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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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A handout picture released by the Cuban presidency press office showing the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a press conference at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Alejandro Azcuy / PRESIDENCIA CUBA / AFP)

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Dec. 6: Israel lashes UN chief for Hamas ‘support,’ says his term ‘a danger to world peace’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

FM pans Guterres for using rare clause to urge Security Council action on Gaza * After US pressure, security cabinet okays allowing more fuel into Strip * IDF ground op toll at 84

9:45 pm

After US pressure, Israel approves increasing amount of fuel allowed into Gaza
9:35 pm

FM Cohen: UN chief's move shows he backs Hamas, his term is 'danger to world peace'
8:54 pm

As UN chief uses rare clause to urge truce, Israeli envoy says he 'reached a new moral low'

Palestinian terrorists drive back to the Gaza Strip with the body of Shani Louk, a German-Israeli dual citizen who was murdered at the Supernova music festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmud)

Report comes as Israel rails at world for ignoring Hamas rape

At least 10 freed hostages were sexually abused in Hamas captivity, doctor says

By AP and ToI Staff

Both men and women were assaulted, according to testimony, which seems to confirm comments made during heated meeting between Netanyahu and released captives and hostages’ families

Protesters gather outside the UN headquarters in New York City on December 4, 2023, to protest the international community's silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists against Israeli women during the October 7 massacre. (Carli Fogel)

Netanyahu, Biden slam global silence on Hamas sexual violence against Israeli women

Israelis held hostage since October 7 are transferred by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

Health Ministry says Hamas drugged released hostages to make them appear happy

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the US House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mark Schiefelbein)

Heads of 3 top US colleges refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment

By JTA and ToI Staff

Presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn acknowledge safety concerns of Jewish and Israeli students, vow to take action against Jew hatred, but demur on what speech should be punished

Supporters gather on the National Mall at the March for Israel on November 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US Jewish groups found ‘The 10/7 Project’ to fight denial of Hamas atrocities

By JTA and ToI Staff

Police separate Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square, New York City, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress via New York Jewish Week via JTA)

Suspect charged with hate crimes for allegedly assaulting Israeli near Times Square

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“We are One”: Hebrew University mobilizes to support Israelis affected by war

Students and faculty at HU are organizing and using their specialized knowledge to help. From farms, to hospitals, to shelters for evacuees, everyone has something to contribute.

A pictured taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, shows smoke billowing following Israeli airstrikes amid continuing battles between Israel and the Hamas terror group, December 5, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

IDF steps up fight against Hamas in south Gaza; UN says 80% of population displaced

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Military death toll from ground operation rises to 84; US said to expect heavy fighting to wrap up in January, move to less intense phase of war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks on December 5, 2023. (Screen capture: PMO)

Netanyahu: Gaza must be demilitarized after war, only the IDF can be trusted to do it

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A temporary camp near the Egyptian border in Rafah set up for Palestinians who evacuated their homes in the southern Gaza Strip, December 5, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec 6: Day 61 – As fierce battles rage in Strip, Gazans heed IDF warnings

File: An Arrow interceptor missile is launched at a target over the Red Sea in October 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Eilat-bound missile fired from Yemen, intercepted by Arrow over Red Sea

By Emanuel Fabian

Long-range air defense system shoots down latest attack by Iran-backed Houthis; Hezbollah continues strikes on northern border

A picture taken from the Israeli side of border with Lebanon shows Israeli shelling around the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab on December 5, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

IDF issues rare apology after strike kills Lebanese soldier

By ToI Staff and AFP

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a situational assessment regarding the security situation on Israel's northern border, December 5, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Israel Defense Ministry)

Defense minister establishes directorate to restore security to northern Israel

Freed hostage Trufanov: Conditions for men are much worse

‘Chaos and yelling’: Freed hostages, family members clash with Netanyahu in meeting

A markedly tense meeting was held Tuesday between a group of recently released hostages, as well as family members of those still held in Gaza, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the other members of the war cabinet. Those who were present at the gathering in... Continue Reading

Yelena Trufanova (center), and her mother, Irena Tati (second from left), who were both freed from Hamas captivity, arrive for a meeting with members of the war cabinet, in Herzliya, December 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Hanna Katzir (Courtesy)

Released hostage Hanna Katzir, 78, in dire medical condition, family says

Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

‘Age doesn’t matter’: Mothers want their abducted adult sons back home

By Jessica Steinberg

Op-ed: Day 61 of the war

Why Israel, which wanted to think it was done with Gaza, sees this as a war of no choice

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. In the summer of 2005, Israel ended its rule over Gaza. Amid intense national discord, the IDF dismantled the 21 settlements Israel had established there, evacuating their... Continue Reading

Family and friends of IDF soldier Staff Sergeant Tuval Yaakov Tsanani mourn during his funeral, in Kiryat Gat, on December 5, 2023. He was killed during the IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (Flash90)

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip set up a tent camp in Rafah on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israeli TV: Gaza residents increasingly directing anger at Hamas over war

Gary Rosenblatt

‘Israelism:’ A damning critique of how we teach about Israel

The disillusioned young US Jews who made the controversial film say their Jewish education failed them. They have a point

My campus is not a hotbed of antisemitism

Students protesting for the Palestinian cause are not my enemy – it’s time to stop demonizing the other side

The Israel-Hamas War for Dummies

Starting with the fact that Israel was attacked by the Palestinian army of an extremist Islamist Jihadist state

Kenneth Brander

This Hanukkah I’m celebrating a different kind of miracle

We don’t have to look as far back as the Maccabean story to find wonders worth commemorating

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to the press from southern Israel, December 5, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

IDF chief: Flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater ‘a good idea’; Khan Younis surrounded

By Emanuel Fabian

Halevi says military moving to ‘3rd phase’ of ground offensive, while working to prevent harm to Strip’s civilians; IDF fighting ‘justified war’ and ‘the world enables us to do so’

Soldiers guard the entrance to a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published November 9, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Flooding Hamas tunnels could harm Gaza’s freshwater for generations, warns academic

Illustrative: Travelers at the departure hall of Ben Gurion Airport, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

US says violent Israeli settlers and Palestinians to be barred from entering

By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Blinken: Those ‘believed to have been involved’ in such activity won’t receive visas; State Department says list won’t be published; Yesha head: No such thing as ‘settler violence’

This composite photo shows Republican Representative Max Miller of Ohio (R), speaking at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, October 28, 2023, in Las Vegas; and GOP Representative David Kustoff, of Tennessee speaking during a US House Financial Services Committee hearing, September 30, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/David Becker and Al Drago/Pool via AP)

US House okays resolution by Jewish Republicans equating antisemitism to anti-Zionism

A demonstrator holds a sign at the 'All out for Gaza' protest at Columbia University in New York City on November 15, 2023. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)

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Amid Israel-Hamas war, students say antisemitism is ‘new normal’ at Columbia University

By Cathryn J. Prince

Jewish and Israeli students fear for their safety in a campus climate that’s dismissive of their well-being while allowing rampant, bitter anti-Israel rhetoric to cross red lines

Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)

Reservist who shot hero civilian at terror attack scene released to house arrest

By Emanuel Fabian

Judge notes issues with prosecution’s case against Aviad Frija, who is suspected of killing Yuval Castleman after he dropped his gun and raised his hands in air

Volunteers at the Rahat community center sorting goods and creating packages, October 2023. (courtesy)

As Israel-Hamas conflict drags on, volunteerism down but still significant

By Gavriel Fiske

New study finds diverse swath of citizenry was still donating time and money to shore up the war effort, even as weeks have passed

Participants in a Hands of Peace summer program posing for a group photograph. (CC BY-SA 4.0, Hands of Peace, Wikipedia)

US-based summer dialogue program for Israeli and Palestinian youth announces closure

By Iddo Schejter

After 21 years, Hands of Peace says its shutting down due to funding shortages; alumnus Naama Levy is being held hostage in Gaza

Surveillance camera footage from Tel Aviv captures the moment a large piece of shrapnel from an interception missile falls out of the sky, narrowly missing two pedestrians, December 5, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Footage shows pedestrians narrowly dodging falling rocket fragment in Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Inside story

Shalom Yerushalmi

As Netanyahu’s popularity wanes, Likud MK Danny Danon prepares to mount challenge

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party are concerned that if Netanyahu fails to resign at the end of Israel's war with Hamas, voters will oust them from government and keep them out for decades to come. On Sunday, Likud's David Amsalem, a junior minister in the Justice Ministry, became the first member of... Continue Reading

Likud MKs Dudi Amsalem (left), David Bitan (standing center) and Danny Danon (right) seen during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Screenshot of Hamas bodycam footage as terrorists approach an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization's October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and Government Press Office. (Screenshot)

Film of Hamas atrocities screened for Arab Israeli community leaders in Nazareth

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela (3L) holds flowers along with Hamas official Basem Naim (2R) during a march to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, December 5, 2023, as Palestinian, Hamas and Hezbollah flags are waved. (Roberta Ciuccio / AFP)

Relatives of Nelson Mandela welcome Hamas officials to 10th anniversary memorial

By AFP and ToI Staff

Mia Schem, 21, (left) who was released from Hamas captivity last Thursday, returns home to Shoham with her mother on December 5, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Released hostage Mia Schem returns home to cheers as neighbors celebrate her release

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives an opening speech during the 39th session of the Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC), in Istanbul, Turkey, December 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Erdogan warns Israel of ‘very heavy price’ if Hamas members harmed on Turkish soil

By ToI Staff and Agencies

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli tech exits slump 56% in 2023, deal flow drops to lowest level in a decade

By Sharon Wrobel

Founders of Israeli data startup Mine (from right to left): Kobi Nissan, Gal Ringel, and Gal Galon. (Courtesy)

Backed by PayPal and Nationwide, Israeli data privacy startup raises $30m amid war

By Sharon Wrobel

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