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What Matters Most On Friday, October 31, 2025

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Hamas hostages Amiram Cooper (L) and Sahar Baruch, whose remains were returned to Israel from Gaza on October 30, 2025. (Courtesy)

Hamas has still to return the bodies of 11 hostages

Remains of deceased hostages Amiram Cooper 84, and Sahar Baruch, 25, returned to Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Cooper, an economist and poet, was a founder of Kibbutz Nir Oz; Baruch was an engineering student; both were kidnapped from their border kibbutzim in the October 7 onslaught, killed in Gaza

Pictures of victims hang on the outer wall of a Kibbutz Nir Oz home gutted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, as seen in the Gaza border community on October 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Return of last Nir Oz hostage’s remains brings closure to ‘locus of disaster’

Employees of the Nasser Medical Complex unload one of the 30 bodies of Palestinians released as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal, as the body bags arrive in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2025. (AFP)

Israel returns remains of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza after 2 hostage bodies returned

By AFP

Freed hostage Maxim Herkin speaks to Channel 12 investigative program Uvda in an interview broadcast October 30, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

‘An eye for an eye’: Hamas wrote message to Ben Gvir on hostage Maxim Herkin’s back

Ofir Tzarfati (Courtesy)

‘Saying goodbye for a 3rd time’: Ofir Tzarfati’s family buries remains returned by Hamas

By Michael Horovitz

Released hostage Alon Ohel (seated at piano) with the cast of 'Eretz Nehederet' on October 29, 2025. (Courtesy, Keshet)

Not a dry eye on setFreed hostage Alon Ohel plays piano on ‘Eretz Nehederet’

By Jessica Steinberg and JTA

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men attend a protest against mandatory military conscription, in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rally seen as rare display of unity among Haredi sects

200,000 ultra-Orthodox men block entry to Jerusalem in protest against serving in IDF

By Charlie Summers, ToI Staff, Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

20-year-old man falls to his death after scaling unfinished building in construction site; protesters attack journalists, clash with Border Police

Police clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a protest against conscription to the IDF, in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. (Fadel SENNA / AFP)

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men clash with cops at end of anti-enlistment protest

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook‘My children would rather go to jail’: Haredi protesters insist Torah study must come first

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Ultra-Orthodox fight against IDF service

On October 30, 2025, some 200,000 Haredi men flood Jerusalem in protest against conscription into the IDF, clashing with police

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand on multiple floors of a building under construction and watch a protest against service in the Israeli military, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Man dies falling from unfinished high-rise amid ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem

By Charlie Summers

Adam S. Ferziger

The few, the brave, the Haredim: These soldiers are heroes

Ultra-Orthodox men in the IDF overcome immense internal and external challenges. They’re setting a new paradigm and they deserve support

Miriam Heller Stern

The will to keep dreaming: A Zionist ethic of care

For all the armchair analysis of Zionism, my family’s history at the WZC taught me that it’s actually about people – like my son, whose choice to serve is very real

Wanted to 'counter false propaganda against law enforcement'

IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister had said Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi would be ousted over leaked Sde Teiman footage; new military advocate general to be selected soon

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Israel Defense Forces Military Advocate General, attends a welcome ceremony for then-newly appointed Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, August 11, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Full text of top IDF lawyer’s resignation letter over detainee abuse video leak

This picture taken from a position at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows destroyed buildings in the Palestinian territory on October 30, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 31: Turkey to host some Muslim FMs on Monday amid Gaza ceasefire concerns

UN tracks significant decline in Gaza aid looting since truce began * Lebanon accuses Israel of responding to negotiation offer by ‘intensifying’ attacks

8:21 pm

Suspected infiltration triggered sirens in West Bank settlement
8:20 pm

Red Cross says it transferred partial remains of three bodies from Hamas to Israel
8:06 pm

UN Security Council backs Morocco's plan for Western Sahara autonomy

Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, at a rally in tribute to October 7 victims and in support of hostages, at the Palais de Justice in Nice, June 23, 2024. (Philippe Viglietti)

Interview'I'm defending a democracy that was attacked by terrorists'

Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall

By Robert Sarner

Leading Nice, the 5th-largest metropolitan area in France, the self-described ‘Jew at heart’ Christian Estrosi bucks opposition – and death threats – in his stalwart defense of Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the graduation of an IDF officers' course, October 30, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

Netanyahu: Israel will disarm Hamas and demilitarize Gaza if foreign troops don’t

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

PM, defense minister, army chief vow powerful responses to ceasefire violations; Turkey again accuses Israel of genocide

Volunteers help harvest cherry tomatoes in Moshav Ein HaBesor, on November 11, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7IDF probe credits Ein Habesor residents with repelling Oct. 7 attack on moshav

By Stav Levaton

A Gaza woman holds up a NIS 100 ($31) bill, saying it has lost about 20% of its value due to wartime wear-and-tear, in footage published by Reuters on October 31, 2025. (Screen capture: X/Reuters)

Gaza banks reopened following ceasefire have no cash, customers find

By Mahmoud Issa and Nidal al-Mughrabi

Analysis

With Gaza war paused, Catholic-Jewish ties reenergized on Nostra Aetate anniversary

The dialogue sparked by the 1965 Vatican document reached new lows after October 7. Now that fighting might be over, optimism surrounds Pope Leo’s determination to make progress

Pope Leo XIV attends a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Vatican 1965 declaration Nostra Aetate (In Our Time) in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, October 28, 2025. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Lazar Berman (courtesy) / Pope Leo XIV attends a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Vatican 1965 declaration Nostra Aetate (In Our Time) in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, October 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

ToI podcastFriday Focus with Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Amy Koplow, executive director of the Hebrew Free Burial Association, and Efrem Reis, assistant director, look through a list of donor names at the association’s Maiden Lane headquarters in New York City, June 2025. (Cathryn J. Prince)

'So many buried here lived on the margins of society'

The haunting history of the Jewish burial society that cares for NYC’s lost and forgotten

By Cathryn J. Prince

Since 1888, the Hebrew Free Burial Association has ensured that in the city that never sleeps, the poor and huddled masses enter their eternal rest with compassion and dignity

Chairperson of the World Zionist Organization Yaakov Hagoel at the opening ceremony of the new Knesset museum, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After Yair Netanyahu fiasco, new deal could mark comeback for current WZO chief

Fresh agreement, yet to be finalized, would see rotation at helm between Rabbi Doron Perez and current WZO head Yaakov Hagoel. And there would be no job for PM’s son, whom Likud had sought to install as information chief

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and settlers gather in the village of Edna, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, during the olive harvesting season, on October 12, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Israel deporting two US Jews who entered closed IDF zone to aid Palestinian farmers

By Jeremy Sharon

‘Deporting an 18-year old who chose to spend part of her gap year in Israel, contribute to society in a non-violent way is outrageous and sad to me’ says mother of activist

Police at the scene of a terror attack in Tzrifin, where two soldiers were injured, April 4, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Palestinian man who stabbed two soldiers in 2023 sentenced to 36 years in prison

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the creation of an antisemitism task force in City Hall, New York City, May 13, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC mayor warns antisemitism spreading ‘like a cancer’ across city

As mayoral election campaign nears end, Eric Adams says ‘we must bring down the temperature,’ takes shot at anti-Israel Mamdani, in speech focused on anti-Jewish discrimination

Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corporation, center, speaks as US President Donald Trump, left, and Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group CEO, listen in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, January 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a 'This Is the Turning Point' campus tour event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi, October 29, 2025. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Vance tells anti-Israel student Trump secured Gaza deal by using ‘leverage’ on Jerusalem

VP’s comments undercut Netanyahu’s assertion that Israel remains sovereign regarding Gaza decisions; exchange highlights animosity toward Israel, Jews among some young US conservatives

Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on February 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP/George Walker IV)

Head of US right-wing think tank defends Tucker Carlson after talk show with antisemite

By JTA and ToI Staff

Leader of the far-right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin on February 23, 2025, after the German national election. (Michael Probst/AP)

Shunned at home, Germany’s far-right AfD deepens ties to Trump administration

By Sarah Marsh, Paul Carsten and Maria Tsvetkova

Steven J. Zipperstein said his training as a historian helped him separate truth from fiction in writing his biography of Roth. (Yale University Press via JTA)

Interview

Philip Roth’s latest biographer wants Jews to read him again — without the guilt

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In ‘Philip Roth: Stung by Life,’ Stanford professor Steven Zipperstein argues for the brilliance and relevance of a writer who ‘probed nearly every aspect of contemporary Jewish life’

Journalist Chaim Levinson attends an event on November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Senior journalist fired from Haaretz for earning NIS 200,000 from Qatargate suspect

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Chaim Levinson acknowledges ghostwriting for Yisrael Einhorn’s company Perception, but denies knowledge of ties to Gulf state: ‘I made a serious mistake’

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Ex-cop with PTSD seriously hurt after self-immolating outside top defense official’s home

Energy Minister Eli Cohen meets his American counterpart Chris Wright in Washington on April 3, 2025. (Shmulik Almani)

US energy secretary nixes visit after Israel puts Egypt gas deal on hold

By Lazar Berman

A Star of David mosaic. (Wikimedia / Creative Commons)

Finding psychedelicsAfter October 7, some seek healing from kabbalah-informed psychedelic retreats

By Kathryn Post

US President Donald Trump departs Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, October 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via AFP)

US to limit refugee acceptance to record low 7,500, mostly white South Africans

By AFP

Prince Andrew arrives for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, Sept. 16, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles, evicts him from royal residence

By brian melley and Jill Lawless

Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar, seen here in footage from a local ABC news report on October 30, 2025, faces an indictment on conspiracy charges. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Jewish Maryland official indicted in conspiracy case involving secret sex video

The second game in the finals of the Israeli Basketball Premier League between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Pais Arena, June 12, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Turkish basketball team Fenerbahce to play home games against Israeli teams in Munich

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A man holds the gate of a damaged house after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Boca de Dos Rios village, Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba on October 30, 2025. (Yamil Lage/AFP)

Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean

By AFP

An honor guard carries the coffin of the military chief of Yemen's Houthi rebels, Major General Mohammed al-Ghamari, during a funeral procession for him four days after the group announced al-Ghamari's death in Sanaa, on October 20, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Houthis say 43 UN workers to be tried on allegations they helped Israel conduct strike

By Reuters and ToI Staff

View of Jerusalem's Romema Neighborhood as seen from helicopter, October 12, 2025 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Real Estate IsraelHousing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in October 2025

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