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Police cite WhatsApp messages to show PM’s aide knew of efforts to leak classified docs

‘A senior officer in Military Intelligence wants to give me urgent documents to the PM,’ Eli Feldstein wrote to Netanyahu’s key adviser Jonatan...

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Jeremy Sharon

Ministerial committee advances bill to make AG take lie detector test every 2 years

Bill says ‘trust in law enforcement is very low’ due to leaks, selective enforcement, personal interests, as Otzma Yehudit MK continues coalition...

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Sam Sokol

Iran’s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean ‘full-scale war’

Regime hints it may go forward with executing protesters; CEO of Iran’s second-largest telecom company fired for not blocking internet, as shutdown...

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Agencies

‘We are not made of wood and paper’: Jackson synagogue marks first Shabbat after arson

‘Jewish life in Jackson is still here, and we are not going anywhere,’ says student rabbi Benjamin Russell

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Grace Gilson

Iranian foreign minister’s reassurance said to have tipped Trump away from strike

Iranian foreign minister’s reassurance said to have tipped Trump away from strike

A personal message from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to US special envoy Steve Witkoff that Iran would not execute hundreds of...

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Toi Staff

Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club

Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club

Former hostage Rom Braslavski was allegedly attacked by the boyfriend of well-known singer Nasrin Kadri outside the entrance of a Tel Aviv...

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Toi Staff

Settlers beat Palestinians and activists, set fire to homes in West Bank Bedouin camp

Four people were injured on Saturday evening as settlers assaulted Palestinians and left-wing activists and set fire to at least eight homes and...

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Noam Lehmann

4 hospitalized as homes, cars torched in settler attack on West Bank Bedouin encampment

4 hospitalized as homes, cars torched in settler attack on West Bank Bedouin encampment

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold. The IDF says the incident this evening on the Lebanese border has ended after...

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Toi Staff

‘Don’t let it happen’: Parents of last hostage say Board of Peace formation forsakes them

‘Don’t let it happen’: Parents of last hostage say Board of Peace formation forsakes them

Protesters gathered across the country Saturday evening to demand the return of the remains of the final slain hostage held in Gaza, Ran Gvili, and...

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Toi Staff

Israelis hit by soaring food prices as producers, grocers feast on wartime windfall

Israelis hit by soaring food prices as producers, grocers feast on wartime windfall

The iconic Krembo, a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat meant to serve as a stand-in for ice cream during the winter, is again filling store...

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Sharon Wrobel

Iranian doctors put death toll in suppressed uprising at over 16,500 — report

Iranian doctors put death toll in suppressed uprising at over 16,500 — report

The death toll in the suppressed demonstrations in Iran is more than 16,500, according to a British Sunday report citing an account put together by...

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Toi Staff

Gaza Palestinian technocratic committee says it will pursue ‘peace, democracy, justice’

Gaza Palestinian technocratic committee says it will pursue ‘peace, democracy, justice’

In a mission statement published by its top official, a new committee of Palestinian technocrats that will be tasked with running daily affairs in...

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Toi Staff

Trump’s Greenland tariffs spark calls for unprecedented EU ‘bazooka’ countermeasure

Trump’s Greenland tariffs spark calls for unprecedented EU ‘bazooka’ countermeasure

BRUSSELS — The European Union faced calls on Sunday to implement a never-before-used range of economic countermeasures known as the “Anti-Coercion...

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Agencies

Daily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 835 – Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?

Daily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 835 – Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace

Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, a spokesperson for...

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Agencies

With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring

With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring

For weeks, Israel’s closest ally has been openly threatening to strike its arch-nemesis, yet Jerusalem has been notably quiet. No stranger to...

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Nava Freiberg

Overboard: Making sense of the various Gaza oversight committees created by Trump

Overboard: Making sense of the various Gaza oversight committees created by Trump

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday announced the commencement of phase two of its plan for ending the Gaza war, which...

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Jacob Magid

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel

JTA — As US President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric against Somali immigrants in Minnesota and ordered a surge in immigration enforcement...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Israel moves a step closer toward allowing Uber and Lyft on its streets

Ministerial committee approves a draft bill to allow shared ride-hailing services to operate in Israel, to increase transportation supply across...

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Sharon Wrobel

Government says High Court has no authority to force state inquiry into October 7

Responding to petitions by civil society groups, government’s lawyers say letting court order such a probe ‘would tear apart the principle of...

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Jeremy Sharon

Police arrest dozens, seize weapons and fake products in East Jerusalem operation

Raid led by Ben Gvir’s former pick for police chief reportedly sees forces march 60 former prisoners to entrance of Shuafat and snap group photo of...

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Noam Lehmann

Syria declares ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF after intense military push

Truce leaves much of Kurdish-majority northwest under Damascus control for first time in decade; Sharaa proclaims victory for ‘Syrians of all...

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Ghaith Alsayed

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace

The following is the full text of the charter of the Board of Peace, the international body headed by US President Donald Trump. This charter was...

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Jacob Magid

Syrian army extends hold over north, capturing areas held by Kurds for over a decade

Syrian army extends hold over north, capturing areas held by Kurds for over a decade

DEIR HAFER, Syria (AFP) — Syria’s army took control of swathes of the country’s north over the weekend, dislodging Kurdish forces from territory...

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Bakr Alkasem

Kurdish commander urges US to intervene in Syria, says he’d welcome Israeli help

Kurdish commander urges US to intervene in Syria, says he’d welcome Israeli help

The US should intervene more forcefully to end a Syrian offensive that has gained key territory from Kurdish fighters in recent days, the head of...

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Agencies

Iraq announces full withdrawal of US-led coalition from non-Kurdish regions

Iraq announces full withdrawal of US-led coalition from non-Kurdish regions

BAGHDAD — Iraq said on Sunday that US-led coalition forces had finished withdrawing from bases within the country’s federal territory, which...

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Nava Freiberg

MK vows to stop ex-minister accused of sexual assault from heading aerospace firm

MK vows to stop ex-minister accused of sexual assault from heading aerospace firm

The chair of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality railed on Sunday against the nomination of a former minister who has...

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Ariela Karmel

Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolution of UAE-backed separatist group

Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolution of UAE-backed separatist group

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Yemeni politicians met Sunday in Saudi Arabia’s capital in their first public gathering since a southern separatist...

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Baraa Anwer

Apparent human fetus found in drain under Hadera residential building

Apparent human fetus found in drain under Hadera residential building

A man located “what appeared to be a human fetus” under a building in northern Israel’s Hadera on Saturday, police said. According to Hebrew media,...

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Toi Staff

Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog

Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog

Iranian authorities plan to permanently seal the country off from the internet, and limit all but a select few citizens to a much narrower national...

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Toi Staff

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal,’ blames him for protest casualties and damage

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal,’ blames him for protest casualties and damage

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said authorities “must break the back of the seditionists” and blamed US President Donald...

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Agencies

Larry Ellison renamed superyacht whose name backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

Larry Ellison renamed superyacht whose name backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

JTA — Larry Ellison, the Jewish founder of Oracle and a major pro-Israel donor, has recently been in the headlines for his media acquisition...

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Jackie Hajdenberg

Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw

Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw

DEIR HAFER, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces entered two northern towns Saturday morning after the command of Kurdish-led fighters said it...

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Ghaith Alsayed

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion alerting PM’s office about Bild leak probe

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion alerting PM’s office about Bild leak probe

A senior officer who served under former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Herzi Halevi was questioned under caution Thursday on suspicion of...

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Toi Staff

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

US President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that Iran’s alleged decision to cancel the planned execution of 800 protesters had convinced him not...

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Jacob Magid

White House unveils two new committees that will support Gaza Board of Peace’s work

White House unveils two new committees that will support Gaza Board of Peace’s work

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited by US President Donald Trump to...

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Toi Staff

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

JTA — It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there...

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Jackie Hajdenberg

Nick Fuentes clarifies his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

Nick Fuentes clarifies his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’

JTA — In the fall, a video of Nick Fuentes criticizing Donald Trump drew the praise of progressive former US congressman Jamaal Bowman. “Finally...

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Joseph Strauss

US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office would seek the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez, who is accused of murdering Israeli embassy...

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Toi Staff

Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say

Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say

Iran’s deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, residents said on Friday, as state media reported more arrests in the...

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Agencies

Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints

Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints

As visitors enter the signature exhibition marking the Israel Museum’s 60th birthday, they are greeted with a faint smell of mildew. It’s no...

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Jessica Steinberg

UK police arrest protester who raised shah-era flag over Iran’s London embassy

UK police arrest protester who raised shah-era flag over Iran’s London embassy

LONDON — A protester who climbed onto the roof of Iran’s embassy in London and removed a flag was arrested with several others, police said late on...

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Diana Bletter

Alex Bregman, who drew Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with Cubs

Alex Bregman, who drew Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with Cubs

JTA — For the second year in a row, Jewish star third baseman Alex Bregman has signed a lucrative free-agent contract with a team that is run by a...

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Jacob Gurvis

‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan , where we bring you all the entertainment news and...

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside

Family of Iranian protester searched for body in pile of corpses, buried her on a roadside

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Robina Aminian’s family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces at close range,...

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Sarah El Deeb

With appointment to Gaza Board of Peace, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight

With appointment to Gaza Board of Peace, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight

LONDON (AFP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose legacy was heavily tarnished by the 2003 war in Iraq, has long been a contentious...

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Jo Biddle

Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

In a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science, Israeli researcher Shany Dror, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Veterinary...

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Diana Bletter

Israel fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board

Israel fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday that the White House’s unveiling of a key international oversight panel for Gaza “was not...

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Jacob Magid

Hamas operative behind 1995 terror attack among those killed in Gaza strikes, says IDF

Hamas operative behind 1995 terror attack among those killed in Gaza strikes, says IDF

The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet on Saturday revealed the identities of several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in...

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Stav Levaton

US unveils key Gaza panel with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey

US unveils key Gaza panel with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey

The White House on Friday unveiled the members of a key international panel that will oversee the postwar management of Gaza. Notable members of...

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Jacob Magid