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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 25, 2024

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

Hails Biden and Trump; asks for more arms to win war faster

Addressing Congress, Netanyahu lays out vision for postwar Gaza, anti-Iran alliance

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

PM blasts Tehran as driving force behind turmoil, denounces anti-Israel protesters, defends conduct of war; some hostage relatives removed for protest; Tlaib holds ‘war criminal’ sign

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

PM's speechWe’re protecting you: Full text of Netanyahu’s address to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb / AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 25: Day 293 – Analysis of PM’s speech, from the room where it happened

Hostages recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza's Khan Younis on July 25, 2024: top L-R Oren Goldin, Maya Goren, Ravid Katz; bottom: L-R Sgt. Kiril Brodski and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas (Courtesy)

Bodies of 5 Israelis slain on Oct. 7 recovered by IDF from Gaza, brought home

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Remains of Ravid Katz, Oren Goldin, Maya Goren, Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas and Sgt. Kiril Brodski were held hostage in Khan Younis tunnel

First responders at the scene of a shooting attack in the West Bank on July 25, 2024. (Courtesy Magen David Adom)

Two IDF soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Cpt. Ariel Topaz. (courtesy)

IDF officer injured in central Israel ramming attack on July 14 dies of wounds

By Emanuel Fabian

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP/Julia Nikhinson)

Live updates (closed)

July 25: Biden, Harris urge Netanyahu to finalize hostage deal

Hamas official denies US assertion terror group has not submitted names of hostages to be freed in first phase of deal * White House: shipment of 2,000-pound bombs still on hold

10:00 pm

Families express optimism on hostage deal after meeting Netanyahu, Biden
9:38 pm

Netanyahu meeting with Harris begins
9:23 pm

Netanyahu met tech mogul Musk following speech, PMO announces

Promoted EssaySources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas

Centering Jewish Identity Development

Even When There Is Antisemitism on Campus

Families pan Netanyahu for leaving hostage deal out of address to Congress

Protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv and elsewhere in the city on Wednesday evening to call for Israel's government to agree to a deal that will free the hostages held captive in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the... Continue Reading

Families and supporters of Israeli hostages gather in Tel Aviv to watch a live transmission on a large screen of Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress on July 24, 2024 (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

‘What about the hostages?’: Lapid slams Netanyahu as others praise speech to Congress

Protesters burn an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside of Union Station on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy / Getty Images via AFP)

Several arrested as thousands take to DC streets to protest Netanyahu

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Behind the scenes

At Netanyahu speech, most hostage relatives didn’t stand because they can’t anymore

WASHINGTON — It was a line that brought just about everyone in the US House of Representatives chamber to their feet on Wednesday. "I will not rest until all their loved ones are home," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in his speech to a joint session of Congress. Referring to the Hamas captives held in Gaza,... Continue Reading

Carmit Palty Katzir (right) listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address a joint session of the US Congress on July 24, 2024. Elad Katzir, Carmit's brother, was murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza after he was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023; his body was extracted by the IDF and returned to Israel in April. (Screen capture/C-SPAN)

Analysis

In address to both Republicans and Democrats, Netanyahu’s real audience never came up

WASHINGTON, DC -- In the midst of an increasingly bitter -- and utterly fascinating -- US election fight, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought hundreds of Democratic and Republican lawmakers together for Wednesday's address to a special joint session of Congress. On the face of it, the premier, a veteran observer of American politics, seemed to be making a conscious effort... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an address to a joint session of the US Congress, in Washington, DC, July 25, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

US President Joe Biden (L) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

US official says hostage deal close as Netanyahu set to meet Biden, Harris Thursday

By Jacob Magid and Reuters

Remaining obstacles are bridgeable, official claims, and mediators are waiting for Hamas to detail which hostages it will release in first phase

Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and supporters march calling for their release in Tel Aviv, July 23, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli negotiating team postpones departure to Qatar for hostage talks

US President Joe Biden addresses Americans from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

In speech on withdrawal, Biden vows to prioritize ending Gaza war, returning hostages

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed

If only Netanyahu governed Israel as effectively as he speaks about it

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress was a tour de force of public diplomacy. It was painstakingly constructed, and delivered with verve and charisma. He grabbed his audience from the very start, when describing the current "crossroads of history" which sees Iran's axis of evil confronting America, Israel and their Arab allies. And he cemented his hold over much of... Continue Reading

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

In late-night session, Knesset hands Ben Gvir authority over building violations

Lawmakers attend a plenum session in the Knesset, July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MKs give initial nod to bill empowering Knesset to choose judicial ombudsman

Did you hear Bibi’s speech to Congress? (Spoiler: It was powerful)

To Israel: We’ll destroy our enemies and bring our soldiers and hostages home to safety. To the US: Stand with us to end up on the right side of history

Ted Sasson and Chuck Freilich

Netanyahu’s speech won’t reset US-Israel relations

Absent a diplomatic process with the Palestinians, the vision the PM conjured of a regional alliance against Iran is a pipe dream

So, you want to leave Israel. Where exactly are you going?

Finding a country where you can communicate and work won’t be easy – and then there’s the small matter of antisemitism

Why did the Knesset sabotage Biden’s plan for Iran?

A US-led regional alliance against the Islamic Republic and its proxies is vital to Israel’s strategic security interests. The government should take greater care

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of the US Congress at the Capitol in Washington, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress mostly relished PM’s speech, but the despair of many outside and inside intruded

Many Democrats boycott Netanyahu’s address, sit down with captives’ relatives instead; premier met with protests on arrival at Capitol from hawkish powwow at Joe Lieberman memorial

'Heat is called the silent killer for a reason'

‘Uncharted territory’: Three straight days this week were the world’s hottest on record

By SIBI ARASU and Seth Borenstein

BENGALURU, India (AP) -- The record for the world's hottest day in history was broken twice this week on Sunday and Monday as the record continues to constantly rise. A total of three straight days are now the hottest ever recorded globally, with Sunday and Monday successively breaking... Continue Reading

Bathers cool off in the water while others sunbathe on a Barcelona beach, Spain, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Supporters of Israel and Mali fly their flags at the men's group D match at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 24, 2024, in Paris, France. (Olympic Committee of Israel)

Boos, flags but no major security issues as Israel ties Mali in Olympic soccer opener

By Agencies and Amy Spiro

1,000 police deploy around stadium in Paris; jeers sound in stadium during playing of ‘Hatikvah,’ but players exchange friendly greetings; game ends 1-1

Israel's forward #11 Liel Abada fights for the ball with Mali's defender #02 Fode Doucoure during the men's group D football match between Mali and Israel during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Parc des Princes in Paris on July 24, 2024. (Franck Fife / AFP)

Team Israel’s star soccer forward Liel Abada says Olympic match a dream come true

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara descend from Wing of Zion in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

As Wing of Zion finally takes off, a less than soaring adventure for press corps

On its first official flight ferrying PM to Washington, aircraft that has come under criticism for spending woes offers novel yet oddly middling experience for reporters on board

Candace Owens, a conservative political commentator, speaks on stage during Turning Point USA's 'The Peoples Convention' at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, June 14, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump cryptocurrency fundraiser drops Holocaust denier Candace Owens from lineup

By Andrew Lapin

Nashville event headlined by Donald Trump Jr. drew fire for including right-wing conspiracy theorist among its distinguished guests; she denies cancellation is due to ‘Jew hatred’

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024 and US Vice President Kamala Harris on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 22, 2024. (Nick Oxford and Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Trump, Harris attack each other’s policies as US VP begins her presidential campaign

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Grand Boulé, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Republican leaders urge party members to avoid sexism, racism toward Kamala Harris

By AP and ToI Staff

The decorated floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, discovered in an archaeological dig in Lithuania, in a photo released on July 25, 2024. (Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation

Researchers find one of synagogue’s columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by Germans, razed by Russians

Nir Yitzhak, a resident of the illegal West Bank outpost of Maon Farm, shoots Zakaria al-Adra after the Israeli entered the West Bank Palestinian village of At Tuwani, October 13, 2023. (Courtesy B'tselem)

Settler who shot Palestinian man yet to be charged 9 months after incident videoed

By Jeremy Sharon

Judge issues restraining order against shooter, bans him from bearing a firearm; he had continued to carry an assault rifle after his gun license was revoked

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Adelaide on June 16, 2024. (Asanka Ratnayake / POOL / AFP)

Australia slaps sanctions on 7 extremist settlers over attacks on Palestinians

By Agencies and ToI Staff

CarbonBlue founders Dan Deviri (right) and Iddo Tsur.

Power plant could pull 25x more CO2 than today's world total

Company with ‘game-changing’ method for removing CO₂ from air nets over $10 million

While today’s technology can suck a mere 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air annually, Israel’s CarbonBlue seeks to exponentially up efficiency by extracting it from water

A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)

Councils, companies left without e-waste recycling as ministry cuts firm’s contract

The Abraham Hostel in Tel Aviv in an undated photo. (Mike Yudin)

Abraham Group become 1st Israeli chain certified by Global Sustainable Tourism Council

More Headlines

Illustrative: A view of people swimming in the Sea of Galilee, on June 12, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Child diagnosed with brain-eating amoeba weeks after man’s death; visited same waterpark

By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff

This screenshot from a Hezbollah video published July 24, 2024, shows the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel. (Screenshot: Hezbollah media office)

Hezbollah publishes drone footage of Ramat David Airbase in north

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: A 'kosher' phone in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, February 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

MKs pass law cementing Haredi control over community’s censored ‘kosher’ phones

By Sam Sokol and Canaan Lidor

A US Army vessel is seen moored at the US-built floating pier Trident that connected to the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The rise and fall of the US aid pier for Gaza

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Workers and trade unionists from Workers for a Free Palestine blockade the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) during an anti-Israel protest calling for the UK to cease the sale of arms to Israel, in central London, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Nine arrested during London protest demanding ban on weapons sales to Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Courier service staff prepare to ship the 16th-century Italian painting 'Madonna with Child,' attributed to Alessandro Turchi, which was looted from a private Polish collection by Nazi Germany during World War II, at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Germany moves to ease return of art looted by Nazis to rightful owners

By AFP

Angelina Jolie and her father Jon Voight arrive at the premiere of 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' at ArcLight Cinemas on December 8, 2011 in Hollywood, California.(KEVIN WINTER / Getty Images via AFP)

Family feudJon Voight says daughter Angelina Jolie ‘ignorant’ on Gaza, Israel

The Piyyut Ensemble in an undated photo. (Screen grab via YouTube)

Music for the soulPiyyut Ensemble performs elegies that aim to mourn and heal

By Jessica Steinberg

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