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Friday, May 31, 2024
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Hanegbi reportedly snaps at relatives who criticize Netanyahu
Israel won’t end war for deal to free all hostages, PM’s aide said to tell families
By
ToI Staff
National security adviser Hanegbi says it will be possible to free female, elderly and sick hostages in coming months, but warns effort to release remainder unlikely to succeed
Government sacrificing hostages, families say, following fraught Hanegbi meet
By
ToI Staff
Israeli negotiator: Hamas demand for ceasefire before hostage release ‘delusional’
By
ToI Staff
Live updates (closed)
May 31: US official says Israeli offer meets all Hamas demands with ‘very minor adjustments’
By
Jacob Magid
and
Michael Horovitz
Senior administration official says terror group received proposal last night, will need time to make decision * Hamas says it ‘positively views’ proposed deal to end Gaza war
8:43 pm
Hamas says it 'postively views' Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by Biden
8:39 pm
Obama endorses Biden's 'clear, realistic and just' hostage release and Gaza ceasefire proposal
8:30 pm
Police break up anti-Israel protest encampment, arrest 80 at UC Santa Cruz
Trump vows to appeal verdict, will be sentenced July 11
First-ever convicted US president: Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial
By
Michael R. Sisak
,
Jennifer Peltz
,
Eric Tucker
and
Michelle L. Price
Former president falsified business records in scheme to illegally influence 2016 election through payments to porn actor who said the two had sex; could face prison time
Republican Jewish group rushes to Trump’s defense after historic conviction
By
Ron Kampeas
‘Hang everyone’: Trump supporters react to guilty verdict with calls for violence
By
Joseph Tanfani
,
Ned Parker
and
Peter Eisler
ToI podcast
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Says she turned to Jewish faith: 'It's like meditation'
Rachel Goldberg-Polin: ‘An embarrassment to human race’ that we haven’t freed hostages
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
Hersh’s mom shares the ‘indescribable’ agony of son being held in Gaza; says she’s ‘deeply worried’ for ‘innocent civilians’ in Gaza: ‘I don’t think it’s a competition of pain’
‘They’re shooting at me’: Eden Yerushalmi’s emergency call before Oct. 7 abduction
By
ToI Staff
PIJ airs second video of hostage Sasha Trufanov, with apparent proof of recency
By
ToI Staff
Still in coalition, Gantz’s National Unity party files bill to dissolve Knesset
By
Sam Sokol
Party bids to create ‘stable unity government,’ further indicating it is set to bolt the emergency coalition it joined after Oct. 7; Likud dismisses call as harmful to war effort
Poll: Half of Jewish Israelis say Israel should run Gaza after the war; 0% say Hamas
By
Jacob Magid
and
JTA
Bank of Israel chief warns war against Hamas will cost $67 billion in 2023-2025
By
Sharon Wrobel
and
Reuters
State attorney says police wrong to arrest, blindfold Arab woman over online posts
By
ToI Staff
Video shows Rasha Kareem from Majd al Krrum being treated like a terror suspect despite no approval to probe her; Ben Gvir says judicial authorities ‘intervening for terror backer’
Inside story
There is at least one previous Mexican Jewish president
Quietly Jewish scientist poised to win Sunday’s Mexican presidential election
By
Canaan Lidor
Claudia Sheinbaum, would-be successor of a left-wing populist incumbent, has focused on energy and crime despite detractors’ repeated efforts to discuss her faith – or lack of it
Two soldiers killed in Gaza as IDF leaves Jabaliya, presses into center of Rafah
By
Emanuel Fabian
Second re-clearing operation in northern Gaza ends after nearly 3 weeks; IDF says troops killed hundreds of terror operatives, recovered bodies of 7 hostages, destroyed tunnels
‘Now they’re meeting up above’: Cousins killed fighting for IDF in Gaza, 3 weeks apart
By
ToI Staff
ToI podcast
What Matters Now to law expert Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Denialism of Oct. 7 sexual violence
By
ToI Staff
After a deafening silence from global women’s organizations who hesitated to condemn Hamas’s weaponization of rape, the lecturer founded a civil commission to document the crimes
'For me everything's connected to what’s going on in Israel'
These Israeli track runners at Oklahoma State are quick to defend their homeland
By
Diana Bletter
Representing the Jewish state from afar as fallout from Oct. 7 continues at home and abroad, Adisu Guadie and Sivan Auerbach report a warm welcome in their new surroundings
At least 12 arrested as riot police dismantle anti-Israel camp at Detroit university
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
Despite string of pro-Palestinian statements, CUNY faculty union rejects Israel boycott
By
Luke Tress
Top Ops
Razi Hecker
The language without words
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Rachel Peck
Israel-Hamas War 5784: Reward and punishment
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Joshua Rabin
Crawling out of the tarpit
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Jonathan Zausmer
Don’t fight the riptide
Israel would do well to bypass the extremist currents in its midst and work toward the two-state solution favored by so many UN countries
Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service
By
Andrew Lapin
Libicki, who explores Jewish identity in her work, says the ban is illegal and ‘bad for all artists of all political orientations and background’
Montreal Jewish school hit by gunfire in second such attack in Canada within days
By
JTA
Anti-war protesters hold 'die-in' on parade route
War looms large over Jerusalem Pride as hostage families lead march
By
Charlie Summers
Bereaved son says ‘moral connection’ exists between struggles for LGBTQ equality and return of Hamas-held captives; participants boo far-right police minister checking in on march
Key Gaza famine report cited by UN, ICJ has systematic flaws, Israeli review finds
By
Jeremy Sharon
Health Ministry says grave methodological flaws in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report, cited as proof Israel starving Gazans, renders its conclusions unreliable
Israel, Egypt said moving toward reopening Rafah Crossing amid US pressure
By
ToI Staff
Hundreds protest outside Paris news studio as interview with Netanyahu airs
By
ToI Staff
and
AFP
PM points to French strike in Mali that accidentally killed civilians: ‘That was a tragedy, but I won’t call Macron a war criminal’
Netanyahu’s office reiterates Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara after map snafu
By
AFP
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Explainer
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The finance minister has spent months fighting with Gallant and Halevi due to his belief that they cannot plan for the military’s future after failing to prevent Hamas’s onslaught
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By
Stuart Winer
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By
Ron Kampeas
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By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Slovenian government okays decision to recognize Palestinian state alongside Israel
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
US envoy Hochstein envisions Israel-Lebanon border deal in bid to cool conflict
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier after American, UK strikes said to kill 16
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
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![Illustrative: Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, with a sign reading: 'Save those who can still be [saved],' outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)](https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/05/F240525EM001-e1717161777181-160x100.jpg "Illustrative: Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, with a sign reading: 'Save those who can still be [saved],' outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)")
