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What Matters Most On Friday, February 23, 2024

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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in a southern suburb of Beirut, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Live updates (closed)

Feb 23: Hamas says Netanyahu’s post-war Gaza plan ‘will never succeed’

Plan gets cool US reception: ‘We’ve been consistently clear’ with Israel * Families block Ayalon for half an hour with Shabbat table, urging hostage deal

9:42 pm

ISIS bride stuck in Syria loses her appeal over removal of her UK citizenship
9:40 pm

White House accuses House speaker of helping Iran in latest Ukraine aid push
9:17 pm

Trump hit with $454m judgment in New York fraud case

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2-L) heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

PM: IDF to indefinitely maintain freedom to operate in Gaza

Netanyahu presents post-war plan to cabinet, aims for ‘local officials’ to govern Gaza

‘Day after Hamas’ paper sees Egypt cooperation to end smuggling; Arab countries funding reconstruction; no unilateral Palestinian state; no UNRWA; Gaza ‘de-radicalized,’ demilitarized

Families of Israelis held in Hamas captivity protest calling for the government to find a solution to have the hostages released, outside IDF military headquarters in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

War cabinet votes to dispatch Israeli team to Paris for fresh try at hostage talks

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

People walk along a street ravaged by Israeli strikes in Gaza City on February 10, 2024. (AFP)

Israeli official confirms plan for locals to run ‘humanitarian pockets’ in Gaza

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Israelis load their belongings onto a bus as they evacuate from the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

List includes communities threatened by rockets Thursday

Army okays return to many communities near Gaza, including some where Hamas attacked

By Canaan Lidor and Emanuel Fabian

IDF says no security impediment to evacuees going back home to 18 communities very close to the border with the Strip, and to all others 4-7 kilometers away

Volunteers distribute rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Said Khatib / AFP)

Israel agrees to finally release American flour shipment for Gaza, says US official

Interview

Documentary on October 7 Supernova festival massacre makes US debut

Days after the Hamas onslaught, filmmaker Duki Dror headed to the devastated rave site near Re’im. It is now his mission to show the world ‘Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre’

File - The site of the Supernova music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel is seen on October 12, 2023. At least 360 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the assault by Hamas terrorists on October 7. (Ohad Zwigenberg/ AP)

Hamas terrorists near Kibbutz Nir Oz during the massacre on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Survivors, families of those killed at Nova festival on Oct. 7 file suit against AP

A housing project under construction is seen in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on June 26, 2023. (AP/ Ohad Zwigenberg)

Risking spat with US, Israel to advance thousands of settler homes after W. Bank attack

Smotrich says over 3,000 units will be green-lit in Ma’ale Adumim, Kedar, Efrat as ‘an appropriate Zionist response’ to deadly terror shooting, sure to anger US amid Gaza war

Extremist settler Yinon Levi attends a Knesset Economic Committee meeting after he was sanctioned by the US government, in Jerusalem, February 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US fundraisers for violent West Bank settlers raise thousands, despite sanctions

By Julia Frankel

Op-ed

Who rules the UK, parliament or the mob? Intimidation over Gaza threatens British democracy

There were a number of troubling things about Wednesday night’s debate on a Gaza ceasefire in the House of Commons – but most alarming is the fear for MPs’ safety

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and hold placards as they protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, during an Opposition Day motion in the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and hold placards as they protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, while a motion in the the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza was debated. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

UK Parliament speaker under fire as shambolic ceasefire debate exposes threats to MPs

By AP and ToI Staff

Israeli Navy missile boats carry out a drill in northern Israel, in a handout image released by the IDF on February 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli Navy carries out ‘extensive’ drills in preparation for potential war in north

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel warns it won’t ‘be patient much longer’ for diplomatic solution on northern border after sending report to UN Security Council detailing Iran’s arming of Hezbollah

Smoke billowing above the Lebanese village of Blida during Israeli airstrikes on February 22, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Reported IDF strike kills 2 Hezbollah members after anti-tank missile attack on home

By Emanuel Fabian, Michael Horovitz and AFP

Hosts Alesha Dixon, Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina appear on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2023 on May 13, 2023 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, northern England. (Paul Ellis/AFP)

'There is no air left to breathe/ No place, no me...'

Discord with Eurovision over song choice could risk Israel’s spot in contest

Kan public broadcaster says it will refuse to switch songs if EBU disqualifes ‘October Rain’ from submission amid charges that its references to Hamas massacre are too political

Hili Cooper (with microphone) and Or Nohomovitch (right), tell protesters how they miss their grandfather, Amiram Cooper, held hostage in Gaza, at a rally for the release of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 10, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Inside story

They may cry ‘shame!’ at PM, but hostage families’ group says it has no partisan agenda

By Jessica Steinberg

‘They’re speaking out against the person in charge,’ explains families’ forum member; ‘When hostages were seized, no one asked about their families’ political stance,’ says another

Protesters rally outside lawmakers homes to demand elections, return of hostages

By Michael Horovitz

Interview

Jessica Steinberg

As Israel tussles with UN, hostage’s father says maintaining talks best way forward

US-born Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was kidnapped on October 7, sees little benefit in shutting out foreign officials with power to help bring home captives alive

Jonathan Dekel-Chen, left, holds a picture of his son Sagui Dekel-Chen, as he stands next to Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, following a White House meeting of families of hostages held in Gaza on December 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Pete and Gillian Brisley visit the home of their daughter Lianne Sharabi, who was killed along with her two daughters Noiya and Yahel in Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack, and of their son-in-law, Eli Sharabi, who was taken captive, in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, on February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

British grandparents of slain Be’eri teens hope their father will return home soon

By AP and ToI Staff

Analysis

Ritchie Torres left the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Or did it leave him?

Pro-Israel rep, under fire for stance that includes opposition to permanant ceasefire, removed from largest subgroup among Democrats in US House, with over 100 members

Rep. Ritchie Torres, Democrat of New York, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 7, 2023. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)

Nada Higuera and Heidi Basch-Harod

A plea from the daughters of Abraham

We both have deep ties to this tragic land, and we have discovered that the way to reclaim our lost humanity is to listen

Michael G. Gold

It won’t end with Ukraine

Yes, Putin misjudged his target, but now, with global interest in the war waning, he’ll bide his time, and then, look out world

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Ksenia Svetlova: Russia’s new position on the global ‘Risk’ board

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the former MK – an expert on her native Russia and the Middle East – weighs in on the Red Empire’s growing reach

Former MK Ksenia Svetlova, an expert on the Middle East and Russia. (courtesy)

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony as they enter the IDF 'Nahal Haredi' unit, at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on May 26, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

AG warns High Court: If Haredi draft exemption expires, so does yeshiva funding

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Gali Baharav-Miara notes that the looming expiration of deferral in dealing with ultra-Orthodox enlistment ‘affects the legality of providing support for those students’

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony as they enter the IDF 'Nahal Haredi' unit, at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on May 26, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 23: Day 140 – Knesset chaos over Haredi draft, MK impeachment

In breakthrough, Bar-Ilan University scientists form artificial lab-grown testicles

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Creation of male gonad organoids using mice could lead to similar work using human tissues that could support advancements in infertility treatments

People inspect a burned car in an Israeli strike in the West Bank city of Jenin overnight on February 22, 2024. (Mohammad Mansour/AFP)

IDF says Jenin drone strike kills Islamic Jihad terrorist behind string of shootings

By Emanuel Fabian

Yasser Hanoun struck in northern West Bank while ‘en route to carry out another attack,’ according to military; second operative also killed

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of a terror shooting attack at a checkpoint near Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Troops raid West Bank hometown of terrorist in deadly checkpoint attack

By Emanuel Fabian

'Keeping a low profile is not part of our DNA'

Defying their government, South African Jews honor compatriots who fell for Israel

By Canaan Lidor

Communal leaders’ ceremony in the Galilee follows Pretoria’s threat to prosecute citizens who served in Israel’s army, amid its petition to ICJ accusing nation of ‘genocide’

Michael Kransdorff speaks during a ceremony for Israelis from South Africa who died fighting for Israel in Lavi Forest on February 20, 2024. (Courtesy Jewish National Fund South Africa)

Illustrative: Skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. March 2023. (Anna Arinshtein via iStock by Getty Images)

Economic downturn, tech slump send commercial real estate prices tumbling

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rental prices for office space in Israel plunged by 16% last year, as technology firms downsize and drive down demand

Illustrative. A view of Haifa's Hadar Hacarmel neighborhood and downtown area in northern Israel, on May 28, 2022. (RnDmS via iStock by Getty Images)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

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Newly recruited Houthi fighters attend a protest march against the US-led strikes on Yemen and Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, February 21, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Houthi chief vows to step up Red Sea strikes as group confirms Eilat attack

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Israeli-US ex-FBI informant accused of making up claims behind Biden impeachment bid

By AP and ToI Staff

Argentina's new president Javier Milei waves as he arrives accompanied by vice president Victoria Villarruel (C-L) and members of his cabinet to attend an interfaith ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Buenos Aires, on December 10, 2023. (Juan Mabromata / AFP)

Argentina Jewish umbrella group denounces decision to shut anti-discrimination office

By Juan Melamed

Russian President Vladimir Putin climbs down from a modernized Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber, in Kazan, Russia, February 22, 2024. (YouTube screengrab: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Putin rides nuclear-capable bomber as relations with West take nosedive

Guests stand next to the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems booth at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 21, 2024. (Roslan Rahman / AFP)

After absence from Dubai, Israeli defense firms make return to Singapore Airshow

By Reuters and ToI Staff

This image provided by the US Attorney, Southern District of New York shows a photo from a complaint document filed by SDNY of Takeshi Ebisawa handling a rocket launcher. Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. (US Attorney, Southern District of New York via AP)

US alleges Japanese crime boss tried to send weapons-grade uranium to Iran

By AP

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