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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 5, 2024

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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)

FM recalls Ambassador Erdan over 'silencing' of matter

UN finds evidence of rape on Oct. 7 and after; Israel: They tried to downplay issue

By Amy Spiro and Agencies

Sex crimes official also says there’s ‘clear evidence’ hostages faced and continue to face sexual assault in Gaza, says Oct. 7 victims suffered ‘torture and other horrors’

Illustrative image: Israelis visit the site of the Re'im music festival massacre in southern Israel, February 28, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar 5: Day 151 – Where is world outcry after UN finds hostages are raped?

Former Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch, right, with picture of murdered captive Maya Goren in video for International Women's Day, March 8, 2024 (Screen capture: YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Women leaders demand release of female hostages ahead of International Women’s Day

By Jessica Steinberg

US Vice President Kamala Harris (2nd right) hosts war cabinet minister Benny Gantz (2nd left) at the White House on March 4, 2024 (Office of VP Kamala Harris)

Official: US unfazed that Gantz visit seen as snub of PM

Hosting Gantz, Harris balances praise of Israel with criticism over Gaza aid crisis

VP stresses US alarm over humanitarian situation in Strip, urges boosted aid, notes Jerusalem’s ‘constructive approach’ in hostage talks; Gantz backs international aid mechanism

Workers pour concrete in a Hamas tunnel in northern Gaza in an undated photo released by the military on March 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel destroys largest Hamas tunnel found yet, nabs gunmen hiding among civilians

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Palestinian girls carry water containers along a street in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024. (AFP)

Emaciated children seen in Gazan hospitals as hunger spreads throughout Strip

By Reuters and ToI Staff

From left: Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pamela Nadell, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at American University, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images via AFP)

Interview

The 4th to testify: Congressional witness Pamela Nadell on the US antisemitism crisis

By Jordana Horn

The historian, who had a front-row seat next to three university presidents during their earth-shattering testimony on campus Jew hatred, dissects the ‘sea change’ since Oct. 7

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People rally outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv in support of a deal to release the hostages from Gaza, March 5, 2024. (Lior Segev/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Live updates (closed)

March 5: US backs Israel’s ‘legitimate’ demand that Hamas present list of living hostages

By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Netanyahu decides: Temple Mount access on Ramadan to be the same as previous years * 30 rockets fired from Lebanon * Biden says hostage deal in Hamas’s hands, we’ll know outcome soon

9:48 pm

Stun grenade thrown at home of Israeli crime boss Yossi Musli
9:19 pm

First phase of six-week truce would see release of sick, wounded, elderly and female hostages — White House
9:10 pm

IDF says fighter jets struck Hezbollah rocket launch point in south Lebanon after barrage fired at Kiryat Shmona

Pro-Israel demonstrators sing a song during a protest at Columbia University after the October 7 Hamas atrocities, October 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Asst. Prof. Shai Davidai: Group is 'all task and no force'

Inaugural Columbia task force report confirms Jewish students’ claims of antisemitism

By Jordana Horn

Report recognizes that Jews on campus were subject to ‘racist epithets and antisemitic tropes’; focuses on enforcing guidelines around demonstrations

GOP congressman says critics misinterpreted his seeming backing of antisemitic post

Another ’Palestinian babies’ story merits a WaPo apology

Discrepencies cast doubt on when events happened and how many died, and a reporter’s conflict of interest is undisclosed

Why actions speak louder than sirens

While the bullies with their bullhorns make outrageous accusations, I keep my eye on the Israelis who’ve got better things to do

Israelis rally for the release of hostages held in Gaza, at the Knesset on March 4, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hamas claims it needs a truce to meet Israel’s demand for list of living hostages

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Another senior Hamas figure asserts ‘ball is in Israel’s court’ to reach agreement, but US says opposite is the case: ‘There is a deal on the table… Hamas just needs to take it’

A woman holds up a picture of a hostage held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as she stands next to Israeli soldiers at Israel's Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in southern Israel, March 5, 2024, protesting against the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until all hostages are released. (AP/Leo Correa)

Hamas team remains in Cairo for another day as hostage talks stall

By Lazar Berman and Reuters

US envoy Amos Hochstein, left, meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on March 5, 2024. (Shachar Yurman/Defense Ministry)

As rockets fly at north, Gallant says Israel nearing military option against Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian

Damage caused to home, store in Kiryat Shmona in attack claimed by Lebanese terror group; defense minister warns daily fire risks ‘dragging parties to dangerous escalation’

US special envoy Amos Hochstein delivers a statement following his meeting with Lebanon's parliament speaker in Beirut on March 4, 2024. (AFP)

Visiting Lebanon, US envoy says diplomacy ‘only way’ to end Israel-Hezbollah clashes

By AFP and ToI Staff

Indian worker killed in Hezbollah missile attack leaves behind daughter, pregnant wife

India advises nationals working in Israeli border areas to move to safer parts of the country following the killing of Pat Nibin Maxwell in an attack near the Lebanese border

Pat Nibin Maxwell, 31, pictured with his wife and child (Screenshot from Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).

This picture taken from a position in northern Israel shows an Israeli Air Force fighter jet firing flares as it flies over the border area with southern Lebanon on March 4, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Fighter jet shoots down drone that entered Israeli airspace from Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

A screenshot of video showing Iron Dome interceptors being launched after the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at northern Israel, March 4, 2024. (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hezbollah rocket damages utility pole, causing blackouts in several northern towns

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Nisan Calderon, whose brother Ofer is held hostage in Gaza, speaks at a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After 150 days, 'no one from the government has contacted me'

‘I can’t breathe anymore’: At Knesset, emotional hostage relatives beg for better care

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Survey of families shows many are suffering mentally, neglecting their health, with friends and families also deeply affected; relatives say far too little is being done to help

Family members of US-Israeli hostages held by Hamas speak to the press outside the White House in Washington, December 13, 2023, after a meeting with US President Joe Biden. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

17 relatives of American hostages in Gaza to attend Biden’s State of the Union speech

Demonstrators rally during the March on Washington for Gaza near the White House in Washington, January 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Jose Luis Magana)

Americans’ view of both Israel and Palestinians worse amid Gaza war, poll finds

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

Parents of Supernova festival victims sue AP and Reuters for NIS 25 million in damages

By Jeremy Sharon

Lawsuit asserts that publication of photos taken of Hamas atrocities ‘in real time’ by photojournalists working with AP, Reuters means the agencies have ‘extended responsibility’

The International Court of Justice holds public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, from February 19 to February 26 at the Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands. (International Court of Justice)

As Israel pans Nicaragua’s World Court suit, experts see new ‘lawfare’ front in war

By Jeremy Sharon

Palestinian terrorists kidnap Yarden Bibas, center, from Kibbutz Nir Oz into the Gaza Strip, on October 7, 2023. (Hatem Ali/ AP)

‘I captured one!’ — IDF recordings show more UNRWA staffers bragging of Oct. 7 crimes

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

People walk in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem on January 7, 2024. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Security chiefs split on Temple Mount Ramadan plans amid worry over Iran troublemaking

Defense minister, army, Shin Bet urge ‘maximal’ access during Ramadan to avoid tensions that could motivate lone-wolf terrorists; Ben Gvir, police want restrictions – report

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) speaks with Hadash-Ta'al head Ayman Odeh and MKs Ahmad Tibi and Youssef Atauna in Amman, Jordan, March 4, 2024. (Royal Hashemite Court)

Arab MKs meet Jordan’s king amid concerns of Ramadan unrest at Temple Mount

Illustrative photo of writing on a blackboard in a language class with the text "Arabic" written on it. (Juan Ci/Shutterstock)

'Arabic is not that difficult if you speak Hebrew'

Online Arabic schools show ‘huge leap’ in students during Israel-Hamas war

By Gavriel Fiske

Uptick attributed to a desire to know the enemy and communicate with neighbors; in-person adult classes reportedly less popular

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a discussion and a vote on the expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90).

PM’s office slams rumors Netanyahu faking the flu to avoid work meeting

A student on a trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in modern-day Poland on April 27, 2014. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

High school visits to concentration camps in Poland given go-ahead for summer

By Gavriel Fiske

Newly elected Rochdale MP George Galloway makes a statement to members of the media outside of the Houses of Parliament in London on March 4, 2024, after his swearing-in ceremony. (Adrian DENNIS/AFP)

Newly elected British MP Galloway equates Israel-Hamas war to Holocaust

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden (left) leaving the White House in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2024. (SAUL LOEB / AFP); and former US president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Poll: 6 in 10 US adults doubt both Biden and Trump’s mental prowess

By Josh Boak and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX

Solar panels on the roof of a private homeon n Aug 13 , 2009. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90)

Officials tell worried Israelis solar panels better than generators in event of war

Local resident Nicky Sundt holds a sign that reads 'Save Our Democracy,' in front of the US Supreme Court on March 4, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/ Getty Images/ AFP)

US Supreme Court rules Trump can stay on Colorado ballot, boon for White House run

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel

People chant slogans during a protest in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Poll on antisemitism in Moldova shows much hostility alongside widespread affection

By Canaan Lidor

Illustrative: Turkish security forces in Ankara, October 1, 2023. (Ali Unal/AP)

Turkey detains seven suspected of selling information to Mossad spy agency

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Finished bracelets sit in a basket at former Girl Scout Troop 149's fundraiser for children affected by the war in Gaza at the Dar Al Jalal Masjid Mosque in Hazelwood, Missouri, on March 2, 2024. (Vanessa Abbitt/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

US Girl Scout troop’s charity bracelets for Gaza kids roils organization

By AP and ToI Staff

Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP)

Swiss president says ‘antisemitism has no place’ in country after Jewish man stabbed

By AFP

Author Roald Dahl and his wife, actress Patricia Neal, arrive for the premiere of 'The Subject Was Roses,' in New York, December 10, 1968. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)

Book nowJohn Lithgow to star in play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism

Director Roman Polanski on stage after the preview of his movie "J'accuse" (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas Samson/AFP)

Roman Polanski on trial in France on charge of defaming accuser

By Marie DHUMIERES and Alice Hackman

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