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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 6, 2024

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Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene after a deadly crush during celebrations on Mount Meron in northern Israel on April 30, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)

'A Greek tragedy, whose end was known from the start'

State inquiry blames Netanyahu, but does not sanction him, for deadly 2021 Meron crush

Commission says there was ‘reasonable basis’ to conclude PM knew site was dangerous; also names Ohana, Shabtai as responsible for disaster in which 45 men and boys died

Security officials and rescuers at the scene of a fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (AP Photo)

Full text of inquiry’s findings on officials’ responsibility for 2021 Meron disaster

Inside story

Biden aides to Gantz: Gaza aid convoy disaster shows need for viable post-war plans

US officials say incident wouldn’t have occurred if more was done to get aid to Gazans, warn it could portend Strip’s future if Israel won’t advance clear alternative to Hamas rule

War cabinet member Benny Gantz arrives at the US State Department ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 5, 2024 in Washington DC. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

Benny Gantz, left, a key member of Israel's War Cabinet is welcomed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, for a private meeting at the Capitol in Washington, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 6: Day 152 – Gantz wraps up US trip, with questionable results

Then-Minister Benny Gantz, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM told UK embassy not to help with Gantz’s trip in any way, including security — TV

Op-ed: Day 152 of the war

We’re living in the most worrying period for Jews since World War II

And there’s rarely been a time when Israel’s existence, imperiled from without, and hobbled from within, has been so manifestly necessary

Demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag with the words, "CEASEFIRE NOW; Gays for Palestine; RIVER - SEA". during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Netanyahu overrules Ben Gvir: Temple Mount access on Ramadan to be like previous years

Rejecting restrictions on Israeli Arabs, PM says freedom of worship will be maintained, with weekly review, amid worries Hamas, Iran may stir up violence; far-right minister fumes

File: Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90/File)

A construction site in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Israel greenlights plans for nearly 3,500 new settlement homes

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative: A police car is seen near a crime scene in Jerusalem, March 6, 2024. (Israel Police)

Man hurt in Jerusalem terror stabbing; Palestinian attacker, 14, caught

By Emanuel Fabian

64-year-old in moderate condition; East Jerusalem teen flees scene, is captured a short while later

This handout image from the IDF shows the knife used in a stabbing attack at Yitzhar Junction in the West Bank on March 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier seriously hurt in West Bank stabbing attack; assailant shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Staff Sgt. David Sasson, 21, killed fighting in Gaza on March 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

March 6: IDF soldier killed, 5 seriously hurt while battling Hamas fighters in southern Gaza

By Joshua Davidovich, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Ground op toll rises to 247 * Shas ministers demands Likud retract ‘shameful’ comments claiming politicization of Meron inquiry * Gantz meets British PM while in London for talks

9:57 pm

US House narrowly averts partial government shutdown, approves $460 billion package
8:42 pm

Saudi Arabia slams Israel for trying to 'Judaize' West Bank with thousands of new settlement homes
7:52 pm

'Infuriating and disrespectful': Coalition MK Tzvi Sukkot joins condemnation of Likud response to Meron inquiry

Protesters call for the release of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza, outside the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Hamas appears to reject deal as mediators said pursuing days-long pause to build trust

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Claiming it’s being flexible to achieve a ‘comprehensive cessation of aggression against our people,’ terror group nevertheless warns it won’t negotiate ‘indefinitely’

US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One, March 5, 2024, in Hagerstown, Maryland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden: Hostage deal in Hamas’s hands; we’ll know in a couple of days if it’ll happen

File - Algerian Ambassador to the United Nations Amar Bendjama (R), votes to approve a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza while Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the UN (L), looks on during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, February 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US revises Gaza Security Council draft to reflect Harris comments on ‘catastrophe’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Washington now calling for ‘an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of all hostages,’ after previously vetoing three other resolutions

A picture shows aid parcels being airdropped over the northern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2024. A joint Jordanian, French, US and Egyptian operation airdropped aid on northern Gaza on March 5, Jordanian media reported. (AFP)

US makes second Gaza aid airdrop, in joint operation with Jordan and Egypt

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Firefighters try to put out a blaze on an electricity pylon in central Israel after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, October 26, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Energy Ministry finalizing revolutionary plan for Gaza border area energy independence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza, December 25, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu plans for Israel to stay in Gaza for 10 years

In addition to leading the war effort, the prime minister is also engaged in a fierce battle with his political rivals and plotting to stay in power for many more years

Ellen Ginsberg Simon

It’s International Women’s Day. Where are they?

For a moment, I try to conjure the experiences of each woman held captive by Hamas – and hope they know we have not forgotten them

A tale of two taxis

I’m a proud Jew and a public Zionist, yet even I have been wary around non-Jews recently. Connecting with the Israelis volunteering in my community helps

UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten briefs the press on the findings of a UN report on sexual violence during Hamas' October 7 attacks, at the UN Headquarters, New York City, March 4, 2024. (Screenshot/UNTV/AFP)

Journalists accuse UN sexual violence envoy of enabling Israeli attacks

By Lazar Berman

Sex crimes official under fire in presser after presenting report that indicates widespread rape on October 7 though it doesn’t directly accuse Hamas of perpetrating the crimes

A barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon is intercepted by the Iron Dome over Kiryat Shmona, March 5, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Hezbollah fires heavy rocket barrage at Kiryat Shmona after IDF strikes in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Terror group says volley of 30 projectiles a response to civilian deaths in Israeli airstrike; indirect negotiations to end hostilities due to begin during Ramadan

Armed Yemeni men step on a US flag painted on the asphalt in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on February 29, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

US shoots down missile and drones launched toward destroyer by Yemen’s Houthis

By Jon Gambrell

In this combination of photos, US President Joe Biden, left, speaks on August 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former president Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AP Photo)

Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday contests, moving them closer to rematch

By Will Weissert, Bill Barrow and CHRIS MEGERIAN

But both the US president and his predecessor fail to sweep races, with Nikki Haley claiming victory in Vermont and previously unknown candidate defeating Biden in American Samoa

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a news conference, in Charleston, South Carolina, March 6, 2024. (Chris Carlson/AP)

Nikki Haley suspends campaign, leaving Trump as only major Republican candidate

By Steve Peoples and MEG KINNARD

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, March 4, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump: Oct. 7 attack, Israel’s response wouldn’t have happened if I were president

Left to right: Yohanan Simon's 1950 painting, 'Children's Hour'; Artist Hilla Spitzer’s ‘Good Morning Drawing’; Natalia Zourabova's 'Evening at Home', currently being exhibited at Haifa Museum of Art through June 2024. (Images courtesy: Yigal Pardo)

Haifa museum offers artists’ views of home, new exhibits post-October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

Art museum reconfigures its winter season after the Hamas attacks on Gaza border communities to highlight the losses that so many have faced

People gather at an Uncommitted Minnesota watch party during the presidential primary in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Stephen Maturen/AFP)

‘Uncommitted’ vote against Biden’s pro-Israel stance makes mark in 5 more states

Protest gains include a fifth of Minnesota ballots; anti-war movement could send delegates to convention, indicating issue could hurt incumbent in November’s presidential election

US Rep. Adam Schiff holds hands with his wife Eve at an election night party, March 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California Democrat Schiff heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters at victory rally

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Students protesting Israel's war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on October 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

UC Berkeley under federal investigation after protesters disrupt Israeli speaker

By Andrew Lapin

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Jewish fertility group helps Alabama clients undergo IVF elsewhere after state ruling

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Jewish Fertility Foundation calls court decision classifying frozen embryos as unborn children a ‘worst-case scenario,’ as clinics have largely halted treatments

Photographers from the Israel Democracy Photography and Drone Squadron including Yair Palti, 3rd from right, and Amir Goldstein, 4th from right. (Ronen Berman)

Meet the squadron of photographers chronicling Israel’s protests for the world

By Ariella Oldfield

For the past four years, the Israel Democracy Photography and Drone Squadron has been providing voluntary free documentation of demonstrations for local and foreign media

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Canada sued by pro-Palestinian advocates over military exports to Israel

By Reuters and ToI Staff

File - Chilean air force female personnel walk by a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft during the XIX Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago on March 29, 2016. (Martin Bernetti/AFP)

Chile cancels Israeli participation in Latin America’s largest aerospace fair

By AFP and ToI Staff

Tourists view a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Report lists 24 countries making ‘little to no progress’ in returning Nazi-looted art

By Canaan Lidor

Democratic North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein speaks at a primary election night party in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 5, 2024 (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

North Carolina race pits Jewish Democrat against Republican accused of antisemitism

Young women rally against child marriage, dowry, and domestic violence in a protest organized by AJWS grantee Masum Foundation in Mavadi, India, March 31, 2015. (Jonathan Torgovnik/AJWS via JTA)

American Jewish World Service to lay off 10% of staff, pare back global operations

National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi arrives for a court hearing in the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

National security adviser gives testimony in Netanyahu graft trial

Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)

Backed by Microsoft and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $500m to help build startups

By Sharon Wrobel

A Starbucks location is seen Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Havertown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Mideast Starbucks franchisee firing 2,000 employees due to Gaza war boycott

By AP and ToI Staff

Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany, November 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

Italian soccer fan held for Nazi salute at beer hall where Hitler founded Nazi party

By AP

US sanctions spyware firm, Israeli founder for tech targeting journalists, officials

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

People look at historic footage of trains carrying Jews to Nazi concentration camps during a press preview of the new National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

‘We cannot forget them’: New museum details murder of 75% of Dutch Jews in Holocaust

By AP

Holocaust survivor Ben Stern (blue shirt) leads 200 marchers in the "Bay Area Rally Against Hate" in Berkeley in August 2017. (Photo/Rob Gloster)

ObituaryBen Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis, dies at 102

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