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What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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A woman takes a photo of a poster showing Israelis held captive in Gaza plastered underneath a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with calls for the Israeli leader to reach a deal to bring them home, in Tel Aviv, November 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Live updates (closed)

Nov. 21: PM: Deal is difficult but right; war won’t end until all hostages freed, Hamas beaten

Ministers okay deal to free some 50 Israeli children, mothers, other women over 4-day ceasefire * More releases possible later * No Palestinian murderers to be exchanged

1:07 am

Cabinet okays deal for return of 50 hostages in exchange for multi-day ceasefire
11:51 pm

Ministers said to confront Smotrich and Ben Gvir for opposing hostage deal
11:32 pm

Blinken said planning to visit Israel while ceasefire in effect as part of hostage deal

Israeli sources say IDF won't pull back during a truce

Hamas chief Haniyeh claims ‘truce’ close as deal for some hostages said nearly settled

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday a truce agreement with Israel was in sight, raising hopes that dozens of the hundreds of people taken hostage in the terror group's devastating October 7 attacks could be released. Palestinian sources said a ceasefire of five days would be accompanied by the exchange of some hostages... Continue Reading

A billboard bearing portraits of Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian terrorists in the October 7 attack in southern Israel is displayed during a demonstration calling for their release, in Tel Aviv on November 15, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and other terrorists in Gaza hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, November 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

After chaotic delay, PM meets with families of hostages amid reports of imminent deal

IDF troops operate inside Gaza during the ongoing ground offensive against Hamas, November 21, 2023. (IDF Spokesman)

IDF encircles Hamas stronghold of Jabaliya in preparation for next stage of war

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Army says it struck 250 terror targets in last day, including 3 tunnels with Hamas operatives inside, as well as rocket launcher discovered next to a home; 2 more soldiers killed

Troops of the 36th Division operate in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood, in a handout image released on November 20, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Several IDF deaths in Gaza ground offensive were the result of friendly fire

By Emanuel Fabian

(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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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slams a potential deal that would see hostages held by Hamas in Gaza exchanged for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons and warned that any such deal would end in "disaster." Speaking to Channel 14 on Tuesday, the minister, who heads the... Continue Reading

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads his Religious Zionism party's Knesset faction meeting, November 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Angling for war cabinet seat, Smotrich says Gaza should be allowed to collapse

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Leah Goldin, mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, attends a press conference, August 5, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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9 years after Hadar Goldin’s capture in Gaza, fight to declare him ‘kidnapped’ continues

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Red Cross ‘cannot force its way in’ to see hostages, but critics say it could do more

Members of the Israeli government and the families of the 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 have repeatedly demanded that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) prioritize accessing the hostages abducted by the terrorists who savagely attacked southern Israeli communities, murdering more than 1,200 people. “We expect the Red... Continue Reading

Demonstrators calling upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during a Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security at the UN headquarters in New York on November 20, 2023. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

UN chief calls for interim Arab-US force to control Gaza after war

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Eli Belotserkovsky on October 7, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

Israel recalls envoy to South Africa after Pretoria calls for Netanyahu’s arrest

By Jeremy Sharon

The South African gov’t has repeatedly described Israel’s campaign in Gaza as ‘genocide’ and has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court against Israel for war crimes

Illustrative: Hundreds of Canadians attend a rally calling for the release of children held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Toronto, Canada. November 20, 2023. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov 21: Day 46 – How Israel’s poor public diplomacy may help it win the war

File: President of China Xi Jinping (R) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) attend the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (ALET PRETORIUS / POOL / AFP)

South Africa to host BRICS summit on Israel-Hamas war

By AFP

A view of the city of Rahat, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)

2 Gaza terrorists found in Rahat a month after October 7 assault

Shin Bet, Border Police troops captured Hamas terrorists two weeks ago from house in Bedouin city; no Israeli forces hurt in operation

Footage released by the IDF on November 20, 2023, of an interrogation of a Gazan terror suspect by the Shin Bet security service. (Screen capture/IDF)

IDF: Some 300 Gaza detainees questioned, give vital details on Hamas bases in hospitals

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, 2022. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF says it released award-winning Palestinian poet after arrest in Gaza

By ToI Staff and AP

Black smoke rises from an airstrike on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel as it is seen from Rmeish village in south Lebanon, Tuesday, November 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

IDF strike kills 4 Hamas terrorists in Lebanon; 2 reporters killed in separate strike

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Metula mayor calls for reinstating south Lebanon buffer zone after Hezbollah fires anti-tank guided missiles at northern town; rockets, drone attacks set off sirens in Galilee

Palestinian national team's forward #23 Ataa Jaber fights for the ball with Lebanon's forward #08 Hassan Saad during the 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualifiers football match at the Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah on November 16, 2023. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

Culture minister seeks to revoke citizenship of soccer player over support for Gaza

Miki Zohar claims that Arab Israeli athlete Ataa Jaber, who plays for the Palestinian national team, has chosen to ‘identify with the Nazi terrorist organization Hamas’

An aerial view of the harbor of the port of Cyprus's southern coastal city of Larnaca, May 28, 2021. (Amir MAKAR / AFP)

Cyprus prepared to ‘immediately’ ship aid to Gaza through sea corridor

FILE: Palestinians waving national flags wait aboard small boats off the port of Gaza City on May 30, 2010, to greet the so-called 'Freedom Flotilla.' (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

1,000 boats said set to leave Turkey for Gaza waters in new ‘Freedom Flotilla’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Illustrative: A hand-drawn swastika is seen on the front of Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, January 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Campus Antisemitism Legal Line could be college gamechanger

Antisemitic incidents surged globally since Oct. 7 but most aren’t reported. Here’s why

By Matt Lebovic

Up to 79% of antisemitic harassment is never divulged, according to experts who weigh in on ‘obstacles’ that deter Jewish victims – especially youth – from speaking out

Neo-Nazi marchers parade through Madison, Wisconsin, November 18, 2023. (CBS Chicago screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Israel is not our friend’: Neo-Nazis salute Hitler in march through Wisconsin town

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‘Blood Tribe’ white supremacist group parade passes old synagogue structure no longer in use, waving swastikas and chanting ‘There will be blood’

Demonstrators rally at an "All out for Gaza" protest at Columbia University in New York on November 15, 2023 (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)

Poll: 75% of New Yorkers say antisemitism up since October 7

Illustrative: A German police officer stands guard in front of a synagogue to secure the building in Frankfurt, Germany, November 8, 2023. (Michael Probst/AP)

German police raid homes of 17 accused of antisemitic hate speech on social media

By AP and ToI Staff

A home destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in southern Israel's Kibbutz Kfar Aza is seen on October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

War with Hamas costs NIS 1b a day, hitting economy harder than previous conflicts

By Sharon Wrobel

Moody’s cuts 2023 growth forecast and expects economy to contract 1.5% in 2024, with 18% of Israel’s workforce absent during war

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023. (Houthi Media Center via AP)

Analysis

AP and ToI Staff

Iran-backed Yemen rebels’ attack on Israel-linked ship raises risks in vital Red Sea

Sophisticated helicopter-borne capture of Galaxy Leader, which experts say indicates Iranian know-how, opens a new maritime front in region long focused on the Persian Gulf

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen publish a video showing how the group hijacked an Israeli-linked shipping vessel in the Red Sea on November 20, 2023. (Screen capture/X)

Houthis say Israeli ships ‘legitimate target,’ as threat to global shipping grows

By AFP and ToI Staff

Kenaf Ventures manager Uri Shapira stands in a field of kenaf plants that reach around four meters (13 feet) in height, Kfar Aza. (Kenaf Ventures )

Environmental startup vows to return to devastated kibbutz and help rebuild it

Just two days before devastating Hamas attack, Kenaf Ventures met with partners at Kfar Aza, one of the worst-hit communities, to celebrate partnership, discuss future

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A Haredi reservist soldier (right) is mobbed by ultra-Orthodox extremists in the city of Bnei Brak, November 20, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Haredi extremists attack ultra-Orthodox reserve soldier in Bnei Brak

By Michael Horovitz

FILE - In this file photo from February 13, 2019, file photo, New York State Senator Julia Salazar speaks to state legislators during a public hearing in Albany, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

NY state senator seeks to distance self from staffers who praised Oct. 7 Hamas attack

An 'X' sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. (Noah Berger/AP)

Musk’s X sues liberal advocacy group over report on ads next to hate group posts

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israeli high school students. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Schools in Tel Aviv permitted to fully re-open on Tuesday

By Gavriel Fiske

One of the 38 Tel Aviv Walls of Hope street paintings curated by street artist yamb0x.eth with Free Our Kids IL, in effort to create international pressure to free the 38 children held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Freedom daubersStreet artists paint Tel Aviv wall murals about child hostages

By Jessica Steinberg

Team at Tel Aviv-based startup Lasso Security. (Courtesy)

Israeli startup comes out of stealth to tackle cyber threats in the GenAI wild west

By Sharon Wrobel

Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Friedman. (Courtesy)

Antwerp rabbi files police complaint against 6 circumcisers who suck blood by mouth

By Canaan Lidor

Spain's Rego Sira delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Spanish pol who on Oct. 7 said Palestinians have ‘right to resist’ made a minister

By Gabe Friedman

A police officer at the scene of an incident in the Polish capital city of Warsaw, October 14, 2023.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Suspected Islamist woman arrested for planting explosive device on Warsaw street

By AP

Screenshot from the 'Charbu Darbu' video. (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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By Gavriel Fiske

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