Israel’s High-Stakes Election, and How Illegal Gold Is Getting Into the Global Market

Plus, the search for “superhabitable” planets. Here’s what we’re covering: Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election, by Tyler Pager and Aaron Boxerman The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics, by Isabel Kershner A Day After Huge Riots in France, Shock and Recrimination, by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic France’s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country, by Catherine Porter To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look, by Justin Scheck Worlds More Habitable Than Earth?