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What Matters Most On Friday, November 17, 2023

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Nov. 17: Death toll from Re’im massacre updated to 364 – almost 1/3 of Oct. 7 deaths

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Biden presses Qatar emir on ‘urgent need’ to secure hostages’ release ‘without delay’ * Smotrich wants war cabinet seat after panel okayed fuel entry * 4 wounded in Hezbollah strike

12:11 am

White House security advisor discusses 'dire' Gaza situation with UNRWA head
10:27 pm

Pro-Israel Democrat slams Israel's Gaza operation in potential sign of more to come
9:43 pm

IDF suspends soldier who threw stun grenade into West Bank mosque

Families of hostages held by Hamas marching toward Jerusalem on November 16, 2023. (Yael Gadot)

Reporter's notebook'I want her to know we are doing everything we can for her'

Angry hostage families march to Jerusalem, daring government to look them in the eyes

By Bernard Dichek

In a five-day trek from Tel Aviv that set out on Nov. 14, families draw strength and courage from each other, even as they still have no answer to when their loved ones will return

Screed is full of hateful references to Israel and Jews

Bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ goes viral on TikTok amid Israel-Hamas war

By JTA and Jacob Magid

JTA -- A 2002 essay by Osama bin Laden that says “Israel must be erased” and rails against the “Jews, who control your policies, media and economy” has gone viral on TikTok, with some users endorsing its message. The missive by the notorious leader of al-Qaeda was written... Continue Reading

In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

New York University flag (Sushi Olin/Flickr via JTA)

NYU announces antisemitism center as Jewish students file discrimination suit

(From left to right) President Harry Truman, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Abba Eban, and Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion during the Israeli officials visit to the U.S. on May 1, 1951. Credit: National Photo Collection of Israel/Government Press Office.

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A proactive response to the current crisis is a new vision for Zionism in the 21st century. This vision needs to transcend political differences.

Damaged buildings and Israeli troops are seen in the northern Gaza Strip, November 16, 2023 (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

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In Gaza’s Shati camp, senior officer says ‘nothing’ can stop IDF advance on Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

Speaking to ToI in a crumbling school building converted into temporary army headquarters, commander of Nahal Brigade’s 50th Battalion says Hamas terrorists ‘fighting like mice’

Netanyahu: One of the reasons for raiding Shifa was signs hostages were held there

Touring south, EU foreign minister tells Israel not to act from ‘rage’ in Hamas war

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Left: Yehudit Weiss. (Courtesy); Right: Cpl. Noa Marciano (Courtesy)

Military recovers bodies of two Israeli hostages in area of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Yehudit Weiss was undergoing cancer treatment at time of Oct. 7 attack, when her husband was murdered; Cpl. Noa Marciano served at overrun IDF base, her death was confirmed Monday

Members of the Marciano family meet in Modiin with family members of hostages marching to Jerusalem on November 16, 2023. (Screenshot)

Families of hostages meet with Marciano family, whose daughter died in Gaza captivity

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Family and friends attend a memorial service for peace activist and Women Wage Peace founder Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

‘Hamas did not murder your vision’: Fellow peace activists eulogize Vivian Silver

By Eliyahu Freedman

From the blogs

The disposable people of history

Both Israelis and Palestinians will need to to stop dehumanizing the other in order to build a shared future in a post-Hamas world

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on November 2, 2022, with his wife Sara at his side, as votes are counted in the general elections. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Poll finds Netanyahu would be trounced by Gantz were elections held today

Channel 12 wartime survey finds coalition would crash to 45 Knesset seats, opposition bloc would soar to 70; respondents prefer Gantz to Netanyahu, 41-25%

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The people behind those uniforms

The matriarch Rebecca was right: Her son, and his generations after him, would rise to the call of duty, even when it was uncomfortable (Toledot)

Finding the good points: The leadership of Yossi Hershkovitz z”l

In his absence, his legacy of always striving to be a better person, and helping others do the same, continues to inspire

A tunnel the IDF says was found inside the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City, November 16, 2023. (IDF)

IDF drops leaflets warning Gazans to leave parts of south

IDF reveals entrance to Hamas tunnel, weapons cache found in Shifa Hospital complex

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Troops also locate a Hamas pickup truck with weapons in it, similar to those used in October 7 attacks; Gallant says military has moved on to ‘next phase’ of operation

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Army says it struck Hamas underground sites where senior commanders were hiding

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

A screenshot from a video provided by the IDF on November 16, 2023, shows rockets stored inside the bed of a young girl in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. (IDF/Screenshot)

IDF shares footage of rockets discovered under young girl’s bed in northern Gaza

US pro-Palestinian group blasted for map of Jewish groups with ‘blood on their hands’

New York Jewish Week — A US pro-Palestinian group that calls for “intifada” and Israel’s destruction temporarily posted maps online this week detailing the locations of Jewish organizations in New York City and saying they had “blood on their hands.” The posts drew the NYPD’s attention and sparked... Continue Reading

A map posted by US pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime detailing the locations of Jewish organizations in New York City, November 17, 2023. (Instagram screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after shutting down the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in conjunction with the APEC Summit taking place, November 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP/Noah Berger)

Demonstrators demanding ceasefire in Gaza block bridges in San Francisco and Boston

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Official: Terror doesn't justify settler violence

Israel doesn’t feel US closing window of support for IDF’s Gaza offensive – official

While the Biden administration has gradually intensified its rhetoric about the importance of protecting civilians in Gaza in recent weeks, the impression in Jerusalem based off of conversations with US officials is that Israel's window to operate in the Hamas-run enclave with Washington's support is not closing. "There have been some public statements... Continue Reading

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 3, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 14, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Residents of some Gaza border towns may be able to return in January, Gallant says

Parents of soldier Noa Marciano, who was killed in Hamas captivity, comforted by families of those held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 17: Day 42 – IDF finds bodies of two female hostages at Shifa

IDF says 7 Palestinian gunmen killed in separate incidents in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that its troops had killed seven Palestinian gunmen in two separate incidents throughout the West Bank. The military said Palestinians opened fire on Israeli forces Friday morning from a vehicle at an intersection near the southern West Bank city of Hebron where... Continue Reading

Smoke rises during an IDF raid in the West Bank Jenin refugee camp on November 16, 2023. (Fadel Senna / AFP)

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First responders, together in hell

On October 7, 2023, United Hatzalah first responders were among the earliest emergency services to reach the massacred communities along the border with Gaza. A month later, two of these volunteers take us back to the destroyed communities in their ambulance as they retrace some of the steps from the most traumatic days of... Continue Reading

Protesters at the March for Israel rally, November 14, 2023, at the National Mall in Washington. (Sarah Rosen/Times of Israel)

'Nobody who spoke was left of center on Israel-Palestine'

Liberal Jewish groups lament DC rally’s rightward bent, say progressives pushed away

By Charlie Summers

The decision to allow controversial pastor John Hagee on stage without broader support reflected a more widespread bias, claim some participating organizations

IAA archaeologist Dr. Joe Uziel (left) in a home destroyed by Hamas during its murderous rampage on October 7, 2023, sifting through the rubble in search of human remains. (Shai Halevi/Israel Antiquities Authority)

ToI podcast'We've found the remains of some 60 people who were killed'

What Matters Now to Dr. Joe Uziel: ID’ing Oct. 7 victims via forensic archaeology

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Head of Israel Antiquities Authority’s Dead Sea Scroll unit uses CSI techniques honed at destruction sites from thousands of years ago to find microscopic remnants of the massacred

Archaeologists sift through devastation to help families of Oct. 7 victims gain closure

By Melanie Lidman

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, charged in the death of pro-Israel protester Paul Kessler on November 5, 2023 outside Los Angeles. (Ventura County Sheriff's Department)

Professor charged in death of Jewish pro-Israel protester at dueling LA war rallies

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji indicted for involuntary manslaughter after causing ‘great bodily injury’ on Paul Kessler; additional charges for hate crime may still be considered

Volunteer pediatric surgeon Dr. Avi Schlager from Florida (right) with Schneider Children's Medical Center chief of surgery Dr. Dragan Kravarusic, November 2023. (Courtesy of Schneider Children's Medical Center)

Health Ministry: We expect to need waves of volunteers

First wave out of 7,000 foreign doctors wanting to help amid war have come to Israel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

With many Israeli physicians called to military duty, organizations in Israel and abroad work with the government to identify the professionals needed most by hospitals and clinics

Analysis

Will Weissert, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Clashes outside Democratic HQ show divides in Biden’s base over Israel-Hamas war

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Democrats this year have insisted the party is united and ready to rally around US President Joe Biden heading into next year's election. But a protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters signals growing tension within the coalition that has propelled Democrats to victory in recent elections. Clashing with police Wednesday night were demonstrators calling for... Continue Reading

Members of the US Capitol Police pull protesters away from the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee during a far-left demonstration against the war between Israel and Hamas on November 15, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

US President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, October 19, 2023, in Washington, about the wars in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Polls: US Jews back Biden’s handling of Gaza war; Americans as a whole, less so

By JTA and ToI Staff

Novelist Aaliyah Bilal reads a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the National Book Awards ceremony in New York, November 15, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

At NY ceremony, majority of National Book Awards finalists call for Gaza ceasefire

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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A Human Rights Watch video summarizing its report accusing Israel of apartheid on April 27, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Outgoing Human Rights Watch senior editor blasts group’s ‘infected’ work on Israel

Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of death of the force's previous head Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Quds Force chief: Iran will do ‘whatever it takes’ to aid Hamas war against Israel

File: Radio host Yassine Belattar, in Paris, on November 29, 2007. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Islamist-linked French comedian discusses Hamas war at Elysee, sparking uproar

By AFP

The Mordechai Navi Synagogue in the Armenian capital Yerevan. (Photo: Vacio - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikicommons)

Armenia opens probe into arson attack on synagogue

By AFP and ToI Staff

A fence in the area of the Beit She'an New Cemetery where non-Jews and people who died by suicide are buried. (Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Lesri)

After Oct. 7 victim buried outside cemetery, fence separating non-Jews lowered

By Canaan Lidor

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against the arrest of four prominent Arab Israeli leaders over plans to hold a protest against the Gaza war, November 9, 2023. (Screenshot Police Spokesperson's Department)

Police agree to Tel Aviv protest calling for ceasefire following High Court hearing

By Jeremy Sharon

A blaze apparently caused by Israeli airstrikes outside Damascus, Syria, November 17, 2023. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

2 Iran-backed fighters said killed in Israeli airstrikes near Syrian capital

By AFP and ToI Staff

Police collect sound equipment stolen from the aftermath of the Supernove music festival massacre, November 16, 2023. (Israel Police)

5 Israelis arrested for looting sound equipment of man murdered by Hamas at rave

File - Paul Kessler protests in solidarity with Israel outside Los Angeles on November 5, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Pro-Palestinian protester arrested in death of Jewish man during rival LA rallies

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

FILE - Republican Representative George Santos of New York at the US Capitol in Washington, October 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ethics report: GOP congressman who lied that he was Jewish likely broke federal law

File - Then-public diplomacy minister Galit Distel Atbaryan speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former minister and Netanyahu loyalist says she has ‘burning anger’ against PM

The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)

Judicial Selection Committee sets out timetable for appointing new judges

By Jeremy Sharon

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