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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 20, 2025

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Displaced Palestinians stand next to destroyed houses in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 19, 2025. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

US said to pitch ‘Project Sunrise’ — $112B plan to rebuild Gaza as luxury destination

Reported proposal drafted by top Trump officials Kushner and Witkoff to be completed over 10 years; imagines ‘New Rafah’ as seat of government, Gaza City as hi-tech ‘smart city’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC on December 19, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Rubio: US must clarify mandate of Gaza force before we can expect countries to send troops

By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

A US Airman prepares an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike against Islamic State targets in Syria. (US Air Force/DVIDS via AP)

Hegseth: 'It is a declaration of vengeance'

US launches ‘large-scale’ operation against ISIS in Syria after fatal attack on Americans

By AP

More than 70 targets hit in Operation Hawkeye Strike, which Trump calls a ‘very serious retaliation’; Israel reportedly given heads up ahead of airstrikes

A US Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike against Islamic State targets in Syria, in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025. (US AIR FORCE / AFP)

Jordan says it took part in US-led strikes on ISIS in Syria that killed at least 5

A United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle is stationed along the main road near Lebanon's southern town of Naqoura, close to the border with Israel, on October 27, 2022. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)

Israeli, Lebanese officials meet directly for 2nd time amid efforts to maintain truce

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman

Mourners gather next to floral tributes laid in memory of the victims of a terror shooting targeting a Jewish event at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, on December 20, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 20: Australia to hold minute of silence, light candles to mark week since Bondi terror attack

By Ethan Rubinson, Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff

Arab activist to Tel Aviv rally: Government ‘happy’ about crime wave * IDF: Troops kill 2 Palestinians who attacked soldiers in West Bank * Trump said to have rebuffed Israeli request to keep some Syria sanctions

8:56 pm

Smotrich appears to say Israel will 'certainly' defeat Hamas before next elections
8:31 pm

Finance minister says he seeks 'amendments' to controversial Haredi draft bill
8:17 pm

Australia to hold national minute of silence, candle lighting to mark week since Bondi terror attack

Canadian police arrest 3 men for attempted kidnappings targeting women and Jews

Armed suspects, 1 of whom is also charged with offenses linked to ISIS support, tried to force victims into vehicles; Canadian Jewish leader demands government step up protection

From left: Waleed Khan; Osman Azizov; Fahad Sadaat. (Toronto Police Service)

Mohammed al-Neder, 21, mourns over the bodies of members of his family, who were reportedly killed by Israeli fire on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, December 20, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

5 said killed in Gaza City strike; IDF says it’s investigating, regrets any civilian harm

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Casualties reported at school-turned-shelter in Tuffah neighborhood; Hamas says most victims were children; IDF says troops fired at suspects, without saying how they posed threat

Hamas terrorists seen training to attack Israel in a mock kibbutz built in Gaza. (Screencapture/YouTube: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF ignored October 6 intel warning of Hamas attack the next morning – report

A menorah is pictured after the seventh candle is lit for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah as mourners stand next to floral tributes laid out in memory of the victims of a shooting attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, December 20, 2025. (David Gray / AFP)

Australian state to ban ‘Globalize the intifada’ chant in wake of Bondi terror attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid hate speech crackdown, PM Albanese praises ‘unbreakable’ Jewish community ahead of national memorial for 15 slain in antisemitic massacre; lifeguards gather to honor victims

Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez (YouTube screenshot)

California mayor urged to resign for spreading antisemitic Bondi Beach conspiracies

By Grace Gilson

Botanical motifs from an excavation at Arpachiyah, Iraq, now in the British Museum. (Yosef Garfinkel)

Early geometric thinking'4, 8, 16 and 32: These numbers are not accidental'

Study of prehistoric botanical art in the Levant suggests ancient man could do math

Analysis by Hebrew University researchers shows 8,000-year-old Halafian pottery sherds bearing symmetry and numerical patterning in images of trees, flowers and shrubs

Inside Story

Abraham Rabinovich

How onetime rising IDF star Eli Zeira’s repeat miscalculations cost his country and career

Dead last month at 97, military intelligence chief was regarded by critics as over-confident and obdurate, but cost of his arrogance was only recognized when it was too late, hours before Yom Kippur War

Maj. Gen. Eli Zeira in an undated photo (Israel Defense Forces)

Defending Jewish life in Germany made Hudhaifa Al-Mashhadani a target

He heads a secular Arab school, teaches about the Holocaust, and has publicly condemned antisemitism and Islamist violence. On a Berlin subway platform, the threats became physical

The Israel of North Africa just declared independence

The newly-proclaimed Republic of Kabylia is an indigenous nation that survived centuries of Arab-Islamic conquest, preserving their language and identity against all odds

Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, December, 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP/Jon Cherry)

Carlson: Bias against white men 'as bad as antisemitism'

MAGA civil war over Israel erupts into the open at Turning Point USA conference

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ben Shapiro attacks conservative leaders for not calling out conspiracy theorists; Steve Bannon: Shapiro a ‘cancer’ who wants US to put Israel’s interests first

US Rep. Elise Stefanik speaks at ADL's 'Never Is Now' summit at the Javits Center on March 3, 2025, in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League/AFP)

Trump ally Elise Stefanik drops run for New York governor, will leave Congress

By Luke Tress and Reuters

New signage at The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kennedy Center gets new signage with Trump’s name before JFK’s after board vote

By AP

This photo provided by the US Justice Department on December 19, 2025, shows an undated picture of former US president Bill Clinton in a jacuzzi at an undisclosed location as the Justice Department began releasing long-awaited records from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. (Handout / US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AFP)

US releases files from Epstein probe, though many records remain heavily redacted

By AFP

Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger among famous faces appearing in newly published photos; Democrats say release falls short of what is legally required

This redacted photo released by the US Department of Justice shows a framed photograph of Jeffrey Epstein with a person on his lap, documented on August 12, 2019, during a search of his home on Little St. James island in the US Virgin Islands. (US Department of Justice via AP)

ExplainerRedacted Epstein file release falls short of expectations, sparks criticism

By AP

Illustrative: A noose with mock flowers next to portrait placards of people executed by the government of Iran, displayed during a demonstration against the capital punishment in Iran, in central Paris on October 11, 2025.(Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel

Architecture student was seized in May while allegedly taking pictures of a military headquarters in northwestern city of Urmia

A woman is seen blowing out Hanukkah candles in a Tel Aviv mall in an undated video from December 2025. (Screen grab/ X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Police open investigation after woman blows out Hanukkah candles in Tel Aviv mall

Suspect could face up to three years in prison if police find she violated religious desecration law; no arrests have been made

Illustrative: Police officers in London, March 21, 2025. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

London police investigating vandalism of several public menorahs as hate crimes

An Orthodox Jewish man is assaulted on a New York City subway train, on December 15, 2025. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man arrested for assault on Jews in New York City subway

Xeryus Mack indicted on several charges for allegedly grabbing Hasidic man’s neck and threatening to kill him

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun arrives to a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, November 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US Senate confirms Chabad rabbi as Trump’s antisemitism envoy

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between protesters demonstrating about the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

9 prosecutors quit US Justice Department en masse over ‘sham’ UC antisemitism probe

By Andrew Lapin

An Israeli woman who was extracted from the West Bank city of Jericho is seen next to an officer from the Civil Administration, December 19, 2025. (Courtesy)

PA forces extract Israeli from Jericho who reported being kidnapped

By Emanuel Fabian

Reports say woman told investigators she was assaulted by group of men at an apartment in the West Bank city after she was brought there unknowingly by a work acquaintance

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An illustrative image of a huppah wedding canopy. (iStock/ Edward Shtern)

US-based Conservative movement apologizes, signals new approach on intermarriage

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from right, attends a meeting with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, as Netanyahu's wife Sara Netanyahu, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs listen, in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Dermer’s departure creating vacuum impacting US-Israel ties, Syria talks – report

A Maersk cargo ship crosses the Gibraltar Strait near Tangier Med Port, Morocco, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Maersk ships traverses Red Sea for first time in 2 years as Yemen’s Houthis hold fire

By Stine Jacobsen

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua runs for a touchdown during overtime in an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, December 18, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

NFL star Puka Nacua apologizes for alleged antisemitic gesture on livestream

By AP

A car belonging to the family of Hanan Abu Shehadeh is seen with a broken window, in Jaffa, on December 19, 2025. (Screenshot via Walla)

Police dismiss claim by family of woman attacked in Jaffa that their car was vandalized

This image provided by the Providence Police Dept. shows surveillance images of Claudio Neves Valente, a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University. (Providence Police Dept. via AP)

ExplainerHow the ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ helped hunt for Brown killer and ‘blew the case open’

By Matt O'Brien

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