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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 20, 2024

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US to pitch Israel on securing Egypt-Gaza border as alternative to ‘smashing into Rafah’

US officials tell ToI next week’s meeting with visiting Israeli delegation will be used to advance viable options other than massive ground offensive in packed south Gaza city

Displaced Palestinians walk next to the border fence between Gaza and Egypt, on February 16, 2024, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)

Netanyahu says he made clear to Biden Rafah ground op crucial to destroying Hamas

By Lazar Berman

Live updates (closed)

March 20: IDF carries out day’s 2nd West Bank drone strike as troops raid refugee camp

Poll shows over 70% Palestinians still maintain Hamas ‘correct’ to commit October 7 atrocities * IDF chief says Shifa op damaging Hamas leadership, adding pressure in hostage talks

12:45 am

After PM talks to GOP, Kirby says it's important that US support for Israel remains bipartisan
11:44 pm

Dozens of former US officials urge Biden to take harder line with Israel
11:29 pm

In talk to GOP, PM estimates 28,000 have been killed in Gaza -- 4,000 fewer than Hamas claims

Op-ed: Day 166 of the war

Never mind Chuck Schumer’s hopes and fears, what Israel do Israelis want?

Senate majority leader fears pariah status looms for Israel and urges elections, but would voters choose a less divisive leadership? * Retaining US support to tackle Hamas in Rafah

File - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (left), a New York Democrat, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)

Illustrative: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, prepares to speak at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Conference of Presidents: 'Distressed' at his intervention

Schumer defends call for Israel to replace Netanyahu in meet with US Jewish leaders

Top Democrat also gives interview to NYT in which he reveals that he mulled calling on PM to resign in lightning rod speech but decided against it, not wanting to lecture Israel

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks about hostage diplomacy at the Wilson Center in Washington, February 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

After non-binding motion, Canada to halt arms exports to Israel

FM slams Ottawa for ‘step that undermines Israel’s right to self-defense in the face of Hamas murderers,’ as Trudeau takes increasingly critical stance toward Jewish state

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, talks with Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly during the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 20: Day 166 – As Canada halts arms to Israel, who could follow?

File: South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor delivers her closing remarks following a meeting with Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (not seen) in Pretoria on March 5, 2024. (Phill Magakoe / AFP)

South Africa: Israel undermining World Court with campaign of ‘starvation’ in Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

Eitan Hersh speaks in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, February 21, 2018. (Anna Miller/Tufts University)

Interview'15-20% hid their Jewish identity before. Now it's doubled'

Prof. Eitan Hersh answers the $64,000 question: Are Jewish kids safe at US colleges?

By Jordana Horn

The political scientist at Tufts began a far-reaching student survey in 2022 amid rising antisemitism. After October 7, his data-driven mission has become pivotal for American Jews

NYU urges dismissal of antisemitism lawsuit, says it acted ‘decisively’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Activists block a highway as they demand the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Calling for hostage release deal, families and supporters block Tel Aviv highway

Protesters standing in Ayalon Highway unfurl banner depicting three members of war cabinet and declaring that reaching an agreement ‘is on you’

File: Mossad chief David Barnea speaks during the opening ceremony of the Eli Cohen Museum in Herzliya, December 12, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Mossad chief said to brief war cabinet on Qatar talks; officials pessimistic

Canada’s refusal to sell arms to Israel harms its legacy as a protector of Jews

My grandparents wouldn’t recognize the country that offered them a safe haven after the Holocaust

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

5 steps to save Jewish marriage

When the community takes matters into its own hands to free chained women awaiting divorce, the rabbis follow suit

Bar Kuperstein was working at the Nova desert rave when Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

Interview'He’s had a lot of responsibility on his young shoulders'

Relatives of 21-year-old family breadwinner Bar Kuperstein call for his release

By Diana Bletter

Over five months since their son’s abduction from the Supernova festival as he tried to rescue fellow attendees, the young Holon native’s family still has no word on his condition

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy, November 2023. (Avner Hofstein)

Leading English-language government spokesman said suspended for irking UK’s Cameron

Eylon Levy, whom Sara Netanyahu has reportedly been pushing to oust, said suspended after British government complained about social media post challenging its FM

A woman prays at a vigil for the victims and hostages from the bloody Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas terrorists, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Israel drops one place to 5th in global happiness list; Finland retains top spot

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden during a photo session at the third Summit for Democracy in Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain’s deputy PM defends Israel but calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Oliver Dowden says truce will enable aid to enter enclave and ‘crucially, hostages to come out’; UK’s foreign minister says lasting truce only possible if Hamas leaders exit Strip

AnalysisIn Ireland, Israel-Palestinian conflict serves as stand-in for fight against British

MK Edelstein to uncle of terror victim: 'Get out of my sight'

Likud lawmaker screams at relative of October 7 victims during Knesset hearing

‘You don’t talk like that’ about Netanyahu, Tally Gotliv yells at man who lost four family members at Kibbutz Be’eri; Labor MK Kariv calls her behavior ‘unthinkable’

MK Tally Gotliv during a debate and a vote in Knesset on the proposed impeachment of MK Ofer Cassif, February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From left to right: Hostages Yotam Haim, Samar Talalka and Alon Lulu Shamriz, who were killed mistakenly by IDF troops in Gaza on December 15, 2023. (Courtesy)

President Herzog to honor three hostages mistakenly shot by IDF

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians line up during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza City on March 17, 2024. (AFP)

Palestinian clans and factions step in to protect Gaza aid, sources say

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Palestinian officials say Hamas’s ability to rally such groups behind it over security shows it retains influence despite Israeli troops in Gaza

IDF troops operate at Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, in a handout image published by the military on March 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF troops kill over 50 Hamas gunmen during ongoing raid in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Security forces near the scene of a shooting attack at Oz veGaon Nature Reserve, in Gush Etzion, March 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Two Shin Bet officers hurt, one seriously, in West Bank shooting; attacker shot

By Emanuel Fabian

Assailant opens fire at pair carrying out routine operations near Gush Etzion junction

File: Passengers in the Duty Free at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on December 26, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

'Ticket prices are beyond any logic'

Air travel costs soar amid war, as foreign carriers sluggishly renew Israel flights

By Sharon Wrobel

Industry experts urge government to incentivize airlines to resume services and flight frequencies as part of a postwar recovery plan for the tourism industry

Ships in the Eilat port, Red Sea, on January 3, 2024. (Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90)

Eilat Port to lay off half its staff due to Houthi attacks stymieing shipping trade

By Agencies and ToI Staff

AnalysisDouble whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt

By Shoshanna Solomon

The Eilat port seen on January 3, 2024. (Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90)

In first, IDF confirms Houthi cruise missile hit open area near Eilat on Monday

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, September 11, 2023. (Alex Halada/AFP)

UN nuclear watchdog chief visits Syria for first time since 2011 to restart talks

By Reuters and ToI Staff

At the opening of the rescheduled 2024 Jerusalem Biennale in March 2024, at the Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art (Courtesy)

Delayed by war, a rescheduled Jerusalem Biennale beats sheep into swords of iron

By Jessica Steinberg

Originally planned around the theme of cultural assets — ‘iron sheep’ in Hebrew parlance — the 7-week art exhibit spread throughout Jerusalem is now shaded by October 7’s horrors

A woman (played by actor and influencer Alina Levy) uses Salistick saliva pregnancy test while shopping at a drugstore in Israel in YouTube ad for the new product, March 2024. (Screenshot/YouTube)

No more peeing on a stick: New saliva-based pregnancy test now available in Israel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

After launching Salistick in the UK, Ireland and Sweden last year, Israeli company Salignostics is selling the product at home and eyeing the US market

More Headlines

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in a forest in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)

UN warns planet ‘on the brink’ after data confirms 2023 was hottest year on record

File: Jared Kushner waves as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative for talks on trade with Canada, Aug. 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Kushner notes value of Gaza ‘waterfront property’ if people would focus on livelihood

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen at Tel Aviv's Hatikvah neighborhood, March 19, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

Woman found stabbed to death in south Tel Aviv

Young immigrants learn hebrew at an ulpan, February 9, 2011. (Sophie Gordon)

MKs protest halt to government vouchers for immigrants’ Hebrew-language classes

Illustrative: Houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, seen on October 25, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

Israel Prize for heroism goes to two civilians who rescued dozens at Kibbutz Be’eri

File - Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Florida, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Trump urges US Supreme Court to rule that ex-presidents have ‘absolute immunity’

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung

Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL (UNITAD) Christian Ritscher, speaks during an interview at his offices in the green zone of Iraq's capital Baghdad on November 14, 2022. (Sabah ARAR / AFP)

UN mission probing ISIS crimes in Iraq forced to shut down early

By Timour Azhari

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters after attending a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying his own vaccination data

By Mauricio SAVARESE

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