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What Matters Most On Saturday, March 23, 2024

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to media in Tel Aviv, before leaving Israel after a brief visit, March 22, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken warns major Rafah op risks global isolation, long-term security harm for Israel

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Secretary issues warning as Netanyahu tells him IDF must eliminate Hamas in last stronghold; Blinken also says Israel will be stuck in Gaza for years unless it has ‘day after’ plan

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas hold placards and wave Israeli flags during a demonstration in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on March 23, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

March 23: Thousands rally for hostages in J’lem, Tel Aviv amid Doha talks to free them

Protesters light fires on Begin Street as police try to disperse anti-government rally * IDF says Shifa Hospital operation to end when all terrorists caught, ‘dead or alive’

9:12 pm

Ten arrested at weekly Tel Aviv rallies, protesters gather outside MK Gideon Sa'ar's apartment
8:23 pm

At least one arrested as protesters make additional break for Ayalon Highway
8:14 pm

Hamas official claims Israel delaying hostage deal by viewing terror group's 'flexibility' as weakness

This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Investigative Committee on March 23, 2024 shows a law enforcement officer standing inside the Crocus City Hall, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow. (Handout / RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE / AFP)

Toll in Moscow terror attack up to 133; US intel official: We warned Russia of a plot

American source tells AP Washington knew of ISIS plans to strike country and had shared intel; authorities arrest 11 suspects in deadly assault on concert hall

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22, 2024. (Stringer/AFP)

Over 90 dead, 145 wounded in terrorist shooting at Moscow concert

Owner and proprietor Tzvi David makes baba qadrasi at Konditorei David, March 2024. (Courtesy)

'We have to come here every year, it's our tradition!'

Heavenly Purim treats at this Iraqi Jewish confectionery are a window into a bygone era

By Eliyahu Freedman

Customers line up in Petah Tikva for an ancient nougat named for manna and a trip back in time, as they fear 70-year-old Konditorei David may too soon be a thing of the past

Blinken: Last items in negotiations 'tend to be the hardest'

Intel chiefs were unwilling to go to Doha without broader mandate in talks — report

TV says Netanyahu agreed to grant Mossad and Shin Bet heads more room to negotiate after facing pressure from fellow war cabinet members, who enlisted Deri to get’s PM consent

Ronen Bar head of the Shin Bet security services (L) with Mossad chief David Barnea at the annual IDF memorial ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War at Yad La-Shiryon, September 27, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Demonstrators call for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘We won’t stop’: Separate weekly rallies to push for hostage deal, new elections

Various protests in Tel Aviv and elsewhere will maintain pressure on government to free Gaza captives, set new date for national polls

Nearly 600 relatives of 81 hostages ask Biden to press PM for deal to free them

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Families send letter to US president expressing frustration with government’s ‘lack of commitment’ to sealing agreement, say those held in Gaza enduring ‘unimaginable hardship’

Relatives and supporters of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 7 massacre, lift flags and placards calling on the US to intervene for their release at a rally in Tel Aviv during a visit by US Secretary of State (not pictured) to the country on March 22, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Peta Jones Pellach

Together, ununified, we can succeed

Except for being united in shock and grief, we were never really united – and that might not be such a bad thing

An Israeli who cries just twice a week? Not so bad

Jews outside of Israel may have a hard time truly understanding what an Israeli colleague or shaliach is going through

IDF troops operate in the area of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, in a handout image published March 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Over 170 gunmen killed, 800 suspects captured in ongoing Shifa Hospital raid — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Troops locate terror infrastructure, weapons at medical center; WHO chair says facility has become inaccessible; IAF strikes 35 sites across Strip over past day

People walk past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on February 15, 2024. (AFP)

Israel lauds US ban on UNRWA financing until 2025 under new government funding bill

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

FM Israel Katz praises move, vows UN relief agency for Palestinians won’t be part of Gaza’s future; Congress redirects $175 million to other West Bank and Gaza projects

Israelis protest against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside their offices in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

US set to place one-year ban on UNRWA funds, while leaving door open to future

Illustrative: Protesters raise signs in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Egyptian army officers and bodyguards escort UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to his vehicle, during a visit to oversee preparations for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave, on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border on October 20, 2023. (Kerolos Salah/AFP)

UN chief to issue fresh call for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ while visiting Gaza border

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

After Russia and China vetoed US resolution on Friday

UNSC vote set for Monday on new Gaza ceasefire resolution; US unlikely to back it

By AP and ToI Staff

Council to vote on Russia and China-backed measure that Washington warns may give Hamas excuse to back out of ongoing hostage deal talks with Israel

The UN Security Council meets on a motion for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal vote at UN headquarters in New York, on March 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

Russia, China veto US resolution at UN calling for Gaza ceasefire tied to hostage deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks to the press before a European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 21, 2024. (John Thys/AFP)

Spain, Ireland, Malta, Slovenia agree to work towards Palestinian state recognition

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ExclusiveMossad's Cohen thanked emir: Aid eases humanitarian situation

Documents show Israel sought, valued Qatari aid for Gaza in years leading to Oct. 7

Netanyahu long attempted to avoid talking publicly about arrangement with Doha, but letters from top aides reveal Jerusalem felt assistance was critical for regional stability

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 10, 2023.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at Lusail Palace, in Doha on February 6, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun/AP, Mark Schiefelbein/AFP)

Illustrative: Protest organized by the Peace Partnership calling for an end to the Gaza war in the Arab town of Tira, Israel, March 9, 2024. (Peace Partnership/Courtesy)

Inside story

New Arab-Jewish movement stages countrywide events demanding ceasefire

By Gianluca Pacchiani

After months of silence, some Arab Israelis join with left-wing Jewish activists to call for an end to the war. Others say the ‘day after’ is already here – and they don’t like it

This illustrative photo shows an entrance to Queens College on April 15, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Queens College Hillel demands administration take action after pro-Hitler graffiti

Jewish organization’s chapter at NYC school warns recent vandalism ‘threatens the safety of Jews,’ as college president says ‘absolutely no place’ for antisemitism on campus

Students protest against the Italian government in Turin, northwestern Italy, on March 22, 2024. (Marco Bertorello/AFP)

Italy’s University of Turin to exit Israel research pact amid Gaza protests

By Shira Li Bartov

Ron Hassner at his sleep-in protest (via Shalom Hartman Institute)

Ending sit-in, Israel studies prof cites UC Berkeley’s improved antisemitism response

By Andrew Lapin

Rawiya Halhouli holds a photo of her slain son Rami Halhouli, in their house in Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Activists bemoan ‘trigger-happy’ troops after cop kills Palestinian boy in Shuafat

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Family mourns 12-year-old shot by Border Police officer in Jerusalem camp while lighting fireworks on second night of Ramadan; authorities probing incident

Footage shows Palestinian men walking in Khan Younis immediately before being targeted in an Israeli airstrike, in footage aired by Al Jazeera in March 2024. (Video screenshot)

IDF probes leaked footage showing strikes on apparently unarmed men near Khan Younis

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Liat Cohen Raviv. (Dafna Talmon)

Liat Cohen Raviv49-year-old mother of two from Kiryat Shmona

'I miss going out on the balcony with a cup of coffee and seeing our promised land spread out at our feet, beautiful and peaceful'

By Tamar Mor Sela

More Headlines

A handout still from a recording released by The Prince and Princess of Wales on March 22, 2024 shows Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, announcing her cancer diagnosis in Windsor, west of London. (Handout/BBC Studios/AFP)

Kate, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy

By brian melley and Jill Lawless

Illustrative: The MV Maersk Rubicon arrives at the Port of Melbourne, Australia's largest port for containerized and general cargo, to unload its containers in Melbourne on March 19, 2024. (William West/AFP)

Shipping giant Maersk says it will avoid Red Sea despite EU security operation

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A plume of smoke rises after a reported airstrike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on March 22, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

US fighter jets strike underground Houthi storage sites in Yemen

Left: Jamal Khier, killed in a car blast near Abu Snan on March 23, 2024; Right: Amir Abu al-Hija, 16, killed in a shooting in Tamra on March 22, 2024 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Arab Israeli teen, former lawyer killed in Galilee attacks as criminal violence spirals

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