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What Matters Most On Saturday, March 30, 2024

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Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Medics claim 5 killed by gunfire, stampede at aid delivery

‘Multiple factual flaws’: Israel contests UN-backed report on imminent famine in Gaza

By ToI Staff and Reuters

COGAT says report relies on information from Hamas, grossly underestimates amount of water available; US official says famine ‘quite possibly’ in some areas of northern enclave

US-supplied military equipment arriving in Israel, December 2023. (Ministry of Defense Spokesperson's Office)

US okays transfer to Israel of 2,300 bombs within months, 25 F-35s in years – report

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Washington Post says weaponry to be provided amid growing US concerns over Gaza campaign and plans for Rafah offensive

Israel said advancing plan for Arab peacekeepers to secure Gaza aid deliveries

Reports say proposed force to be staffed by troops from 3 unnamed Arab countries at peace with Israel, would be charged with protecting aid convoys from pillaging

A handout picture taken and released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on March 25, 2024 shows humanitarian aid being airdropped over Gaza from a RAF A400M aircraft. (AFP / CROWN COPYRIGHT 2024 / MOD / AS1 LEAH JONES / RAF)

Inside story

PA in final stages of talks with US to reform ‘pay-to-slay’ policy – sources

One of the holdups has been receiving approval from Israel, which is viewed as critical for getting Congress on board; source fears initial leak of story may torpedo negotiations

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and US President Joe Biden shake hands in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, poses with the newly appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2024. (Palestinian Authority Press Office/AFP)

US welcomes new Palestinian Authority government following repeated calls for reform

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan Zangauker, who is held hostage in Gaza, demands the ouster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu, at a demonstration with other relatives of hostages outside the Kirya military HQ in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024 (Nevet Kahana / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Live updates (closed)

March 30: Clashes, road blockages at mass protests demanding hostage deal, elections

Tens of thousands at Tel Aviv demos; 16 held as some block Ayalon; water cannon deployed * 200 breach barriers and protest near PM’s home in Jerusalem * Hostage talks to resume tomorrow

8:07 pm

Police: 16 arrested, nine fines handed out for disturbances at Tel Aviv protests
7:57 pm

Police drag away, detain protesters who block Highway 4 near Netanyahu's Caesarea home
7:53 pm

200 protesters breach police barriers, demonstrate near PM's home in Jerusalem

Multiple rallies push for hostage deal, elections; police said to bolster forces

Protest leaders get warning letter from Tel Aviv police chief: ‘They want to intimidate us’; dad of soldier held in Gaza: Winning war seems more important to PM than hostages’ return

Relatives and supporters of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror group attend a rally calling for their release in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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

Netanyahu gives Shin Bet, Mossad chiefs go-ahead to resume hostage talks

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Pouria Zeraati (via X)

Iran International journalist stabbed, wounded outside his London home

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Pouria Zeraati, who interviewed Netanyahu last year, sustains leg injury; UK counter-terror police probe if assault connected to his job after multiple plots against opposition outlet

From the blogs

Yitzhak Aharon Korff

IDF army service is a Halachic obligation

The Zvhil-Mezbuz Rebbe of Boston: By Jewish law, every able-bodied Jewish male from the age of 20 is required to serve – period

Natan Kohn-Magnus

No more room under the rug

The government playbook of ignoring our thorniest issues cannot work anymore. The thorns are too big, and too prickly.

Sara Y. Sapadin

Sledding: A reflection on October 7th

In a world where everything we know can shift irrevocably in an instant, let’s hold tight to the blessings in our midst

Analysis

Amir Bar Shalom

While diplomatic efforts go on, IDF is bracing for short but devastating war in Lebanon

As Defense Minister Gallant met with US envoy Amos Hochstein in DC, escalations by Hezbollah cast doubt on notion anything but a military solution will deter the terror group

Troops of the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade carry out a drill in northern Israel, in a handout image published January 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Illustrative: A UNIFIL patrol at the site of an overnight Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Kafra, on February 29, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

IDF denies Lebanese claim it struck vehicle carrying UN peacekeepers

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Deputy commander of Hezbollah's rocket unit Ali Naim (Hezbollah)

Israel kills top Hezbollah rocket commander in Lebanon; 5 others slain in Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

Ori Gini listens to a friend speak at a gathering for evacuated students from Israel's north in Tel Aviv on March 26, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'When we return, there will be a new thirst'

Evacuated by rocket fire, iconic Kiryat Shmona bar temporarily transplants to Tel Aviv

By Canaan Lidor

Founders and patrons of unique student hangout Patifon reunite for special events to preserve community spirit until they can get back home

Sgt. First Class Alon Kudriashov. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF commando killed, 16 others wounded during fighting in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hamas fires RPG at Egoz unit encampment near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, killing Sgt. First Class Alon Kudriashov, wounding additional troops, including 6 seriously

An IDF soldier playing with lingerie in Gaza. (X screenshot)

Photos, videos of IDF soldiers playing with Gazan women’s lingerie go viral

David Ben Avraham. (Courtesy)

Disturbing video shows Jewish convert fatally shot by IDF in West Bank posed no threat

Footage features David Ben Avraham obeying orders, standing with his hands up before reservist opened fire; interior minister posthumously grants him Israeli residency he long sought

Exterior of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, March 2024. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

An Easter visit to Mount Precipice and Jesus’s hometown of Nazareth

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Despite wartime drop in tourism, the churches, basilica, White Mosque and charming old town, with spice shops, fashion and superb eateries, bustle with locals, are stunning as ever

At funeral, Joe Lieberman eulogized as ‘mensch’ committed to his Jewish faith

By AP

Stamford, Connecticut synagogue packed with mourners, including Al Gore, for four-time senator and first Jewish candidate for vice president on a major party ticket

Former Vice President Al Gore offers his condolences to Hadassah Lieberman during the funeral for her husband, former Sen. Joe Lieberman in Stamford, Connecticut, Friday, March. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

File: Rep. Jamaal Bowman at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, New York (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Dem leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman after Jewish legislators back rival

Some bars in León, Spain advertise that they serve "Mata judios" cocktails, though most menus say "limonada." (Shira Li Bartov, via JTA)

‘Kill Jews’ cocktail rocks Spanish town’s Holy Week: ‘An expression, it’s not racist’

By Shira Li Bartov

In centuries-old tradition, revelers seeking limonadas say they are going out to ‘kill Jews’ in Castilian Holy Week capital, epicenter of pre-Expulsion Spanish Jewry

Illustrative: A Haredi man clashes with police during a protest outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Explainer

Could debate over Haredi draft, court’s intervention, topple Netanyahu’s coalition?

Long-running controversy comes to head as fighting in Gaza and on northern border with Lebanon lead to higher demands on IDF

Iris Moshe, January 2024. (Dafna Talmon)

Iris Moshe57-year-old married mother of three Kibbutz Matsuva

'It pains me that my child has to experience loss. I thought I should call him and tell him, "I'm sorry I brought you into such a cruel world. Sorry, I apologize"'

By Tamar Mor Sela

More Headlines

British singer and actor Olly Alexander arrives for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, on March 6, 2022. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

9 Eurovision contestants urge ‘immediate Gaza ceasefire, hostage return,’ reject boycott

American Jewish rapper Matisyahu in the mock Hamas tunnel at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, in a still image from the music video for his new song 'Ascent,' released March 29, 2024. Hostage Amiram Cooper, 84, of Kibbutz Nir Oz, is pictured to the singer's left. (Screen capture: Youtube/Matisyahu, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Song of AscentsMatisyahu tackles Oct. 7, antisemitism in new music video

Illustrative: campers play basketball in a 2019 promotional video for Camp Twelve Trails. (Screen capture: Youtube/Camp Twelve Trails, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

NYC families urge Jewish summer camp to reconsider ‘Israel day’ amid Gaza war

By jacob gurvis

Thousands of Muslim worshipers attend Friday prayers during Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, March 29, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

For third straight week, Ramadan prayers at Temple Mount pass without incident

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative: A United Airlines plane taxis at Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. (Ket Betancur/AFP)

Turbulence forces diversion of Tel Aviv flight to New Jersey; 7 taken to hospital

By AP and ToI Staff

File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)

Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s bid to visit Israel at Netanyahu’s invitation

By Eléonore HUGHES

Illustrative: Inspector General of Malaysian Police, Razarudin Husain, at a press conference in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, October 10, 2023. (Screen capture: Youtube/Associate Press Archive, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli alleged mobster arrested in Malaysia with illegal firearms, suspected of spying

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Lena Dunham attends the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts American Songbook Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York on May 29, 2018. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Finding her rootsLena Dunham discovers familial connection to Holocaust on TV show

By jacob gurvis

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