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What Matters Most On Friday, December 8, 2023

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War cabinet minister and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, with family and friends, at the funeral of his son Gal, in Herzliya on December 8, 2023. Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot was killed fighting in the Gaza Strip on December 7. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

‘Your loss will not be in vain’: War minister, ex-IDF chief Eisenkot eulogizes slain son

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

PM, president among thousands at funeral of Gal Eisenkot, killed fighting Hamas in Gaza; voice breaking, his father vows to continue campaign, ensure a strong and just Israel

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, November 30, 2023. (Photo by Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 8: Day 63 – War cabinet’s Eisenkot learns of son’s death while touring front

Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot (left) and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Jonathan David Deitch, who were killed in the Gaza Strip on December 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

Son of war cabinet minister and ex-IDF chief Eisenkot among 2 soldiers killed in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and Alexander Fulbright

A UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, and the Israel-Hamas war at the United Nations headquarters on November 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Andrea Renault / AFP)

UN Security Council to vote on Arab-backed Gaza ceasefire motion opposed by West

Israel slams latest version of resolution, which calls humanitarian situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic’; US, France, UK oppose ceasefire at this time; veto likely

An aerial picture shows displaced Palestinians who fled Khan Yunis setting up camp in Rafah further south near the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, on December 7, 2023 (Mahmud Hams / AFP)

Egypt said to warn Israel ties could ‘rupture’ if Gaza multitudes flee to Sinai

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike over a forested area near Alma Al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, on December 6, 2023. (AFP)

Israeli civilian killed by anti-tank missile in north as Hezbollah attacks continue

By Emanuel Fabian, Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 11, 2023. (Ammar Awad /Pool Photo via AP)

PA says it’s working with US on post-war plan for Gaza, hopes to include Hamas

Speaking with Bloomberg, PM Shtayyeh argues Israel can’t eliminate the terror group: ‘Hamas is in Lebanon, Hamas leadership is in Qatar, they are here in the West Bank’

Military vehicles seen in the al-Far'a refugee camp, northeast of Nablus, in the West Bank, December 8, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Six Palestinians said killed as IDF arrests 2 terror suspects in northern West Bank

By ToI Staff and Agencies

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Left: US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer speaks in Bogota, Colombia, July 22, 2022 (AP/Ivan Valencia); Right: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a media event with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron at the State Department, Dec. 7, 2023 in Washington (AP/Alex Brandon)

If war stopped now, Hamas 'would still be a threat'

US says no firm deadline on Gaza war but cautions Israel on loss of civilian life

As deputy national security adviser says Jerusalem has ‘very legitimate objectives’ in war, Blinken notes ‘gap’ between Israeli pledges to protect civilians and results so far

Members of the far-left Jewish advocacy group IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the US," October 19, 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Staffers of 140 mostly progressive Jewish groups urge Biden to push for Gaza truce

US President Joe Biden, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/ Pool Photo via AP)

AnalysisIsrael and US at odds over conflicting visions for post-war Gaza

By Josef Federman and Samy Magdy

US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood (2nd R) raises his hand during a United Nations Security Council vote about a ceasefire in Gaza at UN headquarters in New York on December 8, 2023. The United States vetoed a resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Wood, said the resolution was "divorced from reality." (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

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Dec. 8: Israel hails US for vetoing Security Council resolution seeking Gaza ceasefire

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Gallant cites signs Hamas ‘is beginning to break’ as army says more operatives surrendering * 2 troops seriously hurt in op to rescue hostages * IDF ground offensive toll at 93

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Washington Post, stop whitewashing CAIR

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is far from a benign civil rights group – it’s a proven friend to Hamas

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

US Congress launches investigation of antisemitism at elite universities

By AFP and ToI Staff

Probe comes as presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT face backlash for refusal to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment during hearing on rising campus antisemitism

File: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) national executive director Nihad Awad speaks during a news conference, Jan. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Muslim leader ‘happy to see Gazans breaking siege on Oct. 7’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Students take over Columbia University's School of Social Work lobby for a 'teach-in' praising Hamas's October 7 atrocities, on December 6, 2023. (Screenshot/TikTok)

'With determination the masses can accomplish great feats'

Columbia students hold canceled ‘teach-in’ to publicly praise Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities

By Cathryn J. Prince

Hiding behind masks and umbrellas, a number of students took over the School of Social Work lobby for nearly an hour on Dec. 6, despite the administration scrapping the event

Palestinian men said to have surrendered to the IDF in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza on December 7, 2023. (Social media: used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Footage shows numerous Gaza terror suspects who apparently surrendered to IDF troops

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF spokesperson says Israel questioning individuals suspected of ties to terror groups amid ground operations

A soldier operating in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released by the Israeli military on December 8, 2023. (IDF)

IDF says it hit 450 Gaza sites in a day; 2 soldiers killed; rockets target Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Left: Kibbutz Be'eri resident Dror Kaplun; Right: Eitan Levy, a taxi driver from Bat Yam (Courtesy)

Israel confirms deaths of 2 more civilians at hands of Hamas following Oct. 7

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

IDF exhumes body of hero civilian shot dead by reservist; autopsy aims to aid probe

By Emanuel Fabian

Yuval Castleman was killed by Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija after he stopped deadly terror attack at Jerusalem bus stop; Frija says he mistook Castleman for a terrorist

Jack Kulbersh lights a menorah (Courtesy: Project Menorah)

'It's more important than ever to instill pride in my kids'

Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah lights

By Matt Lebovic

To combat antisemitism, a Los Angeles-based grassroots initiative invites the non-Jewish public to print and display images of menorahs for passersby to see during the festival

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Hamas broke temporary truce in Gaza minutes after it began, senior IDF officer says

SALATIN, Gaza Strip — Two weeks have passed since a temporary truce between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in the Gaza Strip began, and exactly a week since it ended. Shortly after the terror group made clear that it was not abiding by the ceasefire agreement on December 1, the military resumed fighting in... Continue Reading

Israeli troops in a Humvee drive in northern Gaza's Salatin, close to Jabaliya, December 7, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Longtime Kahanist political figure Baruch Marzel confronts a police officer during an ultranationalist protest outside the Old City of Jerusalem, December 7, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police shut down ultranationalist march in Jerusalem, saying terms were violated

By Jeremy Sharon

Small rally organized by Kahanist group was slated to traverse the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City; police said inflammatory signs and chants meant event couldn’t continue

What Matters Now hosts the Israel Story podcast, with three episodes featuring: Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin (upper right), Datya Itzhaki (lower left) and Sahar Vardi. (Courtesy)

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What Matters Now to Israel Story’s Mishy Harman: ‘A person is a person is a person’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In three very different slices of Israeli life right now, we hear from parents of a hostage, an evacuee from Gush Katif and a peace activist who is mourning a Gazan friend

A boy lights a Hanukkah candle as relatives and friends of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror group call for their release, on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in the Hostages Square at the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Hostages’ families light menorahs in Tel Aviv, troops in Gaza mark start of Hanukkah

Former abductee Amit Shani, at holiday rally, says relatives must ‘keep fighting until the last hostage is returned’; IDF commander hails soldiers as ‘modern day Maccabees’

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (2nd R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) light the giant Menorah for Hanukkah, in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate on December 7, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

World leaders mark Hanukkah in shadow of Gaza war, soaring antisemitism

By Michael Horovitz and AFP

A Christmas tree stands in front of the west steps of the California Capitol on December 6, 2023, in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

California scraps in-person Christmas tree lighting due to anti-Israel protesters

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Rabbi David Ellenson, former head of Reform seminary and admired mentor, dies at 76

JTA — Rabbi David Ellenson, who served for 12 years as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and mentored a generation of rabbis and scholars as a historian, adviser and confidant, died Thursday morning at age 76. The cause was a heart ailment, according to a spokesperson for the Reform movement flagship. A renowned... Continue Reading

Rabbi David Ellenson is serving as HUC interim president. (Courtesy of HUC via JTA)

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A menorah is all that is left

A determined volunteer sifts through the remnants of destroyed homes and communities to recover cherished items for families who lost loved ones on the tragic day of October 7

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File: Then-Foreign Minister Eli Cohen during an interview in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Report: FM arranged diplomatic passports for top Likudniks, sought one for PM’s son

A view of the entrance to the state administration office in Halle, the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, November 23, 2023. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)

A German state mandates the recognition of Israel in citizenship application

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Photographers take pictures of the damaged camera of late Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah (portrait) during a joint press conference by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in Beirut on December 7, 2023. (AFP)

AFP probe into October strike on journalists in Lebanon points to Israeli tank shell

By AFP and ToI Staff

File - Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during their meeting in the Kremlin on December 7, 2023, in Moscow. (Sergei Bobylyov/Pool/AFP)

Putin hails Russia-Iran ties in meeting with Raisi, as they discuss Israel-Hamas war

By AFP and ToI Staff

Meta to rule on deleted Israel-Hamas war posts, in potential social media shakeup

By Andrew Lapin

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg attends the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hotel, in London, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Greta Thunberg doubles down on anti-Israel stance, accuses it of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Canaan Lidor

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