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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 21, 2024

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

Netanyahu calls move 'the height of absurdity, a moral low'

Israel aghast as US said poised to sanction IDF unit with history of abuses

Report says Blinken to target Netzah Yehuda battalion for violence against West Bank Palestinians; Ben Gvir says he’s ready to absorb unit for religious soldiers into police

Troops of the Kfir Brigade's Netzah Yehuda Battalion operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout image published March 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF unaware of US plan to sanction unit, as PM says he’ll fight it ‘with all my might’

By Emanuel Fabian and Sam Sokol

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after the House voted to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine and other US allies, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Israeli FM: Approval 'sends strong message to our enemies'

House okays $17 billion in military aid for Israel under major spending package

By Reuters, AP and ToI Staff

Some billions expected to go Gaza for humanitarian aid; total package of $95 billion in assistance to US allies, including Ukraine and Taiwan, passes after months of wrangling

A sign reading 'Happy Freedom Holiday' refers to Passover, with the words 'Happy' and 'Freedom' crossed out, in Tel Aviv, April 16, 2024 (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing April 21: Day 198 – Split screen as US approves aid, mulls IDF sanction

Illustrative: Demonstrators burn a US and an Israeli flag during the funeral for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr. 20: Day 197 – US silent on Iran strike after urging Israeli restraint

The outposts are home to some 25,000 Israelis

Smotrich said pushing to start legalization process for 68 illegal West Bank outposts

By Jeremy Sharon

Far-right lawmaker who has authority within Defense Ministry reportedly orders government bodies to lay groundwork for hooking up wildcat ‘young settlements’ to water, power grids

Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich, center, visits the illegal outpost of Evyatar, in the West Bank, on June 27, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

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Satellite image appears to show damaged Iranian radar allegedly struck by Israel

Surrounding Russian-made S-300 air defense missile launchers largely unscathed in attack that reportedly targeted embattlements guarding secret Natanz nuclear site

An undated satellite image showing empty air defense embattlements at a site reportedly struck in an alleged Israeli attack on April 19, 2024, near Isfahan, Iran. (Screen capture: Google Maps)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, leads a prayer during his meeting with a group of senior military leaders, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei tells troops to ‘learn enemy’s tactics’ after tit-for-tat attacks

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Muhammad Hassouna points to a hole in the roof of a building caused by a projectile that injured his 7-year-old daughter Amina at their Bedouin village, in the southern Negev desert, on April 14, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Girl seriously injured in Iran’s missile attack sees slight improvement to condition

Demonstrators at rally for hostages held captive by Hamas hold a picture of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin near the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on April 20, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Slain soldier's mother: 'When will you bring my child back?'

Weekly rallies juxtapose Passover themes with enduring captivity of hostages

By Charlie Summers, Iddo Schejter and Jessica Steinberg

Two days before Jewish holiday of freedom, protesters demand hostage deal, slam government: ‘Instead of sitting at the Seder table, you should be sitting at the negotiating table’

People walk by photographs of Israeli civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, April 9, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Shin Bet denies telling British tabloid only 40 hostages in Gaza still alive

Daily Mail claims intel shows majority of captives dead, but security agency says numbers ‘based on writer’s opinion’; Israel has said 34 of remaining 129 abductees no longer alive

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

Live updates (closed)

April 21: US may sanction other IDF units for alleged rights violations – source

Gantz asks Blinken to reconsider decision to sanction Netzah Yehuda Battalion * Military wraps up 50-hour operation in Nur Shams refugee camp * Halevi approves plans for continuation of war

8:47 pm

Herzog condemns 'atrocious' antisemitism at Columbia University, calls for strong preventative measures
8:43 pm

Hezbollah claims to have downed IDF drone over south Lebanon
8:42 pm

Rockets launched from Iraq at US military base in northeast Syria, security sources say

Matthew Rosenberg

Imagining a world without Jews

The Exodus of the Passover story birthed the radical notions of intrinsic human dignity, self-determination and worth

PHOTO ESSAY: This year, my family’s redemption from Egypt came in Poland

The people who saved my father-in-law offered faith and hope in the darkest time – and the best lesson I could give my children

Liat Beinin Atzili, who was released after being held hostage by the Hamas terror group following the October 7 onslaught, speaks as Israelis gather for a Passover ceremony and to call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages, on Kibbutz Nir Oz, April 11, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

'How can we celebrate freedom as they wait to be liberated?'

For many Israelis this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible

By Deborah Danan

The first major holiday since the devastating Oct. 7 massacre will be marked by some with an empty seat at the seder table in honor of the many hostages still held in Gaza

In Haggadah supplement, UK rabbi calls Israeli politicians war criminals

After hosting Hamas leader, Erdogan encourages Palestinians to unite against Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Turkey’s president sits down with Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul for first time since Israel-Hamas war began

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, shake hands during their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024. (AFP)

Sister of Hamas chief indicted for praising Oct. 7 attack, ties to terror group

By Jeremy Sharon

A truck carrying humanitarian aid arrives for processing at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza on April 15, 2024. (AFP)

USAID, UN’s World Food Program to help US distribute aid in Gaza via sea route

By AP and ToI Staff

ToI Original Video

Bomb shelters make good neighbors

We explore the various shelters where Israeli citizens sought refuge during the unprecedented April 13, 2024, attack on Israel originating from Iranian soil

Hermon CEO Refael Nave has been on military reserve duty since the outbreak of Israel's October 7 war. He's also a member of the security squad in his hometown of Neve Ativ, in the foothills of the Hermon, pictured here on April 4, 2024. (Uriel Heilman/ JTA)

'We've been closed for attacks before, but never like this'

Israel’s canceled ski season reveals how war is wreaking economic hardship in the north

By Uriel Heilman

The only place in Israel to get regular snow, Mount Hermon had 400,000 visitors in winter 2022-23; under threat of Hezbollah rocket fire this year it saw the number plunge to zero

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on March 31, 2024, in Ramallah. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

PA’s Abbas threatens to reconsider ties with US after veto of UN membership bid

By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Palestinian leader rails at Washington which he says ‘continues to support the occupation, has violated all international laws and abandoned all promises’

Representatives of member countries vote on a resolution that would have recognized the Palestinians as a full UN member state, during a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Israel to summon ambassadors of 6 countries that voted for Palestinian UN membership

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces cordon off the site of a reported attack at the Beit Einun junction, east of the West Bank city of Hebron on April 21, 2024. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Palestinian assailants killed near Hebron, IDF says; Israeli man injured by explosive

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

No injuries to Israeli forces in first incident at Beit Einun Junction; man hit by bomb had been trying to kick down Palestinian flag planted in field

A Palestinian ambulance is seen in the West Bank on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Palestinians: West Bank ambulance driver killed trying to reach injured in settler raid

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Alma al-Shaab shows smoke rising from an Israeli military outpost after a rocket attack by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group, on April 6, 2024. (Kawnat Haju/AFP)

IDF strikes in Lebanon kill at least 3 Hezbollah gunmen; missile hits Metula home

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says it targeted members of the terror group throughout the day

Police separate Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square, New York City, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress)

'Hate was too high before Oct. 7, and now it's even worse'

What would New York’s expanded definition of hate crimes mean for Jewish communities?

Gov. Kathy Hochul aims to add 31 offenses to list of potential hate crimes, including arson, but critics say small-scale offenders won’t be aware of the change or deterred by it

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Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen reacts during a discussion in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prosecutors close brutality probe against far-right MK Almog Cohen

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

Emma Tsurkov, the sister of the Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov who is being held hostage in Iraq, confronting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Washington DC, April 19, 2024. (X screenshot)

Sister of Israeli held in Baghdad shouts at Iraqi PM in Washington: ‘You don’t care!’

A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran morality police redouble crackdown on women amid tensions with Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

File - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

US Senate ends impeachment of Jewish Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas

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