News Roundup for November 11, 2025
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US Said Planning to Build Major Base Near Gaza for International Forces, Times of Israel
“A security official tells the outlets the move constitutes a significant shift for Israel, which has traditionally sought to minimize international involvement in territories under its control, and highlights Washington’s determination to take an active role in Gaza and the conflict.”
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump., HuffPost
“New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ‘ethnic cleansing.'”
Exclusive: US Intel Found Israeli Military Lawyers Warned There Was Evidence of Gaza War Crimes, Former US Officials Say, Reuters
“There were concerns Israel was intentionally targeting civilians and humanitarian workers, a potential war crime which Israel has strongly denied.”
Trump Has Promised Peace for Gaza. Private Documents Paint a Grim Picture., Politico
“The documents surface a particular concern about whether a so-called International Stabilization Force — a multinational security initiative meant to keep the peace in Gaza — can really be deployed.”
Comptroller Blames Netanyahu for Lack of National Security Strategy Leading to Oct. 7, Jerusalem Post
“‘The ability of the political echelon to direct the IDF and the other defense agencies based on a long-term strategic vision, to challenge them and to conduct proper oversight and criticism of them was seriously defective, and in some cases, was nonexistent,’ warned the comptroller.”
Abbas Fires His Finance Minister Over Illicit Payments to Palestinian Prisoners, Times of Israel
“Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ousted his finance minister on Monday for allowing payments to Palestinian security prisoners through an old mechanism that awarded them based on the length of their sentence, a Palestinian official and a second source familiar with the matter revealed to The Times of Israel.”
Israeli Parliament Advances Death Penalty Bill Backed by Ben-Gvir, Reuters
“The bill will now move to a parliamentary committee for further debate before a second and third vote. It is not guaranteed that it will become law, with several key political parties having boycotted Monday’s initial vote.”
The Gaza Plan Needs Fleshing Out Quickly, Writes a Former Israeli Security Chief, The Economist
Ami Ayalon writes, “With a detailed roadmap, clarity over implementation, Palestinian-led governance and the two-state destination, based on UN Security Council resolutions and the principles of the Arab Peace Initiative, the vision may yet evolve into something genuinely historic: a credible path to peace and security.”
Israeli Right Skewers Efforts to Prosecute Soldiers for Wartime Abuses, Washington Post
Shira Rubin and Lior Soroka write, “This public brawl is not over the facts of the case but rather a broader struggle between a growing segment of Israelis who contend that all their soldiers are heroes who should be immune to prosecution and those who call for the rule of law in cases of misconduct.”
