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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 12, 2023

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IDF soldiers seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on December 12, 2023. (IDF)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 12: After Biden critique, IDF spokesman says Israel knows ‘how to explain how we operate’

By ToI Staff and Ricky Ben-David

UN General Assembly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire in non-binding 153-10 vote * IDF retrieves bodies of 2 hostages * Harvard president keeps job despite genocide equivocation

9:52 pm

UAE: 'Viable two-state solution plan' needed before we commit to rebuilding Gaza
9:41 pm

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passes non-binding resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
9:23 pm

Poland's pro-EU gov't wins confidence vote in parliament, set to be sworn in tomorrow

Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip in an undated photograph released December 12, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Deaths of 20 out of 105 soldiers killed in Gaza op were friendly fire, accidents

By Emanuel Fabian

13 troops killed by strikes, gunfire due to mistaken identification; seven others in accidents, some involving armored vehicles

US President Joe Biden speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, as second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl listen. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Marking Hanukkah, Biden vows to keep military support for Israel until Hamas gone

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

US president tells White House holiday reception ‘surge’ in antisemitism ‘sickening,’ promises steadfast backing despite differences with Israel’s leaders

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak to reporters prior to a meeting in Tel Aviv, Nov. 30, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli official denies divide with US over war, says support is ‘public and private’

European Commission vice-president in charge for High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to journalists as he arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on December 11, 2023. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Top EU diplomat: Gaza destruction proportionally ‘even greater’ than in WWII Germany

By AFP and ToI Staff

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World ORT schools in Mexico, Bulgaria offer education and empathy for Israelis traumatized by war

The month-long program at Colegio Olamí, geared for students aged 12-16, provided teens with plenty of opportunities for learning and socializing

A Israeli soldier walks in front of a tank near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, October 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Inside story'Across the defense establishment, men rule the roost'

For Israeli women, the IDF war room’s glass ceiling is constantly reinforced

By Shira Silkoff

For weeks before Hamas invaded, female soldiers tried to sound the alarm. They battled heroically that day and since. But when it comes to decision-making, women are still left outside

A woman holds a sign reading 'Well Done Israel, Hitler Would Be Proud' as people rally in Brooklyn, New York in support of Palestinians and against Israel in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught, October 21, 2023 (KENA BETANCUR / AFP)

US antisemitism up 337% since October 7 in all-time record, ADL says

Antisemitism watchdog also cites rise in global incidents since Hamas massacre, including 591% increase in Australia, and 1,563 antisemitic incidents across the UK

The intersection where an alleged antisemitic assault took place in Beverly Hills, California, on Dec. 9, 2023, is also home to the city's police headquarters. (Google Maps via JTA)

Man charged with hate crime for allegedly robbing, assaulting LA Jewish man on Shabbat

By JTA

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, center, is escorted out of the James T. Foley Courthouse following his court appearance after authorities on Thursday accused him of firing a shotgun outside of Temple Israel, December 8, 2023, in Albany, New York (Will Waldron/Times Union via AP)

New charge filed against man accused of firing shotgun outside New York synagogue

Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

UN official describes Gaza as 'hell on earth'

IDF troops in Gaza uncover arms, footage of Oct. 7 massacres as battles rage

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP

Palestinians say military raided hospital in north Gaza amid exchanges of fire; rockets target Gaza border communities, Ashkelon

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with soldiers near the Gaza border, October 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Gallant: Hamas battalions once ‘considered invincible’ now ‘on verge of collapse’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

VIew of the commercial street leading to the Damascus Gate inside the Old City of Jerusalem, usually a bustling site with a food market, lying empty during a general strike in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, December 11, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)

Palestinians in West Bank and East Jerusalem go on strike over war in Gaza

By AFP and Gianluca Pacchiani

Lori Silberman Brauner

Why I’m keeping my son in Israel as a war rages on

He is receiving an education and absorbing values far more important than anything he could learn here in New Jersey

When the New York Times came calling

Our family dynamic is far more layered than the young vs. old, pro-Israel vs. anti-Zionist story told in the newspaper of record

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

As we teeter between light and darkness, may we be a good ‘shamash’

It’s hard for me to draw more from the little jar of resilience in my soul. But even in my most pained moments, I can feel the pain of others

Hold the Red Cross accountable for its inaction

Israel supporters shouldn’t donate to an agency that has historically abandoned the Jewish people – and continues to do so

University of Pennsylvania students eat lunch at the school's Hillel building on December 11, 2023. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)

'At the end of the day, it’s just been really distracting'

Jewish Penn students, prepping for finals, say problems remain after president resigns

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Their school suddenly thrown into the spotlight, victims of campus antisemitism feel they’re now being asked to explain it while they’d rather be studying for a hectic exam week

Jewish Federations chair Julie Platt helms Penn’s board amid leadership transition

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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 Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Hundreds of Harvard faculty back president criticized for remarks on antisemitism

By ToI Staff and AP

University’s top governing body set to decide whether to support Claudine Gay, after she apologizes for getting caught up in ‘extended, combative exchange’ in congressional hearing

Inside story‘Is that really her?’: Liberal Jews split on Stefanik after antisemitism hearings

Black smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Yaroun, a Lebanese border village with Israel, in south Lebanon, December 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Gantz tells Blinken that Israel will have to respond to rising Hezbollah attacks

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

War cabinet minister ups pressure on international community to restore calm on northern border via diplomatic means, before Israel responds with greater military force

Families of Hamas hostages dance at the Western Wall on November 21, 2023 with two new Torah scrolls dedicated to the return of the hostages and in memory of those killed on October 7 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 12: Day 67 – Scribes write Torahs for troops, hostages, kibbutz

Israeli soldiers conduct a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, December 12, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF drone strike kills 4 Palestinians who attacked troops in West Bank’s Jenin

By Emanuel Fabian

Forces carry out morning raid in which they arrest dozens of terror suspects, seize weapons and destroy bomb-making lab, command center and tunnel shafts

Sacks of flour cut open, allegedly by IDF reserve soldiers, during a raid on the Palestinian hamlet of Halat al-Daba on December 8, 2023. (Courtesy The Villages Group)

Activists claim harassment after Israeli reservists ransack rural Palestinian hamlet

By Jeremy Sharon

FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, shake hands after a press conference after their talks in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)

Berlin finds Abbas’s 2022 Holocaust remarks incite hatred, but can’t pursue charges

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, attends a ceremony with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 27, 2019. (Mohamed Al Hammadi/ Ministry of Presidential Affairs via AP)

Netanyahu said to tell MKs that Saudis, UAE will foot bill of Gaza reconstruction

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

PM makes claim despite Arab nations’ insistence they won’t play day-after role without PA’s return to Strip, which he opposes; also said to liken Oct. 7 toll to Oslo Accords deaths

Labor MK Naama Lazimi (center right) and Yesh Atid MK Vladimir Beliak (center left) speak out against amendments to the 2023 budget, in the Knesset Finance Committee, December 11, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson's Department)

Opposition slams fourfold budget hike for settlements ministry amid war in Gaza

By Jeremy Sharon

Protesters gather with signs showing portraits of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas massacres, during a demonstration calling for their release outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv on December 9, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

'They wanted to control the kids'

‘One girl was given ketamine’: Israeli doctor says hostages abused, drugged in Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

Psychiatrist cites ‘physical, sexual, mental, psychological’ torment, says one freed Hamas captive was held in total darkness for days, others still experience dissociative states

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, December 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Reports suggest tentative movement toward resumption of talks to free hostages

Three-year-old twins Emma and Yuli Cunio and their mother Sharon Aloni Cunio leave Schneider Children’s Medical Center on December 7, 2023. (Courtesy of Schneider Children’s Medical Center)

Every day like ‘Russian roulette’: Freed hostages share accounts of Hamas captivity

A Yemeni man carries a gun as he takes part in march to express solidarity with the people of Gaza, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on December 2, 2023. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

Houthi missile hits Norwegian tanker in Red Sea; ship reportedly en route to Israel

None hurt as vessel attacked by Iran-backed Yemen rebel group on its way to Suez Canal; reports say boat was headed for Ashdod, though operator says it was taking palm oil to Italy

Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraq scrambles to rein in Iran-backed groups, fearing spillover of Israel-Hamas war

Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad on December 4, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Drone, rockets fired at US-led coalition forces in Iraq and Syria

By AFP

Film director Talia Finkel interviews Yifat Ben Shoshan, resident of Netiv HaAsara for the 'Edut 710' oral history initiative
(Kobi Yonatan)

'The digital world does not allow us to sit back and wait'

National Library of Israel collecting all documentation of Hamas massacre and war

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Institution for collective cultural memory of the State of Israel and the Jewish people meets the challenge of amassing material in real time while the events are being denied

Illustrative: Activists from the Workers Circle and Black Voters Matter on their way to a protest outside the White House in 2021. (Workers Circle via JTA)

'We're all on the ground fighting for something we believe in'

As war splits US progressives, Jewish and Black groups unite on voters’ rights

In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, many American Jews say they feel abandoned by peers on the left, but the Workers Circle is putting all aside to support the cause

The Israeli-American Council, American Jewish Committee, and other Jewish groups unveil an installation in Times Square October 26, 2023, featuring a 222-seat Shabbat table with a chair and place setting for each of the hostages held by Hamas. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Insights on how Jewish life has changed (so far) after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Blue ribbon wrapped around trees to maintain awareness of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, outside Temple Sinai of Sharon, Massachusetts, October 2023. (Courtesy)

'Hostages are overshadowed by other aspects of the crisis'

Blue ribbon campaign for Israeli hostages exhausts stock of Boston supplier

By Matt Lebovic

So far, ribbon for 80,000 trees has been distributed to 51 participating organizations ‘to keep the hostages foremost in the thoughts and actions of all Americans’

More Headlines

Yuval Castleman is fatally shot after preventing the continuation of a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem on November 30, 2023. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

State attorney orders probe into police conduct in killing of Yuval Castleman

By Jeremy Sharon

Actor Jamie Lee Curtis reads a page from her children's book during remarks at the Claims Conference's virtual event, December 11, 2023. (Screen capture)

Holocaust, Hamas war take center stage at star-studded virtual Claims Conference event

By jacob gurvis

Illustrative. A grocery shopper in the northern town of Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, on July 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Amid Hamas war, Israeli consumer confidence takes another dip in November

By Sharon Wrobel

Izhar Shay poses at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Ex-minister who lost soldier son on Oct. 7 reports threats, abuse for criticism of PM

Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, in Detroit, was found dead outside her near-downtown home on October 21. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

Detroit cops arrest person of interest in murder of synagogue president

Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli tech execs seek UK funds to help create a startup for every Oct. 7 victim

By Sharon Wrobel

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