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What Matters Most On Sunday, November 16, 2025

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A high-rise residential building in Beersheba that was hit by an Iranian missile on the final day of the war in June, 2025, is demolished, on October 8, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 16: Ministers advance bill to expedite rehabilitation of urban areas hit by Iranian missiles

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Report: PM wants Oct. 7 probe’s mandate to appear broad, but actually be comfortable to him * Members of Syria’s security forces detained over July’s mass killings of Druze in Sweida

8:03 pm

Israeli drone strike reported on car near Lebanon's Tyre
6:55 pm

After illicit payments to prisoners, PA says stipends must go through new system
6:43 pm

Report: PM wants Oct. 7 probe's mandate to appear broad, but actually be comfortable to him

US President Donald Trump, right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a special plenum session in honor of Trump at the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu vows to disarm Hamas as US said to wobble on Gaza demilitarization

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

PM rejects ‘lectures’ on opposing Palestinian state, after coalition allies rail at US-backed statement that Trump’s plan, up for UN vote Monday, offers pathway to establishing one

Palestinians clean the streets of Gaza City on November 15, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

US said considering forgoing Hamas disarmament to begin reconstruction, as talks stall

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a '40-signature' debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM’s far-right allies up in arms over US plan’s offer of path to Palestinian statehood

As Washington weighs selling F-35s to Riyadh, Israel said insisting sale be conditioned on normalization; politicians, settler leaders oppose two-state solution as part of deal

Illustrative: An armed Palestinian gunman stands not far from an International Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle, as a search for the bodies of slain Israeli hostages takes place, in Gaza City on November 2, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov. 16: Day 772 – Hamas still rules in Gaza. Can a UN resolution topple it?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Supreme Court Justice Yael Willner at a court hearing on who will have authority over the Sde Teiman leak probe, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 11, 2025.(Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)

Court says Levin can choose Sde Teiman investigation supervisor, but disqualifies Kula

By Jeremy Sharon

In a unanimous decision, justices say ‘irregular, extreme circumstances’ of Sde Teiman leak incident allows justice minister to choose overseer of probe, but with strict limits

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Levin says blocking judicial ombudsman from leading Sde Teiman probe would allow ‘cover-up’

A police officer stands next to a broken car window in footage of the mob attack on Shas MK Yoav Ben-Tzur's car in the Jerusalem area, November 15, 2025. (Screenshot from X)

Haredi crowds smash MK’s car window, protest at another’s home in furor over draft bill

By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol

Mob targeting Shas lawmaker Yoav Ben-Tzur draws widespread condemnation; Bnei Brak home of UTJ’s Ya’akov Asher also sees protests

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Boaz Bismuth at a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Likud MK says IDF conscription bill aims to draft half of Haredim ‘not in yeshiva’

Analysis

Warming Trump-Sharaa ties put Israel’s feet to fire on emerging Syria security deal

Pushed toward an agreement with ex-jihadi Syrian president, a wary Jerusalem seeks to at least secure its border, protect the Druze and perhaps contain Turkey along the way

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)

‘Zionist free’ universities – we knew this day would come

Protestors are no longer demanding a free Palestine, but a UK free of Israelis and Jews; I’m not surprised

Volunteering in olive groves, I experienced settler violence first-hand

When they shot at my US clergy group, I froze, thinking the trees too narrow to shield me, but my real concern is the escalating attacks and their impunity

The entrance to Ramat David Airbase, northern Israel, January 14, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Man charged with spying for Iran during war, sharing photos of airbase taken by wife

By Charlie Summers

Defendant allegedly spied for a year, sharing info gleaned from spouse in reserves; prosecutors say handler sent him Rosh Hashanah gift money, tried to entice him and wife to Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a news briefing after attending a conference titled "International Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense," in Tehran, Iran, November 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says it has not been able to enrich uranium since Israeli and US strikes

By Jon Gambrell

Illustrative: An oil tanker is moored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirm seizing oil tanker sailing off UAE coast

By Reuters and AP

Excavations at the El-Wad Cave terrace on Mt. Carmel in Northern Israel reveals layers of Natufian history, offering a window into life 15,000 years ago. In the image, a reconstruction of how the Carmel plain might have looked like at the time. (El-Wad Terrace Excavations)

'These people were eating everything... even snakes'

15,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in Israel’s Carmel plain dined on duck all winter

By Rossella Tercatin

Researchers from the University of Haifa analyze hundreds of waterfowl bones from site and determine the land was marshy and dotted with lakes

Released hostage Maxim Herkin speaks at a rally at Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, November 15, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Netanyahu 'will not rewrite history,' bereaved father says

‘You brought me home’: Ex-hostages thank protesters for their return, call for last 3 captives’ release

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Nationwide demonstrations call for slain hostages held in Gaza to be brought home, demand formation of state commission of inquiry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 16, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)

Netanyahu accuses ministers of electioneering; briefly bars 4 tardy ministers from meeting

By Lazar Berman

In apparent swipe at Defense Minister Katz, PM blasts ‘barrage’ of campaigning ahead of elections, set to be held by no later than October 2026

Muhannad Abu Muharib, 27, reinforces his tent after it was damaged by the storm at a temporary camp on the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, November 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

First storm of the season pummels Gaza, flooding tent camps and makeshift shelters

By WAFAA SHURAFA

‘I spent all day pushing water out of my tent,’ says displaced Palestinian in Gaza, adding that ‘water puddles are inches high, and there is no proper drainage’

A dry water feature collects dust in a Mellat Park, as the Iran faces sever water shortages, in Tehran on November 9, 2025 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran says it has begun cloud-seeding operations to induce rain amid severe drought

By AFP

Settlers in Hebron for an annual pilgrimage to mark the Torah reading of Chayei Sarah, November 15, 2025 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Amid surging settler violence, Israeli civilian attacked two soldiers in Hebron, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Incident took place at Cave of the Patriarchs during annual pilgrimage, military says; soldiers lightly injured, given medical treatment

Israeli troops take position during a raid in Nablus city in the West Bank on August 27, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

IDF: Palestinian man throws explosive at forces in northern West Bank, is shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

‘We ain’t fleeing’: Demand for firearms said to rise among NYC Jews after Mamdani elected

Gun shop owners and instructors see surge in applications; some Jewish groups have called for structured approach to security, warning of risks if firearm-carrying isn’t coordinated

Illustrative: A man prepares to load bullets in his 9mm semi-automatic handgun for a shooting demonstration at his gun range, June 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ashriel and Maayan Ashush with their children Odeh and Naya at Bet Halev in Varkala, India, February 28, 2025. (Courtesy)

'It’s not our house, it belongs to everyone'

In India, a Jewish home becomes a place for traumatized Israelis and others to breathe

By Bernard Hacker

After traveling the world, Maayan and Ashriel Ashush opened Bet Halev in the beach town of Varkala, welcoming thousands of Jews, non-Jews and those bearing scars from October 7

Israel's Yishai Oliel returns the ball to Germany's Maximilian Marterer of during a Davis Cup qualifier tennis match between Israel and Germany in Vilnius, Lithuania, January 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

International tennis games to return to Israel in February for 1st time since Oct. 7

Israel Tennis Association lauds ‘historic’ unanimous decision by sport’s governing body to let national team host Lithuania in Davis Cup playoffs following Gaza ceasefire

A photograph taken from Israel shows a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) watchtower on the Lebanese side of the border separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 16, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

UNIFIL troops in Lebanon come under fire from IDF, which says it ‘misidentified’ them

By Emanuel Fabian

Peacekeeping force says troops hid from machine gun fire from IDF tank, no injuries reported; IDF says it mistook UN forces for threat due to poor visibility, fired ‘warning shots’

Troops from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol near the southern Lebanese border village of Kfar Kila on November 12, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Lebanon to file UN complaint accusing Israel of building border wall beyond Blue Line

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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Marshal Philippe Petain and Prime Minister Pierre Laval in the Sevigne Pavillion park in Vichy France In 1942. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images/ public domain)

In France, praise for Nazi collaborator Petain prompts legal action, condemnation

By AFP and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump and His Royal Highness, Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, tour the Diriyah/At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site, May 13, 2025, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump Organization said close to joining $63 billion Saudi-owned real estate project

Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party waves a flag during a campaign rally ahead of general elections, in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chilean far right looms large in election dominated by crime, threats of deportations

By AFP

One of the images in 'Jamila's Loop,' an animated short that premiered November 2025 in Cinema South Sderot (Courtesy)

InvisibleAnimated film short offers glimpse of stateless Bedouin teen’s life

By Jessica Steinberg

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