One Israeli Killed, Three Wounded in Palestinian Ramming and Stabbing Attack in Gush Etzion - Josh Breiner (Ha'aretz)
    An Israeli man in his 30s was killed and three others were wounded in a stabbing and ramming attack at Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem.
    A car struck pedestrians, then the attackers exited the vehicle and stabbed others before they were shot dead.

Poll: Majority of Israelis Oppose Palestinian State, Even for Saudi Normalization (Jerusalem Post)
    70% of Israelis oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks, according to a new survey by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) conducted on Nov. 16-17 by the Lazar Research Institute.
    Among Jewish Israelis, opposition is 79%.
    62% of Israelis said they would still oppose a Palestinian state even if it were part of a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, with 73% among Jewish Israelis.

Hamas Stockpiling Weapons in Sympathetic Countries (Jerusalem Post)
    Hamas has started stockpiling weapons in African countries, Yemen, and other sympathetic nations so that they can later be smuggled to locations, including Gaza, where Hamas can access them, Israel's Channel 11 reported on Sunday.

Muslim Brotherhood Stole $500 Million from Gaza Donations (Jerusalem Post)
    The Muslim Brotherhood stole $500 million from donations for Gaza, Egyptian researcher Maher Farghali reported on Sunday. Hamas condemned the theft.
    The Waqf al-Ummah/Ummet Vakfi association, founded by the Muslim Brotherhood and operating out of Turkey, took the funds which it had raised in a fundraiser for Gaza.
    Hamas member Khaled Mansour, who was investigating Waqf al-Ummah, wrote Monday: "How is it conceivable that many Brotherhood elites and Islamists remain silent about the biggest theft scandal in the history of the Islamic movement of the funds of the people of Gaza?"

Germany to Lift Partial Weapons Embargo on Israel - Alex Berry (Deutsche Welle-Germany)
    The German government announced Monday that it was ending the partial suspension of weapons deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza on Nov. 24.
    Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the partial suspension of weapon deliveries in August.

Turkey Has 50 Diplomats in Israel while Israel's Ankara Embassy Is Closed - Amit Segal (X)
    Israel's embassy in Ankara has been closed since Oct. 7. At the same time, the Turks have 30 diplomats in Tel Aviv and 20 in Jerusalem, working to undermine Israel from within.
    The Turkish cultural institute in eastern Jerusalem is a hub of incitement.
    Israel was added to Turkey's national security threat list in 2024, and 37% of Turks see Israel as an existential threat.
    Turkey has not abandoned dreams of imperial expansion. Turkey builds military bases in Sri Lanka, supplies air defense systems to Bangladesh, and aids Pakistan against India.
    The writer is chief political analyst for Israel's Channel 12.

October 7 Attacks Sparked Surge in ISIS Recruitment, Interest in Radical Jihadist Terror - Sarah Boxer (CNN)
    New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism Rebecca Weiner discussed the arrests of six young men in the U.S. in recent weeks who have been charged in an ISIS-inspired terror plot, illustrating "how people are self-radicalizing, operating in echo chambers online."
    "People are finding each other online, doing that mutually reinforcing self-radicalization, finding like-minded people overseas, some of whom may have connections to the actual terrorist organization."
    "Since October 7, we've been contending with renewed interest in joining ISIS among inspired people here across the West, but also an increase in ISIS operational tempo overseas."

Hatred of Israel Caused Iran's Water Crisis - Seth M. Siegel (Wall Street Journal)
    After a devastating earthquake in 1962, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi quietly invited Israeli experts to advise Iran on modernizing its water infrastructure.
    Hundreds of Israeli water experts worked on Iran's water restructuring and rethinking of agricultural practices.
    By the time the shah fell, Iran's water systems were flourishing. The country had productive water-focused agricultural planning, major cities' plumbing upgraded to reduce leaks, and several desalination plants designed, built and operated by Israelis, in partnership with Iranian experts and engineers.
    After the revolution, the Israelis left quickly and many of the Iranian engineers who had worked with them were exiled or executed.
    The regime's religious leadership largely outsourced water issues to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose engineering and construction companies handled Iran's hydrological problems, enriching its leadership with billions of dollars.
    Nik Kowsar, an exiled Iranian journalist, described billion-dollar "dam and transfer schemes" that were adopted "not because they worked, but because they meant massive commissions."

The (Calculable) Costs of Israel's Wars - Jonathan Schanzer (Sapir)
    It is likely that Israel spent more than $1 billion on Arrow-3 interceptions alone since the start of its multifront war.
    That estimate does not include the cost of shooting down dozens of cruise missiles, hundreds of drones, and thousands of rockets launched against Israel.
    Then there is the price of offensive operations, using thousands of precision, high-tech munitions fired at targets in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, at a cost running into the billions.
    Don't forget the price required to fuel Israel's fighter jets for thousands of sorties.
    Keeping troops in the field over hundreds of days of fighting, while maintaining, repairing, or replacing their equipment, adds additional billions.
    So do repeated military mobilizations, which remove tens of thousands of people from the civilian workforce.
    There is the cost to Israel of preparing for the next war. Israel has already decided it needs a far more independent defense-industrial base after the Biden administration decided to suspend deliveries of 2,000-pound bombs.
    The development of cutting-edge military technologies such as the Iron Beam laser involves additional costs.
    There's also the cost of the wars to the home front. The destruction wrought by Iranian ballistic missiles - especially in central Israel - will require massive reconstruction, including $1.5 billion in property compensation and over $300 million to rebuild a single tower in Tel Aviv. Multiple towers were destroyed.
    Rebuilding the kibbutzim in the Gaza Envelope and northern communities such as Metula adds further billions.
    Earlier this year, the Bank of Israel estimated that the war's total cost through the end of 2025 could reach $68 billion.
    The writer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Treasury Department, is executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Azerbaijan Won't Forget How Israel Stood by Its Side - Mukhtar Mammadov (Jerusalem Post)
    Azerbaijan's Victory Day, celebrated last Saturday, is the day when Karabakh and all the territories occupied as a result of nearly 30 years of Armenian control were liberated, allowing us to rebuild and reunite as a nation.
    For many years, Azerbaijan stood almost entirely alone, with little support from the international community. The international mechanisms meant to help resolve the conflict served instead to perpetuate the status quo.
    When it became clear that diplomatic efforts were leading nowhere, Azerbaijan was compelled to act on its own to liberate its lands.
    There were a few close friends and partners who stood by our side during those difficult years. Israel was one of them, and Azerbaijan will never forget it.
    The writer is the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Israel.