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What Matters Most On Monday, January 22, 2024

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Demonstrators burst into a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee to call for government action to free their relatives held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, January 22, 2024. At right is Gilad Korngold, whose son Tal Shoham was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and is still held in Gaza (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

'Get up, do something; don't sit here while our children die'

Relatives of hostages burst into Knesset Finance Committee, demand government action

Protesters say they have been ‘forgotten’ as Netanyahu touts mysterious ‘initiative’ to free hostages held in Gaza but declines to elaborate

Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas block a road with tents during a protest calling for their release outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, in Jerusalem, January 21, 2024. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hostages’ families pitch tents outside PM’s home, demand immediate deal

By Charlie Summers and Michael Horovitz

US President Joe Biden walks towards the members of the media as he leaves the White House Dec. 23, 2023. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 22: Poll: Most Israelis would back US plan tying Saudi normalization to Palestinian state

51.3% support plan that would include release of all hostages * Israel said to offer 2-month pause in fighting for staged release of hostages * 3 soldiers killed; war toll is 198

9:53 pm

US, British forces carry out new strikes in Yemen - officials
9:38 pm

IDF says it carried out further retaliatory strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
9:29 pm

PM says Israel cannot commit to ending war if it plans to resume fighting after hostages released - report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video statement, January 19, 2024. (screenshot)

Netanyahu: No full Palestinian state, no ‘surrender’ in exchange for Gaza hostages

By Lazar Berman

PM pushes back on White House vision of pathway to two-state solution and reports of a grand bargain that would end war, though he doesn’t rule out demilitarized Palestinian state

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

Ministers approve letting Norway hold tax money earmarked for Palestinian Authority

By Sam Sokol, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in the Knesset on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Report: Barkat snipes at PM over aid to Gaza, reported openness to Palestinian state

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)

Most believe Netanyahu’s wartime decision-making mainly motivated by personal interest

Wartime survey shows Gantz’s National Unity soaring, finds public prefers both Gantz (48%) and Eisenkot (45%) to Netanyahu (32%) as PM; 46% oppose Gaza ceasefire for hostage release

Police haul an elderly protester off the street near the Knesset on January 22, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Police drag away protesters blocking Knesset at rally calling for new elections

By Charlie Summers

Orit Strock, national missions and settlements minister, attends a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Far-right minister claims some fellow cabinet members can’t make ends meet

A sinister election ploy destined to backfire

The ANC is betting its attack on Israel in the International Court will distract voters from its years of failed leadership

P. David Hornik

How can anyone who supports Israel call for a two-state solution now?

Have some empathy for Israelis’ trauma, in the wake of October 7’s butchery, the hostages’ plight, and the multifront war

Sara Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 18, 2023 (L) and official Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90 / Haim Zach/GPO)

Sara Netanyahu pushing to oust English-language spokesman Eylon Levy — report

PM’s wife wants Levy out as spokesperson over past criticism of Netanyahu and participation in protests against judicial overhaul, according to unsourced Channel 12 report

Head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami speaking at the funeral of Razi Mousavi, a senior commander in Iran's Quds Force who was killed on December 25 in an alleged Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran, December 28, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Analysis

While Iran’s recent strikes show weakness, its threat of escalation is working

Under attack on its own soil, Tehran had to hit back directly rather than via proxy; though that didn’t scare Israel, Pakistan, or Islamic State, Washington is a different matter

People mourn over the coffins of three Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members killed in Damascus in a strike blamed on Israel on January 20, during their funeral in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 22, 2024. (Atta Kenare/ AFP)

Iran holds massive funeral for Guard Corps members killed in alleged Israeli strike

By AFP and ToI Staff

A screengrab from a video showing an alleged Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon on January 21, 2024 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hezbollah operative killed in IDF strike in Lebanon, but main target said to survive

By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff

Anti-Israeli demonstrators wave Palestinian flags during a protest in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 2023 (Cole Burston / AFP)

'We’re dealing with fear we’ve never experienced before'

Toronto Jews anxious amid unprecedented antisemitic spillover from Gaza war

By Robert Sarner

Members of the city’s Jewish community of 200,000 say they see little support from Justin Trudeau’s government as Jewish people and businesses are targeted post-Oct. 7

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gather in Park City, Utah, to hold a rally at the annual Sundance Film Festival.
(Screenshot from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hollywood stars call for Gaza ceasefire in anti-Israel protest at Sundance

Melissa Barrera and Indya Moore join pro-Palestinian activists, LGBT militant group outside indie film festival in Utah; chants of ‘From the river to the sea’ heard

Demonstrators hold signs and wave flags during a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rally in Brussels, January 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Hundreds attend pro-Palestinian march to EU district in Belgian capital

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Inside story

‘Give an inch, block a mile’: Netanyahu’s strategy for ties with the US

PM repeatedly drags his feet before eventually agreeing to tactical US demands, buying him credit to ignore more strategic asks regarding Gaza war, top Israeli official explains

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after crossing the terminal border from Egypt, on January 17, 2024. (AFP)

US, UK, European officials said pushing Israel to let more Gaza aid enter via Ashdod

Ela Bahat pours water over the place she and her husband planted a tree and tulips in memory of their 30-year-old son Dror, who was murdered on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music festival in Re'im, southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, during an event where friends and relatives planted trees in memory of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Grieving family members plant seedlings at site of Hamas’s Supernova massacre

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Some 1,000 in total join JNF project, planting 200 seedlings at site of Oct. 7 rampage in Re’im; relatives hope to bring new life to scene of onslaught

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan 22: Day 108 – Deep under Gaza, hostages held in barbaric conditions

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on a tunnel network with 5 cells that held 20 hostages under southern Gaza’s Khan Younis; an update on the ever-escalating northern border

Palestinian terrorists abduct Adina Moshe from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo)

Against all evidence, Hamas says it morally, religiously opposes harming women, kids

By Shira Silkoff

Adi Kikozashvili stands next to a post depicting her brother, Shlomi Ziv, who is a hostage held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023. (Diana Bletter)

InterviewShlomi Ziv turned 41 in captivity on Sunday, January 21

Inching along, as she awaits his return, a sister of a Hamas hostage stays on course

By Diana Bletter

Adi Kikozashvili can barely concentrate on her final year at Haifa’s Technion, but she knows her captive brother Shlomi Ziv would ‘be upset if I didn’t finish because of him’

Sgt. Shay Levinson (Courtesy)

PM vows no 'surrender' to Hamas, insists on 'total victory'

IDF says soldier held captive in Gaza was killed on October 7, body held by Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Troops destroy firearms workshop, weapons, rockets and launcher in raid on Hamas site, battle terrorists; Gallant says operation in Khan Younis to widen

Before and after photos of Israa University in Gaza that was blown up by the IDF on January 17, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

IDF says it is probing demolition of campus in Gaza last week, after US voiced ire

By Emanuel Fabian

A Hamas delegation led by Moussa Abu Marzouk (second from L) meets with Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov (second from R) in Moscow on January 19, 2024. (Hamas)

Hamas refuses Russia’s request to release its dual citizens from captivity in Gaza

By Shira Silkoff

A civil defense team carries out search and rescue operations in a damaged building following a missile strike launched by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Arbil, Iraq, on January 17, 2024. (Safin HAMID / AFP)

Op-ed

Ksenia Svetlova

Beyond Israel’s borders: Iran runs amok as Israel’s neighbors continue to face crises

In this round-up of current challenges facing the Mideast, Iran attacks Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan while Lebanon’s leadership calls for peace – but is unable to control Hezbollah

Yad Sarah, one of Israel’s largest medical aid volunteer groups, delivers crutches to soldiers. (Courtesy)

Houthi attacks in Red Sea delay arrival of critical Yad Sarah medical equipment

By Sharon Wrobel

This undated photograph released by the US military's Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Arabian Sea. (US Central Command via AP)

Military ends search for Navy SEALs lost in maritime raid on ship with Iranian arms

By AP

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani arrives at a press conference on G7 at the Foreign Ministry in Rome, January 17, 2024. (Domenico Stinellis/AP Photo)

Italian FM reveals country ceased arms shipments to Israel starting October 7

In rebuttal of opposition lawmaker’s concerns Italian arms being used for ‘war crimes,’ Antonio Tajani states weapons exports were halted at war’s outset

People shout slogans as they march in support of Palestinians during a protest calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 14, 2024. (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Turkey delists Israel as favored export target amid tension over Hamas war

Screen capture from video of Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan during an interview with CNN, January 21, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Saudi Arabia’s top envoy: No recognizing Israel without path to Palestinian state

By AP and ToI Staff

2 pulled out; 2 stepped in

US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas massacre

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Comedy for Koby organizers say laughter is best medicine; agrees one mum whose two soldier sons just got back from Gaza: ‘It’s healthy and you don’t need to feel guilty about it’

File - Avi Liberman on stage in Comedy for Koby. (Photo credit: Yissachar Ruas)

More Headlines

An Islamic flag found by police during the arrest of two East Jerusalem men on suspicion of planning a terror attack, published on January 22, 2024 (Police spokesperson)

Police arrest 2 East Jerusalem men said to be planning ISIS-linked attack near Knesset

FILE: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at a meet and greet, July 27, 2023, in Chariton, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Ron DeSantis ends struggling 2024 presidential bid, endorses Trump over Haley

By Gram Slattery, James Oliphant and Nathan Layne

SolarEdge Technologies' offices in Modiin, seen on January 21, 2022. (MagioreStock/ Shutterstock.com)

Smart energy giant SolarEdge to slash 900 jobs including 550 in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

Police at the scene of a deadly shooting in Umm al-Fahm, September 4, 2022. (Flash90)

Man shot dead, another wounded in northern town of Umm al-Fahm

Illustrative photo of a newborn baby girl holding her mother's finger, Jerusalem, December 30, 2020. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Israeli population growth slowing as fertility rates continue to fall – report

This photograph taken through a window shows a police car in front of the French LHD Dixmude military ship, which serves as a hospital to treat wounded Palestinians, as it docks at the Egyptian port of Al-Arish, January 21, 2024. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

French warship treats around 1,000 injured Gazans off Egyptian shore

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Magen David Adom medic at the scene of a traffic accident at the Bialik Interchange on Route 22, northern Israel, January 21, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

Two killed after being hit by passing truck in north, likely while repairing vehicle

By Michael Horovitz

San Francisco Mayor London Breed smiles during a news conference at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, on November 6, 2023. (AP Photo/ Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco mayor pans council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution, but refuses to veto it

By AP and ToI Staff

Passengers at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on December 26, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Israeli air traffic nosedives after outbreak of war, but still climbs 10% in 2023

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on January 18, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Russia downplays Holocaust’s impact on Jews, pans German defense of Israel at ICJ

By Michael Horovitz

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