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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 16, 2024

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Soldiers killed in northern Gaza on May 15, 2024. Top row, left to right: Sgt. Ilan Cohen, Sgt. Daniel Chemu, Staff Sgt. Betzalel David Shashuah; bottom row, left to right: Staff Sgt. Gilad Arye Boim, Cpt. Roy Beit Yaakov. (Israel Defense Forces)

5 soldiers killed, 7 hurt in ‘friendly fire’ incident in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya

By Emanuel Fabian

Initial IDF probe finds tanks shelled building where paratroopers were gathered, after mistakenly identifying them as enemy forces; commandos deployed to Rafah

Liron Yitzhak (right) a Defense Ministry contractor fatally by a mortar in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, and died of his wounds on May 15. (Courtesy)

Defense Ministry contractor dies after southern Gaza mortar attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Live updates (closed)

May 16: Israel says South Africa’s genocide claims at ICJ ‘rely on unreliable Hamas sources’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

5 soldiers killed, 7 hurt in ‘friendly fire’ case in Gaza * Soldier stabbed in West Bank; IDF detains Palestinian suspect * Ministers advance Haredi draft bill over AG’s objection

9:10 pm

House passes bill barring Biden from withholding Israel aid; legislation not expected to advance further
9:06 pm

For 2nd straight night, settlers attack truck, assault driver, thinking he was delivering Gaza aid
9:02 pm

Israel accuses South Africa of making false claims at ICJ genocide case

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) delivers a recorded statement on the war with Hamas in Gaza (Screenshot/GPO); Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivers a statement to the press, May 15, 2024. (Screenshot)

Gallant to PM: Reject Israeli military, civil rule of Gaza after Hamas; I won’t allow it

By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and Lazar Berman

Defense minister advocates ‘day after’ role for non-Hamas Palestinian entities, tells PM to take tough decisions whatever the personal cost; PM: Won’t let Hamastan become Fatahstan

Far-right politicians demand Gallant be fired for challenging PM on Gaza’s future

Defense minister's speechFull text: Gallant demands PM rule out Israeli military, civil control of post-Hamas Gaza

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 16, Day 223: Gallant (again) delivers an explosive speech. Now what?

Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. Students want the university to divest from funds connected to Israel or that profit from its war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

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What to do when your alma mater doesn’t reflect your values?

School administrators across the country have negotiated with protestors, reaching shocking deals that capitulated to anti-Israel pressure. Together we can make a difference. Here are some ideas.

IDF confirms Hezbollah drone hit a sensitive military site; damage being assessed

By Emanuel Fabian

Terror group claims to target missile-detecting balloon in deepest strike in Israel amid war; in response, air force attacks weapon manufacturing plant in northeastern Lebanon

A massive blimp containing an advanced radar system that Israel plans to deploy into the sky over northern Israel to detect incoming missiles and drones, as seen at its home base on November 3, 2021. (Defense Ministry)

Smoke rises after rockets fired from Lebanon hit an open area in Mount Meron, northern Israel, May 15, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Hezbollah drone hits Lower Galilee in terror group’s deepest strike of war

By Emanuel Fabian

Elad Fingerhut, who was killed by Hezbollah missile fire in Adamit on May 14, 2024. (Courtesy of the family)

Elad Fingerhut, 38, named as man killed by Hezbollah missile as rocket salvos intensify

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Analysis

ICJ’s urgent hearings over IDF’s Rafah operation spell more trouble for Israel

Expedited hearings could indicate International Court of Justice is concerned over humanitarian impact of Rafah operation; new orders could be issued against Israel next week

IDF soldiers standing atop a battle tank as part of the Givati Brigade operating in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout picture released on May 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces/AFP)

Jonathan Dekel-Chen

It wasn’t the Shoah, it was Israel not protecting my son

The officials who compare October 7th to the Holocaust turn a blind eye to Israel’s very existence, when they should be meeting Israel’s urgent needs instead

When the going gets antisemitic, the tough make soup

The antisemites who were hiding in plain sight are no longer hiding. And I am left wondering how anyone who loves food could be so hateful

Egyptian army soldiers man an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) deployed near the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 23, 2024 (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egypt said to form panel to mull moves against Israel

Netanyahu accuses Egypt of holding Gazans ‘hostage’ in Rafah Border Crossing row

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PM says he hopes to reach understanding with Cairo over entry point for aid amid deteriorating ties; Egyptian officials: Cairo rejects Israel’s coordination plan to reopen crossing

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows destroyed buildings in the enclave on May 15, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Egypt, UAE, Morocco said weighing US plan to create post-war Gaza peacekeeping force

File - People holding Israeli flags stand in front of trucks carrying humanitarian aid as they try to stop them from entering the Gaza Strip near the Kerem Shalom border crossing, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli delegation visits Cairo in bid to mend growing rift over capture of Rafah Crossing

IDF troops search for a Palestinian who stabbed a soldier in the northern West Bank, May 16, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli soldier moderately hurt in West Bank stabbing; assailant caught

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Three Islamic Jihad gunmen killed overnight during IDF operation in Tulkarem; troops raid offices allegedly used to fund terror

A police handout photo shows a knife used by an assailant who attempted to carry out a stabbing attack on Border Police officers near Jerusalem's Old City, May 16, 2024. (Israel Police)

Suspect tries to stab border cop in Jerusalem, is shot by officers — police

Mourners and relatives cry during the funeral of Palestinian Ayser Mohammad Safi, in Ramallah in the West Bank on May 15, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

PA says man killed in clash with Israeli troops during Nakba Day march in West Bank

By AFP and ToI Staff

Leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders waves as he arrives at a post-election meeting at the Nieuwspoort conference center in The Hague on November 23, 2023. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

Emerging hardline Dutch coalition to look for right ‘time’ to move embassy to Jerusalem

By Canaan Lidor and AFP

Unprecedented language follows electoral gains of the anti-Islam, pro-Israel Party for Freedom of firebrand Geert Wilders; Holocaust education to be included in citizenship test

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media, two days after winning the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, November 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Geert Wilders’ right-wing party reaches provisional deal for hard-right Dutch coalition

An IDF soldier (center) at the scene where far-right activists attacked a truck, leaving the driver (right) laying on the ground bloodied, Givat Asaf Junction, West Bank, May 15, 2024. (X screenshot)

Far-right activists mistake commercial truck for Gaza aid convoy, attack driver

Two suspects detained at Givat Asaf Junction as extremists apprehended truck, vandalized contents and left Palestinian driver laying on street

Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an interview with CNBC, May 15, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu compares hostage deal rallies to anti-Israel ‘mobs’ on US campuses

Israeli troops are seen on the coast of central Gaza, where a US-built floating pier is to be placed, in a handout photo issued May 16, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

US military completes installation of Gaza pier; aid to start flowing within days

By Agencies and ToI Staff

American officials say troops will not set foot in Gaza; plan is for up to 150 truckloads a day to make precarious, multi-stage journey from ships to shore

US soldiers assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on April 26, 2024. (US Army via AP)

UK’s first aid shipment leaves Cyprus headed for temporary Gaza pier

By Lazar Berman and Reuters

In first for US, California public university agrees to academic boycott of Israel

By Alexander Fulbright

Head of Sonoma State University says he’s on leave less than a day after announcing deal, which includes formation of SJP ‘advisory council’ to ensure school complies with terms

Mike Lee of Sonoma State University. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-Israel protesters chant outside The City College Of New York (CUNY) one day after the NYPD cracked down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CUNY on May 1, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)

CUNY college scraps Hillel Memorial Day event over anti-Israel protest, security fears

A sign is seen as pro-Palestinian protesters gather to demonstrate against Israel, in front of Sproul Hall on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, California, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Anti-Israel protesters want University of California to divest $32 billion in assets

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Attorney Ron Bamieh, left, listens to his client, Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a professor of computer science at Moorpark College, in Ventura County Superior Court on Nov. 17, 2023, in Ventura, California (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year

By AP

Loay Abdelfattah AlnajiIf accused of striking Paul Kessler with megaphone; could face over 4 years in jail if found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and battery

Fake bloody corpses left by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists outside the home of University of Michigan board chair Sarah Hubbard on May 15, 2024, in video circulated on social media (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-Israel protesters put fake corpses at University of Michigan official’s home

Television and newspaper reporters in Los Angeles interview passersby in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson following two shootings that occurred in the area in the previous two days on February 17, 2023. (Asaf Elia-Shalev)

Suspect to plead guilty in LA shootings that injured two Jewish men in 2023

By jacob gurvis

Thousands demonstrate against Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

'Everything stopped. We can't do normal business'

Turkey’s sudden ban on trade with Israel is already affecting Jews in both countries

By David I. Klein

From kosher food to construction materials, Israel has long relied on Turkish goods, many of which were supplied by Jewish businesses now suffering after the halt to exports

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road and clash with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the Israeli army, on Route 4, outside the city of Bnei Brak, April 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Attorney general comes out against revival of 2022 Haredi army enlistment bill

Ministerial Committee for Legislation backs plowing ahead with measure despite opposition from Gallant, Gantz and Gali Baharav-Miara

An illustrative image of a cloud concept for data. (Arkadiusz Warguła via iStock by Getty Images)

Israel data storage startup raises $140m, attains ‘unicorn’ status at $1.6b valuation

By Sharon Wrobel

Nvidia-backed Weka is a developer of a software-based platform to help businesses manage AI workloads that demand massive volumes of data and computing power

From 'It's Not Time for Pop,' Amit Vaknin's student film being screened at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024 (Courtesy)

Short student film is only Israeli entry in this year’s Cannes Film Festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Young director Amit Vaknin fears anti-Israel protests after Tel Aviv film school enters her first film, ‘It’s Not Time for Pop,’ into prestigious competition

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In this combination photo, US President Joe Biden speaks May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, North Carolina, left, and Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, May 1, 2024, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo)

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By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin and Josh Boak

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Woman found dead in Beersheba apartment in suspected murder; partner arrested

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Gateway Technical College, in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, May 8, 2024. (Morry Gash/AP)

Jewish Biden appointee publicly resigns over president’s handling of Israel-Hamas war

By AP and ToI Staff

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on May 14, 2024. (Karim JAAFAR / AFP)

Meta restores Facebook posts on Malaysian PM Anwar’s meeting with Hamas’s Haniyeh

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, center, speaks with people before the cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. (Radovan Stoklasa/TASR via AP)

Slovak PM in life-threatening condition after being shot at political meeting

Hitler as a baby (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)

Connecticut probes middle school teacher who showed photo of ‘cute’ baby Hitler

By Andrew Lapin

From the Israel Philharmonic's Global Hatikvah project, launched May 14, 2024 for Israel's Independence Day (Courtesy)

Joined in songThousands take part in global Hatikvah recording with Israel Philharmonic

By Jessica Steinberg

The scene of a collision between two buses in Tel Aviv on May 15, 2024 (Hatzalah)

Man killed, 7 injured in collision between two buses in Tel Aviv

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