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What Matters Most On Friday, September 6, 2024

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A Hamas propaganda video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin released on September 5, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

'I can’t remember last time I saw sun or breathed fresh air'

‘It must serve as wakeup call’: Hersh’s family okays release of Hamas propaganda clip

Goldberg-Polins say video should spark action to release hostages; in undated footage, American-Israeli urges relatives to ‘stay strong,’ just as they told him to do for 11 months

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks to Fox and Friends, September 5, 2024. (Fox screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Fuzzy memoryNetanyahu erroneously refers to ‘November 7 massacre’ in interview

By Michael Horovitz

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump answers questions during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, September 5, 2024, in New York. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Harris campaign: Trump will turn on Israel when it suits him

Vote for me or Israel will be annihilated, Trump says in pitch to Republican Jews

Warning marks intensification of effort to lure Jewish voters, as ex-president fumes they aren’t flocking in larger numbers; he puts colleges on notice for ‘antisemitic propaganda’

This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in New York, Sept. 5, 2024, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the European Jewish Association's conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP)

Trump says he will tap Elon Musk to lead government efficiency commission if elected

By Helen Coster and Gram Slattery

Shabbos Kestenbaum speaks during the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shabbos Kestenbaum, high-profile campus antisemitism critic, endorses Trump

Aerial view of the historical Masada fortress, near the Dead Sea, December 3, 2021.(Moshe Shai/Flash90)

ArchaeologyResearch shows Roman siege likely lasted just a few weeks

Masada legend upended: ‘The Romans came, saw and conquered, quickly and brutally’

By Gavriel Fiske

The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken only after Masada-based Jewish forces raided nearby Ein Gedi and disrupted production of balsam, a precious commodity, TAU prof says

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Israelis demonstrate around 27 coffins symbolizing hostages killed in Gaza, as they protest for the release of Israelis held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2024. (Jamal Awad / Flash90)

‘Government of blood’: Protesters stage mock funeral for slain hostages, demand deal

By Noam Lehmann

Thousands march to IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, carrying 27 coffins to represent captives killed by Hamas, on fifth straight night of protests after six hostages were murdered in Gaza

Illustrative: Smoke billows during airstrikes on areas southeast of central Gaza's Deir al-Balah, on August 24, 2024. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Sep. 6: IDF says airstrike targeted Hamas command center embedded in Gaza school

IDF strikes in Lebanon hit over 15 Hezbollah rocket launchers * Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for ouster of ‘fanatical’ government * Israeli swimmer wins 4th medal at Paralympics

9:58 pm

Belgium beats Israel 3-1 in soccer game held in Hungary after Brussels refused to host match
9:37 pm

IDF says airstrike targets Hamas command center in Gaza school
8:49 pm

Iran reply to Haniyeh killing will be stronger 'than anything Netanyahu's colonial state has ever faced' - UK's Galloway

Egypt’s army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Ahmed Fathy Khalifa visits the Gaza border on the Egyptian side of Rafah, September 5, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu: 'There's not a deal in the making, unfortunately'

Egypt’s army chief visits Gaza border after Israel says Sissi failed on smuggling

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Cairo says Netanyahu trying to hide failures with his comments on need to remain in Philadelphi Corridor; US expresses frustration with PM but blames Hamas for slow progress in talks

Israel, Hamas said hardening demands on hostage-prisoner swap

Blinken indicates mediators will present updated ceasefire offer ‘in coming days’

US secretary’s remarks come amid mounting speculation of imminent ‘take it or leave it’ proposal; he says Saudi deal still possible before Biden’s term ends if ceasefire reached

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the end of his one day visit to Haiti at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port Au Prince on September 5, 2024. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference at the end of his one-day visit to Haiti, at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 5, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/Pool photo via AP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 6: Day 336 – Blinken spins positive on potential hostage deal

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Shards of truth: Unity in a broken world

Humans are not perfect; we each have a piece of the puzzle, and we need to come together and fit them into a unified whole, on our path to completion

Ceremonies commemorating October 7? It’s way too soon

The war and frequent acts of terror are reasons enough, but also, we need distance from those events to make sense of them

Prof. Naomi Habib, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, with Ph.D. student Gilad Green. (Yonit Schiller)

'This disease robs people of dignity'

In game-changer, Israeli researchers find Alzheimer’s markers 20 years before onset

By Diana Bletter

Hebrew University-led team maps 1.65 million brain cells from 437 aging brains; innovative algorithms predict brain cells’ trajectories, bringing ‘much more hope of a cure’

Israel Police officer Meir Suissa, right, prepares a stun grenade moments before he hurled it into a crowd of demonstrators during a mass protest in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Court freezes promotion of indicted police officer, in blow to Ben Gvir

By Jeremy Sharon

Judge says promotion of Meir Suissa, who threw stun grenade at protesters, breached police rules; Ben Gvir denounces terrible decisions, vows to keep backing ‘excellent officer’

Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a ceremony at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, May 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Right: Police officer Meir Suissa orders demonstrators to leave as they are blocked from entering Tel Aviv's Hashalom train station on July 18, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

In damning submission, state says court should cancel promotion of indicted cop

By Jeremy Sharon

The Department of Justice seal at the Department of Justice in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

US: Russia sought to exploit judicial overhaul to divide Jews, influence ’24 election

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Justice Department affidavit reveals disinformation plot to twist opinions of those invested in Jewish state in order ‘to rip Israel out of the general Western anti-Russian agenda’

ToI podcast

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Sophie’s Choice on hostages

After a tumultuous week, we ask some big questions about how Israelis are viewing this decisive moment as the country, and its leadership, are torn in two as negotiations falter

A display of 27 coffins of the hostages who were killed while in captivity in Gaza set up at Habima Square in Tel Aviv. (Zohar Ben Yehuda)

Ilana Glazer, Mahershala Ali, Cynthia Nixon share campaign

Celebrities demand US arms embargo on Israel, alleging human rights violations

Artists4Ceasefire group, founded in October to demand halt to Gaza war, launches new campaign with NGOs; hundreds signed group’s first petition

Sunrise Coigney (L) and Mark Ruffalo (R) attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Ruffalo is wearing a pin depicting an orange hand holding a heart, which calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. (JC Olivera/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)

Hollywood agent Brandt Joel (right) with actor Renee Zellweger at the 2005 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (J. Vespa/WireImage)

A-list Hollywood agent dropped over violent message in pro-Israel group chat

By JTA and ToI Staff

Mark Dion, mayor of Portland, Maine, votes in support of a city council resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, Sept. 4, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)

Portland, Maine, city council votes to divest from companies doing business with Israel

By Andrew Lapin

Then-attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, right, with Israel Bar Association then-chairman Efi Naveh during an event in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2017. (Flash90)

New recordings reveal Mandelblit heavily lobbied bar association chief to get AG job

Leaked phone calls from 2015 show close and constant coordination between Mandelblit and Efi Nave to influence selection committee, High Court

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (L) at the Israeli Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, September 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid alleges comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe meant to help Netanyahu avoid state inquest

By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon

Joel Pollak speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 21, 2018. (Photo by Phillip Faraone / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Meet the Jewish author who has written a pithier, punchier Project 2025

Breaking away from mainstream US Jewry, Joel Pollak opposes the separation of church and state while dismissing concerns that his recommendations would spur ‘Christian nationalism’

Republican Jewish confab kicks off in Vegas, focusing on domestic antisemitism spike

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Israel's women's goalball team celebrates winning silver at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 5, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)

2024 Paris ParalympicsIsrael wins Paralympic silver in goalball, bronze in tennis, boosting medal count to 9

Colombia opens probe into police’s alleged purchase, illegal use of Israeli spyware

File: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears at the Manhattan Criminal Court for a pre-trial hearing, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, July 19, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/Pool/AFP)

Harvey Weinstein won’t face indecent assault charges in Britain

By DANICA KIRKA

Friends and family attend the funeral of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin at Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem, September 2, 2024. By the grave of the slain hostage is draped the banner of the Hapoel Jerusalem soccer team. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Forever a fanHapoel FC unveils jersey honoring fan Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By jacob gurvis

Illustrative image of innovation, AI, machine learning and robots. (ipopba; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel signs global treaty to address risks of artificial intelligence

By Sharon Wrobel

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)

London announces new bus line so Jewish residents feel more safe

By AFP

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