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What Matters Most On Monday, February 5, 2024

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Soldiers operate in Gaza in an image published February 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

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Feb. 5: Visiting US, Knesset speaker tells top Biden aide that Hamas must be destroyed

Netanyahu says IDF has destroyed 75% of Hamas battalions in Gaza * Visiting Jerusalem, French FM calls for ceasefire * IDF hits Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon strikes

9:45 pm

200 arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in Pennsylvania state capitol
9:28 pm

Israeli officials send best wishes to King Charles after cancer diagnosis
9:22 pm

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana kicks off meetings in Washington

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis kidnapped and held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 3, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

Hamas said to insist on deal that will end war, withdraw IDF troops from Gaza

Terror group yet to respond to Paris proposal for longer truce, release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners; Likud ministers spar over terms

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) heads the weekly cabinet meeting alongside Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs (3rd left) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (1st left) at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

Senior Likud minister: We are only ‘at start of journey’ on hostage deal talks

By Lazar Berman

Abdullah Barghouti is taken to Jerusalem Magistrate's Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, on June 20, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Hamas wish list of prisoners includes terror masterminds of Second Intifada

In Israel, US envoy said to report progress in talks to remove Hezbollah from border

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Amos Hochstein meets with Gallant in Tel Aviv amid shuttle diplomacy efforts to deliver agreement, defuse roiling tensions on Israel’s northern border.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (R) and military officials meet with US envoy Amos Hochstein (L) in Tel Aviv, February 4, 2024. (Defense Ministry)

File - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, February 4, 2024. (Defense Ministry)

Gallant warns warplanes’ noses are ‘pointed north,’ as IAF hammers Hezbollah sites

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

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.

The media’s assault on the nation’s morale

Nonstop news of mourning, worry and political divisions harms the thing we need most to defeat our enemy: unity

Victory: Holes, Part 2

Ruth took a deep breath: ’Who decides which soldiers get killed and which ones get to go home?’

US President Joe Biden (right) is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 18, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Biden said to have called Netanyahu a ‘bad f*cking guy’; White House denies claim

Democrats reportedly increasingly concerned that support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas could cost 2024 election, with 50% of Biden voters saying Gaza war is a ‘genocide’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on February 4, 2024, en route to Saudi Arabia. (Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

Blinken heads to Mideast to press for Gaza truce, address humanitarian crisis

By AFP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on January 18, 2024. (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL)

After Ben Gvir pans Biden, Netanyahu lauds White House support during war

By Lazar Berman

Soldiers of the Givati Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in an image published on February 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Mock Israeli towns, IDF bases: Troops raid Hamas compound used to train for Oct. 7

By Emanuel Fabian

Givati soldiers find rocket depot, tunnel leading to underground network in Khan Younis HQ; IDF identifies terror operatives hiding in civilian shelters in southern Gaza

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in an image published February 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 5: Day 122 – Could the war in Gaza be basically over?

Police at the scene of a terror attack in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya, outside of Jerusalem, February 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinian teen shot dead after trying to stab police in West Bank town

By Emanuel Fabian

US president Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon, File)

Trump: Israel was part of plans to kill Qassem Soleimani, backed out at last moment

Former US president asserts Netanyahu was ‘big part’ of operation before reneging; deadly attacks by Iranian militias wouldn’t have happened on his watch

A clip from Houthi propaganda footage showing a raid on an "Israeli base" and a soldier being taken captive, which aired February 4, 2024. (Screen capture: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Houthis publish drill showing raid on mockup of Israeli base, kidnapping of soldiers

Illustrative: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on their armored vehicles, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, September 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

At least 6 Kurdish fighters killed in drone attack on Syrian base housing US troops

By AP and ToI Staff

‘Rape is not resistance’: London rally calls for release of women held by Hamas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Dozens of protesters gather near BBC offices to draw attention to sexual violence perpetrated by terrorists against hostages held in Gaza since October 7

Protesters hold placards and wave Israeli flags as they take part in a demonstration, 'Rape is NOT resistance,' outside BBC headquarters, in London, on February 4, 2024. (HENRY NICHOLLS/ AFP)

Israelis with family members held abducted by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since October 7 attend a Knesset National Security Committee hearing, November 20, 2023. At center is Gil Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel Gat is one of the hostages. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AnalysisHostages’ relatives gain political clout as war reshapes electoral landscape

By Reuters and ToI Staff

London's Apollo Theatre (Via UK Jewish News)

From our partnerLondon theater cancels Douglas Murray pro-Israel event; 1,000 attend at alternate venue

US singer Montana Tucker arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. (Robyn Beck/AFP)

At Grammys, Montana Tucker highlights Hamas hostages with large yellow ribbon

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. commemorates the 360 people massacred at the Supernova music festival on October 7: ‘Music must be our safe space’

Taylor Swift accepts the award for album of the year for "Midnights" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Taylor Swift wins 4th Album of the Year at Grammys, setting new record

By Maria Sherman

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell poses for a photo after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, February 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

EU top diplomat says defunding UNRWA ‘collective punishment,’ will endanger lives

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Josep Borrell confident agency will take action against those who took part in Oct. 7 massacre while remaining ‘lifeline’ for Palestinians

Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)

Russia to summon Israeli envoy over criticism of its Hamas ties, Holocaust distortion

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, in Dearborn, Michigan, on May 18, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Biden condemns anti-Arab hate after WSJ opinion piece calls Dearborn ‘jihad capital’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Without citing op-ed, US president says residents of Michigan city should not be blamed ‘for words of a small few’; mayor ramps up security following ‘bigoted’ column

Illustrative: A pro-Palestinian demonstration, during the Israel-Hamas war, in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 14, 2023. (Jeff Kowalsky/ AFP)

Detroit suburb police put on alert after op-ed calls town ‘America’s Jihad capital’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

InterviewDenounces Iran as 'number one sponsor of global terrorism'

In Israel, Iranian artist unveils Oct. 7-themed mural honoring Persian-Jewish ties

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Hooman Khalili is halfway through his mission of painting 18 public spaces to raise awareness of Iranian women’s oppression; new work highlights slain IDF soldier Shirel Haim Pour

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, right, shakes hands with the new United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Syria Hassan Ahmad al-Shihi and receives his credentials, in Damascus, Syria, January 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Op-ed

Ksenia Svetlova

Beyond Israel’s borders: Why did Abu Dhabi return its ambassador to Damascus now?

Even as Israel’s far-right celebrates at a conference on resettlement of Gush Katif, Arab countries work to restore ties with Syria and an economic crisis deepens in Egypt

Geoffrey Levin, author of 'Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978.' (Yale University Press/ Courtesy/via JTA)

Interview'It goes back as long as there's been the refugee issue'

When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ in the US first took up the Palestinian cause

By JTA and ToI Staff

According to historian Geoffrey Levin’s book ‘Our Palestine Question,’ current divides over Israeli policy aren’t new – they existed before American Jews fully embraced Zionism

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Israel sees 14 straight days of rainfall for first time in over 30 years

By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on January 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

High Court rejects petition seeking Netanyahu ouster over war management, his health

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By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israelis walk next to Bank Leumi in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Israeli bank freezes account of settler Yinon Levi sanctioned by US

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Reuters

German police officers stand guard in front of the building complex of the Kahal Adass Jisroel community, which houses a synagogue, a kindergarten and a community center, in the center of Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2023. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

Jewish university student in Berlin badly beaten by classmate in fight over Hamas war

By AP, JTA and ToI Staff

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions on the border security talks as he meets reporters following a Democratic caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate unveils $118b package that pairs border policies with aid for Israel, Ukraine

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO

Man shot dead in Beersheba after trying to steal police officer's weapon, February 5, 2024 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man shot dead in Beersheba after trying to steal police officer’s weapon

Larry David arrives at the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' final season premiere on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

King David‘Curb’ season premiere raises question: Will Larry go to Israel?

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