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What Matters Most On Saturday, November 15, 2025

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A photograph shows a displacement camp in Gaza City on November 14, 2025 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

US says its plan for postwar management of Gaza offers pathway to Palestinian statehood

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies

Statement backed by regional powers urges UN to approve resolution on forming stabilization force; Witkoff said planning to meet soon with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya

A family sits outside their damaged home, surrounded by the the rubble of neighboring residences, all devastated in the war in Gaza City, Nov.14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

US: Failure to back UN resolution based on Trump’s Gaza plan is a vote for Hamas, war

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and AFP

Henrik Lenkeit (courtesy)

Interview'Himmler was our ancestor, but we’re not Himmler'

German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler

By Matt Lebovic

After recognizing his grandmother as the SS master’s lover in a photo, couples therapist Henrik Lenkeit’s research confirmed he is grandson of notorious SS leader

Demonstrators gather during a protest decrying sexual violence against women in the October 7 massacre, outside of United Nations headquarters in New York City, on December 4, 2023. (Yakov Binyamin/Flash90)

UN official for violence against women falsely claims no independent probe found Oct. 7 rape

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Reem Alsalem’s remarks contradict 2024 UN report which found ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe sexual violence took place in Hamas-led attacks, and even more against hostages in Gaza

Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Columbia University investment committee rejects demands to divest from Israel

Advisory board denies divestment calls, a focus of the anti-Israel protest movement, citing opposition on campus and infeasibility of the move

Illustrative: Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US professor sues university for probing his call for global war to ‘end Israel’

Trump says he’s weighing Saudi request to buy F-35s, hopes Riyadh will normalize Israel ties

As crown prince set to visit White House, US president says ‘they wanna buy a lot of jets,’ hopes Riyadh will join Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on November 14, 2025, at Joint Base Andrew, Maryland. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images/AFP)

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, right, speaks alongside then-presidential hopeful, US President Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

Trump breaks with ‘ranting lunatic’ Taylor Greene amid calls for Epstein file release

By AFP and ToI Staff

Firebrand MAGA lawmaker with history of antisemitic comments says US president attacking her for supporting Congressional demands that administration release sex trafficker files

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Palm Beach, Florida, on November 14, 2025 (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump threatens BBC with lawsuit up to $5 billion over edited speech, despite apology

By AFP and ToI Staff

The 20 living hostages released on October 13, 2025: First row, from left: Elkana Bohbot, Matan Angrest, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel. Second row, from left: Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Braslavski, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman. Third row, from left: Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn. Bottom row, from left: Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Omri Miran (Times of Israel combo pic; photos by IDF and GPO)

Trump to host recently freed hostages at White House on Nov. 20

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

All 20 living hostages released last month were invited along with family members; contrary to earlier reporting, the former captives will fly commercial, on Israel’s dime

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are carried in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel returns 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, where displaced families endure winter rains

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 15: IDF demolishes Hamas tunnel in north Gaza used in deadly 2024 attack on troops

Freed hostages attend rallies, calling for push to return remaining slain captives * Smotrich, Ben Gvir demand Netanyahu ‘make it clear’ Palestinian state won’t be established

8:43 pm

Far-right MK Maoz accuses Trump of 'advancing Palestinian terror state' in West Bank
8:05 pm

Smotrich, Ben Gvir demand Netanyahu 'make it clear' Palestinian state won't be established
7:54 pm

Fallen soldier's father: My girl has been gone for 2 years but those who should have protected her stay put

Libby Bagno-Simon

For my children and me, tolerance isn’t just a slogan

On the International Day for Tolerance, we need people to see that autism isn’t a mistake of nature; it’s a different way of being human

Mamdani and the illusion of Islamic victory in American politics

Distant observers see New York’s new mayor as a symbol; locals elected him to deal with housing, inflation and public safety

Women watch as a man plays trombone as people listen at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Iranian women defy mandatory hijab law, judiciary calls for tougher measures

By AFP

Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei orders prosecutors and security agencies to target ‘organized and foreign’ efforts behind rising ‘social anomalies’

Iranians perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. (AFP)

Hundreds in Tehran pray for rain as historic drought empties Iran’s reservoirs

By AFP

A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)

New study finds bacteria in brain tumors play ‘surprising’ role in cancer growth

By Diana Bletter

Scientists at Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University and Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine say patients with more bacteria in their brain tumors have ‘poorer survival outcomes’

From the final scenes of 'Always Together,' a documentary by Paz Schwartz about the Nofei Habsor graduating class in 2023, who created a boarding school for themselves after October 7 (Courtesy)

Interview'It was the first act of leadership from these 17-year-olds'

Pure class: Film follows 12th grade Oct. 7 survivors who form school to stay together

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Always Together’ by documentarian Paz Schwartz accompanies high school seniors from an evacuated Gaza border community in their quest to overcome massive loss and internal displacement

Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson smiles while delivering a victory speech during a news conference at the Seattle Labor Temple on November 13, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Democratic socialist who accused Israel of genocide defeats incumbent Seattle mayor

By AP and ToI Staff

Katie Wilson, whose insurgent campaign drew comparisons to Zohran Mamdani’s, beats early favorite Bruce Harrell as progressives galvanized by Trump’s return to White House

Zohran Mamdani (L) is joined by Brad Lander during an election night gathering on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Passed over for city hall, Mamdani’s Jewish wingman weighs congressional run

By Joseph Strauss

Reporter's notebook

Paris display shows Gaza’s imperiled heritage via artifacts exiled after 2007 Hamas coup

With an exhibition now extended through December, the Arab World Institute hosts 130 ancient objects stranded in Europe for years, as others remain threatened by war in the coastal enclave

Élodie Bouffard, curator of 'Treasures Saved from Gaza: 5,000 Years of History,' at the Arab World Institute in Paris, September 2025. (Romain Chauvet)

The welcome to Roswell sign includes UFO decor. (Larry Luxner/ JTA)

Roswell, New Mexico, is rife with UFOs, scorpions and conspiracy theories — but few Jews

By Larry Luxner

A Jewish ufologist helped put the isolated desert town on the map, but in a city forged around the religion of aliens, Jewish life is virtually nonexistent

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

PA president turns 90

Agencies and ToI Staff

Unpopular and politically weak, PA’s Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza

Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, ‘hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation’

More Headlines

Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel, April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Haifa daycare owner unknowingly brings rabid dog to work, which then attacks children

Timur Mindich (X)

Zelensky associate at crux of Ukrainian corruption case said to have fled to Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Musicians perform at Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during a benefit concert for Israelis and Gazans on November 1, 2023. (Courtesy of Barry Mehler)

After uproar, IDF cantor to perform at Amsterdam Hanukkah concert — but not for everyone

By Shira Li Bartov

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gives a press conference at the Swiss House of Parliament during his two-day state visit in Switzerland, in Bern on October 29, 2025. (ENNIO LEANZA / AFP)

South Africa probing origin of unexpected charter flight carrying 153 Palestinians

By Reuters and ToI Staff

'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)

‘Tinder Swindler’ freed from Georgian custody after Germany pulls extradition request

By AFP

The University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 12, 2022. (Daxia ROJAS / AFP)

Is dining hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to ex-University of Virginia president

By Andrew Lapin

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al Ras shows a concrete barrier wall that the Israeli army began constructing south of the Blue Line, which separates Lebanon and Israel, between the northern Israeli village of Avivim and the Lebanese area of Jal al-Deir, on November 12, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

A Syrian Internal Security Forces officer inspects a home in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 14, 2025, after it was hit by rockets, according to state media (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Damascus home hit by Katyusha rockets launched from outskirts of Syria capital; 1 hurt

By AP and ToI Staff

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