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What Matters Most On Friday, December 5, 2025

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

ExclusiveIsrael crafted draft agreement as breakthrough seemed near

ToI reveals: US and Saudis reached understandings on Palestinian component of normalization before Oct. 7

On eve of Hamas attack, Blinken was scheduled to visit Israel to discuss document compiled with Riyadh that detailed relatively minor concessions PM would have to make to Palestinians

Exclusive

The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza

Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

US President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Smaller weekend protests planned, at Gvili family's request

US seeking to declare transition to phase 2 of its Gaza plan in coming weeks — official

By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg

Trump expected to name members of boards to manage postwar Gaza and the nations that will staff security force, though announcement hinges on Hamas agreeing to give up its weapons

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Cabinet Meeting hosted by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Vance denies rising antisemitism in Republican ranks, expresses admiration for Mamdani

By JTA and ToI Staff

Analysis

Set for US trip, Netanyahu faces tough sledding as Trump cools on aggressive stance

The PM is likely seeking to bring the White House’s focus back to his hawkish wish list on Gaza, Lebanon and beyond, but Trump could use pardon leverage to push a more peaceful approach

US President Donald Trump speaks on the phone sharing updates to track Santa's movements from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

L-R: Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks at a ceremony marking the entry of a new military advocate general to the role, November 27, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces); IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony marking the entry of a new military advocate general to the role, November 27, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces); Col. (res.) German Giltman at a press conference in Tel Aviv, March 21, 2023. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Giltman denies backing refusal; served 700 days since Oct. 7

In latest clash, Katz blocks Zamir’s promotion of officer involved in anti-government protests

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF chief taps Col. (res.) German Giltman for role, but defense minister says he ‘called for refusal to serve’ amid judicial overhaul; he later withdraws candidacy

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony marking the entry of a new military advocate general to the role, November 27, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Ex-general to lead probe into IDF’s handling of intel on Hamas attack plans pre-Oct 7

By Emanuel Fabian

A female IDF combat medic on deployment in the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF declares trial of women combat engineers in elite Yahalom unit a success

By Emanuel Fabian

An alumnus of Harvard University stands near an anti-Israel encampment set up at the university, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 14, 2024. (Michael Casey/AP)

Inside story

‘A very bad year’: Despite Gaza truce, academic boycotts pile on, threatening Israel’s future

Laws promoting academic freedom have limited the fallout in the United States and Europe, but some schools have found creative ways to isolate Israel under the radar

Accused of antisemitism, BBC orders staff to undergo anti-discrimination training

Microsoft slapped with EU complaint over alleged storage of Israeli surveillance data

By AFP

UK anti-Israel activist says raid on Elbit factory was about destroying weapons

Yuval Raphael from Israel holds the national flag during a dress rehearsal for the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 16, 2025. (Martin Meissner/AP)

Israel cleared for Eurovision 2026 in EBU vote; Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia quit

Contest organizers say ‘large majority’ backed measure; Belgium, Iceland yet to decide on participation; Herzog: Israel ‘deserves to be represented on every stage’

Dana International, Israel's 1998 winner, in her iconic feathered dress, on display at an exhibit open for Eurovision 2019. (Courtesy)

Dana International says Israel paying price for ‘never-ending war’ amid Eurovision drama

Analysis

The next threat to Israel at Eurovision is coming from inside the house

As many Israelis celebrate the EBU decision allowing them to stay in the contest, coalition lawmakers are pushing public broadcasting reforms that would render Israel ineligible

The broadcast studio of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 5: US envoy, noting Trump-Erdogan ‘bromance,’ says US wants role for Turkey in Gaza

Muslim-majority countries worried Israel aims to transfer Gazans to Egypt with opening of Rafah Crossing * ICC deputy prosecutor: ‘Conceivable’ to hold in-abstentia hearings against Netanyahu, Putin

8:23 pm

US approves potential sale of Medium Tactical Vehicles to Lebanon for $90.5 million
7:58 pm

IDF: Blasts heard as far as Tel Aviv area result of military activity in Gaza
7:40 pm

Architect Frank Gehry, designer of Guggenheim Bilbao, dies at 96

A call to action: Talk about Dina’s rape

The right words can change a survivor’s life and silence can harm, so address the horror that was done to Jacob’s daughter, with compassion and without euphemism

The greatest threat against the Jews isn’t antisemitism

It’s how we treat each other that will determine whether we survive, flourish, and remain a worthy people – or fail (Vayishlach)

Mijael Even David

Dinah and women’s lost voice

Every man in this tragic story responds with his own agenda. No one asks the woman whose body became a battlefield how she feels or what she needs

Sarit Silverman

The double disadvantage in early childhood public health

Changes to the child development reform may widen access gaps and increase costs; two policy options that are already in place may make all the difference

Analysis

Legally iffy and loophole-laden, new Haredi draft bill a recruitment boon… for yeshivas

Legislation will not raise number of ultra-Orthodox joining army, but will incentivize enlistment in religious schools and working on the sly or staying poor, critics say

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Ponevezh Yeshiva gather in a study hall in Bnei Brak, November 19, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Bank of Israel governor warns funding yeshiva students, draft exemptions threatens growth

By Ariela Karmel

Julien Lerisson (courtesy)/ A Red Cross vehicle carrying the remains of a deceased hostage handed over by Hamas operatives heads toward the border crossing with Israel for transfer to Israeli authorities, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

ToI podcast

Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reviews the troubling history of the International Committee of the Red Cross vis-a-vis the Jews with its head of delegation in Israel, Julien Lerisson

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit (left) speaks with Aharon Barak during a conference of the Israeli Association of Public Law (IAPL) in Haifa, December 4, 2025. (Flash90)

'We're no longer citizens, but subjects,' says Aharon Barak

Chief justice: Levin out to dismantle judiciary; ex-chief: We’re heading for autocracy

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice minister says Supreme Court ‘trampling on the public,’ after court President Isaac Amit slams Levin’s 18-month boycott of him and his predecessor

Former IDF military advocate general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest outside Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramle, November 7, 2025. (Flash90)

Cops set to question ex-IDF legal chief after discharge from month-long hospitalization

By Charlie Summers

Alon Ohel (L) and Eli Sharabi (R) speak about their time in Hamas captivity, in an interview that aired December 4, 2025. (Screenshot via Channel 12)

'We were gathering every crumb on the carpet'

‘We chose life’: Eli Sharabi, Alon Ohel recall helping each other survive Gaza captivity

Two ex-hostages, who were kidnapped separately on Oct. 7 but imprisoned together, credit their bond as keeping them alive and hopeful, comparing it to father-son relationship

Abu Shabab said beaten to death over Israel collaboration

Anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab killed in ‘internal clash’ in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Separately, commander of Hamas’s East Rafah Battalion, his deputy, and two other terror operatives killed by Israeli forces on Sunday after emerging from tunnels in southern Gaza, IDF confirms

Yasser Abu Shabab (right) and members of his group in Gaza are seen in an undated video posted by the group. (screen capture: Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Activists protest outside a court hearing in the trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, calling not to grant him a pardon, December 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Poll: Majority of Israelis oppose pardon for Netanyahu without an admission of guilt

Only 24.8% support Haredi draft-exemption bill in current state; opposition ticks up in separate survey, but it would still need to include an Arab party to form a government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a Bugs Bunny doll in a video decrying his ongoing trial on corruption charges, December 4, 2025. (X screenshot)

Netanyahu decries his graft trial as ‘political’ in English video, amid push for pardon

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Jewish New Yorkers rally in support of Park East Synagogue, in New York City, December 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

More than 1,100 gather in support of NYC synagogue targeted in anti-Israel protest

Rabbi of Park East Synagogue, rocked by vitriolic demonstration late last month, tells crowd, ‘This was an attack against the Jewish community’

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 Adams signs anti-BDS order weeks before Mamdani takes office

In this Jan. 23, 2013, photo, a construction worker walks past Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Anti-Israel activists disrupt Israeli consulate event at LA synagogue; two arrested

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff during the first half of an NCAA football game on September 20, 2025, in Oxford, Mississippi. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Jake Retzlaff, eyeing college football history, isn’t the only Jewish QB with big dreams

By Jon Marks and JTA

Across the country is Zevi Eckhaus, a Washington State quarterback who dons tefillin every morning, prays at the 18-yard line and hopes to set an example for Jewish fans

More Headlines

Velvel Serebryanski, a convicted child sex abuser, admits on camera to having abused his victim in an expose aired by the Kan public broadcaster on June 13, 2017. (Screenshot/Youtube)

Member of prominent Chabad family in Australia convicted of child sex abuse in long-running scandal

A view of the city of Tubas and nearby towns in the northern Jordan Valley in the West Bank, November 26, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF to seize hundreds of dunams of West Bank land for internal security barrier

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on December 4, 2025. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Israel launches strikes on Hezbollah targets day after direct talks with Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg

For illustration: A farmer harvests wheat in the Hula Valley, northern Israel, May 17, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Israel and US sign agriculture trade agreement to clinch concessions on Trump tariffs

By Sharon Wrobel

Sgt. Yosef Haim Tzvi Serlin, 19, who died after Krav Maga training, March 26, 2025 (Courtesy)

Intel officers censured, dismissed over death of soldier during Krav Maga training

By Emanuel Fabian

Images from an FBI poster seeking a suspect who allegedly placed pipe bombs in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (FBI via AP, File)

FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot

By AP

A man rides his motorcycle past a deactivated Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran's Bahrestan Square on September 27, 2025, as part of an exhibit to mark the 'Sacred Defense Week' commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran launches massive missiles during naval drill near Strait of Hormuz

By AP and Reuters

A undated handout image showing a PULS artillery rocket-launcher system. (Elbit Systems)

Greek parliament approves purchase of artillery systems from Israel

UK MP Alex Sobel. (UK Parliament)

Man jailed in UK for sending antisemitic, abusive messages to Jewish lawmaker

Supporters of Yemen's Houthis raise placards and flags during a rally marking Independence Day, the anniversary of the end of British rule in southern Yemen in 1967, in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on November 30, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Iraq backtracks after listing Hezbollah and Houthis as terror groups

By Noam Lehmann and Reuters

Members of the Armed Forces work by a bomb disposal van as they prepare a Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robot inside a police cordon at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Man charged with terror offenses over links to Manchester synagogue attacker

This undated handout photo provided by the al-Masoud family shows Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP)

US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of ISIS official

By AP

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