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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 17, 2024

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Protesters gather outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem to demand a hostage deal on February 17, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 17: ‘Today it’s us, tomorrow it could be you’: Families of hostages rally for their return

Protests calling for elections also held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere * PM says IDF will have to tackle final Hamas battalions in Rafah even if there is a hostage deal

9:29 pm

Israel slams South Africa after ICJ rejected request to limit Israeli op in Rafah
9:14 pm

Medications found at Gaza hospital were sent in private initiative by hostages' families -- TV
8:32 pm

Russia says it has 'full control' of Avdiivka after Ukrainian withdrawal

People block a highway during a protest to demand the release of the hostages taken by Hamas terrorists into the Gaza Strip on October 7, in Tel Aviv, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

‘You’re abandoning them in Gaza’: Protesters to rally for hostages, demand elections

Relatives of many held in Gaza to ‘scream through powerful loudspeakers’; anti-government demonstrations to be held nationwide after police refuse permit for Kaplan Street

IDF troops seen in the Gaza Strip in a photo released by the IDF, Feb. 17, 2024. (IDF Spokesperson)

Special forces searching Khan Younis hospital detain over 100 terror suspects, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

From blood libel to genocide libel

These two false accusations leveled against Jews are driven by the same psychological mechanisms: guilt, doubt and hatred

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Redeeming hostages: What does Judaism really say?

There is a striking difference between Talmudic and Biblical responses to the painful dilemma of freeing captives

US, Arab and European officials discuss post-war Gaza plans

Biden says doesn’t expect Israel to launch Rafah operation as hostage talks continue

US president insists ‘there has to be a temporary ceasefire to get the hostages out’; Herzog reportedly meets with Qatari PM on negotiations for return of Israelis held by Hamas

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, February 16, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Foreign Minister Israel Katz (3rd L) with relatives of hostages held in Gaza and other officials at the Munich Security Conference, Germany, February 16, 2024 (Boaz Arad)

FM: We’ll coordinate with Egypt on Rafah and displaced Gazans; no plans to push them out

By Reuters and ToI Staff

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, greets Jordan's King Abdullah II following their statement Friday, February 16, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

Recognizing Palestine ‘not a taboo for France,’ says Macron

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli graphic on 12 UNRWA staffers it alleges participated in the October 7 onslaught.

Israel reveals 12 UNRWA staffers it says took part in Oct. 7, says 30 more assisted

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister says 1,500 workers for agency have active ties to terror groups; states UNRWA has ‘lost legitimacy and can no longer function as a UN body’

Rioting at the Rafah Crossing in southern Gaza on February 16, 2023 (video screenshot)

Riots at Rafah Crossing after Gaza teen trying to grab aid is shot dead by Hamas

Armed, masked men reportedly affiliated with Hamas can be seen atop trucks carrying humanitarian aid that arrived in the Gaza Strip via Egypt's Rafah crossing, December 17, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US envoy: Israel hasn’t provided ‘specific evidence’ Hamas is stealing aid shipments

By Reuters and Jacob Magid

Analysis

UK’s Labour faces Muslim bloc in revolt, anti-Israel challenger in special election

The party’s support for Israel in the Gaza war is causing pushback from within, and has some voters eyeing radical anti-Zionist George Galloway – but does this pose a true threat?

Anti-Israel protesters hold placards addressed to Britain's Labour leader Keir Starmer as they walk past his office during the 'Day of Action for Palestine,' a march from Chalk Farm to Camden Town, in London, on November 18, 2023. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

File: This photo shows an exterior view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands on February 18, 2019. (AP/Peter Dejong)

ICJ rejects South African request for urgent measures to limit Israeli action in Rafah

By Agencies and ToI Staff

But top UN court notes Jerusalem remains bound to comply with existing measures — namely the need to protect civilians from harm and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza

Vered Libstein poses for a portrait among anemone wildflowers in bloom near Kibbutz Or HaNer in southern Israel, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

South Israel was filled with blood, death. Brilliant red flowers now bloom among ashes

By Melanie Lidman

Vered Libstein founded the festival celebrating the blossoms 19 years ago; her husband, son and mother were all murdered on Oct. 7; ‘Life is stronger than everything,’ she says

An image grab from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV taken on February 16, 2024, shows the head of the Lebanese terror group Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech. (Al-Manar/AFP)

Hezbollah says Israel will pay ‘in blood’ for civilian deaths during air strikes

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Nasrallah says terror group will expand its operations; warns it has precision-guided missiles that can ‘reach from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat’

Flames leap into the air after a natural gas pipeline explodes outside the city of Boroujen in the western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, early February 14, 2024. (Reza Kamali Dehkordi/Fars News Agency via AP)

Israel reportedly behind rare pair of recent strikes on Iran civilian infrastructure

This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defense Ministry on February 17, 2024 shows a Sayad-3 missile during the unveiling of the Arman defense systems at an undisclosed location. (IRANIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY / AFP)

Iran unveils new air defense weaponry amid rising regional tensions

In 'God and Country,' a documentary produced by Rob Reiner, footage from real events showcases the signs and symbols of growing Christian nationalism in the United States. (Screenshot)

'It's not just a danger to democracy, but to Christianity'

In documentary ‘God and Country,’ Rob Reiner shines a light on Christian nationalism

By Stephen Silver

Released on Feb. 16, the film exposes a movement that, says Reiner, believes God ordained it to make the US a white Christian nation – and will use violence to achieve that goal

Says they could barely breathe in tunnels, feared suffocation

Freed hostage Aviva Siegel recounts Hamas’s sexual abuse, violence toward captives

Siegel, whose husband Keith is still captive in Gaza, says terrorists dressed young female hostages as ‘dolls,’ watched them bathe; world ‘missed lesson of the Holocaust’

Freed hostage Aviva Siegel during an interview to Channel 12, aired February 16, 2024. On Siegel's shirt is a picture of her husband Keith, still in Hamas captivity. (Screen capture: Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).

Anti-Israel protesters march past the Milstein building at Barnard-Columbia University on February 2, 2024, in New York City. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images/AFP)

'It's hostile for Jews, but we're told it's free speech'

Free speech rights weaponized to silence students on US campuses after Oct. 7

By Cathryn J. Prince

Universities struggle to revise school policies as the First Amendment is invoked to censor students through unprecedented use of no-contact orders

House committee subpoenas Harvard over antisemitism investigation

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Toilets under construction in a displaced people's camp in southern Gaza by volunteers through foreign donations (courtesy)

All the materials for these toilets are already inside Gaza

Israeli and Palestinian based in Germany launch fundraiser to build toilets for Gazans

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Tom Kellner and Seba Abu Daqa met through an online peace group and decided to team up to address one of the Strip’s most pressing needs amid the war — adequate sanitation

Hundreds rally for Navalny in Tel Aviv, Haifa as Israeli officials stay silent on death

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Kremlin critic’s death, widely blamed on Putin, sparks protests among Russian diaspora; rallies also held in Jerusalem, Netanya, Karmiel; rights group says 100 detained in Russia

A woman touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers paying the last respect to him at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Navalny’s team confirms Kremlin critic’s death, says his mother is searching for body

By Emma Burrows

A person holds a picture of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a vigil in front of the Russian embassy in Lisbon, Friday, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Western leaders accuse Kremlin of responsibility for Navalny’s death

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Illustrative: Model Jac Jagaciak and fashion designer Kobi Halperin attend the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 5, 2017 in New York City. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images/AFP)

'It just felt necessary - more important than the fashion'

This designer closed his NY Fashion Week runway show with Israel’s national anthem

By julia GERGELY

Kobi Halperin’s first standalone show was inspired by Shabbat and had the theme of ‘hope.’ Its moving finale has been viewed more than 160,000 times on Instagram

From the Ophir-nominated feature film '7 Blessings,' up for Best Feature at the September 10, 2023 Ophir Award ceremony (Courtesy PR)

ToI Event

ToI Presents: English screening of Israel’s Oscar pick ‘7 Blessings’ plus discussion

Join us on Feb. 28 in Jerusalem for an English-subtitled showing of award-winning drama and a conversation between screenwriter/lead actress and ToI’s Jessica Steinberg

Roei Saban. (Dafna Talmon)

Roei Saban45-year-old father of three from Sderot

'The first time I cried, there were tears of relief - relief for getting my kids out, that they are alive, that I am alive. After that, there was more crying - for friends, for at least 100 people I knew and were murdered'

By Tamar Mor Sela

More Headlines

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate, February 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump ordered to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in NY civil fraud case

By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz

Illustrative: Houthi supporters attend a rally against US-led strikes against Yemen and in the support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, February 16, 2024. Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an American airstrike in 2020, is in the photo. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

US sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea attacks take effect

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, speaks at a rally January 26, 2024, in Roxboro, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

North Carolina gubernatorial candidate accused of Holocaust denial touts Israel support

By GARY D. ROBERTSON

Judge Greg Kreis in a reelection campaign video dated January 18, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a og the Copyright Law)

California judge under investigation for alleged antisemitism, ethical violations

By Olga R. Rodriguez

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Zelensky warns of ‘artificial deficit’ of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka

By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke

FILE - A Ukrainian soldier sits in his position in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Aug. 18, 2023 (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine withdraws from key town of Avdiivka to avoid encirclement, military chief says

By AFP

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