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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 12, 2024

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

May 12: IDF chief on Memorial Day: I’m responsible for those who fell on Oct. 7; I won’t forget

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

Blinken urges Israel to lay out postwar plan for Strip * IDF announces opening of new crossing with northern Gaza for aid deliveries, says top Hamas operative killed in airstrike

3:23 am

Israel's NY consul at Memorial Day event: 'Every single household' knows a victim
10:50 pm

Israeli airstrike in Gaza said to kill senior member of Democratic Front terror group
8:36 pm

Drone alert sirens in towns near Lebanon border a false alarm -- Hebrew media

Israel marking Memorial Day, muted Independence Day in shadow of Oct. 7, ongoing war

On first national festival since trauma of devastating Hamas attacks, traditional fireworks displays and Air Force flyovers will be replaced by somber reflection — and protests

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

The silent phones

When my sons were on missions in Gaza, I’d wait and wait for the WhatsApp check to become two, and then blue. Now I mourn with the many who are still waiting

I have no regrets

A fallen soldier’s letter to his parents: I love you very much and I am proud that you are my parents. I had a very interesting, happy life

When you stand with me in my grief

One of the hardest consequences of losing a child is the sense of isolation after the shiva is over

Zechariah Pesach Haber

Go south to celebrate Israel’s independence

A 2019 essay by a fallen soldier: When fellow Israelis were hiding from rockets just a few days ago, partying doesn’t feel right

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Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated image released by the military on May 12, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says senior Hamas operative killed in Gaza

Senior officer moderately hurt in Gaza City amid renewed fighting in Strip’s north

By Emanuel Fabian

Rockets fired at Ashkelon, injuring 3; military presses on in Rafah, battles resurgent Hamas in Zeitoun, Jabaliya; IDF says terror operative who guarded Noa Marciano killed in airstrike

Staff Sgt. Ariel Tsym of the Nahal Brigade's 931st Battalion, who the IDF says was killed battling Hamas in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood on May 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF announces soldier killed in battle with Hamas in Gaza City’s Zeitoun

By Emanuel Fabian

This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi meeting at the 'Bahad 1' military base in southern Israel, March 7, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

IDF chief said to upbraid Netanyahu for failing to lay out postwar strategy for Gaza

Demonstrators clash with police during a protest calling for the release of hostages held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip since October 7 and against the government near the IDF's Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 11, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

Families mourn murdered hostages before Memorial Day; rallies urge deal; 3 arrests

By Charlie Summers and Iddo Schejter

Water cannon and mounted police deploy in Tel Aviv; anti-Netanyahu protests held in numerous locations, including outside his official residence in Jerusalem

Hostage Nadav Popplewell in a Hamas propaganda video aired on May 11, 2024. (Hamas media office)

Hamas publishes propaganda video of hostage Nadav Popplewell

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A tank with an Israeli flag on it enters the Gazan side of the Rafah Border Crossing on May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

Egypt refusing to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid in Rafah — state media

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 12, Day 219: IDF preps more Rafah ops while fighting in Gaza’s north

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on why there are new battles in places previously taken by IDF, a power play that may cost Israel fighter jets, and a look at this year’s fallen

Israelis taking part in a protest calling for the end of the war and the release of the hostages, as they march through the streets of Tel Aviv. on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 11, Day 218: IDF expands Rafah operation, US okay with it so far

Then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu meets with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed in Tel Aviv on September 16, 2022. (Benjamin Netanyahu/X)

Emirati FM pans Netanyahu’s suggestion country might help manage Gaza after war

File - US President Joe Biden makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 11, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Biden says there would be a ceasefire in Gaza ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees hostages

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

After avoiding topic at previous fundraisers, US president tells small event, ‘Israel said it’s up to Hamas; if they wanted to do it, we could end it tomorrow’

General Mark A. Milley (left) and Alex Karp speak for The Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security panel during the AI Expo For National Competitiveness at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (TASOS KATOPODIS/Getty Images via AFP)

Ex-US army chief defends Israel’s Oct. 7 response: ‘Can you imagine what we would do?’

A composite photo showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Erdogan says Netanyahu’s ‘genocidal methods would make Hitler jealous’

Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Gaza City, April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

US said offering intel on Hamas leaders’ whereabouts if Israel drops major Rafah op

Biden administration reportedly also says it can give information on locations of secret tunnels in Gaza used by terror group as incentive not to enter Gaza’s southernmost city

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron arrives at the BBC offices in central London, on May 12, 2024, to appear on the BBC's 'Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg' political television show. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

UK foreign minister rejects Rafah offensive without ‘clear plan’ to save lives

By Agencies and ToI Staff

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a press conference on the sidelines of the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi on May 10, 2024. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

UN chief urges ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza, release of hostages

By AFP and ToI Staff

Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Golan dedicates her appearance to 'our hostages'

Israel finishes 5th as Switzerland wins Eurovision in Malmo; Eden Golan: ‘So proud’

Israel’s entry receives second-highest public vote after months of activists calling for it to be barred; Irish and Portuguese acts make small pro-Palestinian gestures on screen

ExplainerIsrael gets top public vote from 14 countries in Eurovision – plus ‘rest of the world’

A man wearing a keffiyeh looks out of a window as anti-Israel protesters demonstrate in Malmo, Sweden, on May 11, 2024 (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Thousands outside Eurovision final in Malmo protest Israel’s participation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Op-ed: Day 219 of the war

When an Israeli showed inspirational courage in the singing of a pop song

Facing intense hostility at Eurovision, Eden Golan’s every instinct might have been to turn and run. Instead she soared, and set an example many Israelis may have to emulate in the months ahead

People watch the final results of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 at a bar in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2024. (Sharon Aronowicz/AFPTV/AFP)

Israeli fans pan Eurovision juries’ ‘political’ snub, say it denied them victory

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Anuar Jour had trouble creating following the October 7 atrocities. (Bernard Dichek)

'I felt guilty making art when so many were in distress'

Displaced by war, Israeli artists are given a seaside studio refuge following Oct. 7

By Bernard Dichek

Providing living quarters and studios near the beach, the Old Jaffa Artists Residency sought to reignite smoldering creativity; the work that emerged has surprised even its makers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits during a press conference along with Minister Benny Gantz at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Gantz warns Netanyahu not to advance law that would continue Haredi draft exemptions

By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon

National Unity leader says PM’s bill would ‘not promote fair service,’ would ‘severely damage Israeli society’ for political purposes

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an interview with MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' program, aired May 9, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/NBC, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hillary Clinton: Anti-Israel protesters ‘don’t know very much’ about the Middle East

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

‘Propaganda is not education,’ says ex US secretary of state, slamming campus activists for ignorance of Palestinians’ rejection of husband Bill Clinton’s 2000 peace initiative

A person prepares a sign reading 'Intifada Revolution' at an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Washington campus, April 29, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Pro-Israel website names and shames pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student protesters

By Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax and Andrew Hay

Cornell University president Martha Pollack at the 2021 commencement ceremony. (Creative Commons/Kenneth C. Zirkel via Wikipedia)

Cornell University president quits amid campus antisemitism, Gaza protests

By JTA and ToI Staff

In letter to university community, Martha Pollack cites ‘enormous, unexpected challenges’ posed by Gaza war, anti-Israel demonstrations; emphasizes decision to retire was her own

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel supporters attended a University of Minnesota's Board of Regents meeting on Friday, May 10, 2024, in Minneapolis to demand divestment from companies that profit off the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

After weeks of protests, US universities grant hearings on divestment from Israel

By Andrew Lapin

In this image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee, Kenneth Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel LLC, testifies during a virtual hearing in Washington, February 18, 2021. (House Financial Services Committee via AP)

Billionaire investor pans student protests at alma mater Harvard as ‘anarchy’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Nonie Darwish is at the center of the award-winning documentary 'Telling Nonie,' as the Israeli assassin of her Egyptian colonel father seeks redemption (Courtesy Tomer Shmulevich)

October 7 echoes in a documentary about an Israeli agent seeking redemption

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Telling Nonie’ brings together an aging Israeli operative with the daughter of the Egyptian lieutenant colonel he helped assassinate in Gaza in the 1950s

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