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What Matters Most On Friday, January 12, 2024

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A picture taken from Rafah shows a rainbow over the southern Gaza Strip on January 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 12: Rocket sirens activated overnight in southern moshav as Israeli strikes reported in Gaza

By Jacob Magid and Shira Silkoff

Earlier rocket fire at Ashdod ends lull of over a day * Shin Bet said to again plea with PM to buck far-right ministers in order to take steps to prevent imminent West Bank flareup

12:30 am

Rocket sirens activated in moshav near Gaza border
11:27 pm

Pentagon says Austin was in the hospital when he ordered strikes on Houthis
10:16 pm

US Navy warns American-flagged ships to stay away from parts of Red Sea as Houthis vow revenge

Op-ed

After hearing out South Africa and Israel on genocide, what a fair-minded court would do

In seeking The Hague’s intervention, Israel argued persuasively, South Africa is abusing the court and potentially subverting the Genocide Convention

Judges start the second day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. The United Nations' top court was hearing South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Protesters waving flags and pictures of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, attend a protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 12: Day 98 — Israel battles back in court against genocide claims

A strike on Houthi rebel sites in Yemen on January 12, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

US, UK airstrikes pound Yemen for first time after weeks of Houthi Red Sea attacks

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Houthi supporters chant slogans at a rally marking eight years for a Saudi-led coalition, Friday, March 26, 2023, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

US-led strikes on Houthis draw attention back to war in Arab world’s poorest nation

By Jon Gambrell

US Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Bahrain, conduct joint strikes on hostile Houthi targets, January 11, 2024 (US Central Command / X)

AnalysisSaudi Arabia in ‘tight spot’ as US, UK take on Houthi rebels after weeks of attacks

By Robbie COREY-BOULET

Promoted Article

Seeding the Next Generation of Heroines

On the three-month anniversary after October 7th, KKL-JNF inaugurated a memorial path of trees at the entrance to Ofakim Park that honors the women who risked their lives to save others.

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel supporters gather for a rally at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)

Harvard sued by Jewish students over ‘rampant’ antisemitism on campus

By Jonathan Stempel

Seeking injunction to stop alleged Civil Rights Act violations, plaintiffs assert school selectively enforcing anti-discrimination policies to avoid protecting Jews from harassment

Israel's defense at ICJ

Full text of Israel’s opening address against South Africa genocide case at World Court

Genocide allegation is ‘a libel,’ aimed ‘to deny Israel the right to defend itself,’ says Foreign Ministry’s Tal Becker. ‘There can hardly be a charge more false, more malevolent’

The Israeli Foreign Ministry's legal adviser Tal Becker speaking at The Hague, January 12, 2024 (ICJ)

Protesters waving flags and pictures of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, attend a protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Israel rejects genocide claims at ICJ, pans South Africa’s ‘grossly distorted’ charges

By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies

Analysis

South Africa paints grim picture of Gaza, but obfuscates foundations of genocide claim

South Africa’s legal team in The Hague did not mention Hamas’s practice of hiding among civilians, and made much of vague, general comments by Israeli politicians, however inflammatory

Judges and parties stand at the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The United Nations' top court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

A protester carries a sign, with an Israeli and Palestinian flag and a heart in the middle, during a demonstration outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. The United Nations' top court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

US says genocide charges ‘unfounded,’ rejects Israeli claim South Africa serving Hamas

Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold photos of the hostages kidnapped during the murderous October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, during a demonstration outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Israel seethes after genocide hearing; PM: South Africa representing Hamas monsters

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Getting upset with the world is not a strategy

Israel’s geopolitical reality is complicated by 4 factors that may be harnessed to the country’s advantage with careful statecraft

Kenneth Brander

‘Cleared for publication’: The power of a name

Just as the Divine Name is a revelation, the names of those who make the ultimate sacrifice offer a glimpse into their worlds (Vaera)

IDF troops operate in Gaza in a handout image cleared for publication on January 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says Hamas commandos slain; UN pans ‘systematic’ refusal of access to north Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

As forces continue fighting in Khan Younis in Strip’s south and Maghazi in center, White House notes dangers of starvation amid insufficient aid to civilians

Israeli soldiers show journalists an underground tunnel where the IDF said it had found evidence hostages were held by terrorists in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on January 10. 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

IDF: Hamas used over 6,000 tons of concrete, 1,800 tons of steel for Gaza tunnels

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Mishy Harman: 3 ‘postcards’ from wartime Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In our monthly compilation episode with Israel Story, we hear from a resident of Sderot pushing to resettle Gush Katif, a philanthropist and a mourning gay partner turned activist

Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas gather along the Gaza border, equipped with powerful loudspeakers hanging from cranes, in an effort to get messages of hope across to them as their time in captivity nears to 100 days, on January 11, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)

Qatar-led talks in works to get medicine to Israeli hostages in Gaza — report

Israeli official tells NYT of progress on matter, as Hamas spokesperson says terror group engaged in the negotiations ‘with great positivity’

Blinken says pathway to Palestinian state best way to stabilize region, isolate Iran

Wrapping up Mideast visit, US top diplomat says one path sees Israel safely integrated into region in exchange for solution to conflict, another sees Iran-backed terror persist

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media before boarding his plane to return to Washington, following his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Cairo, Egypt, January 11, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

US special envoy Amos Hochstein (R) leaves the government palace in Beirut, accompanied by Lebanese protocol official Lahoud Lahoud (L), after his meeting with Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on January 11, 2024 amid continuing tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border. (Joseph Eid/AFP)

US envoy: Israel, Lebanon both prefer ‘diplomatic solution’ to border hostilities

By AFP

Reuma Kedem, a bereaved mother and grandmother who lost her daughter, son-in-law, and three young grandkids on October 7, confronts Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, January 10, 2024. (Channel 12, screenshot)

Gallant stands in silence as bereaved Nir Oz grandmother demands: ‘Where were you?’

Defense minister listens for long minutes as tearful Reuma Kedem, who lost daughter, grandkids on October 7, vows officials in Israel’s ‘corrupt government’ will pay ‘big time’

President Isaac Herzog meets with soldier Ori Megidish, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 and freed in an Israeli military operation in Gaza in late October, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 11, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

‘So happy you’re here’: President Herzog meets IDF soldier rescued from Gaza

Parents of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Eyal Yifrah, 19, and Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, (from L-R), the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, mourn during their sons' joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin, July 1, 2014. (AP/Baz Ratner, Pool)

Interview'People who attack Israel need to know they will pay a price'

For Shaer family, targeted killing of Arouri brings some closure to son’s 2014 murder

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Bat-Galim Shaer, mother of son Gil-ad, who was slain by Hamas terrorists in 2014, focuses her energy on building unity and resilience within Israeli society – especially during war

A person uses a keyboard featuring an Israeli flag (Hakan Gider/ iStock)

Report: Teen falsely held 18 months for leak of classified info; was fed intel by IDF

17-year-old said to have been recruited by officers for unapproved social media campaign; when army realized this, it did not pass on exonerating evidence to authorities

Standing Together activists protest against the Israel-Hamas war, calling for a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, on December 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Police deny permit for anti-war protest; left-wing groups vow High Court appeal

By Eliyahu Freedman

Organizers say they will seek permission for an even bigger demonstration next week, after cops reverse approval for Thursday’s rally, citing threat of violence

Minister Benny Gantz (center) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) arrive for a press conference at the Defense Ministry, in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Surveys show Gantz holds commanding lead over Netanyahu, as war approaches 100th day

Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Regev denies doling out popcorn or making light of latest wartime security cabinet spat

"Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain" by Camille Pissarro hangs in Lilly Neubauer's home in Berlin. (Image via court records via JTA)

US court rules Madrid museum can keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Decision ends one of longest-running Holocaust arts restitution cases in history, over oil painting that Lilly Cassirer was forced to sell in 1939 to gain exit visa to escape Germany

Protest leader Shany Granot-Lubaton leads a crowd outside the home of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, January 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)

'I don't think he's against us'

Israeli protesters dialogue with UN chief Guterres in encounters outside his home

Back-and-forth slowly grows between weekly demonstrators demanding release of Hamas-held hostages and secretary-general, who is seen as not doing enough, with changing perceptions

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