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What Matters Most On Saturday, March 9, 2024

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US Vice President Kamala Harris claps before US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Overt friction between White House, PM's hard-line coalition

Harris: Israelis deserve security, don’t ‘conflate’ them with the Israeli government

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

In CBS interview, US vice president vows Washington will continue to ‘stand for the security of Israel and its people,’ urges 6-week ceasefire, more humanitarian aid to Gaza

US President Joe Biden shakes hands after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Biden caught on hot mic: I told Bibi we’re going to have a ‘Come to Jesus’ meeting

By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

File: Sephardic chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at an inauguration ceremony for a new ritual bath for women, in the northern town of Safed, August 17, 2023. (David Cohen/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

March 9: Chief Sephardic rabbi says ‘we’ll all move abroad,’ if forced into IDF

Lawmakers blast Yitzhak Yosef’s comments as ‘an insult to IDF soldiers’ * Military ship embarks from US carrying first supplies for Gaza pier * UNRWA chief says more funds coming

12:19 am

Biden says he's prepared to return to Israel, give Knesset speech regarding war in Gaza
12:02 am

Biden: PM hurting more than helping Israel; Gaza death toll contrary to what Israel stands for
11:53 pm

Biden says IDF Rafah invasion a 'red line,' but asserts he'll 'never leave Israel'

Women rally for the hostages held by Hamas since October 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Report: Dozen of hostages' families receive signs of life

‘19 women held hostage by Hamas’: Families set to rally for International Women’s Day

Relatives of each of the female captives held by terrorists in Gaza speaking at Saturday’s Tel Aviv demonstration; separately, anti-government protesters to urge elections

Families of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and activists block Route 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, during a protest on March 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hostage families block main highway with cages; report says new signs of life received

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks during his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Blinken says truce ‘ball’ in Hamas’s court; terror group says no to compromise

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US President Joe Biden talks with reporters, March 8, 2024, in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden says Israel will secure new Gaza pier; Pentagon: It may take 2 months to build

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Goal is to deliver 2 million daily meals; 1,000 US soldiers set to be involved, but no boots on the ground; Israel welcomes project but hasn’t confirmed it will provide security

An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over Gaza the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Five Palestinians killed in Gaza after aid airdrop malfunctions

By AFP and ToI Staff

A Palestinian man transports sacks of humanitarian aid at the UNRWA distribution center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024. (AFP)

Canada, Sweden resume UNRWA funding after pause over terror allegations against staff

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Explainer

Agencies and ToI Staff

How the US military plans to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza

Some 1,000 US troops involved in operation, with massive pieces of steel locking together like a huge LEGO system to form pier and causeway up to 550 meters long and two lanes wide

The US Defense Department's Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) capability, as planned for Gaza. The department said on March 8, 2024, that components of the JLOTS include a floating pier, an approximately 1,800-foot-long causeway that will be attached to the shore, and a group of logistic support vessels and barges that will transport the aid from the pier to the causeway. (US Department of Defense)

A Palestinian man transports sacks of humanitarian aid at the distribution center of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Israel considering arming Gazan civilians to secure aid transfers — report

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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)

UK counterterror official: Anti-Israel protests make central London ‘no-go zone for Jews’

Robin Simcox warns ‘permissive environment for radicalization’ emerging; security group head says many British Jews avoid center of capital on Saturdays for fear of violence

A combination of image grabs taken from a video released by a protest group called Palestine Action on March 8, 2024 shows an activist spraying red paint and then slashing a painting of Lord Arthur James Balfour at Trinity College in Cambridge.(Photo by Handout / Palestine Action / AFP)

UK pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activist spray-paints, slashes historic portrait of Balfour

By AFP and ToI Staff

Lizzy Savetsky leads protests outside UN Women headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, March 8, 2024. (Jordana Horn)

'They don't see it as their job to keep Israeli women safe'

Slamming double standard, Jewish women picket NYC office of UN Women head Sima Bahous

By Jordana Horn

Hundreds demonstrate in Midtown Manhattan on morning of International Women’s Day, chanting to bring home hostages and recognize the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists

The UN Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, February 20, 2024. (AP/Seth Wenig)

UN Security Council to meet Monday on October 7 sexual violence report

By Ariella Oldfield

A letter from Israel to my Jewish peers on campuses abroad

While you face immense pressure as Jews on campus, I study at Hebrew University, where I’ve never stood out for being Jewish

A shiva with no end in sight: A psychologist visits Israel

Returning home after seeing what I saw, I wonder if we can impart the complexity of this moment to those who did not witness it

Israeli professor who’s slammed campus antisemitism says Columbia investigating him

Shai Davidai calls probe unwarranted unless ‘supporting terrorism is a protected class,’ says university ‘cannot just create some sort of Dreyfus trial in order to get rid of me’

Shai Davidai, assistant professor at the Columbia University Business School. (Daniel Davidai)

Matisyahu performs in concert during the "Hold The Fire Tour" at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, Feb. 10, 2024. (Rick Kern/Getty Images via JTA)

For 3rd time, Matisyahu concert canceled amid threat of pro-Palestinian protests

By Jackie Hajdenberg

The 'Neighbors' ad depicts a church welcoming in a nearby synagogue after a bar mitzvah service was interrupted by a bomb threat. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Oscars ad dramatizes real-life bomb threat to US synagogue during a bar mitzvah

By jacob gurvis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with the Ukrainian president at the Dolmabahce Presidential office in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

Erdogan says Turkey ‘firmly’ backs terror group Hamas, compares Netanyahu to Hitler

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Turkish president vows ‘no one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization,’ says his country will continue to ‘speak openly with Hamas leaders’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following their meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey’s Erdogan indicates he will step down at end of term after 2 decades in power

By AFP and ToI Staff

Contemporary artworks share space with ancient artifacts in Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem exhibit 'Splinter from the Storm,' which opened February 2 and closes April 30, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Tucked among archaeological artifacts, new pieces show artists’ reactions to October 7

By Jessica Steinberg

Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum puts contemporary art next to ancient objects, filling spaces left empty in galleries as treasures were hastily moved to safe spaces amid war

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with female combat battalion commanders, March 8, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant says Gaza war proves women can fill more military positions

Defense minister meets with female combat battalion commanders in honor of International Women’s Day, says their contribution to war effort will shape IDF for decades

Willy Lindwer, right, and Guus Luijters stand in front of a tram belonging to the GVB company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during filming of a documentary film released in March 2024. (Courtesy of Willy Lindwer)

'This is a tale of total collaboration'

After WWII, Dutch tram company demanded cash for transporting Anne Frank to the camps

By Canaan Lidor

Documents show Amsterdam’s GVB billed West Germany for the final transports of some 48,000 Holocaust victims, including the diarist and her family

US President Joe Biden at a campaign event at Strath Haven Middle School on March 8, 2024, in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

Biden worried about potential East Jerusalem violence if no Gaza deal before Ramadan

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

US president says prospects of temporary truce before this week’s start of Muslim holy month ‘looking tough,’ though Blinken insists ball is in Hamas’s court

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen during a military raid at the Al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 4, 2024. (Flash90)

Seven soldiers wounded by IED blast in West Bank town; troops launch manhunt

By Emanuel Fabian

A mural of Reb Aryeh Levin adorns the outside of a building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Learn about Reb Aryeh, the ‘Prisoners’ Rabbi’ of pre-state Israel who visited lepers

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Identifying troops’ bodies via a kabbalistic ritual and comforting the jailed, downtrodden and sick, the beloved Aryeh Levin earned a reputation for piety in early 1900s Jerusalem

A woman votes in the municipal elections in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox parties join forces in Beit Shemesh run-off

Second round of municipal elections set for Sunday in 35 locales

Mayoral run-off votes to be held in those cities and towns where no candidate received 40%, including Haifa, Beit Shemesh, Ariel, Rehovot and Ramle

A man holds Palestinian and Hamas flags at a protest near the British embassy in Beirut, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to prevent flow of terror funds to Hamas, Hezbollah

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US officials say Beirut told of Washington’s ‘specific concerns’ and the need for ‘proactive measures’ to combat movement of money to terror groups

More Headlines

Police investigate the murder of a woman in her 30s outside a Haifa nightclub, March 9, 2024. (Screenshot: Channel 12 News, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Mother-of-5 dies of wounds from shooting outside Haifa nightclub

Officers escort Iranian Majid Azizi at police headquarters in Lima, Peru, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Castillo)

Peru arrests 2, including Quds Force operative, for alleged plot to attack Israeli

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Works of art by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, September 20, 2023, during a ceremony returning the pieces to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. (AP/Bobby Caina Calvan)

21 more countries agree to updated guidelines on restituting Nazi-looted art

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Benjamin Millepied (L) and Natalie Portman attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, in Toronto, Canada. (Valerie Macon/AFP)

Get outNatalie Portman finalizes divorce from French choreographer husband

By AFP

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