Ex-IDF legal chief arrested after disappearance tied to video leak scandal; Bodies of three fallen hostages returned to Israel and identified; The first brick in Israel’s ‘deep state’ wall has fallen; Netanyahu backs death penalty for terrorists bill

 

The Daily Syndicate   Monday, November 3, 2025

Ex-IDF legal chief arrested after disappearance tied to video leak scandal   After a medical check-up, former IDF Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was arrested on charges of "leaking and other serious criminal offenses."   JNS Staff       Fiamma Nirenstein READ MORE: The meaning of the Tomer-Yerushalmi affair         Bodies of three fallen hostages returned to Israel and identified   Col. Asaf Hamami, Capt. Omer Maxim Neutra and Sgt. Oz Daniel were named as the deceased captives brought back from Gaza for burial.   JNS Staff       The first brick in Israel’s ‘deep state’ wall has fallen   Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi must be stripped of her rank and face jail time for the damage she did to IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.   Avi Abelow       Netanyahu backs death penalty for terrorists bill   The legislation is expected to be brought before the Knesset plenum for a preliminary vote this week.   JNS Staff             Analysis     Yaakov Lappin   ‘Khamenei is intent to continue on the old path’               Analysis     Shimon Sherman   Israeli economy proves resilient, despite wartime pressure             Anti-Israel bias is everywhere.   Help us share the facts.     Donate now             Feature       Running for his life   Mendel Vile, critically wounded in Gaza, is making the most of his miraculous recovery, recently competing in the Marine Corps Marathon in the US.   David Wiseman         Opinion             OPinion     Elad Israeli   When ‘Lebanonization’ is a good thing   The circumstances surrounding Israel’s security policy vis-à-vis its neighbor to the north are certainly not those of the year 2000, much less 2006.       Joshua Schewitz How a sanctioned United Nations official captured South Africa         M. Zuhdi Jasser Yes, take Mamdani at his word                    JNS TV       Something shocking is happening on the Temple Mount   Josh Hasten               latest news         Slain Israeli hostages Cooper and Baruch laid to rest   JNS Staff       Netanyahu: IDF eliminating Hamas holdouts in Israeli-controlled Gaza   JNS Staff       US National Religious Broadcasters to host Jerusalem conference   Etgar Lefkovits       Soroka Hospital to get billion-shekel rebuild after Iran strike   JNS Staff       Jerusalem court: Samaria mayor can’t block Palestinian workers   JNS Staff       Israeli union leader detained in major bribery, fraud probe   JNS Staff       Trump: US will ‘help out a little’ with Netanyahu’s trial   JNS Staff       Mural in Italy memorializing Bibas family defaced—again   JNS Staff       ‘Clearly have antisemitism element of our party,’ McCormick says at RJC   Jonathan D. Salant       Israel shines at Pickleball World Cup in Fort Lauderdale   David Wiseman

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