"If I had to do it again, I'd have to do it again," Trump says of the Iran war, and the newest people telling him it wasn't worth it are in his own party. In Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog, consulting the parties after the 27 October election, asked United Torah Judaism this morning whether men who aren't studying should enlist. Yitzhak Pindrus, a UTJ MK, answered with Torato Umanuto, Torah as a man's whole occupation. And it's Kristallnacht week, which a bike club in Philadelphia has picked to ride past six restaurants it's crossed out on a flier.

Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less

• Iran: Israel plans for three ways the war could go, one a Hormuz deal that leaves Iran's missiles and uranium alone. See The War Today.
• Lebanon: An IDF drone hits two men watching troops from outside the security zone, the first such strike in weeks. See The War Today.
• Gaza: The IDF and Shin Bet say they killed Jamal Abu Saeed, Hamas's operations chief, who held Omer Shem Tov captive. See Briefly Noted.
• The mandate: United Torah Judaism recommends nobody to Herzog, and the Joint List's backing would put Eisenkot at 67. See Briefly Noted.
• Ayman Odeh: The Shin Bet checks whether the former Joint List leader took Palestinian Authority money, and starts briefing police. See Inside Israel.
• Jericho: Eight Jewish families move into houses they bought outright on state land at the edge of Jericho. See Inside Israel.
• The blame: Vance blames the Iran war and Israel for his party's loss, and Israel's UN ambassador calls the war America's decision. See Israel and the World.
• Arms orders: The State Department counts $10 billion in Israeli weapons orders beyond what the aid agreement covers. See Israel and the World.
• Montreal: A kosher bakery burns a day after surviving an arson attempt, and the hate crimes unit joins the case. See Israel and the World.
• Germany: Federal police count 670 Islamist antisemitic crimes in 2025, the most on record, against 16 in 2022. See Briefly Noted.
• Prague: The Czech Republic arranges to buy four more of Rafael's Spyder air-defense systems, on top of the four from 2021. See Briefly Noted.

This Shabbat we read about Avraham buying the cave at Machpelah. Ephron offers it as a gift, and Avraham insists on paying b'chesef maleh, the full price, so nobody can come back later and say it wasn't his. Israel Gantz, who heads the Yesha Council, used those same two words yesterday about houses in Jericho. It's a good week to remember why Avraham bothered. A good share of Israel's American weapons were ordered against money Washington had promised, and now the Congress Trump's party just lost gets to decide whether it ever arrives.