A Berlin policeman named Wilhelm Krutzfeld kept the mob from burning the New Synagogue on Kristallnacht, 88 years ago tonight. On Thursday George Shefi, 94, who got out of Berlin on one of the last Kindertransports, spoke inside it to about 150 senior police officers, a lot of them Germans in uniform. He'd like them to scrub the anti-Israel graffiti off the building he was born in, too. At home, Gadi Eisenkot's coalition talks keep running through the haredi parties, and this time they want more than a signature.
Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less
Iran: Trump says a new round depends on Tehran signing, Rubio calls its demands ridiculous, and Qatar's prime minister visits today. See The War Today.
Missile range: The Revolutionary Guards say Iran's 2,000-kilometer missile cap is gone, and London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin were all beyond it. See Developments to Watch.
Gaza: Israel reportedly clears 250 foreign troops for Rafah's new city, and wants Turkey's soldiers kept out. See The War Today.
Lebanon: IDF troops find Hezbollah and Amal weapons beside aid boxes, 100 to 200 meters from UN posts. See Briefly Noted.
Conscription: Yisrael Beytenu's Liberman offers the haredi parties his 2018 bill, which puts no personal sanction on men who skip call-up. See Inside Israel.
The commissioner: Danny Levy asks the attorney general to let him promote senior officers without Ben-Gvir's signature. See Briefly Noted.
Aid: The new memorandum reportedly pays $3.3 billion a year for five years past 2028, and more for missile defense. See Israel and the World.
60 Minutes: Trump says a "great dislike" for Israel helped cost his party Congress, and that he doesn't disagree with Vance. See Israel and the World.
France: A leaked foreign ministry assessment files Israeli officials' posts on last month's French riots under foreign influence. See Israel and the World.
Philadelphia: Police keep the boycott ride and counterprotesters apart, and all six restaurants on the flier have lines down the block. See Briefly Noted.
Israel swears in its new Knesset tomorrow and won't have a government this week, and the new Congress that votes on its aid doesn't sit until January. That's the stretch when people try to settle things that are hard to undo, and France brings its own plan for south Lebanon to the G7 today. Most of what's being drafted sits on ground the IDF holds, in Rafah and in south Lebanon, and a caretaker government doesn't change who's standing on it.
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