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What Matters Most On Monday, April 1, 2024

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Largest demonstration since October 7

‘Can’t go on like this’: Tens of thousands start 4-day anti-gov’t protest outside Knesset

By Sam Sokol, Maya Zanger-Nadis and ToI Staff

Lapid tells crowds ‘there is only one thing that is important to Netanyahu — to stay in office,’ as demonstrators demand ‘elections now’; tent city erected outside parliament

Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Kirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 31, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Unity among hostage families cracks as some bristle at joining anti-government protests

Emergency and security personnel search the rubble at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. (Louai Beshara/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

April 1: NY Times says Israel behind Syria strike that killed top Iranians

Japan is latest country to restore funding to UNRWA * Iran consulate in Syria ‘flattened’ by alleged Israeli strike * Law allowing shuttering of Al Jazeera in Israel passes

2:03 am

Japan lifts funding suspension to Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA
12:43 am

World Central Kitchen: Aid workers and civilians should NEVER be a target, EVER
12:41 am

Australia says it is trying to confirm death of citizen in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the damage outside Gaza's Shifa hospital after the Israeli military withdrew from the complex housing the hospital on April 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

IDF ends Shifa Hospital raid, says it killed 200 terror operatives, arrested 500 more

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Palestinians report widespread destruction in wake of two-week operation; IDF soldier killed Sunday is 600th military fatality since October 7 Hamas onslaught

A picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh found during a raid on the home of his sister, who lives in the southern community of Tel Sheva, April 1, 2024. (Israel Police)

Police arrest sister of Hamas leader Haniyeh in southern Israel raid

Left: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with troops at an army base, March 31, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry); Right: Sgt. First Class Sivan Weil (Israel Defense Forces)

Gallant: Captured Hamas operatives say group collapsing; soldier dies after RPG attack

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a press conference at his office in Jerusalem, March 31, 2024. (Screenshot, GPO)

As protesters demand he go, Netanyahu argues election would play into Hamas’s hands

By Lazar Berman

PM says he is ‘doing everything’ to bring captives back, and those who claim otherwise are causing pain to hostage families; asserts national polls would paralyze country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at a hospital in Ramat Gan, February 6, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu has successful hernia surgery at Jerusalem hospital

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Tens of thousands attend an anti-government protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. (Oren Alon / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Jerusalem protests show rage against Netanyahu is no longer waiting for the end of the war

Sunday’s rally recalled last year’s anti-overhaul events. But the agenda is very different, some hostages’ families have taken the gloves off, and the PM has good reason for concern

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Daily Briefing Apr. 1: Day 178 – Why Israel contests UN’s Gaza famine claims

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weighs in on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s press conference, hostage talks, two UN-backed reports and where not to fly on spring break

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at the Catholic Holy Family Church in Gaza City, on March 31, 2024. (AFP)

Palestinian Christians mark muted Easter in Gaza and Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

Freed Thai couple Boonthom Pankhong (L) and Natthawaree Munkan (R), who were held hostage by Hamas following the October 7 attack on Israel, take part in a traditional welcoming ceremony for their safe return to Thailand, at their house in Thailand's northeastern Udon Thani province on December 6, 2023. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

Two freed Thai hostages get married, plan to return to ‘safer place’ in Israel

Former Hamas captive Nutthawaree Munkan calls it ‘a miracle’ that she was able to leave Gaza, confesses ‘it is hard to picture how the remaining hostages will survive’

The Rafah conundrum: Crafting an effective strategy to crush Hamas

Israel needs to consider Egyptian and US concerns without giving up the mission to free hostages and disable Hamas

The PA in Gaza: What could possibly go wrong

Want to know how bad it can get when genuine representative government is not fostered at the community level? Look at Kabul

Day schools can change: Incorporating Sephardic culture and traditions

When students feel like they belong, they achieve, and when schools celebrate students’ diverse backgrounds, the kids know they are valued

Plowing over Jewish footprints in the snow

My grandfather left Janów, Poland years before the righteous gentiles there became among the very best of humanity. One is now getting the notice she deserves

The scene of a stabbing attack in Gan Yavne, March 31, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

Three seriously wounded in terror stabbing spree at Gan Yavne mall

Palestinian assailant shot dead while trying to attack officer who responded to scene; security footage shows victim attempting to fight off stabber in weight room

Building in Eilat hit in a drone attack, apparently launched from Iraq, April 1, 2024 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Eilat naval base damaged by drone apparently launched from Iraq

By Emanuel Fabian

The site of an IDF drone strike in southern Lebanon's Kounine, March 31, 2024. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF: Top Hezbollah operative killed in south Lebanon strike; soldier hurt by rocket

By Emanuel Fabian

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks during a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/ Flash90/ File)

AG says army must start process to draft Haredim, warns against trying to bypass court

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

In letter to ministries, Gali Baharav-Miara says conscription effort should begin Monday, cautions against any ploy to maintain court-cancelled budgets for yeshivas

File: Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva, seen in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Top Haredi rabbi: Push to draft us into army is fueled by hatred of Torah life

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi at a press conference after the US allowed Israel into its visa-waiver program, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on September 28, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu top aides reportedly to hold video meeting with US officials on Rafah op

Virtual summit set up as alternative to Israeli delegation trip to Washington that was called off by PM amid spat over UN ceasefire resolution

Displaced Palestinians receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024. (AFP)

Israel says UN’s interim report on UNRWA allegations a ‘cover up’ of its terror ties

Law allowing government to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera in Israel passed by Knesset

By Sam Sokol, Jeremy Sharon and Reuters

Fireworks at the 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 25, 2023.(Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

No fireworks this year as Israel plans for subdued Independence Day celebrations

By Jessica Steinberg

National government, local municipalities and authorities decide to hold lowkey ceremonies for country’s 76th anniversary amid ongoing war

Players with the Israel Amputee Football team attend a training session in Ramat Gan, March 28, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

October 7 survivor stars on Israel’s amputee soccer team

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former pro lost his leg in the Nova festival massacre; ‘your life is not over,’ amputee team recruiter told friends who lost legs in war

Reserve soldiers from Brothers in Arms take part in a protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the exemption of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military duty, February 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'The way we behaved last year came at a high price'

With an ambitious civic agenda, Brothers and Sisters in Arms says it’s here to stay

The protest group founded by reserve soldiers last year wants involvement in education, community and employment issues, to strengthen democratic values in society

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Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

In major setback to Turkey’s Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local elections

By Suzan Fraser and CINAR KIPER

Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)

Two arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, raping 15-year-old girl

Bank of Israel chief Amir Yaron, left, gives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the central bank's year-end report in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

Bank of Israel head urges government to set ‘appropriate’ fiscal priorities in budget

By Sharon Wrobel

Ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Russia stand at attention as they attend a flower laying ceremony at the memorial in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue a week after the attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow on March 30, 2024. (SERGEI ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP)

Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say

By Parisa Hafezi

Illustrative image: A single sperm is injected directly into an egg as part of IVF (Lars Neumann; iStock by Getty Images)

Health Ministry orders closure of IVF clinic accused of importing sick embryos

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Tokyo on March 30, 2024, shortly before his jacket was grabbed by a protester. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki says protesters in Japan stole his uniform jacket

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