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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 4, 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, his military secretary, whom he nominated on December 4, 2025, to be the next director of the Mossad. (Prime Minister's Office Spokesperson)

Netanyahu taps his military secretary, Roman Gofman, as next Mossad director

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Considered close to the prime minister, Gofman reportedly selected over 2 candidates suggested by outgoing spy chief David Barnea, who will leave the position in June

FILE - A helicopter flies over a base of the UN peacekeeping force, in the southern town of Naqoura, Lebanon on Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 4: Day 790 – Israel and Lebanon hold rare direct talks as conflict brews

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at the COP30 UN Climate Summit, November 20, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP/Fernando Llano)

UN chief calls Israel’s conduct throughout Gaza war ‘fundamentally wrong’

By Michelle Nichols

A photo of slain hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is displayed as his father Itzik speaks during a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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Dec. 4: Rallies and sit-ins planned over weekend to support family of last hostage

Chief justice scolds Levin for refusing to meet him, says Israeli democracy in ‘turbulent vortex’ * IDF says it hit Hezbollah weapon depots in series of strikes in south Lebanon

8:19 pm

New TV poll has anti-Netanyahu bloc moving up -- slightly
7:40 pm

Rallies and sit-ins planned over weekend to support family of last hostage
7:36 pm

Levin accuses Amit of 'repeatedly trampling on the majority of the public'

Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker who was murdered by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and whose body was taken hostage to Gaza and returned to Israel on December 3, 2025. (Courtesy)

Body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, Thai farmer and family breadwinner, returned to Israel

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Officials say family of slain hostage, 43, has been informed, plans underway to repatriate his body; ‘hard-working’ agricultural employee came to Israel after divorce ‘to find himself’

MK Yair Lapid attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset advances motion adopting Trump’s plan for Gaza; Netanyahu, coalition boycott vote

By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol

The two slain hostages whose bodies were still held captive in Gaza as of November 24, 2025: Sudthisak Rinthalak (left) and Ran Gvili. (Collage by Times of Israel; Photos: Courtesy)

Casket with apparent hostage’s body returned to Israel, as final 2 families await ID

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Women from Kibbutz Nir Oz close to the Gaza border meet with HaGal Sheli for a surfing lesson on the Ashkelon coast, September 3, 2025. (Courtesy of HaGal Sheli)

Riding the waves, Gaza border survivors meet fears head on by learning to surf

One in three survivors of the massacre at Nir Oz are surfing with HaGal Sheli, which has served thousands of Gaza border locals and recently opened a center at Zikim Beach

Netanyahu doubles down on assertion he’ll visit NYC once Mamdani becomes mayor

By AFP and ToI Staff

PM says he’s open to speaking with mayor-elect if latter agrees to recognize Israel as Jewish state, declines to say when he’ll retire, insists he enjoys widespread public support

Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remotely onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City (David Dee Delgado / Getty Images via AFP)

Anti-Israel protesters stand outside Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, New York, during an Israeli immigration event hosted by Nefesh B'Nefesh, November 19, 2025. (Selçuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

After vitriolic synagogue protest, NY Jewish leaders call to ‘stand up as proud Jews’

By Joseph Strauss

The chancellor of the City College of New York, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, visits Yeshivah of Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York City, December 2, 2025. (Courtesy/CUNY)

NYC’s public CUNY college system works to expand enrollment from yeshivas

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When October 7 denial meets Holocaust distortion

Hamas’s massacre is being recast, minimized, or erased, drawing on the same playbook long used to reject Jewish suffering

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When extremists attack Jews anywhere else in the world, we demand arrests and governmental protection; we must do the same in Israel

Israelis, go visit a European Christmas market this year

No, not for the shopping. When Israelis and Jews share casual space with cosmopolitan Europeans, they create new breathing space together

The double embrace of Kaddish

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IDF troops are seen in southern Gaza's Rafah, November 23, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

5 soldiers hurt, one seriously, in attack on troops in Rafah; IDF strikes in Khan Younis

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Gunfight erupted after troops encountered gunmen emerging from tunnel; Palestinians report 6 killed in retaliatory airstrike that military says targeted terror operative

US President Donald Trump (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

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Illustrative: Israeli settlers clash with security forces in the West Bank on November 17, 2025. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Dozens of masked Israelis riot, hurl stones after illegal West Bank outpost evacuated

By Emanuel Fabian and Noam Lehmann

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event on fuel economy standards in the Oval Office of the White House, December 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says next phase of his Gaza plan will soon commence amid concern it’s stalling

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a press conference on the state budget, December 4, 2025. (Screenshot from X)

Smotrich says proposed budget will open banking market, break monopolies

Finance minister promises to slash cost of living; Lapid warns of hidden agendas in coalition’s budget, says plan will ‘crush’ middle class, raise taxes

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

High Court to review justice minister’s power to appoint supervisor in criminal probe

By Jeremy Sharon

After democracy watchdog challenge, Chief Justice Amit calls for an expanded panel of justices to re-examine the court’s own ruling that permitted the appointment

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)

High Court once again strikes down Levin’s pick to oversee Sde Teiman leak investigation

By Jeremy Sharon

Emek HaMaayanot regional council head Itamar Matiash discusses the Jordan Gateway project with Economy Minister Nir Barkat, March 2025. (Emek HaMaayanot regional council spokesperson's office)

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By Nava Freiberg

Head of the Israeli side of the Jordan Gateway project tells ToI that it will also be a key node in the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor, piquing interest of US and EU

Leader of the Lithuanian Nemuno Aušra party Remigijus Žemaitaitis speaks during a press conference after the signing of a coalition agreement in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 11, 2024. (Petras Malukas / AFP)

Lithuanian court convicts leader of coalition party of inciting hatred against Jews

By AP

Judge fines Remigijus Žemaitaitis 5,000 euros, says populist party chief downplayed the Holocaust, used language that ‘violated human dignity and demonstrated hatred’ toward Jews

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Australia’s ‘unprecedented’ antisemitic attacks a ‘wake-up call,’ Jewish leaders say

Illustration of a launch into space, with elements of image furnished by NASA. (Elen11/istock by Getty Images)

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By Sharon Wrobel

Moonshot, led by an Iron Dome veteran, developing hypersonic launcher that it hopes will deliver small to medium payloads to orbit on the cheap within five years

A view of the Dead Sea Works on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)

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Palestinians burn electronic waste illegally near Azzoun, in the Qalqilya Governorate, northern West Bank, November 24, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Environment minister requests $41 million to tackle polluting West Bank waste fires

A satellite image of vegetation cover developed by Israeli universities for the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund in late 2025. (Courtesy)

Israeli universities develop satellite tool to survey Mediterranean vegetation cover

As sanctions tighten, Iranians turn to gold as hedge against falling currency

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell

Fearing disappearing savings as inflation skyrockets, many are stockpiling precious metals and crypto: ‘I need to be able to carry my assets with me if I have to leave’

Women look at the window of a gold shop at a gold market in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Demonstrators walk on a representation of the US and Israeli flags during an annual rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the embassy, Iran, November 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US warships as they stage naval exercise in Gulf

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A handcuffed man in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /FLASH90)

Ashkelon man indicted for allegedly spying for Iran as cases continue to pile up

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, December 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Carrie Soloway (Screenshot via Instagram via JTA)

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By Andrew Lapin

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By Reuters and ToI Staff

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, September 10, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

U of Florida must readmit student banned for antisemitic posts, US federal judge rules

By Grace Gilson

This handout picture released by the Houthi group's Ansarullah Media Centre on July 8, 2025, reportedly shows the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis at sea. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)

Houthis release mariners held in custody since Iran-backed rebels sank ship in July

By AP and ToI Staff

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists’ Party, speaks during the party’s launch event ahead of the 2026 general elections, at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha near Jerusalem, November 19, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

New ‘Reservists’ party accuses Likud of pressuring registrar to block its registration

By Ariela Karmel

The winners of the search for America's "best Jewish college athlete" will be announced in March 2026. (Photo at center courtesy Manischewitz; JTA illustration via JTA)

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By Joseph Strauss

People visit the archaeological site of Karahan Tepe in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, on November 26, 2025. (Fulya OZERKAN / AFP)

At ‘Neolithic capital’ in Turkey, carved faces upend narrative of a primitive age

By Fulya Ozerkan

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