbed an Israeli yeshiva student, right, in Brooklyn, New York, August 10, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

NY man who stabbed Israeli, shouted ‘Free Palestine’ sentenced to 5 years

Rep. Ro Khanna speaks during an NAACP meeting, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Ro Khanna, Dem critic of Israel, says he backs Zionism and ‘right for Israel to exist’

By Grace Gilson

The World Union for Progressive Judaism's 2023 Connections conference in Jerusalem (WUPJ)

Marking global centennial, Reform movement aims to build bridges, strengthen Israel ties

At its biannual conference in Jerusalem, the World Union for Progressive Judaism will repoen its Beit Shmuel headquarters as a cultural center and event space

A Jewish extremist assaults Palestinian olive pickers and civil rights activists close to the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, October 19, 2025. (Courtesy Jasper Nathaniel)

Jewish extremists brutally assault Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank

By Jeremy Sharon and Nurit Yohanan

Masked assailant seen on video clubbing a Palestinian woman during the olive harvest in Turmus Ayya, vehicles set ablaze; police say investigation has been opened

Interview

Israeli-American Nobel laureate says his award is secondary to hostages’ safe return

Joel Mokyr, an economic historian who grew up in Israel, says news that he won Nobel Prize in Economics stunned him; credits high school history teacher with shaping his vision

Prof. Joel Mokyr speaks after winning the Nobel Prize in Economics at Northwestern University, Oct. 13, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Khamenei tells Trump to ‘keep dreaming’ US strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Supreme leader also rebuffs US president’s appeal for negotiations, calling his ‘interventions’ in Islamic Republic’s nuclear program ‘inappropriate, wrong and coercive’

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 20, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Doria Achiel (left) and Yuvda Israilov (right), who were detained by police on suspicion of spying on Iran's behalf before officers closed the investigation without filing an indictment on October 20, 2025. (Facebook)

In first, police drop case against couple detained on Iranian espionage suspicions

By Charlie Summers

Analysis

As foreign airlines return to Israel, sky-high airfares show signs of descent

Amid the ceasefire with Hamas, Israeli carriers see return of competition, though some low-cost airlines aren’t coming back anytime soon

Illustrative: Travelers at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, June 25, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Britain's King Charles III meets members of the community during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Manchester, England, October 20, 2025. (Chris Jackson, Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles visits site of deadly Yom Kippur synagogue terror attack in Manchester

By Reuters and ToI Staff

‘For the king to be here, it shows me that the UK is upset about this attack,’ says one community member of royal visit to shul where two worshipers were killed

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky appears in a live-stream, on October 18, 2025. (Screen capture via Daniel Naroditsky on YouTube)

American chess grandmaster and popular streamer Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM

Son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and Azerbaijan, prodigy earned highest chess title short of world champion at 18; his livestreams drew thousands, bringing game to new audiences

AnalysisRabbi Arthur Waskow, longtime progressive US activist and author, dies at 92

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France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy (C), with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration on a five-year prison sentence, on October 21, 2025. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Ex-French president Sarkozy starts 5-year prison sentence over funds from Gaddafi scandal

By Nicolas Gaudichet and Phenix Kim

NFX venture capital firm Israel managers (from right to left): Gigi Levy-Weiss, Omri Amirav-Drory and Sarai Bronfeld. (Courtesy: Tamir Levy)

Venture capital firm NFX raises $325 million, betting on Israeli tech innovation

By Sharon Wrobel

M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold performs during the Louder Than Life music festival on September 19, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Amy Harris/ Invision/ AP)

Metalheads uniteA7X frontman defends video welcoming home freed Israeli hostages

By Jessica Steinberg

Disturbed frontman David Draiman, far left, and his bandmates, onstage in the Netherlands on October 15, 2025 (David Draiman Instagram screenshot)

After Belgium show canceled, pro-Israel heavy metal front man David Draiman urges unity

By Jessica Steinberg

A Venmo mobile app shows it is not available during the Amazon Web Services outage, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Massive Amazon cloud outage resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide

By Kelvin Chan and Barbara Ortutay

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi walks back to her seat after casting her ballot during voting for Japan's new prime minister during an extraordinary session of the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on October 21, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Sanae Takaichi chosen as Japan’s first female prime minister

By Mari Yamaguchi

Britain's then-prince Andrew arrives to attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)

Memoir by Prince Andrew’s and Epstein’s accuser reignites scandal for UK royal

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, accompanied by his wife Lori Shapiro, speaks during a news conference after Cody Balmer, who set fire to Shapiro's residence, pled guilty to attempted murder and other charges, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro to publish memoir, amid ’28 presidential speculation

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