Nov. 11: Trump claims US has already won the Iran war, now wants ‘total victory’

‘Blood, blood, blood on your hands’: At least 2 arrested as Irish anti-Israel protesters target Joe Biden

Video shows pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters targeting former US president Joe Biden outside Trinity College in Dublin, where he visited to attend a medal ceremony for his son Hunter.

Amid repeated chants of “blood, blood, blood on your hands,” the demonstrators can be seen throwing objects in Biden’s direction, including milk, as police hold several of them back.

At least two people were arrested, according to Irish broadcaster RTE.

Objects were thrown as former US President Joe Biden and Jill Biden left Trinity College Dublin today.

Pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered outside, and Gardaí arrested at least two people. pic.twitter.com/GxS2NuHUlj

— Clash Report (@clashreport) November 10, 2026

With GOP still in control, US House blocks effort to impeach Hegseth

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, November 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives turns aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, halting an effort to remove the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran.

The vote comes as Republicans grapple with the fallout from sweeping midterm losses that some in the party have blamed on the war in Iran and the resulting surge in gas prices. But after US President Donald Trump signaled strong support for Hegseth, GOP lawmakers largely stand by the secretary. They reject the impeachment effort led by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie and backed by Democrats.

The vote may only delay an impeachment push against Hegseth, with Democrats set to take control of the House and Senate in January.

Republican AGs from 13 US states threaten retaliation against UK, Netherlands over settlement sanctions

View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank's Area C, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Republican attorneys general from 13 US states are threatening to retaliate against the United Kingdom and Netherlands over their recently announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The top lawyers from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina have signed onto a letter to the British and Dutch ambassadors in Washington that refers to Israel’s settlement policy an “internal” with which countries abroad have no right to intervene.

“Your anti-Israel sanctions may thus disqualify companies from your nations from contracting with our states, or require our states to divest from your companies, which both deprives your citizens of potentially valuable economic opportunities and deprives our states of potentially valuable goods and services,” the letter states, urging the UK and Netherlands to walk back the sanctions regimes, which were announced together with 10 other countries.

It appears unlikely that the attorneys general will be able to make due on their threats, due to the increasing unpopularity of Israel and its settlement policy.

Sanctioning countries abroad would also mean punishing the American businesses that work with them.

While Democrats have been more vocal in their opposition of Israeli settlement policy in particular, US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have pointed to the close US relationship to Israel and mounting opposition to the Jewish state as reasons why the Republicans lost the midterms.

Settlers said to set fire to vehicles in northern West Bank overnight; no injuries reported

Palestinian media outlets report that settlers set fire to vehicles overnight at a car lot in the village of Luban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.

Footage from the scene shows a large fire that was extinguished by Palestinian firefighters.

No injuries have been reported.

🚨مشاهد من إحراق المستوطنين موقف للسيارات في اللبن الشرقية جنوب نابلس#فلسطين #اسرائیل pic.twitter.com/Gvajjc6s6h

— مدفعجي (@madfajy) November 10, 2026

📹مشاهد متداولة توثق إحراق المستوطنين الإسرائيليين مركبات الفلسطينيين في قرية اللبن الشرقية، جنوب نابلس pic.twitter.com/msd7cj8CGn

— Sputnik Arabic (@sputnik_ar) November 10, 2026

مشاهد إضافية توثق إحراق المستوطنين مشطبًا لمركبات المواطنين في قرية اللبن الشرقية، جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/Ek287paPQZ

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) November 10, 2026

Rafael unveils new long-range cruise missile with larger warhead and extended range

This handout image released on November 11, 2026, shows a render of the Super Ice cruise missile. (Rafael)

Israel’s Rafael defense contractor unveils this morning a new long-range cruise missile, with a much larger warhead and an extended range compared to its predecessors.

The Super Ice missile is capable of carrying a 1,000-pound warhead, compatible with the Mark 83 bomb, and supports being launched from different platforms, including fighter jets, naval vessels, and ground-based launchers, “providing maximum operational flexibility,” according to the firm.

Previous cruise missiles developed by Rafael, including Ice Breaker and Sea Breaker, were capable of carrying 250lb warheads, with ranges of up to 300 kilometers.

Rafael does not disclose the range of Super Ice, but says it was “designed to address complex operational requirements and engage high-value strategic targets across challenging environments and extended operational ranges.”

“The missile incorporates advanced capabilities, including robust autonomous navigation, low-altitude terrain-following flight, all-weather operation and high-precision engagement of diverse targets,” the firm adds.

Maldives moves to make ban on Israeli passport holders permanent

Tourists relax at a beach in Maafushi, an island in Maldives, on October 22, 2024. (Mohamed Afrah / AFP)

The Maldives is banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago on a permanent basis, according to a statement from the office of President Mohamed Muizzu.

Previous legislation banned Israelis for as long as the war went on in Gaza.

“The current bill provides for an unconditional ban on entry for anyone holding an Israeli passport, irrespective of changing circumstances,” the announcement says.

It appears that the ban will also prevent Israelis from using a second passport to enter the country.

The Maldives, a small Islamic republic of 1,192 strategically located coral islets, is known for its secluded white sandy beaches and shallow turquoise lagoons.

In December 2023, Israel issued a travel warning to citizens against visiting the Maldives, citing increased anti-Israel sentiment during the war.

Agencies contributed to this report.

Incident involving tanker in Hormuz reported, maritime agency says; crew status unknown

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says it received a report of an incident involving a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the status of the crew, the extent of any damage and the environmental impact were not yet known.

Kennedy family members ask judge to block Trump’s Arlington arch, say it will cast shadow on graves

A mockup of US President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch stands at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, June 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Nine family members of the Kennedy political dynasty ask a judge to block US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a towering memorial arch, saying the 250-foot (76-meter) structure would cast a shadow over their relatives’ gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery.

The shadow would “fundamentally alter the experience of visiting the gravesites,” the relatives argue. They file a motion to intervene in two existing lawsuits seeking to block construction of the arch.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan last week prohibited the Trump administration from breaking ground on the structure for 14 days.

The nine Kennedy family members who filed suit are children and grandchildren of Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, brothers of the slain US president John F. Kennedy, both of whom served in the US Senate. They are buried close to the eternal flame that marks JFK’s gravesite, a trio of memorials that are a major draw for the millions of people who visit the Arlington cemetery each year.

Building the arch would be a “permanent denigration” of the gravesites, and the Kennedy offspring “would never again be able to appreciate both sites as they always have before, and as the Kennedy family always intended,” lawyers for the relatives write. They are represented by veteran Washington lawyer Norm Eisen and Democracy Defenders Fund.

“It is unfortunate to see that some members of the Kennedy family have joined the litigation against the Arch as the project is intended to honor our heroes who rest in Arlington Cemetery,” says White House spokesperson Davis Ingle. “The judiciary should not be abused to politicize a structure designed to unite our nation.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s health and human services secretary who has a fractured relationship with many of his relatives, did not join the lawsuit.

Iran designates Argentina’s navy, air force as ‘terrorist organizations’

Tehran has designated Argentina’s navy and air force as “terrorist organizations,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry says, in a move following Buenos Aires’ designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity in April.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says in a statement that Tehran considers the Argentinian air force and navy terrorist organizations “based on the principle of reciprocity.”

“It is evident that the responsibility for all consequences arising from this matter will lie with the Argentine government,” the ministry adds, without elaborating. It makes no mention of Argentina’s army.

Argentina said in April that the measure it took against Iran’s IRGC was due to its backing for Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which Buenos Aires blames for the deadliest bombing in the South American nation’s history, a 1994 bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in the Argentinian capital that killed 85 and injured hundreds.

Argentina, the United States and Israel have long suspected the terror group of carrying out the attack at the request of its patron, Iran.

Iran president to discuss ‘actions taken by US, Israel to destroy the environment’ at UN climate confab

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, October 27, 2026. (Igor Ivanko/Pool Photo via AP)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives in Turkey to attend a UN conference on climate.

“Pezeshkian arrived in Antalya a few minutes ago to attend the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31),” the official IRNA news agency says.

“On the sidelines of the summit, the president will meet and hold discussions with the leaders and officials of the participating countries,” it adds.

“During the conference, we will discuss the actions taken by America and Israel to destroy the environment,” Pezeshkian said before leaving Tehran.

Knesset to approve powerful Arrangements Committee, giving control of parliamentary agenda to anti-Netanyahu bloc

The Knesset is set to convene today to approve the composition of the powerful Arrangements Committee, which will oversee much of the parliament’s business until a new government is formed.

Yashar MK Roy Folkman is set to chair the committee, as his party leader, Gadi Eisenkot, has been tasked by President Isaac Herzog with forming the next government. The chairmanship would pass to another faction if Eisenkot fails to form a government and the mandate is subsequently assigned to another lawmaker.

The committee’s membership is allocated proportionally according to the size of each faction, which means the bloc opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which won 67 seats in last month’s elections, has a majority.

Crucially, the committee has the authority to establish temporary and special parliamentary committees, as well as the Finance and Foreign Affairs and Defense committees, potentially allowing the Eisenkot-led bloc to advance key legislative priorities even before the formation of a government.

Earthquake sirens sound in Eilat area, residents told to move away from buildings

An earthquake warning is issued by the Home Front Command in the Eilat area in southern Israel a short while ago.

Sirens sound in the southernmost city and other towns in the Arava region.

The Home Front Command instructs those in areas where sirens sounded to head to open areas away from structures.

Normally, the Home Front Command only issues earthquake warnings for tremors measuring above 4 on the Richter scale.

Earthquake in Eilat, surrounding area measured 4.5 on Richter scale; no reports of injuries

According to a preliminary assessment by the Geological Survey of Israel, the earthquake felt in the Eilat area a short while ago measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.

The source of the tremor is assessed to be in the Taba area in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, at a depth of 8 kilometers.

There are no reports of damage or injuries as a result of the earthquake.

The Home Front Command had instructed people in Eilat and surrounding towns in the Arava region to distance themselves from structures.

Ramon Airport near Eilat has been evacuated.

בעקבות ההתרעה על רעידת אדמה באילת – נמל התעופה רמון מפונה
צילום: סעיף 27א לחוק זכויות יוצרים pic.twitter.com/rhGGvQjVzz

— ישראל היום (@IsraelHayomHeb) November 11, 2026

AG declines to speak directly with judges in Netanyahu trial, says open to ‘dialogue for an arrangement’ over the case

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara rejects a proposal by the judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial for her to speak with them behind closed doors, saying that the prosecutors trying the case are able to deliver any message the judges may have for her if necessary.

The request comes against the background of testimony by former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, which has raised questions over the investigative and indictment process against the prime minister, who was charged at the beginning of 2020 in three separate corruption cases.

In a statement issued by Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman, they say that they are “open to a direct dialogue for an arrangement,” in reference to the possibility of a plea bargain. They said they had previously agreed to a dialogue when President Isaac Herzog offered to mediate such an agreement earlier this year.

“We answered in the affirmative to the president’s request and the prime minister chose not to respond,” Baharav-Miara and Aisman write, adding “the prosecutors dealing with the case are senior and experienced and can deliver any message.”

The three judges presiding over the case have twice recommended that the prosecution drop the bribery charge in Case 4000, the most serious charge Netanyahu faces in the trial, most recently in June this year. Baharav-Miara did not issue a formal response to the court’s suggestion.

Flights suspended at Ramon Airport after 4.5 magnitude quake

Ramon Airport during the official opening ceremony, January 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Due to the earthquake felt in the Eilat area a short while ago, flight operations at Ramon Airport have been suspended, the Israel Airports Authority says.

The airport was evacuated after the Home Front Command instructed people in the area to distance themselves from structures.

IAA says that flight operations will resume after the “completion of inspections and infrastructure checks” at the airport to ensure safety.

Flight tracking sites show an Arkia flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Ramon circling above the southern airport after being denied landing due to the suspension of operations.

Iran slams US over ‘repugnant’ $20 million reward for info on its nuclear program

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Iran’s Foreign Ministry in Tehran, Iran, October 19, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran hits out at the United States’ $20 million reward for information on its nuclear program, calling it “repugnant and regrettable.”

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urges the United Nations’ atomic energy agency and the Security Council to condemn the reward, which was announced last week.

The US military said up to $20 million and “possible relocation” were available for information about the program’s “facilities, equipment, and associated personnel.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran calls upon the UN Secretary-General, the Security Council, and the Director General of the IAEA to condemn this repugnant announcement explicitly and unequivocally,” Araghchi writes in a letter addressed to all three.

He repeats Iran’s insistence that its nuclear program is peaceful.

Flights resume at Ramon Airport following brief suspension after quake

Ramon Airport near the southern city of Eilat has resumed flight operations, following a 4.5-magnitude earthquake in the area, the Israel Airports Authority says.

“Following the completion of the scans and infrastructure checks, Ramon Airport has resumed full operations,” the IAA says in a statement.

No injuries or damage were reported from the tremor, whose epicenter was some 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) south of Eilat, according to the Geological Survey of Israel.

The Home Front Command also issues an all-clear allowing people to return to buildings.

Police said to tell prosecutors there’s no evidence to justify interrogation of Arab party leaders over alleged foreign election interference

Police reportedly said in an assessment filed to the State Attorney’s Office yesterday that “there is no suspicion of security offenses” by Arab party heads or any need to interrogate them over the allegations of foreign interference in Israel’s October 27 election.

The assessment also says there are insufficient grounds to suspect former Joint List chair Ayman Odeh, who allegedly received hundreds of thousands of shekels from abroad, of anything beyond money laundering or campaign finance violation, according to Hebrew media.

The State Attorney’s Office is now expected to make its own assessment, to be submitted to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who will have the final word on whether to pursue the case.

Shin Bet chief David Zini has reportedly sought to interrogate Odeh over the foreign cash, as well as senior Arab politicians Sami Abou Shahadeh, Mansour Abbas and Ahmad Tibi, without any evidence of wrongdoing against the latter three.

Unnamed Shin Bet and law enforcement officials have been widely quoted in Hebrew media lambasting Zini’s conduct and accusing him of groundlessly manufacturing allegations of foreign interference.

According to the allegations, Qatar is said to have funneled a large sum of money to Israel to encourage Arab citizens to vote.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has said the alleged sum was about NIS 100 million in cash and gasoline coupons, but recent media reports have indicated the Shin Bet has failed to provide evidence for anywhere near that sum. Haaretz has also reported that major gas companies have seen no unusual spike in use of coupons.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seized on the allegations to suggest Arab parties “stole” the October 27 Knesset election, which saw him lose his parliamentary majority amid massive Arab voter turnout.

Citing the purportedly stolen election, Ben Gvir’s own Otzma Yehudit party has voted against certifying the results, and already submitted draft legislation to disperse the Knesset that was sworn in yesterday.

Iran will not allow any enriched nuclear material to leave the country, security chief says

Iran will not allow even a single particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country and there will be consequences in the event of any new US strikes on the Islamic Republic, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei says in televised remarks.

“Any new US attacks will also be met with targeting US bases far away,” he tells Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Al Mayadeen TV.

Rezaei also says that there are currently no negotiations taking place between Tehran and Washington.

The IAEA estimates that Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent — a level far higher than needed for civilian use — when Israel and the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025. How much of that ⁠has survived is ​unclear.

Israel, the United States and other Western countries have long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. Iran denies the accusation.

Washington has said nuclear issues must be part of any initial negotiations with Iran aimed at ending the war.

In May, Israeli officials told Reuters that US President Donald Trump assured Jerusalem that any deal would include a clause stating that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium will be sent out of the country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not consider the war over until enriched uranium is removed from Iran, Tehran ends its support for proxy terror groups, and its ballistic missile capabilities are eliminated.

Stanley Zabar, co-owner of iconic NYC grocery, dies at 94

The Zabar food emporium is seen on October 8, 2025, in New York City, including an image of brothers Saul and Stanley. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Stanley Zabar, co-owner of Zabar’s, the iconic Jewish food emporium on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, has died at age 94, the store says in a statement.

His death comes just over a year after that of his older brother and co-owner, Saul.

The Broadway grocery sells an abundance of delicacies, many of them from the Jewish culinary tradition, from smoked fish and stacks of cheeses to bagels, rugelach and babka. It offers special menus for holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Passover.

“Stanley’s legal and financial acumen was vital in shaping Zabar’s into a beloved New York City institution,” the statement says, noting his commitment to philanthropy and devotion to his family.

“He will be remembered for the business he helped build, the countless opportunities he created for others and his unwavering dedication to his family and community,” the statement says.

Thank you, Stanley Zabar, for the bagels, the babka, and the sense of belonging you and your family have given Upper West Siders for decades.

In addition to co-managing the iconic store for decades, Stanley and his wife Judith also supported the creation of Hunter College's… pic.twitter.com/FfzGW860fd

— Speaker Julie Menin (@SpeakerMenin) November 10, 2026

Iran says tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mine

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says that a tanker caught fire after hitting a naval mine.

Iran’s state media reports the tanker was traveling through an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway.

The British military said a tanker was involved in an incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center, or UKMTO, did not identify the tanker, and further details of the incident were not immediately available.

The center also said the status of the crew remained unknown. UKMTO is part of the British military tasked with monitoring maritime safety.

Last month, it had said it was “struggling to accurately report” the true number of attacks as the majority of ships now refuse to report them.

It was not immediately clear if the Iranian and UKMTO reports referred to the same incident.

Day after furious Knesset speech, Netanyahu says unity is possible

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenary session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that unity is still possible, a day after he fulminated against attempts to form a government without him and accused Arab lawmakers of supporting terrorism and seeking Israel’s destruction.

“Yesterday I said why a national unity government is necessary,” he tells reporters in the halls of the Knesset. “Today I want to say why it’s possible.”

Netanyahu adopts an affable tone, in contrast to the pique he expressed in yesterday’s speech after the Knesset was sworn in.

“It is possible because this nation knows how to come together at moments of truth,” says Netanyahu, “and we are facing a moment of truth.”

“This is the call of the hour, this is the will of the majority of the nation,” he says.

Netanyahu lists examples of national unity from last night’s Knesset swearing-in, and throughout the last three years of war among soldiers and civilians: “Religious and secular, left and right, simply stood and fought together shoulder to shoulder.”

“I can’t tell you everything that I know, but there are enough people who know what massive challenges and what massive opportunities we have,” he says.

Netanyahu says that he will “continue to reach out” to potential coalition partners.

President Isaac Herzog gave the mandate to form a government to Netanyahu’s chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot.

Police: 3 terror suspects, 2 of them affiliated with Hamas, captured in West Bank raid

Three Palestinian terror suspects, two of whom are affiliated with Hamas, were apprehended by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight, police say.

Undercover Border Police officers had raided the towns of Urif and Qabalan, following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet on the suspects’ whereabouts.

Police say the officers operated at three locations simultaneously, covertly approaching the buildings where the suspects resided, before arresting them.

Two of the suspects are Hamas operatives, and all three are “suspected of advancing terror activity and involvement in activities linked to terror organizations,” police add.

Reports: 3 Palestinians killed in IDF strikes in Gaza City

Hamas-run media outlets in Gaza report that two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in a IDF strike on a tent in Gaza City.

Earlier, it was reported that a man was killed in a strike in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood while standing on the roof of a house.

It is unclear why he was on the roof. There have been reports of cases where targets received a phone call from Shin Bet officers who allegedly told them to choose between being targeted alone on the roof or inside their homes next to their families.

There is no comment from the IDF.

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Reports: Settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters in western West Bank; woman suffers head injury

The Palestinian Authority official news agency WAFA reports that a 42-year-old Palestinian woman has suffered a head injury after being struck by stones during an attack on her family’s olive harvest in the Deir Istiya area of the western West Bank.

No further details about the incident are currently available.

ספרו לי קצת על היהדות והאידיאולוגיה של האשפות שהלמו אתמול במוט ברזל בפניה של אשה בת 70(!) שהגיעה לעזור במסיק של קול רבני לזכויות אדם – ואחר כך קינחו בסדרת בעיטות כשהיא על הרצפה, שוברים לה שלוש צלעות וגורמים לחבלות קשות בפנים. היא עדיין מאושפזת. נשמות שחורות pic.twitter.com/5nnjN2dUTL

— Guy lerer גיא לרר (@guylerer) November 11, 2026

Israeli envoy to US says his son, injured in car-ramming, has been moved to rehab, but is still unconscious

Neria Leiter (Courtesy)

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter says that his son Neria, an IDF reservist who was badly wounded in a Palestinian car-ramming attack in September, has been transferred to a rehab unit for unconscious patients at Sheba Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Hospital.

“Despite the transfer to rehabilitation, his condition remains complex, and the road to recovery is still long and difficult,” he says of his son, who is still unconscious and faces additional surgeries.

“The family would like to thank the many people who have prayed for Neria and asks that they continue praying for a miracle that will bring Neria back to his family,” writes Leiter on X.

Saudis say they intercepted 3 Houthi missiles heading toward capital

The Saudi-led anti-Houthi coalition says that the Yemeni rebel group fired three cruise missiles toward the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh.

All three were destroyed, says Joint Forces Command spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki on X.

Flights to Riyadh were in a holding pattern because of the missile threat.

Coalition MKs booted after disrupting first Arrangements Committee meeting, hurling insults while calling for ‘unity’

The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Knesset Arrangements Committee descends into chaos as lawmakers from Likud and its allied parties repeatedly disrupt proceedings, hurl insults at political opponents and accuse Arab MKs of supporting terrorism, even as they continue to echo Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for a “unity” government headed by him and including his entire bloc.

The confrontations erupt almost immediately after committee chairman Yashar MK Roy Folkman opens the floor to lawmakers, when Likud MK Erez Tadmor is referred to as a “weapons thief.” Tadmor was convicted of stealing weapons and military equipment during his military service and sentenced to 45 days in prison.

Tadmor then calls Democrats MK Naama Lazimi a “hen,” prompting accusations of misogyny, before declaring: “We are extending a hand to you in unity, and you are joining forces with supporters of terrorism.”

He also calls Lazimi a “roadblocker,” apparently referring to her participation in anti-government protests, prompting her to respond sarcastically: “There’s your unity.”

Likud lawmakers repeatedly accuse representatives of the Arab parties of supporting terrorism, prompting Arab MKs to demand that Folkman condemn the remarks. Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv is eventually removed from the meeting following repeated interruptions, continuing to shout as she is escorted out, amid calls of “Out! Out!” in both Hebrew and Arabic, as the chair struggles to restore order. Likud MK Almog Cohen is also booted.

Jewish MK Segalovitz to become first Arab-majority party representative on Knesset defense panel

MKs Yitzhak Goldknopf (L) and Yoav Segalovitz attend a plenary session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ra’am No. 2 Yoav Segalovitz is set to become the first representative of an Arab-majority party to serve on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, according to Hebrew media reports.

Segalovitz, who is Jewish and previously was a senior police officer and a deputy public security minister for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party, will serve on the powerful committee, which oversees the defense and security establishment, on behalf of Ra’am.

New B’Yachad MKs Noam Tibon and Yonatan Shalev are also reportedly representing their faction on the committee.

Eisenkot-led bloc said to establish special committees to repeal judicial overhaul

Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc has agreed to establish a series of special parliamentary committees tasked with repealing legislation passed as part of the outgoing government’s judicial overhaul, according to Hebrew media. Most of the committees will be headed by lawmakers from Yair Golan’s Democrats party.

The committees will seek to repeal five controversial laws passed by Netanyahu’s outgoing coalition:

• A law giving lawmakers greater control over judicial appointments;
• A law weakening the power of the attorney general to act as a check on government power;
• A law giving the justice minister effective control over the police’s internal investigations department;
• A sweeping communications overhaul criticized for threatening press freedom;
• And a law restricting the circumstances under which a prime minister can be declared incapacitated, widely seen as designed to shield Netanyahu from recusal over his ongoing corruption trial.

The High Court has frozen key provisions of the police investigations and communications laws, while postponing implementation of the recusal law until the inauguration of the 26th Knesset. The judicial appointments and attorney general laws have also faced legal challenges.

Contradicting Trump, Netanyahu’s office says Israel will ‘gradually’ move off US military aid

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

In his second statement on the issue since US President Donald Trump said that American military aid to Israel would end this year, caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Jerusalem will “phase out” assistance from Washington.

“In 1996, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would gradually phase out American economic assistance, which stood at $1.2 billion,” says his office. “He followed through on that commitment.”

“Thirty years later, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel’s economy is strong enough to gradually phase out American military assistance as well,” the PMO continues.

It frames the shift away from aid as a joint move by the two leaders. However, while Netanyahu has spoken publicly and repeatedly about ending US military assistance to Israel, he has talked about doing so gradually over the next decade — not all at once as Trump has announced.

“Today, Israel has a strong and stable economy, and Israel and the United States are taking a significant step toward transitioning from assistance to partnership,” says the Prime Minister’s Office.

“Netanyahu outlined this direction as early as May,” says his office, “in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, when he said: “I want to gradually reduce American financial aid to zero.”

The PMO notes that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that moving off of aid was “a step that the Israelis themselves proposed to us.”

“The joint initiative by Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Trump demonstrates the strength of the alliance between the two countries and its ability to adapt to changing circumstances,” says the premier’s office.

Construction worker falls to death in Ramat Gan

A construction site in Ramat Gan where a worker fell to his death on November 11, 2026. (Israel Police)

A roughly 30-year-old Chinese construction worker died a short while ago after falling from an elevated surface at a site in Ramat Gan, police say.

He has been pronounced dead at a hospital after apparently falling from a fifth-floor scaffolding, according to police.

Officers are investigating on site, and Labor Ministry inspectors are on their way, police add.

Senior settler leader Yossi Dagan denied entry into France, his office says

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan attends a rally for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Settler leader and head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan says he was denied entry into France last week after flying to Paris for a series of meetings.

Dagan’s office says he was taken aside for questioning by border control officials and told he was not allowed to enter the country due to his role in the establishment of 35 settlements in the northern West Bank, and for promoting the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza.

Dagan has indeed been active in supporting and promoting the establishment of new settlements in the jurisdiction of the Samaria Regional Council, which he heads, and has advanced a program to bring a million residents to the northern West Bank by 2050.

He and the Samaria Regional Council, which he has headed since 2015, have also frequently given rhetorical backing and other expressions of support for illegal settlement outposts in the council’s jurisdiction.

A week after suspension over anti-Arab remarks, presenter Berkovic set to return to Channel 13 broadcasts

TV commentator and former soccer star Eyal Berkovic speaks at the annual international Municipal Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv, on February 27, 2019. (Flash90)

After Channel 13 suspended its presenter, former international soccer star Eyal Berkovic, on Sunday over anti-Arab on-air remarks, Hebrew media reports that the suspension is only for a week and he will resume broadcasting this coming Sunday.

During a television broadcast on Saturday, Berkovic questioned and mocked the legitimacy of the academic credentials of US senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi, both of whom are medical doctors, prompting the suspension.

Russian ambassador to US dies, Moscow says

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died aged 66, the Russian foreign ministry says, without detailing the cause of death.

Putin appointed Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for his public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to Washington in March 2025 to lead a rapprochement with the Trump administration that has rattled Ukraine and European countries.

Strait of Hormuz will not return to prewar status, Iran’s Ghalibaf says

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf gives a press conference at an event marking 40 days since the burial of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba Mosque in Iraq’s central holy shrine city of Karbala on August 20, 2026. (Karar Jabbar/AFP)

The Strait of Hormuz will not return to its prewar status, the speaker of Iran’s parliament says, adding that its future will be determined within a seven-point framework proposed by Tehran.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also claims in an interview with Al Jazeera that Iran’s priority is peace, provided its terms are accepted, and that it does not want the war to continue.

High Court gives Interior Minister Sa’ar 30 days to decide on conditioning municipal tax discount on military service

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a joint press conference with Slovenia’s foreign minister (not pictured) prior to the opening of Israel’s embassy in Slovenia, in Ljubljana on September 9, 2026. (Martin Metelko/AFP)

Following the government’s decision to appoint Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to also serve as interior minister, the High Court of Justice orders Sa’ar to decide within 30 days whether and how he will condition municipal tax discounts available to low-income households in compliance with military service orders.

The court also orders the transportation and finance ministers to decide within 21 days if public transport discounts can also be conditioned on military service compliance.

The decision comes in response to petitions from the Israel Be Free religious freedom group, the Movement for Quality Government in Israel and other watchdog groups demanding the implementation of rulings by the High Court requiring the government to take effective action to draft ultra-Orthodox men into the army.

The court states that if the government takes practical steps to implement its previous rulings, it would be able to step back from issuing operative orders to the government on the issue.

“As we have already emphasized, this is not ‘merely’ a matter of complying with the provisions of a ruling, but rather one of enforcing the law,” the court adds, in reference to the fact that there is no legal justification for failing to enforce conscription of ultra-Orthodox men.

A law providing blanket military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students expired in July 2023, and the High Court ruled in June 2024 that such men must therefore enlist. The government failed to enforce the ruling, however, leading to a further ruling in November 2025 ordering the government to take practical steps to enforce the draft of ultra-Orthodox men, but the government has dragged its feet on implementing that ruling as well.

In April this year, the court issued a further decision ordering the government to take operative steps, such as weighing conditioning the municipal tax discount on military service. The absence of a permanent interior minister since July 2025 has delayed implementation of that order.

Trump claims US has already won the Iran war, now wants ‘total victory’

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to mark Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump claims Washington has already won the war against Iran but doesn’t want to pull out until there has been a knockout.

“We fought back… and we won. [It’s] just a question of when we want to end it,” Trump says in a Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery.

“We want to make sure we have a total victory — not a 93% victory. It’s going to be total,” he adds.

Trump again claims that the war will end shortly — something he has been asserting for months.

“We lost 18 beautiful souls, but when this conflict is over — and it will be soon — the entire world will be a much safer… more peaceful place,” Trump declares.

On Jordan border, Zamir says IDF must prepare for ‘rapid changes and surprise’ on all fronts

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is seen on the Jordan border, November 11, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

During a visit to the Jordan border today, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the military must be prepared for “rapid changes and surprise” on all fronts.

Zamir tours a sector under the responsibility of the new 96th “Gilad” Regional Division, alongside other senior officers.

“Alongside the need for intelligence warnings, the baseline posture of IDF troops must be one of readiness for rapid changes and surprise. In every sector, we must maintain a high level of alertness, stay ahead of threats, and ensure the defense of our borders and civilians,” Zamir says, according to remarks published by the military.

The IDF chief says the Jordan Valley “holds historical, Zionist and security importance,” calling the area “Israel’s eastern defensive wall” and “an essential component of our national security and strategic depth.”

Zamir adds that the 96th Division — tasked with the Jordan border from the Israel-Jordan-Syria tri-border area to an area south of the Dead Sea, including the section in the West Bank — “serves as a practical example of implementing the lessons of October 7.”

4 Israelis arrested over mass attack on forces that escorted Palestinian family home, police say

Police say they arrested two teenagers from Jerusalem and Netivot and two northern West Bank settlers today over the attack that prevented Israeli forces from escorting a Palestinian family home in the Nablus-area village of Jalud on September 29.

The teenagers, ages 16 and 17, were brought before a judge and released under restrictive conditions, including a 60-day order to stay away from the area, police say.

The settlers, ages 21 and 25, will be brought before a judge later, police add.

Police previously announced the arrest of three other teenage suspects — two settlers detained by the IDF in Jalud itself, and an 18-year-old from Jerusalem detained by police hours later.

Over 100 people took part in the attack, which left three Border Police officers lightly wounded, the IDF said at the time.

The Palestinian family whom the forces accompanied had left its home in July because of repeated harassment and attacks by settlers. The operation to bring the family home followed a High Court decision in September that slammed authorities’ failure to stop the attacks.

Netanyahu dismisses Eisenkot’s demand as ‘transparent attempt’ to politicize national security

After his main political rival Gadi Eisenkot urges him not to deploy military forces without an immediate threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office calls the Yashar party leader’s letter a “transparent attempt” to politicize Israel’s national security.

“All decisions taken by the government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu were taken solely based on security considerations and in full coordination with the security establishment,” says the PMO.

“Instead of sowing fear and division, one must act responsibly,” it continues, responding to Eisenkot’s missive to Netanyahu warning of “devastating consequences for Israeli democracy and public trust in the institutions of government” if the premier launches a military operation that is not strictly necessary during the transitional period.

“Eisenkot’s letter is an irresponsible move to discuss sensitive security issues in public,” says the PMO. “This is a transparent attempt to introduce politicization into Israel’s national security issues.”

The PMO also calls on Eisenkot to join a Netanyahu-led government.

Israel calls French decision to deny entry to settler leader ‘completely unacceptable’

Israel condemns France’s decision to deny entry to settler leader and head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan last week, calling it ‘completely unacceptable.’

“Israel views with severity France’s decision to ban the entry of a law-abiding Israeli elected official on a blatantly political and ideological basis,” says the Foreign Ministry.

“This is a completely unacceptable step, and Israel will demand explanations for it from the French government and will accordingly consider its steps,” it says.

Dagan’s office says he was taken aside for questioning by border control officials and told he was not allowed to enter the country due to his role in the establishment of 35 settlements in the northern West Bank, and for promoting the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza.

Hezbollah leader: Trump and Netanyahu were defeated in elections, a positive development for us

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem delivers a speech broadcast on June 17, 2026. (Screenshot/Al Manar via X)

In a speech from Beirut marking “Martyrs’ Day,” Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem celebrates the recent election setbacks suffered by both US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Qassem adds that although Israel and the United States pursue the same policies, both leaders suffered electoral defeats, and “this is a positive development for us.”

“We can say that Trump and Netanyahu were defeated, while Iran and the resistance organizations in Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen achieved victory,” he says.

He also claims that “Israel wants to disarm Lebanon in order to occupy it,” reiterating that Hezbollah will not give up its weapons, which he describes as necessary for self-defense against Israel.

Turkey’s president calls Gaza war an ‘ecocide’ at UN climate summit; Israel: ‘Campaign of lies’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the COP31 UN Climate Summit, November 11, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses an environmental gathering to again lambaste Israel over its war against Hamas in Gaza, saying the world should recognize the environmental impact of the war.

Erdogan makes the remarks at the UN climate summit, known as COP31, in Antalya, Turkey.

“What has taken place in Gaza is not only a genocide, but it is also an ecocide,” Erdogan says to world leaders and other climate envoys.

Israel vehemently denies the allegation of genocide.

“Centuries-old olive trees have been cut down. The soil and water have been polluted in Gaza, and cities in Gaza have been turned into enormous piles of rubble,” Erdogan says. “With Gaza’s destroyed infrastructure, compounded by torrential rain and by flooding, tens of thousands of tents and shelters have been inundated.”

Israel, which wasn’t invited to COP31, reacts furiously.

“Once again, Dictator Erdogan is using an international forum to push his anti-Israel campaign of lies,” the Foreign Ministry tweets.

“Hamas, whose leaders are hosted in Erdogan’s Türkiye, is responsible for the devastation in Gaza. Hamas started this war with the October 7th massacre and embedded its military infrastructure in civilian areas. Those who truly care about Gaza should demand that Hamas disarm so reconstruction can begin.”

Iran president accuses US, Israel of causing environmental damage during war

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a plenary session at the COP31 UN Climate Summit, November 11, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the United States and Israel of inflicting severe environmental damage during the war with the Islamic Republic, speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey.

“The recent criminal and illegal aggression against Iran by America and the Zionist regime… has inflicted severe damage on the environment, releasing massive quantities of pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere,” Pezeshkian claims.

He says that attacks on fuel facilities on a major gas field in Iran’s south “resulted in the emission of approximately 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.”

“The deliberate strike on fuel depots near Tehran led to the release of another one million tonnes,” he adds, calling for mechanisms to hold the US and Israel accountable.

While the specifics of the accusations cannot be independently verified, several oil spills have been detected off the coasts of Gulf countries.

Iran’s foreign ministry has previously blamed the pollution on US military operations in the region, though both countries have targeted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as they seek to enforce parallel blockades.

Dozens of extremist Haredi protesters block highway outside Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem light rail

Police use a water cannon against extremist ultra-Orthodox men blocking the Jerusalem light rail in protest of the arrests of draft-dodging yeshiva students, November 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Dozens of extremist Haredi men and boys this evening blocked Route 38 outside Beit Shemesh and the light rail on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Street, footage shows, reportedly in protest after the military detained yeshiva students who failed to enlist.

Police say officers declared both protests illegal and used force to disperse rioters.

Route 38 has reopened and officers are still working to restore order in Jerusalem, police say.

Haredi news outlet Kikar HaShabbat reports the protests follow the arrest of three students from an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem, who were arrested on Route 90 while driving back from the Dead Sea overnight Monday-Tuesday.

The three were sentenced yesterday to 20 days in the military’s Prison 10 after police found they have standing draft orders against them, according to the site. The reason they were stopped in the first place is unspecified.

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Israel’s envoy to Netherlands summoned home after slamming Ben Gvir and Smotrich

Israel’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Zvi Aviner Vapni, has been summoned back to Israel for a clarification meeting after he criticized two far-right Israeli ministers, the Foreign Ministry tells The Times of Israel.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich “have said things that I find terrible and unacceptable,” Vapni told Algemeen Dagblad. “I feel no need whatsoever to protect them.”

He also called violent settler extremists in the West Bank “hooligans and Jewish terrorists.”

“They should all go to prison,” he said. “I think 80% of Israelis agree with that. That violence must stop. I do not want to defend it; what they are doing is reprehensible.”

Anti-Zionist NYC students hold ‘Day of Rage’ protest outside public college

Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, November 11, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US student activists hold a “Day of Rage” protest outside Hunter College, part of the public City University of New York (CUNY).

The protest is on a public sidewalk, not on the college’s property.

Anti-Zionist groups around the city had advertised the rally, but it remains relatively small, with fewer than 100 participants.

The protesters chant, “Globalize the intifada,” “Zionism will fall” and “Resistance is justified.”

“Palestine is Arab,” they chant in Arabic. They berate police at the scene as “racist.” Many are masked and wearing keffiyehs.

They hold signs stating their demands — to abolish the CUNY board of trustees, that CUNY divest from Israel and that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “stop the sale of stolen land in NYC.”

The protesters also attack Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. They chant, “Mamdani, take a stand, meet all of our demands” and “Jessica Tisch has got to go.”

They accuse Democrats and CUNY of abetting “genocide.”

“We are here to keep the pressure on this city. We are here to keep the pressure on Mayor Mamdani,” a speaker tells the crowd. “This is the heart and soul of Zionism. Without New York, there is no Zionism.”

Report: Vance weighing direct talks with Iran, Trump sees June MOU as blunder

US Vice President JD Vance arrives on Air Force Two, November 2, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)

US Vice President JD Vance is weighing direct talks with a top Iranian security official, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed US and Middle East officials.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary-general of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said earlier today that there are no plans to meet Vance.

US officials tell the outlet that Vance has taken the lead role in diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement with Iran, eclipsing White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Trump has been privately criticizing the June memorandum of understanding with Iran that Vance helped negotiate, two US officials say, insisting that it was a mistake and allowed Iran to recover and bring in oil revenues.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller back maintaining the blockade on Iran until it gives, say two US officials.

New UTJ lawmaker says he backs studying secular subjects, helping Haredi soldiers, mass employment

Newly elected MK Eliakim Stark poses for his official portrait at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day before the opening ceremony of the 26th Knesset, November 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

New United Torah Judaism Eliakim Stark voices a series of positions in a new interview that diverge from those of most of his party members, including supporting studying secular subjects at schools, helping ultra-Orthodox soldiers, and backing mass employment alongside Torah studies.

Unlike most of his colleagues, Stark lived abroad — in Belgium — until the age of 16, and is familiar with the ultra-Orthodox way of life outside of Israel, which includes working alongside Torah studies and studying math, English and other secular subjects at school.

In an interview with Channel 13, Stark says that as an MK, he wants to care for “hundreds of thousands of young Haredim who yearn for employment opportunities,” acknowledging that unlike abroad, the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel has grown to the point that its effect on the national economy cannot be ignored.

“We have to help them. There will be thousands, if not tens of thousands, more families earning a living,” he says.

Asked about core curriculum in schools, which most ultra-Orthodox leaders reject, Stark says: “If there are Haredim who want to study core subjects, they must be given the opportunities in a way that is adapted to the ultra-Orthodox community. I think this is the main challenge, for the state to understand that instead of re-educating the Haredim, it needs to enable and give them the opportunities.”

Stark belongs to the Belz Hasidic sect, whose spiritual leaders have endorsed schools that teach core subjects and taken a relatively lenient stance on military enlistment.

Stark says the thousands of ultra-Orthodox soldiers must be given assistance with whatever they need, adding that senior ultra-Orthodox leaders have told him as much. He declines to elaborate, saying that things in this regard that are done in private are far more effective than those done publicly, which can draw backlashes.

Amid negotiations between his party and the bloc led by Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, Stark says cooperation with anyone in the Knesset, including the Arab-led parties, is legitimate for the Haredi parties if this can work in their interest.