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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Live updates (closed)

Feb 7: Saudis still open to post-war normalization but need path to 2-states — Blinken

Secretary: Hamas terms create space for deal * PM: Absolute victory within reach; no surrender to ‘delusional’ Hamas demands * Ex-hostage: ‘Saving hostages would be absolute victory’

9:04 pm

Blinken: Saudis still open to normalization but only once Gaza calm, pathway to 2-states open
8:55 pm

Blinken: UNRWA must be thoroughly investigated over Oct. 7 but its work must be preserved
8:53 pm

Palestinian Authority must 'reform and revitalize itself' as part of path to statehood, Blinken says

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, UN said to serve as guarantors

Hamas proposes 3-stage 135-day truce and hostage deal, leading to war’s end – reports

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Terror group seeking withdrawal of Israeli forces, freedom for 1,500 Palestinian prisoners including 500 serving life in exchange for hostages; demands continued UNRWA role in Gaza

Israelis block a highway as they demand the release of the hostage from Hamas captivity during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hamas, responding on hostage deal, demands an end to the war – a nonstarter for Israel

A photo released by the IDF on February 7, 2024, shows a holding cell inside a major Hamas tunnel captured by Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza (IDF)

IDF reveals Gaza tunnel, previously used by Hamas officials, with cell for hostages

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says 12 captives were held in the tunnel at various times; army says troops killed dozens of operatives in south Gaza city over past day; ground op toll reaches 227

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)

At least 32 of the 136 hostages held in Gaza killed, 20 others feared dead – NYT

By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Pictures of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mourning families silently march to Knesset in remembrance of rave massacre victims

By Charlie Summers

Promoted Article

Mind the Gap Year

How Diplomat, Academic and Entrepreneur Ronen Hoffman’s Latest Venture is the Antidote to Campus Antisemitism

Op-ed: Day 124 of the war

With IDF hamstrung and Hamas scenting a way out, Netanyahu dodges strategic decisions

PM’s talk of ‘absolute victory’ is meaningless without him taking the political steps and providing the army with the ‘endgame’ vision to attain it * Safe in the south? * Press leaks

Families of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival place pictures of their loved ones outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's leader in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City, on May 24, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb 7: Day 124 – After 4 months, Hamas makes an offer Israel can refuse

Staff Sgt. (res.) Hanan Drori, 26, who died from a fungal infection after being seriously injured in Gaza, February 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Staff Sgt. (res.) Hanan Drori, 26, dies of fungal infection after Gaza injury

Doctors and family sourced experimental treatments for infection, but to no avail; ground op toll rises to 227

Inside story

US wary Ben Gvir could inflame tensions at Temple Mount over Ramadan — officials

Administration worried visit by far-right minister during fraught period risks dragging Jerusalem into broader conflict, is pushing for truce by start of holy month in March

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av, July 27, 2023. (Temple Mount Administration)

Idealistic… and completely, dangerously wrong

The religious Zionists who advocate ’voluntary transfer’ are too confident that the world – and God – will back them

Haviva Ner-David

The other side of the rain

This land of life sees so much death, with a gentle tapping on the shoulder or from a violent fist, so cruelly before one’s time

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks at a military conference, February 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

After outrage, IDF chief apologizes for drill simulating settler kidnapping attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Herzi Halevi says scenario shouldn’t have been practiced, ‘we are sorry to anyone who was hurt’; remarks come after Netanyahu demands investigation

Gadi Yarkoni, head of the Eshkol Regional Council, attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Southern mayors demand clarity from Netanyahu on whether residents can return safely

Eshkol Regional Council’s Gadi Yarkoni says proper resources needed if population expected to come back, wants PM to be honest on reality of ongoing security situation

Minister Benny Gantz attends a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on October 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israelis ‘deserve more from us’: Gantz slams coalition lawmakers’ conduct amid war

Chairwoman of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality MK Pnina Tamano-Shata attends a session on domestic abuse and sexual violence inside evacuee hotels, February 6, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

Displaced women, children endure sexual violence inside evacuee hotels

By Shira Silkoff

Fuming, Saudi Arabia claims US suggested normalization could come without ceasefire

Riyadh says it ‘communicated its firm position,’ after US defense spokesman called hostage deal and normalization ‘distinct tracks’ and said ‘positive’ talks had been held

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the the White House in Washington, on January 31, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Footage showing an alleged Israeli airstrike on the city of Homs, Syria, February 7, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Syria accuses Israel of striking army posts, airbase in Homs area

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

State media says several civilians killed and wounded in attack that damaged public, private property; IDF does not comment

A man walks next to a Dalton Winery sign in the northern moshav of Dalton near the Lebanon border on January 29, 2024. (jalaa marey / AFP)

Israeli wineries near Lebanon fear harvest failure as war with Hezbollah looms

By AFP and ToI Staff

Explainer

Inside the government-funded group arranging IDF exemptions for yeshiva students

Israel’s wartime budget includes millions of shekels for the Vaad HaYeshivot, despite a manpower shortage forcing the army to extend reservists’ mandatory service period

Ultra-Orthodox men study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, on August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

In first bilateral visit, Argentina’s Milei says he will move embassy to Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

Accompanied by his rabbi, pro-Israel leader tells President Herzog that his country is working to declare Hamas a terror organization

For Israeli extremists sanctioned by US, many allegations of violence, little time served

By Jeremy Sharon

All four radicals targeted by White House are accused of attacks on Palestinians, including leading the Huwara riot, harassing villagers, beating activists and throwing rocks

Illustrative: Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90/File)

David Levy, General Manager of the Israel Association of Field Crop Growers. (Courtesy David Levy)

Winter showers boost wheat crop, but water worries continue to stalk farmers

Downpours over last two weeks are welcomed in Israel’s northern Negev breadbasket, but drops will need to keep falling for next two months to avoid poor harvest, say cultivators

Actress Alessandra Dayan is pulled through the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a graphic reenactment of the real-life abduction of Naama Levy by Hamas terrorists, November 30, 2023. (Abner Palma/Fisesp)

'Unlike me, Naama couldn't go home and resume her life'

Bound and ‘bloodied’ girl shocks Brazilians into comprehending Hamas horrors

By Gabriel Toueg

Facing global silence on Hamas’s Oct. 7 sexual assaults, Brazil’s Jewish community joined a growing protest movement with the reenactment of Naama Levy’s real abduction

Eden Golan (Shai Franco)

Israel sending Eden Golan, 20, to represent it at Eurovision 2024 in Sweden

Surrounded by empty chairs, singer performs ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ as tribute to hostages, capturing win; many around the world have called to bar Israel from song contest

More Headlines

French President Emmanuel Macron walks past French Republican Guards who hold portraits of the French victims of the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught in Israel, during a ceremony at the Invalides monument, Feb. 7, 2024 (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

Macron hosts memorial for Oct. 7, the ‘biggest antisemitic massacre of our century’

By AFP and ToI Staff

File: Israeli actor Lior Raz arrives for the premiere of Apple TV+'s "The Crowded Room" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on June 1, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

‘Fauda’ star: After Oct. 7, script revised to be ‘tougher,’ more ‘militaristic’

Erez Abrahamov with his discovery, in an undated photo released on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (Erez Abrahamov/IAA)

Galilee hiker stumbles upon 2,800-year-old Assyrian scarab seal

By Gavriel Fiske

Police separate Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square, New York City, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress via New York Jewish Week via JTA)

NYPD reports 31 antisemitic incidents in January, as post-October 7 surge continues

Former US president Donald Trump prepares to testify during his trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York, on November 6, 2023. (Jabin Botsford/Pool/AFP)

Trump has no immunity from prosecution, US appeals court rules

Adolf Hitler made a speech to 48,000 boys and 5,000 girls at the Nazi party congress in Nuremberg, Germany on September 11, 1937 during a parade attended by foreign diplomats. From left to right in front row: Antonio Marquis De Magaz, Spain's envoy to Germany, Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador, unknown, Signor Attolico, Italian Ambassador, Andre Francois-Poncet, French Ambassador, Vicco Von Buelow Schwante, chief of protocol in the German Foreign Office. (AP)

Newly declassified docs reveal why Canada didn’t strip Nazis of citizenship

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Scientists at Israeli food tech startup Remilk present dairy products made with its cow-free milk protein. (Courtesy)

Israel’s Remilk secures regulatory nod for sale of cow-free dairy in Canada

By Sharon Wrobel

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh chairs a cabinet meeting in Ramallah, January 29, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas in Gaza. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Palestinian Authority to reduce salaries as Israel blocks Gaza funds

By Reuters and ToI Staff

US House Speaker Mike Johnson arrives to a House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol on February 6, 2024 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)

US House rejects Republican-led effort to pass standalone Israel aid bill

By KEVIN FREKING

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 summons Israeli ambassador for criticizing Lavrov, Moscow’s ties with Hamas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Pearl Berg at 3-years-old with her parents Archiebald and Anna (Gerson) Synenberg in 1913; at right, Berg in recent years. (Gerontology Research Institute, Gerry Teitelbaum/Judy Taback)

ObituaryPearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Lawrence Langer's 'Holocaust Testimonies,' published in 1991, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. (Courtesy; Yale University Press/ via JTA)

ObituaryLawrence Langer, renowned scholar of Holocaust testimony, dies at 94

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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