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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 23, 2024

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A still from footage showing the capture and abduction of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Naama Levy at the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023. (The Hostages Families Forum)

'The world must look at this cruel atrocity,' says Herzog

Hostage families release clip of 5 female troops’ abduction to push for their freedom

In footage, Hamas terrorist describes the terrified, bloodied soldiers as ‘women who can get pregnant’; father of Liri Albag asks: ‘What else can we do to wake the nation up?’

Large images of hostages Naama Levy and Liri Albag are held above the crowd as protesters in Tel Aviv call for a hostage deal, April 11, 2024. (Danor Aharon/ Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 23: Day 230 – Harrowing video spotlights female soldiers held by Hamas

Protesters call for the release of the Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza at a demonstration outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After release of hostage video, war cabinet okays resumption of stalled truce talks

Source says ministers approved new guidelines for negotiators to try and reach a breakthrough; Egypt said to be making initial contacts with Israel, Hamas

Troops of the Givati Brigade operate in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published May 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF finds rockets in Rafah graveyard as troops push deeper into south Gaza city

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in an undated picture published on May 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

May 23: IDF says Hamas battalion commander killed by Israeli forces in tunnel in northern Gaza

By Elana Kirsh and Joshua Davidovich

Head of UCLA says school should have removed anti-Israel encampment before violence erupted * IDF: ‘Barbaric’ Hamas is holding hostages in Rafah, troops are there to release them

8:50 pm

Pro-Israel crowd gathers at London cinema after it was defaced ahead of 'Supernova' documentary screening
8:40 pm

Rocket sirens sounding again in northern border towns
8:32 pm

Sydney bakery comes under fire for making custom-made Hamas birthday cakes for 4-year-old boy

University of HaifaPromoted Article

Get your master’s at UHaifa International. Experience Israel. Feel at Home.

Resilient during these times, The University of Haifa offers twenty international master’s programs and a once-in-a-lifetime multicultural experience in a safe and secure community.

Dozens of rockets pound north after IDF strike kills top Hezbollah arms dealer

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

No injuries in barrage; air defense systems intercept many projectiles that rained down hours after IDF targeted man said behind procuring ‘strategic and unique weapons’

Smoke trails left after the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon, as seen from the northern city of Safed, May 23, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, on May 5, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Government delays vote on rehabilitation plan for northern border towns

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Al-Ittihadiya Palace, in Cairo, February 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Analysis

Despite threats, Egypt is not about to tear up peace treaty with Israel

Cairo, eager to see war end and economy back on track, is open about its frustrations, but its long-standing interests in preserving deal with Jerusalem have not changed

Two women walk on an asphalt road in the middle of a deserted camp for displaced Palestinians on the border with Egypt in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)

Egypt warns it may withdraw from Gaza war mediation over ‘attempts to doubt’ its role

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, as Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber sits at left, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2024. (Official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei tells visiting Hamas chief that Israel ‘will one day be eliminated’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Palestine will rise from the river to the sea,’ Iranian supreme leader tells Ismail Haniyeh as he and other representatives of Tehran-backed groups attend Raisi’s funeral

A fighter holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher as forces loyal to the Houthi rebels in Yemen participate in a military parade on the occasion of the 34th National Day to commemorate Yemeni unity, in Sanaa, on May 22, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

Vessel targeted by missile attack off Yemen — security firms

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a statement against the decision of three European countries to recognize a Palestinian state on May 22, 2024. (Screen capture);

‘Reward for terror’: PM condemns move by 3 countries to recognize Palestinian state

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls to punish Palestinian Authority by withholding transfer of tax funds, drawing reprimand from senior White House aide

A man waves the Palestinian flag in front of the Norwegian Parliament building during a demonstration in Oslo, Oct. 28, 2023. (Frederik Ringnes/NTB via AP)

Move by Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian state gets mixed global response

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the opening of Colombia's regional elections, in Bogota on October 29, 2023. (Daniel Munoz/AFP)

Colombia to open embassy in Ramallah after cutting ties with Israel

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

Gianluca Pacchiani

In Ramallah, Palestinians welcome recognition by 3 countries with cautious optimism

Residents celebrate diplomatic achievement but say that more pressure is needed on Israel to realize a two-state solution, whether from the US, Arab states or international courts

A view from Basher al-Barghouthi square, Ramallah, May 23, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)

Gunmen march as mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians, some draped in Islamic Jihad terrorist group flags, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli troops leave Jenin after 40-hour raid; 8 gunmen reported among 12 dead

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Military says operation targeted Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists and infrastructure; eight of the dead claimed by terror groups as their gunmen; PA says surgeon, teacher killed

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivers a statement to the press at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Gallant lifts order barring access to evacuated settlements in northern West Bank

Steven Greenberg

Lag B’Omer teaches the delights and dangers of Torah study

How did Rabbi Akiva’s students have such disrespect for each other that they died for their arrogance? Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s tale holds the key

Israel must never stand alone

A small, isolated country invites aggression; to deter it, forge strong alliances. And then call upon those powerful allies to defeat human evil

Analysis

The anti-Muslim, pro-Israel far right now runs Holland. Is the European Parliament next?

Upcoming elections for the EU’s legislature are expected to see gains by parties with ideologies feared by many Jews — even as they may be the community’s most ardent champions

Geert Wilders, second from right, participates in a group selfie with Marine Le Pen and other far-right politicians at a press conference of the right-wing Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group in the European Parliament on April 25 , 2019, in Prague, the Czech Republic. (AFP/Michal Cizek)

Former Bank of Israel governor Prof. Karnit Flug speaks at the Eli Huwitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, May 2024. (Oded Karni)

Interview

Israel’s economic response fails to address war needs, says former central bank head

By Sharon Wrobel

Despite ‘basic resilience,’ the state has to take ‘tough’ steps, such as tax hikes, to start on a path of strong recovery, says Karnit Flug

Portrait of former Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Elyakim Rubinstein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Request for arrest warrants from ICC is ‘blood libel,’ says ex-Supreme Court justice

By Jeremy Sharon

Elyakim Rubinstein also denounces ICC prosecutor for juxtaposing Israeli prime minister, defense minister with Hamas chiefs, says charge Israel is committing genocide ‘is libelous’

Suspected terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Rights groups petition court to shutter Negev detention facility over torture claims

ZAKA volunteers walk through the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as they collect dead bodies, October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)

How 2 debunked accounts from ZAKA workers fueled global skepticism of Oct. 7 rape

By AP and ToI Staff

Explainer

AP and ToI Staff

A look at Israel’s postwar Gaza options as Hamas attempts to regroup

Israel needs to make hard choices as to who will run the Strip after the war, with few good options to be found

Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip arrive with their belongings in Khan Younis on May 15, 2024. (AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters at the port of Ashdod in southern Israel, May 1, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/ Pool Photo via AP)

US officials say they’re in close contact with Israel over ongoing Rafah operation

By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff

A ship transporting international humanitarian aid is moored at the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024. (AFP)

In first, UN says it distributed some aid that arrived to Gaza via US pier

By AP and ToI Staff

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, meets with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, May 22, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Despite mounting opposition, US House leader moves to invite Netanyahu to Congress

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Republican Mike Johnson sets deadline for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer to sign on and make it a joint session or will proceed alone; Democrats divided

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is awarded an honorary doctorate at the Frankfurt School of Finance in Frankfurt, Germany, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

US treasury chief troubled by Smotrich’s threat to cut off Palestinian banks

By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Police officers stand guard during a protest outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem on July 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government will not consider bill handing justice minister control of cop-probing unit

A demonstrator at Columbia University breaks the windows of the front door of the building in order to secure a chain around it to prevent authorities from entering as part of an anti-Israel demonstration, April 30, 2024. (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)

In poll, 70% of New Yorkers say anti-Israel campus protests ‘went too far’

Clear majorities of respondents say they back peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstrations and ‘an immediate ceasefire,’ but 61% feel the protests ‘crossed the line into antisemitism’

Jewish Rutgers University students and members of the community gather holding placards and flags to hold solidarity and vigil for Israel, October 25, 2023, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Letters by Jewish Rutgers students, faculty decry campus’s anti-Israel environment

Police breach the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel encampment at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, early on May 2, 2024. (Etienne Laurent/AFP)

UCLA police chief temporarily reassigned over handling of anti-Israel protest

By AP and ToI Staff

Archaeology

Pilgrims’ first stop: 1,500-year-old Byzantine-era ship etchings found at Negev church

By Gavriel Fiske

Site, just south of the Bedouin city of Rahat, was likely the first inland stop for Christian pilgrims touring the Holy Land after arriving by sea at Gaza

Sam Salz of the Texas A&M Aggies. (Courtesy Texas A&M Athletics)

Interview'My faith says if I do the right thing, I'll play'

How Texas A&M Aggies’s Sam Salz became college football’s first known Orthodox player

By Cathryn J. Prince

Despite never having played on a team and not even owning a pair of cleats, the plucky athlete practiced alongside the squad and is now a walk-on member setting a Jewish example

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Illustrative: A man stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rabbinical court imposes million-shekel divorce payment on husband, citing ketubah

Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC) poses for a photo in her cape given to her by MomsRising at the Mother's Day Press Conference calling for action on Care and Reproductive rights on May 8, 2024 in Washington. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MomsRising, via JTA)

60 diverse US Jewish groups back proposed national coordinator of antisemitism fight

Communications Minister Shlomo Karai attends a protest of bereaved families of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip calling for the continuation of the war, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Communications minister seeks to blame Gallant for AP equipment seizure fiasco

Red hands graffitis are seen on the "Wall of the Righteous" (Mur des Justes), in Paris, France, on May 14, 2024. (Antonin UTZ / AFP)

French police say suspects in Paris Holocaust memorial graffiti case fled to Belgium

By AFP and ToI Staff

Germany's Maximilian Krah, of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party, grimaces during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/ Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Germany’s AfD bars candidate from EU campaigning after he defends some SS members

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech to announce the date of the UK's next general election, to be held on July 4, at 10 Downing Street in central London, on May 22, 2024. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)

British PM Sunak calls general elections for July 4; polls predict defeat

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