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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 13, 2025

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Illustrative: The wreckage of a vehicle is left strewn on the side of the road, a day after an Israeli airstrike that killed its occupants, in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane, in the Nabatieh district on November 2, 2025. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 13: IDF denies Lebanon strike, says blast caused by Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempt

Head of police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit suspected of breach of trust, abuse of authority * IDF trainee dies on base after suffering apparent allergic reaction

1:25 am

NYC mayor Adams to travel to Israel tomorrow
1:10 am

BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says no basis for defamation claim
11:57 pm

Russia proposes its own UN resolution on Gaza in challenge to US draft

Palestinians inspect a mosque in Deir Istiya after it was set on fire by Israeli settlers, according to local residents. Graffiti left by settlers reads "We will take revenge again" and "We are not afraid of Avi Bluth," a reference to the IDF Central Command chief, November 13, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Settlers torch West Bank mosque, scrawl hateful messages after IDF leaders’ reproach

By AP and ToI Staff

Deir Istiya village targeted amid rising settler violence that has displaced thousands; graffiti threatens revenge after rare condemnation from military generals

A Palestinian man uses a cellphone to record a burning truck after an alleged settler attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the West Bank on November 11, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Rubio says ‘there’s some concern’ West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire

By Jacob Magid and Charlie Summers

Palestinians and journalists survey damage in an industrial zone following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the West Bank village of Beit Lid, near Tulkarm, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Army chief vows to crack down on settler attacks, even as suspects freed after mass riot

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Op-ed: Day 769 of the war

Israel-haters’ incendiary rebranding of Zionism

At an already forgotten soccer match in England last week, another red line was crossed in the battle to demonize, delegitmize and ultimately destroy the State of Israel

Anti-Israel signs seen ahead of an Aston Villa - Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer game in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025. (Screenshots via X, via Deen1fied on Instagram)

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Rubio ‘optimistic’ as US advances new UN resolution to establish foreign force in Gaza

Top US diplomat says proposed mission ‘shouldn’t be a fighting force,’ calls for parties to hold up ‘commitments’ on Hamas disarmament, though it’s unclear if such commitments were made

IDF troops operate on the eastern side of the Yellow Line in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in a handout photo issued on November 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinians walk among destroyed buildings in the eastern part of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF says it killed several gunmen on Israeli-held side of Gaza’s Yellow Line

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

A wardrobe pierced by a bayonet (with a hole in the upper right), and a tree trunk that a young man hid in to escape the Nazis are two of the artifacts displayed in Yad Vashem's Living Memory exhibition (Yad Vashem)

Never-revealed Holocaust artifacts illuminate tragedy and triumph in new Yad Vashem exhibit

The Living Memory exhibition brings individual experiences to the fore with deeply personal effects from the museum’s vast archives

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Daily Briefing Nov. 13: Day 769 – Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with ‘free Bibi’ letter

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Syrian leader’s DC media campaign to remove whiff of terrorism, Marco Rubio’s condemnation of extremist settlers and the return of ‘pay to slay’

Haviv Rettig Gur (courtesy) / President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

ToI podcastWhat Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The case for pardoning Netanyahu

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur

Construction workers, bottom right, atop the US Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, October 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s $300m ballroom backed by tech, crypto giants — and two Israeli billionaires

By AP and ToI Staff

A conditional pardon could be just what Israel needs

Protecting the rule of law and safeguarding the nation would entail not just an end to Bibi’s trial, but an exit from his role as prime minister

Protests aside, Greece has shifted its stance on Israel

After a history as one of the Jewish state’s fiercest European critics, Greece has become one of its closest allies worldwide

Taking the train to Auschwitz

On my way to a seminar about memory, I couldn’t help thinking of those who had traveled without choice, without luggage, without names

Why don’t we all just go?

We say ’Next year in Jerusalem’ as though it were poetry, not prophecy, but what if it was meant as a dare?

A rare silver goblet found in Ain Samiya, near Ramallah in the West Bank, dating to about 2300 BCE. (Staff Archaeological Officer in the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria - Ardon Bar Hama/The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)

Study: 4,300-year-old cup with oldest depiction of Creation features a ‘celestial ark’

By Rossella Tercatin

Found in 1970 in the West Bank and on display at the Israel Museum, the Ain Samiya silver goblet shows before-and-after scene of a conveyance used by the sun and the moon to travel

IDF troops detain members of an alleged Hamas network in the Bethlehem area of the West Bank, in footage issued by the military on November 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel detains 50 members of Hamas network in West Bank said to be planning attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

Suspects nabbed in 15 separate raids in Bethlehem area; Shin Bet says one cell was at ‘advanced stage of readiness’ to carry out shooting

Israeli Ambassador Daniel Meron addresses reporters at the United Nations offices in Geneva on March 10, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

Israel grilled at UN over reports claiming ‘systematic and widespread torture’ of Palestinians

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli soldiers escort the media to an underground tunnel found underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)

US intel revealed Israeli officials discussing use of human shields in Gaza, sources say

By Reuters and ToI Staff

In this photo released by Syrian Presidency press office, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington, November 10, 2025. (Syrian Presidency press office via AP)

US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

Tom Barrack says meeting between Rubio and Turkish and Syrian envoys discussed ‘redefining Turkish-Syrian-Israeli relations’ and helping to underpin ceasefire in Gaza

US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington on November 10, 2025. (Syrian Presidency Press Office via AP)

A whiff or twoTrump sprays Syria’s Sharaa with cologne, asks how many wives he has

The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Senior police official detained over suspected breach of trust, abuse of authority

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Deputy commissioner allegedly interfered in Lahav 433 probe to aid associate; development comes as legal establishment faces separate turmoil over Tomer-Yerushalmi investigation

Police chief Danny Levy speaks during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, September 15, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Police chief distances himself from court filing against Ben Gvir, in promotion spat

By Charlie Summers

Shin Bet chief David Zini attends the state memorial ceremony marking 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, November 3, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Zini asks court to reject petition against his appointment from ex-Shin Bet chiefs

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Explainer

Draft exemption bill stuck as coalition faces internal dissension, Haredi demands

A number of MKs in Netanyahu’s coalition have expressed opposition to Haredi draft legislation but ‘it remains to be seen whether they will be able to stand firm,’ says Edelstein

MK Boaz Bismuth attends a Knesset House Committee meeting, August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MK Nissim Vaturi speaks during a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on, August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK: Meir Kahane ‘was right about many things, today he’d get the Israel Prize’

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Yair Netanyahu (left) and Sara Netanyahu listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver a speech at the 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025, in New York City. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images/AFP)

Netanyahu decries ‘slander’ of his wife and son by leading right-wing commentators

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Mossad director David Barnea at the Prime Minister's Award ceremony in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Report: Mossad chief Barnea to step down next June; PM begins search for successor

By Stav Levaton

Three candidates reportedly under consideration, including Mossad’s deputy chief, another senior official in the spy agency, and Netanyahu’s military secretary

Iranian women wave national flags during the unveiling of a statue (unseen) depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran, November 7, 2025. (AFP)

Analysis

Iran employing ‘calibrated concessions’ as it deepens political crackdown on dissent

While the Islamic Republic relaxes visible restrictions, aiming to portray Iran as welcoming, it is escalating executions and targeting political and minority groups

ISIS fighters parade in commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicles down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, more than two weeks after taking over the country's second largest city, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts

By Fabien Zamora

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi is interviewed at United Nations headquarters, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

IAEA unable to check Iran’s uranium since June war, says inspection ‘long overdue’

American actor Kevin Spacey visited the Western Wall on December 3, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90)

Kevin Spacey says he chose Israel over Greece when told to cancel Tel Aviv show

By Jessica Steinberg

Actor says he doesn’t respond well to ultimatums, sees echoes of calls to boycott Israel in the ostracism he faced while combating sexual assault claims

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By PHILISSA CRAMER

Muhammad Marazqa, a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death by his classmate in Kafr Qara on October 27, 2025. (Courtesy)

Teen charged with murder, weapons offense over killing of classmate

By Charlie Summers

The Dome of the US Capitol Building is visible behind a statue depicting US President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands on the National Mall on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harni / Getty Images via AFP)

Democrats release email in which Epstein wrote that Trump ‘knew about the girls’

By Frankie TAGGART

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung speaks to reporters in Taipei, Taiwan on November 12, 2025. (AP/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan’s foreign minister: Closer ties with Israel align with the island’s interests

By AP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 12, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after record 43-day disruption

By KEVIN FREKING, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and Matt Brown

FILE: A rabbinical student reads at the Synagogue of the Black Hills in Rapid City, S.D., September 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Kristina Barker)

Study finds ‘shortage’ of US rabbis is more about fit than numbers

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Medical personnel rush a suspected stabber into the emergency unit at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on February 7, 2016. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

MKs push to end hospital stays for terror detainees, suggest they be given worse care

By Charlie Summers

Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (C), delivers a speech during a campaign rally for the Reconstruction and Development Coalition ahead of the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad on November 7, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Iraq’s PM Sudani secures ‘major victory’ in election, say sources close to him

Vital Mishayev, in an undated photo. The former police officer, diagnosed with PTSD, self-immolated in October 2025 and died the following month. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ex-cop with PTSD dies two weeks after self-immolating outside defense official’s home

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Tranportation Minister Miri Regev in the Knesset on November 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

A $265,000 trip to the US: Report discloses transit minister’s lavish travel budget

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