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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 23, 2023

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Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17, (left) and her mother Chen Goldstein-Almog speak to Channel 12 about their 51 days as hostages in Gaza, in a segment aired December 22, 20023. ( Screenshot, Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Family met female hostages who were sexually abused

‘We’ll never forgive’: Mom, daughter on life of fear in Gaza captivity, pain upon return

Chen and Agam Goldstein-Almog recount complex interaction with captors, who could kill them any second but were also their sole company; knew they were coming home to 2 loved ones dead

Kibbutz Be'eri after the Hamas massacre, pictured on October 14, 2023 (Arik Marmum / Flash 90)

From the webThe day Hamas came to Kibbutz Be’eri

Representatives of member countries vote on a resolution regarding Gaza during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

UN aid coordinator requested, but IDF oversight to remain

Security Council passes resolution calling for steps to immediately increase Gaza aid

Text adopted calls to create conditions for a ‘sustainable cessation of hostilities,’ stopping short of demand for immediate ceasefire due to US opposition

A picture taken from southern Israel bordering the Gaza Strip on December 22, 2023, shows smoke billowing following an Israeli bombardment in the coastal enclave amid the ongoing war with the Hamas terror group. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Full text of UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza pauses, boost in aid

This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon on December 21, 2023. (jalaa marey / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 23: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv to press government for immediate hostage deal

By Michael Bachner, Ricky Ben-David and ToI Staff

White House says Biden discussed ‘phasing’ of war with Netanyahu * 5 soldiers killed in Gaza, raising ground op toll to 144 * IDF hits Hezbollah command post in Lebanon

10:06 pm

Biden discussed 'phasing' of Gaza offensive with Netanyahu -- White House
10:01 pm

Shas spokesman signals potential break with PM after war, says public expects 'new leadership'
9:49 pm

Ex-German leader Helmut Schmidt's grave vandalized with swastikas

IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released December 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Troops kill dozens of Hamas gunmen in north Gaza, IDF says; 200 arrested in past week

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says it intentionally caused dozens of gunmen to flee into building used as command center, then called in an airstrike; rockets target south for first time in nearly 48 hours

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Gaza Sports Club in Gaza City on Nov. 1, 2023, after it was damaged. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared

By JULIET LINDERMAN, Martha Mendoza and CEDAR ATTANASIO

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023, shows smoke billowing amid the destruction in northern Gaza. (Jack Guez/AFP)

IDF calls on residents of central Gaza town to move south as ground op expands

By Emanuel Fabian

Inside Story

‘The safest place to be Jewish’: 2,600 people have moved to Israel since Hamas invaded

JTA -- When Yona and Mikhael Benichou decided over the summer to move to Israel from their home in France, they set a target date of around a year later — in time for their eldest son, David, 15, to begin his studies for Israel’s matriculation exams. But after the murderous Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, they sped... Continue Reading

The Benichou family moved from Marseilles, France, earlier than planned because of antisemitism they experienced after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. (Courtesy: Benichou family/ via JTA)

Jeremy Issacharoff

Ultimately, victory rests on compromise with the Palestinians

Rebuffing the Iranian threat and rebuilding Gaza will require strong alliances with the US and moderate Arab partners

Israel’s going to need a bigger army

Israel must also lower its dependency on the US for arms. On the bright side, the Abraham Accords are still intact

Kibbutz Re'im evacuees, the Avital family, spot the community's new temporary homes in two south Tel Aviv towers, December 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

After Oct. 7, entire kibbutz temporarily resettles in two newly built Tel Aviv towers

Following long weeks in Eilat hotels, Re’im residents seek to maintain community within Florentine neighborhood; wary of lifestyle change, most plan to return home once possible

Iran ‘deeply involved’ in planning Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping — White House

By Jacob Magid and AP

Iran has been “deeply involved” in the planning of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the Biden administration said on Friday, intensifying its rhetoric against Tehran amid the growing crisis surrounding global shipping efforts. Citing newly declassified American intelligence, White House National... Continue Reading

Yemenis in Houthi-controlled territory brandishing their guns chant slogans during a march in solidarity with the people of Gaza, in the capital Sanaa on December 15, 2023. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

File - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting in Bethlehem, January 23, 2020. (Alexander Nemenov, Pool via AP)

Putin tells Abbas he’ll continue sending aid to Gaza, urges a ‘quick’ end to war

Smoke billows on the outskirts of the village of Kfarshuba, along Lebanon's southern border with northern Israel following Israeli bombardment on December 20, 2023. (AFP)

Lebanon PM: Beirut ready to implement resolution on border if Israel also complies

By AFP and ToI Staff

Head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Pierre Krahenbuhl, speaks with a reporter during an interview with AP on September 27, 2018, in New York. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

Red Cross taps controversial former UNRWA commissioner as its new director-general

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pierre Krahenbuhl resigned as head of UN agency for Palestinians amid internal probe into alleged mismanagement, ethical abuses; ICRC faces criticism from Israel and Gaza amid war

Fort Lauderdale police separate members of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

Israel-Hamas measures on table as US state legislatures meet for 1st time since Oct. 7

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

LA synagogue relocates Shabbat services due to planned pro-Palestinian rally nearby

By jacob gurvis

Yifat Sitbon at her temporary residence in Moshav Hatzeva (Photo: Dafna Talmon)

Yifat SitbonBorn in Gush Katif, she and husband own a farm near Gaza

'As I rushed the kids, I thought to myself, 'There’s something different here, something bigger than what we’re used to'

By Tamar Mor Sela

Analysis

At group home in Nahariya, bond between Muslim and Jewish young adults survives Oct. 7

When the Israel-Hamas War broke out on October 7, Aya Jaber was afraid. As a Muslim Arab living in a group home in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya with her Jewish friend, Elad Kornhauser she wondered if she'd be seen differently or suddenly mistrusted. After all, Jaber knew that workers from Gaza had taken... Continue Reading

From left to right: Kivunim flatmates Elad Kornhauser, Maya Ronen, Aya Jaber, and Maysoon Samaka. (Courtesy)

From '#Nova,' the 52-minute documentary for Yes Studios about what took place at the Supernova desert rave on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)

'I want it seen by everyone over the age of 18 in the world'

‘The party is over’: Documentary on #Nova, the desert rave that became a massacre

By Jessica Steinberg

Dan Pe’er shows ‘the dancing and the RPGs,’ using footage filmed by partygoers and Hamas terrorists, for 52-minute film on the Oct. 7 Supernova festival, where 360 were slaughtered

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli (2nd-R) and Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ahmed Issa (3rd-R) touring around the newly-restored 19th century Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra in Coptic Cairo on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Egypt's Prime Minister Office / AFP)

'We need to show that we're still in control of this place'

Historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s government and few remaining Jews

By David I. Klein

The antiquities ministry has exerted control over the 1,200-year-old house of prayer it paid to renovate. Now the tiny community fears it doesn’t respect their ownership of the site

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