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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 1, 2024

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Demonstrators block a main road demanding an immediate deal for the release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian terrorists, during a protest near the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 1: Hamas pours cold water on ‘incorrect’ Qatari claim of initial okay for hostage deal

By Michael Bachner, Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Netanyahu: No need for ‘drastic’ US sanctions against settlers * Washington says West Bank violence dropped since first penalties announced * Gallant vows army will push into Rafah

9:27 pm

Turkish hostages freed by police while assailant in bathroom
9:09 pm

Qatari claim Hamas gave initial okay to deal 'rushed and wrong,' Palestinian source says
8:52 pm

'Go and fight in Palestine': Relatives of Turkey hostages angered over attacker's supposed pro-Gaza protest

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and US President Joe Biden shake hands in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden said set to make push for demilitarized Palestinian state as part of new doctrine

By Lazar Berman

New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who’s close to the US administration, says emerging doctrine would include Saudi-Israeli normalization, 2-state solution, and campaign against Iran

Illustrative: Flags of Israel and the Palestinian Authority wave behind barbed wire (Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock.com)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb 1: Day 118 – US & UK seem to push for Palestinian state. Too soon?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, in Ramallah in the West Bank, January 10, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

State Department downplays report US weighing recognition of Palestinian state

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

File: Families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas terrorists gather with supporters for a demonstration demanding an immediate deal for their loved ones' release, in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Netanyahu: Working for a deal, but 'not at any price'

PM to families: I won’t OK deal that harms security; 35 hostages for 35-day truce mooted

Opposition from within coalition won’t block a deal, Netanyahu reportedly promises; Mossad chief said to give ministers outline of deal’s 1st phase, with possibiity of more releases

Maj. (res.) Yitzhar Hofman, 36, a commander in the Israeli Air Force’s elite Shaldag unit. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says reservist commando officer killed in Gaza, raising ground op toll to 224

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid speaks in support of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a plenum session of the Knesset, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid ready to enter government instead of Ben Gvir, Smotrich, to ensure hostage deal

Promoted Research

The Hamas-Israel War: Frequently Asked Questions

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has provided a wealth of analysis and policy recommendations for government officials, journalists, and the public since the Hamas attack on October 7.

Israeli reservists pose with a dog they brought out of Gaza in December 2023. (Courtesy of Glass Walls)

Israeli pets were taken into Gaza as souvenirs on Oct. 7

Israeli troops’ rescue of animals in Gaza fuels pro-Palestinian ‘looting’ charges

By Canaan Lidor

Some anti-Israel activists focus on the issue of pets being brought into Israel as complementary evidence to support a narrative of wrongdoing by Israeli soldiers in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd left) hosts a meeting of UN ambassadors in Jerusalem, January 31, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu tells UN envoys UNRWA is ‘totally infiltrated’ by Hamas, must be replaced

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PM says a humanitarian agency is needed in Gaza, but UNRWA can’t play role, after employees accused of taking part in Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre

Activists block Gaza aid trucks at Ashdod Port after being barred from border by IDF

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Gantz, Eisenkot said to mull limiting aid to Gaza as part of efforts to weaken Hamas

30 protesters detained amid clashes at Kerem Shalom over aid to Gaza

By Michael Horovitz and Emanuel Fabian

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich at the Qatar Grand Prix, January 31, 2024. (FIE [Fédération Internationale d'Escrime] on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Hatikva’ in Qatar: Israel fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold, en route to Paris Olympics

With ‘Am Yisrael chai’ embroidered on his shirt, 29-year-old takes Grand Prix in Doha; Israel Olympics Committee head: ‘Israeli pride at its peak’

Lana Bastašić meets readers at a literary event in Berlin, Germany, on September 14, 2023. (Elena Ternovaja/Wikimedia Commons)

Austrian literary festival drops Bosnian author who protested criticism of Oct. 7

By Canaan Lidor

Conservative MP Mike Freer in an interview to Sky News outside his constituency office in North London, December 26, 2023. (Screen capture: Sky News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)

Pro-Israel MP in UK says he won’t seek reelection, notes ‘serious threats’ against him

Conservative Mike Freer, who represents London constituency with large Orthodox Jewish population, makes announcement weeks after suspected arson attack on his office

For justice, Barak’s dissent at The Hague should have been the Court’s decision

Judge Aharon Barak introduced what South Africa ignored: The October 7 atrocities, the long history of terror against Israel, and a country’s right to defend itself

The reckless lack of a viable vision for peace

Netanyahu’s rejection of a 2-state deal endangers the support Israel desperately needs from allies and regional partners

Susan Warchaizer

In which I can’t look away

My son went to war in Gaza and I stayed home with my very loud thoughts

On Palestinian workers: The right answer isn’t always the easy one

Israel should rehire the unemployed men of the West Bank for many reasons, including for the sake of reducing the security threat they pose

Explainer

What does Israel need to do to comply with the ICJ genocide decision?

Provisional measures ordered by the court that Israel alleviate the humanitarian situation in Gaza and prevent incitement to genocide will be key to demonstrating compliance

File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)

South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, center, adresses a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Sebabatso Mosamo)

South Africa calls on other countries to halt any funding to the IDF

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Palestinians bury the bodies of people who were killed in fighting with Israel and returned to Gaza by the Israeli military, during a mass funeral in Rafah, Gaza Strip, January 30, 2024. (Fatima Shbair/AP)

US federal judge says Israel plausibly committing genocide, Biden must take note

By ToI Staff and AP

An explosion seen on the outskirts of Damascus on January 29, 2024, after a strike blamed on Israel. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards pull officers from Syria following alleged Israeli strikes

Head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami speaks during a news conference after unveiling domestically-developed nuclear medicines in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, December 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran begins construction of four new nuclear plants

By AP

An Israeli mobile howitzer gets into position near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, January 11, 2024. (Leo Correa/AP)

ExplainerHow Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear is inevitable

By AP and ToI Staff

The Chicago City Council debates a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on January 31, 2024. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

From Mideast to Midwest'Debate over resolution has fanned flames of antisemitism'

Chicago adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution after mayor casts tie-breaking vote

Democrat Brandon Johnson splits with party leader Biden, making Chicago the largest US city to pass symbolic measure that also calls for hostages’ release but doesn’t condemn Hamas

Georgia governor signs bill codifying IHRA definition of antisemitism in state law

Palestinian homes allegedly torched by Israeli soldiers at Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, January 29, 2024. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Reports say IDF soldiers have torched hundreds of buildings in Gaza

By ToI Staff and AFP

Soldiers say method utilized to destroy structures used by terrorists amid shortage of demolition charges, but some claim activity has become gratuitous

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right minister Smotrich: ‘Settlements in Gaza not among goals of war’

Columbia University, Morningside Heights, New York, November 2016 (King of Hearts via Wikimedia Commons)

'The school's problem is bigger than just this one vote'

Just before Holocaust Day, Columbia Law student senate rejected a club to fight antisemitism

By Cathryn J. Prince

Governing body puts kibosh on proposed group for second time, citing its use of the IHRA antisemitism definition, which opposing students call ‘pernicious and insidious’

People visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre in Re'im near the Israeli-Gaza border, January 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

American Oct. 7 victims and families file $1 billion lawsuit blaming Iran for attack

67 plaintiffs claim Tehran ‘masterminded and funded’ assault on Israel, note reports that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad met in Beirut with Iranian military leaders

UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten (center) meets with First Lady Michal Herzog (left) and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on January 29, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom / GPO)

UN envoy meets freed hostages, families in probe of Hamas sexual violence on Oct. 7

A groom smashes the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah (Mor Seban; iStock by Getty Images)

'We hope people will see this as a step forward'

Conservative rabbis urged to engage with interfaith families, still can’t marry them

By jacob gurvis

While a ban on officiating at intermarriages still stands, the movement is recommending an array of changes, from new rituals to updated hiring regulations, to increase inclusivity

23andMe headquarters in Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, California, July 26, 2020. (Michael Vi/Shutterstock.com)

Inside story

Ariella Oldfield

23andMe faces lawsuit as hackers sell information on users with Jewish heritage

DNA testing company 23andMe blames users’ recycled passwords for data breach that affected 6.9 million accounts; August lawsuit indicates other companies may be implicated

Aleksandr 'Shura' Uman, left, and Egor Bortnik perform during the Bi-2 rock band concert in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Op-ed

Ksenia Svetlova

Russia is intimidating its expat celebrities in an attempt to silence them

Alt-rock band Bi-2, which has Israeli-Russian members, was nearly deported from Thailand. After a week in detention, Israel’s Foreign Ministry succeeds in flying group to Tel Aviv

Aleksandr 'Shura' Uman, left, and Egor Bortnik perform during the Bi-2 rock band concert in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Dissident Russian rock band Bi-2 lands in Israel after deportation from Thailand

By Melanie Lidman

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, looks on during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

In Congress, Zuckerberg apologizes to parents for harm caused by social media

File: Around 900 red roses were placed at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm in solidarity and support with the country on October 11, 2023. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)

Police destroy explosive device found at Israeli embassy in Sweden

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Palestinians demonstrate in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip calling for continued international support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), January 30, 2024. (AFP)

UN agencies issue joint statement calling on donors to resume UNRWA funding

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Bidder Ole Bjorn Fausa, of Norway, holds the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal in Baltimore, March 27, 2014, the second Nobel Peace Prize ever to come to auction. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Israeli-Palestinian peace orgs among nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize

At least 30 phones of journalists, activists hacked in Jordan with Israeli tech

Innoviz shares start trading on Nasdaq on April 6, 2021, after its merger with a SPAC was completed. (Courtesy)

Israel’s Innoviz to trim 13% of its workforce in cost-cutting push

By Sharon Wrobel

Armed supporters of Yemen's Houthi rebels attend a rally in solidarity of Hamas, in Sanaa on February 1, 2024. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

Explosion reported near ship in Red Sea as Houthi attacks from Yemen continue

By AFP and ToI Staff

The US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022. (K I Photography/Shutterstock.com)

US sanctions Turkish, Lebanese entities for funding Hezbollah, Iran’s Quds Force

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A 20mm Phalanx CIWS weapons defense cannon is mounted on the US Navy destroyer USS Gravely on, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

US navy destroys Houthi missile that posed ‘imminent threat’ to aircraft

By AFP

A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. The damage caused by the drone strike can be seen in the center-left of the photo. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

US blames Iran proxies for deadly Jordan strike, weighs response

By AP and ToI Staff

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