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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 28, 2024

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This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden, left, on March 8, 2024, in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo)

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April 28: PM, Biden speak as mediators rush to close hostage deal, stop Rafah campaign

President, long wary of Rafah op, reiterates his ‘clear position’ * Call comes as Netanyahu faces ministers’ dueling threats to bolt coalition * IDF says it is boosting aid to Gaza

8:01 pm

Blinken to visit Israel and Jordan Wednesday after Saudi Arabia trip
7:23 pm

Senior Hamas official: Terror group finds 'no major issues' with Gaza truce offer
7:20 pm

Qatar's US envoy rejects claims Doha funding anti-Israel activity on campuses

Screen capture from video of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar (right) visiting an anti-Israel protest camp at Columbia University, April 26, 2023. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

ADL accuses Rep. Omar of ‘blood libel’ for saying some Jewish students pro-genocide

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Congresswoman visits Columbia University protest camp, which has galvanized similar rallies across country; over 200 arrested as some schools call in cops to clear sit-ins

A George Washington University student works on a school assignment while joining other students in protests at George Washington University in Washington,, April 27, 2024. Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests and encampments have sprung up on college and university campuses across the country. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Anti-Israel protesters dig in as some US schools clamp down on encampments

By AP and ToI Staff

People rally on the campus of Northwestern University demanding the school divest from Israel, on April 25, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (Scott Olson/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr 27: Day 204 – Report from Northwestern’s Gaza ‘solidarity encampment’

Families of hostages and their supporters block the Ayalon Highway on April 27, 2024, as they demand a deal to release their loved ones. The Hebrew letter spells out the word "Enough. (Amir Goldstein: Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Galvanized by signs of life, thousands rally for hostage deal and against government

By Charlie Summers, Iddo Schejter and Canaan Lidor

Massive march in the heart of Jerusalem unites hostage families and anti-gov’t protesters; dozens block major highway in Tel Aviv, light fires on road spelling out ‘Enough’

US President Joe Biden holds freed Hamas hostage Avigail Idan while standing with other members of her family, at the White House, Washington, DC, April 24, 2024. (White House photo)

Avigail Idan’s meeting with Biden was ‘something special,’ family says

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Hostages Keith Siegel (right) and Omri Miran are seen in a Hamas propaganda video aired April 27, 2024. (Screenshot: Telegram)

Smotrich, Ben Gvir could bolt coalition if offensive nixed

Hamas airs clip of 2 hostages, as FM says Israel would delay Rafah op for a deal

By Michael Bachner, Canaan Lidor, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Sign of life from Omri Miran and Israeli-American Keith Siegel ups pressure on government to okay deal; Miran’s father urges Sinwar: ‘Show humanity’

French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne (L) meets with Lebanon's prime minister in Beirut on February 6, 2024. (Joseph Eid/AFP)

French FM visits Lebanon in bid to calm border tensions; will then travel to Israel

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Reuters

Developments come as Hezbollah launches late-night barrage of 26 projectiles at northern communities; soldier wounded in missile attack

A house lies in ruins in the border area of Shebaa in southern Lebanon, following an Israeli strike on April 27, 2024. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Hezbollah warns full-scale war may end Israeli presence in north ‘once and for all’

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: An Iranian domestically built missile is displayed in front of the portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a rally of Iran's Basij paramilitary force in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr 28: Day 205 – As Hezbollah rattles sabers, what are its capabilities?

From darkness to dialogue: How one classroom rose above October 7th

Bar-Ilan’s ’Jewish-Arab Interreligious Dialogue’ course didn’t have easy answers, but I was glad to be there, asking the hard questions

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a meeting of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset, on March 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir said to ask IDF chief why so many Gaza gunmen arrested: ‘Can’t you kill some?’

Reports say minister complained during briefing that too many terror operatives captured alive; a cabinet member retorted: ‘Are you a minister in Israel or a different country?’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack in Ramle, April 26, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Ben Gvir released from hospital after car crash, won’t admit he ran red light

Pro-Palestinian supporters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration against Israel outside Westminster Palace in central London, on April 27, 2024. (Benjamin Cremel/AFP)

Holocaust Memorial covered to protect from potential vandalism

Large anti-Israel march held in London as police scrutinized for handling of protests

Antisemitic slogans feature on signs at pro-Palestinian rally, including in support of top cop who defended officer who made ‘openly Jewish’ remark; pro-Israel counterprotest held

Police officers watch students outside the Sciences-Po university, April 26, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer)

Paris students end Gaza protests after university agrees to ‘debate’ Israel ties

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a prayer for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, at Rachel's Tomb, near the Palestinian West Bank city of Bethlehem, October 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Chief rabbi under fire for crediting yeshivas, not army, with Israel’s survival in war

Critics slam Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, with one retorting that by that logic, the rabbi himself ‘should go to jail with his supporters for their failure on October 7’

The Harvard campus Hillel House welcomes students into its 'safe space,' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

'Intergroup solidarity is common when you're under attack'

US Jewish campus groups become a haven for students facing post-Oct. 7 hostility

By Deena Yellin

Attendance surges at Hillel, Chabad houses nationwide as students seek refuge from an increasingly unwelcoming atmosphere amid strident, and often antisemitic, anti-Israel protests

File: The Akdeniz RoRo, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is loaded with goods as it is anchored in Tuzla seaport, near Istanbul on April 19, 2024. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ blocked in Turkey after being denied use of 2 ships

By AFP and ToI Staff

Organizers say African nation Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flagged vessels, blame Israeli pressure on the country

File: The barge Jennifer, part of a three ship flotilla carrying food aid for the Gaza Strip, sails next to the French frigate Courbet as the flotilla departs the port of Larnaca in Cyprus on March 30, 2024. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP)

Ship with Gaza aid departs Cyprus for first time since killing of WCK aid workers

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a press conference at the US Embassy in China, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Some US officials believe Israel may be violating international law — internal memo

By Reuters and Jacob Magid

The 'No Thanks' app to boycott Israel shows Nescafe is on the boycott list. (No Thanks)

App created by Hungary-based Gazan computer science student

Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel

By Matt Lebovic

Google briefly banned the boycott app – downloaded by one million people since November – for ‘killing children’ reference in description

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr burn a poster depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala on June 29, 2023. (Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)

Iraq criminalizes same-sex relations, sets 10-15 year prison sentence

By AFP

New law also makes it illegal to undergo or perform gender-affirming treatment for transgender people

File: Iraqi TikTok celebrity Om Fahed is pictured at the Basra International Stadium during a match of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament on January 19, 2023. (Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraqi female TikTok star shot dead outside her home, officials say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy treatment. (via Shutterstock)

BGU researchers use novel chemo delivery to kill colorectal cancer liver metastases

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Attaching chemo drugs to specially modified nano polymers that target tumors and avoid side effects also appears to prevent melanoma from spreading to lungs in mice

Auctioneer Michael Kovacek sells the Gustav Klimt painting 'Portrait of Fräulein Lieser' for 30 million Euros at auction in Vienna on April 24, 2024. (Alex Halada/AFP)

Sold! Klimt’s ‘Portrait of Miss Lieser’ fetches $32M at auction… but who was she?

By Francois Murphy

Intensely colored painting of likely teenage subject was one of artist’s last works; it fetched an Austrian art auction record price, but its ownership, too, is shrouded in mystery

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Israel's Raz Hershko reacts after winning against France's Julia Tolofua (unseen) during the women +78 kg individual final bout of the Judo European Championships Seniors at the Arena Zagreb, in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 27, 2024. (Damir Sencar/AFP)

Israeli judoka Raz Hershko wins gold in European Championships; team snags 3 bronze

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting, discussing measures in response to the terrorist attacks at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, March 25, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Report: US intelligence says Putin likely didn’t order Navalny killed in prison

By Andrew Osborn

This image made from a video provided to The Associated Press by a Mideast defense official shows a helicopter raid targeting a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13, 2024. (AP Photo)

Iran says crew of Israel-linked ship has been given consular access, set for release

Screenshot US President Joe Biden appearing in a surprise interview with Howard Stern in New York City, April 26, 2024. (The Howard Stern Show, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In surprise interview, Biden tells Howard Stern that he’s ‘happy to debate’ Trump

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