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Donald Trump in 2025

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Security2026-11-03

Trump says $4 billion a year in US military aid to Israel ends in 2026

In a Fox News interview, the US president said he and Netanyahu agreed months ago to stop the annual aid, though the current package runs to 2028.

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Gadi Eisenkot in 2026

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Religion2026-11-03Updated

Change bloc to recommend Eisenkot, rules out Arab parties but not Haredim

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Government

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Government2026-11-03

Likud says opposition talks with Arab parties are a 'knife in the back'

Yair Lapid in 2022

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Elections2026-11-03

Lapid warns of attempt to undermine election, urges a government without Netanyahu

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Elections2026-11-03
Netanyahu holds first post-election call with UTJ chairman Yaakov Asher
Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with United Torah Judaism's leader for the first time since the election, a move N12 linked to efforts to hold his political bloc together.
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Security2026-11-03
Shin Bet Unit 730 to guard Gadi Eisenkot after 'traitor' shouts at his home
Israel's security service will take over protection of Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot, replacing private guards weeks after it declined to assign him its own detail.
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Economy2026-11-03
Shekel slides to its weakest level against the dollar in seven months
The dollar's official rate rose 0.67% to 3.157 shekels, as Globes pointed to political and geopolitical uncertainty in Israel and a falling Wall Street.
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Security2026-11-03
Syria says it stopped a Hezbollah cell plotting to bomb the Homs refinery
Syrian internal security forces say a cell arrested on Sunday belonged to Hezbollah and was carrying explosives meant for the oil refinery in Homs.
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Health2026-11-03
Health Ministry chief Moshe Bar Siman Tov to step down after about 9 years
The director-general who led Israel's health system through the coronavirus crisis and the Swords of Iron war plans to join Columbia University as a research fellow.
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Security2026-11-03
Qatar says US and Iran still trading proposals as Tehran reportedly braces for war
Qatar's foreign ministry says Washington and Tehran remain in talks through its mediators, while Arab outlets report Iranian pessimism and a rejected direct channel.
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Security2026-11-03Updated
Jenin cell leader confessed, says rocket tests succeeded, Israel says
Shin Bet and police say the main suspect in a six-man Jenin cell admitted founding it and claimed its test launches showed improving power and range.
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Security2026-11-03
US strikes Iran's Qeshm Island after Iranian missile fire at American aircraft
US officials describe limited, defensive strikes on the island in the Strait of Hormuz, and say they do not mark a return to major combat with Iran.
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Security2026-11-03
Senior Iranian official tells Reuters a deal with the US is still far off
An unnamed official said Tehran will not accept Washington's "excessive demands", as Qatar mediates and US strikes on Qeshm island raise tensions.
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Security2026-11-03Updated
Trump says US could strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain if diplomacy fails
In a Fox interview, Trump said the US could hit the Iranian site within an hour if talks fail, and called the conflict a very low intensity war, Israeli outlets reported.
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Government2026-11-03
Israel asks Lebanon, via US mediators, to set up Hezbollah roadblocks
Israel wants Lebanese troops to block Hezbollah from joining any renewed war with Iran, and a separate report says Marco Rubio warned President Joseph Aoun directly.
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Government2026-11-03
Vance says US feels good about Iran deal as Qatari mediators leave Tehran
Washington signalled on the eve of the US midterms that an agreement with Iran was within reach, as a Qatari delegation wrapped up a brief visit to Tehran.
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Security2026-11-03
Iran executes two men over deaths of four police in Isfahan protests
Fars reports that two men convicted over the killing of four officers during January's unrest in Isfahan have been executed after the Supreme Court upheld their sentences.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-03
Afula barber, 17, indicted over stabbing in dispute about customers
A teenage barber from Afula is charged with seriously wounding a man; one report says the victim was the father of a rival young barber.
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Government2026-11-03
US to mediate Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy, says working-level talks will cover post-war security and humanitarian steps, after a Brussels meeting with European allies.
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Security2026-11-02Updated
US official says jet destroyed Iranian missile launcher on Qeshm Island
US officials describe a self-defence strike on a surface-to-air missile launcher on Qeshm after the IRGC fired at American aircraft; Iran claims drones downed.
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Government2026-11-02Updated
Americans vote in US midterms as Israel weighs stakes of a hostile Congress
Voting is under way for every House seat and 35 Senate seats, in a race Ynet calls a test of Trump's presidency with implications for Israel.
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Security2026-11-02
Saudi defense minister says he discussed Houthi attacks in call with Hegseth
Prince Khalid bin Salman says he and the US defense secretary talked de-escalation and Houthi attacks on the kingdom, as US-Iran settlement talk builds.
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Security2026-11-02Updated
Trump says oil fell almost $10 a barrel on belief there will be no Iran war
Trump's original Truth Social wording shows he called the oil price fall a record and said Iran wants a settlement as soon as possible.
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Government2026-11-02
Qatari mediators return to Tehran with draft of a possible US-Iran deal
A Qatari delegation is in Tehran to discuss a draft agreement with Iran's Abbas Araghchi, a step in mediation aimed at ending the months-long US-Iran conflict.
Courts & Crime2026-11-02Updated
Ben Gvir stands by claim police chief Danny Levy 'wants to see blood'
The national security minister rejected the police commissioner's demand to retract his claims about force at Haredi protests; police still deny them.
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Elections2026-11-02
Netanyahu offers broad government talks, rules out Ra'am and the Joint List
Leading a bloc of 53 seats after the election, Netanyahu said he would lead any broad coalition and excluded two Arab-led parties he accused of backing terror.
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Security2026-11-02
IDF chief Eyal Zamir says army must lead globally in AI and robotics
At a conference on bringing artificial intelligence into the military, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir set out a plan for manned units to fight alongside unmanned systems.
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Security2026-11-02
Ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen calls Saudi crown prince 'not mature enough'
Speaking at a Birthright Israel summit in Tel Aviv, Yossi Cohen also predicted another targeted operation against Iran and said Tehran is not negotiating in good faith.

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