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What Matters Most On Friday, March 29, 2024

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Illustrative: Haredi students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

In ‘historic’ step, High Court orders halt to yeshiva funds for students eligible for draft

By Jeremy Sharon

Attorney General tells court army will be obligated to begin drafting Haredi men on April 1; judges shoot down PM’s request for 30 more days to settle matter

Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Gantz welcomes ‘obvious’ High Court ruling to freeze funding to Haredi yeshivas

Israeli soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border, October 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 29: Day 175 – Historic High Court ruling may propel Haredi draft

Will ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students finally be drafted?

If Netanyahu wants ongoing Haredi draft exemptions and funding, he should explain why that’s legal. So far, he hasn’t bothered

Israel at war: The fire is still burning

When survivors of a brush with mortality recite the thanksgiving prayer, they are bolstered by the community and its response (Tzav)

What if IDF donors get tired before Hamas does?

To anyone who feels ’donor fatigue’: Here’s my case for why you should keep footing the bills for our soldiers’ gear

Robert Lichtman

Good for the Jews: Joe Lieberman, z”l

He was the kind of person who would share coffee and good cheer with the people who didn’t want anything to do with him

A screenshot from an IDF interrogation video of captured Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Manar Qassem, who confesses to raping an Israeli woman in the October 7 attack, March 28, 2024. (Screenshot, Israel Defense Forces)

In interrogation clip, captured terrorist confesses to raping Israeli woman on Oct. 7

By Emanuel Fabian

‘The devil took over me, I raped her,’ he admits; IDF says footage is ‘further proof of the onslaught of murder and sexual violence by terrorist organizations’

Released hostage Moran Stela Yanai in conversation with TV show "Uvda" about her experiences in Hamas captivity. (Channel 12 News, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘I have to dissociate’: Freed hostage hints at sexual abuse during Gaza captivity

Eitan Yahalomi, 12, with his mother in Ichilov hospital on November 27, 2023, after being released by Hamas in a truce agreement. (IDF)

Alone in cell guarded by terrorists: Mother of teen recounts ‘horror’ of his captivity

By AFP and ToI Staff

A picture taken from Israel's southern city of Sderot shows an IAF F-35 over the northern Gaza Strip, on October 29, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

March 29: Biden administration said to okay transfer of bombs, F-35s to Israel

Ground op toll at 254 after commando killed, 16 other troops wounded in RPG attack by Hamas * Deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket unit eliminated in IDF drone strike

12:45 am

Female IDF cadets tasked with guarding Oct. 7 terrorists
11:15 pm

US says it welcomes nomination of new Palestinian Authority cabinet
9:44 pm

Good Friday draws thousands to solemn processions in Jerusalem and Haifa

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to mourning mother Hannah Wacholder Katsman: Personal & national grief

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

On October 7, Hayim Katsman was killed by terrorists from Gaza at Kibbutz Holit as he shielded a neighbor with his body. Knowing her son is a hero doesn’t help, says his mother

Hayim Katsman, left, and his mother Hannah Wacholder Katsman, in Tel Aviv in 2018. (Tamar Abramson)

Families of Israeli soldiers abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, give a statement to the media after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Families of soldier hostages say Netanyahu offered ‘nothing new’ in meeting

Yehuda Cohen, father of captive Nimrod Cohen, says PM told them he must make the ‘cold calculations’; parents of US hostages say they are treated better by White House

Families of Israeli soldiers abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, give a statement to the media before their meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the IDF recruitment center at Tel Hashomer in central Israel, March 28, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Mother of captive soldier: State scared us into silence after our sons were abducted

ICJ orders Israel to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, demands report in 30 days

By Jeremy Sharon, Agencies and ToI Staff

Court says existing provisional humanitarian measures in Strip are inadequate, with ‘famine setting in’; Foreign Ministry denies limits placed on relief, blaming Hamas

Judges enter the United Nations' highest court during hearings in The Hague, Netherlands on February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Smoke rises during an Israeli strike in the vicinity of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on March 28, 2024. (AFP)

Troops raiding Gaza’s Shifa hospital kill senior Hamas commander, says IDF

By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters

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)

France to resume UNRWA funding while ‘ensuring right conditions are met’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Biden, Obama, Clinton heckled over Gaza war handling at New York fundraiser

Former presidents defend incumbent and presidential candidate from attacks, with Obama saying US leader ‘doesn’t have the luxury’ of making decisions that will please everyone

Sen. George Latimer during a joint legislative budget hearing on education on Jan. 28, 2014, in Albany, New York (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Jewish Democratic group endorses primary challenger to NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman

A U.S. C-17 sits at the Nevatim Air Base in the desert in Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 with crates of American munitions for Israel. (AP/Lolita Baldor)

Leading US general says Israel not getting all weapons it asks for

Joint Chiefs of Staff head Charles Brown Jr. tells group Washington unwilling to provide some arms, doesn’t have capacity for others; his spokesperson denies any change in policy

Illustrative: An activist holds a 'Free Palestine' sign during a pro-Palestinian rally, October 21, 2023, in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Poll: Most Americans disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza

Illustrative: Anti-Israel demonstrators display signs outside the home of US Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a protest on November 19, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

'The whole premise was that Israel should be dismantled'

Massachusetts parents say public school teachers union sowing anti-Israel bias

By Cathryn J. Prince

Rhetoric during a webinar last week on ‘The Struggle Against Anti-Palestinian Racism’ was the last straw for many who say students are being ‘indoctrinated’ in the wake of Oct. 7

Egypt's Taba Border Crossing, outside Eilat, August 6, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Israel warns of travel to Turkey and Arab countries; also notes Eurovision risks

By Lazar Berman

Authorities says Israelis traveling to Malmo for song contest should take care not to broadcast their identities, amid efforts by Islamist groups to harm Israelis and Jews abroad

A Palestinian civil defense team including members of the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health and the Palestinian Red Crescent, pose for a group photo before they travel to Syria and Turkey, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 9, 2023. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel turning back entire trucks with 'luxury' items inside

Integrating PA into Gaza aid efforts offers pilot to post-war governance, say experts

Report argues move would reduce bottlenecks, reliance on UNRWA while boosting West Bank economy; author says Israel, UN both responsible for hunger crisis, but former has more issues

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) with Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Mustafa in Ramallah on March 14, 2024. (Wafa)

PA’s Abbas announces new cabinet, with little-known figures taking key roles

By AP

This image from a video circulating on social media purports to show blasts following an alleged Israeli airstrike on Syria's Aleppo, early March 29, 2024. (Screenshot: X)

Strikes in Syria near Aleppo kill 38, injure dozens, say security sources

By Agencies and ToI Staff

UK-based Syrian Observatory says Israel attacked missile depots for Hezbollah near Aleppo airport, while state media says drone strikes by insurgent groups occurred simultaneously

Israeli reserve soldiers train with their unit in urban warfare in northern Golan Heights, on March 27, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Hezbollah fires rockets at north, as IDF holds surprise drill for war

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese nun’s call for students to pray for Hezbollah sparks furor, shows schisms

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM

Terror group has alliances with figures from other religious groups, but base of its support lies in Shiite Muslim community; Christian leader: Hezollah destroying Lebanon

Illustrative: Demonstrators stage a pro-Israel rally in front of the Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue in Toronto, Canada on March 8, 2024. (Courtesy: BAYT)

Inside story'Maybe we were living in a fool's paradise'

Amid hostility and kosher restrictions, Canadian Jews fear their ‘golden age’ is over

By Canaan Lidor

The community is mounting a legal fight against restrictions that coincide with Israel-skeptic policies and expressions of antisemitism

Khairi and Rana Halak, parents of Iyad Halak, an autistic Palestinian man fatally shot by an Israeli police officer, during hearing against officer's acquittal at High Court of Justice on March 28, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

High Court hears petition from parents of autistic Palestinian shot dead by border cop

By Charlie Summers

Family of Iyad Halak, who was killed in Jerusalem in 2020, urges justices to compel state attorney to appeal exoneration of officer, who was acquitted for ‘honest mistake’

Comedian Modi Rosenfeld. (Courtesy)

'It's a portal into our world through laughter and pride'

Popular Jewish comedian Modi has a new special. He wants non-Jews to watch, too

By Jackie Hajdenberg

The funnyman popular with Orthodox Jews says the best way to end antisemitism is to invite people to ‘laugh with us’

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Yesh Atid leadership challenger MK Ram Ben Barak (left) and party leader Yair Lapid meet during elections for the leadership in Tel Aviv, March 28, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

In surprise close call, Lapid holds on to party leadership by a mere 29 votes

Illustrative: A tech development center in Herzliya, Oct 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israeli tech startups raise $1.6 billion, in first sign of recovery from war toll

By Sharon Wrobel

File - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touch the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 1, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/Pool/AFP)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro requests court permission to accept Netanyahu invite to Israel

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA

Mexico's ambassador to UNESCO, Andres Roemer (YouTube screenshot)

Jerusalem court says Mexican ex-diplomat accused of rape can be extradited

File: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court, New York City, on August 11, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

Fallen FTX mogul Bankman-Fried handed 25 years in jail for massive crypto fraud

By Ken Sweet and Larry Neumeister

An aerial view of Sderot. (Golan Sabag/Sderot municipality)

Minister says Israel Prize event to be held in Gaza-adjacent Sderot; more winners named

By Gavriel Fiske

Members of the extreme ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect assisting a woman as they escape from a detention shelter in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on September 29, 2022. (Benjamin Alfaro/AFP)

3 defendants in Lev Tahor cult abduction case convicted in NY of 2018 kidnapping

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers speak with Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Huwara near Nablus on February 27, 2023. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

US says Israeli banks don’t have to close accounts of sanctioned settlers

In this photo released by the Moscow City Court Press Service, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. (Moscow City Court Press Service via AP)

One year on, family of jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich vows to ‘continue fighting’

By Maria Danilova

Illustrative: Tall buildings under construction in Jerusalem, June 2021. (Vladimir1965 via iStock by Getty Images)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

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