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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 31, 2024

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First responders carry the shrouded body of a woman who was killed when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area near Kiryat Ata on October 31, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

7 people killed in Hezbollah rocket attacks, marking deadliest day in months for north

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israeli and four Thai nationals killed in Metula orchard; pair, reportedly mother and son, killed in olive grove near Haifa; IDF hits Hezbollah sites in Syria, warns Baalbek

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech on October 30, 2024. (Screenshot)

New Hezbollah chief threatens Netanyahu, but opens door for ceasefire in first speech

By Gianluca Pacchiani, Agencies and ToI Staff

Francesca Albanese (center), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, addresses an event at Barnard College in New York City on October 30, 2024. (Courtesy of Eden Yadegar)

Crowd laughed at question about rape, according to students

At Columbia’s Barnard, UN expert with history of antisemitic remarks justifies Oct. 7

By Cathryn J. Prince

Student who confronted Francesca Albanese on whether all Israelis are legit targets says school’s platforming of her shows that ‘antisemitism not a bug but a feature of our institution’

Illustrative: Graffiti reading 'From the river to the sea' is seen on a building adjacent to an encampment protesting the University of Washington's ties to Israel and Boeing on the university's campus in Seattle, Washington, May 12, 2024. (Jason Redmond / AFP)

After report, Jews at U of Washington divided over outside help for campus antisemitism

By Andrew Lapin

Israeli couple from Lod, man from Bnei Brak are latest charged with spying for Iran

In new espionage cases, prosecutors say pair tracked woman at top security think tank, while man spied on nuclear scientist for potential assassination

Illustrative: Police officers in Jerusalem on October 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

First responders transport a woman to an ambulance following a rocket attack from Lebanon near Kiryat Ata on October 31, 2024. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 31: IDF pledges response to Hezbollah attacks that killed 7 in northern Israel

Blinken says ‘urgent’ for Israel to facilitate Gaza polio vaccinations * Israel said to make progress in securing US assurance to allow IDF freedom of action if Hezbollah violates ceasefire

9:48 pm

Another suspected drone launched from Lebanon shot down by air defenses over northern Israel — IDF
9:19 pm

IDF vows to respond to deadly Hezbollah attack in northern Israel
9:12 pm

Iraq tries to avoid regional fight as militias fire at Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran said threatening ‘definitive, painful’ response to Israel, likely before US election

White House reiterates that Tehran should not strike Jewish state; US State Department says, regarding Israeli reprisal on Saturday, ‘this should be the end of it’

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter affiliated with the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) stands guard on a building following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye (Koysinjaq), 100Km east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on October 1, 2022. (Safin Hamid/AFP)

Iran claims to have killed member of separatist group with ties to Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Inside story

Inverting its approach, US pursues calm in Lebanon that will then spread to Gaza

After months of arguing truce in Gaza is needed ahead of one in Lebanon, Biden aides say Hezbollah willingness to disconnect from Strip offers opportunity, and hope Hamas will take notice

US Special envoy Amos Hochstein, center, gives a statement to the media after his meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

This handout picture provided by the Lebanese Prime Minister's press office shows Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati delivering a statement to the press in Beirut on October 11, 2024. (Lebanese Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP)

Lebanese PM says hoping for ceasefire in coming days; US-drafted truce deal leaks

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Left: White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk, April 18, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images via AFP); Right: US envoy Amos Hochstein, October 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US mediators jet to Israel for talks on 60-day truce with Hezbollah

By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Protesters call for a hostage deal to secure the release of abductees held in Gaza by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 26, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Hamas rejects any hostage deal that doesn’t end war, despite mediators’ efforts

By ToI Staff and Agencies

As Qatari interlocutors reportedly try to coax terror group back to negotiating table with various short-term ceasefire offers, senior official says demands haven’t changed

An injured man sits on the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, October 29, 2024. (AFP)

IDF official: Deadly Gaza strike targeted spotter, wasn’t aimed at collapsing building

By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff

Follow ToI on WhatsApp and never miss an important update

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

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Areej Manaa holds her phone with a photo of her daughter, Orjwan, killed by a Hezbollah rocket in Majd al-Krum on October 25, 2024, at her home on October 29, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

In Arab town where 2 were killed by Hezbollah rockets, leaders demand shelters

By Diana Bletter

Majd al-Krum municipality set up concrete drainage pipes around the town as makeshift shelters; this outside-the-box thinking saved 30, but two young people didn’t make it in time

Illustrative: View of the border between Israel and Jordan, in the Jordan valley, in the West Bank, on June 17, 2020. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

IDF announces formation of new division to defend Israel’s border with Jordan

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Move comes weeks after gunmen breached border in an area south of the Dead Sea; IDF chief Halevi says new division will ease burden on reservists

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv, calling for equal military service, March 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 31: Day 391 – As IDF opens new Jordan division, Haredim are in its sights

Former US president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, October 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman blasts group for muted response to Trump’s MSG rally

By Asaf Elia-Shalev and Ron Kampeas

American Jewish groups afraid to anger ex-president should he win again, Foxman charges, after ‘bizarre’ statement by ADL about campaign event that avoids naming Trump himself

A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Ballot boxes in two US states set on fire, vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ messages

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Maciej Hunia, Poland's chief of mission in Israel, speaks to The Times of Israel, October 30, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Interview

Poland’s new envoy rejects Gaza genocide claims, says democracies must back Israel

By Lazar Berman

In first interview with Israeli outlet, former spy chief Maciej Hunia says allied nations’ fights over Holocaust history are in the past

New memorials honor hundreds of Jews murdered at little-known Nazi labor camp in Poland

By Vanessa Gera

Analysis

UNRWA is deeply flawed, but strategic wisdom of banning agency is unclear

Jerusalem has for years warned of agency’s complicity in terrorism and incitement, to no avail; but its central role in Gaza aid efforts could create difficulties for Israel

Israelis protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside the organization's offices in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 30, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UNRWA chief says new Israeli laws targeting UN agency mean ‘more people will die in Gaza’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Countering boycott, over 1,000 reject attempt ‘to scapegoat Jewish and Israeli authors’

Literary and entertainment figures sign letter supporting those who ‘don’t share one-sided narrative’ about Oct. 7, slam ‘censorship based on identity or litmus tests’

Illustrative: Thom Yorke performs onstage at The Greek Theatre on October 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images/AFP)

Radiohead frontman confronts ‘coward’ anti-Israel heckler at Melbourne concert

By Michael Horovitz

An Israeli man wears a rainbow kippa during the annual Gay Pride march in Jerusalem on July 21, 2016. (Thomas COex/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

Global LGBTQ group suspends Israeli organization, angering queer Jews and allies

By Andrew Lapin

To MK Aryeh Deri, a leader of the Haredim who do not serve in the IDF

I ask myself how a Jew can send Jews into combat while keeping himself and his constituency out of it. Could it really be that you don’t see us fellow Jews?!

Iranians should seize the moment to topple the regime

With the country’s axis-of-evil proxies weakened and its vulnerabilities exposed, the people have a chance to replace the dictatorship

Analysis

Shalom Yerushalmi

In his blusterous fight for Haredi draft exemptions, Goldknopf is increasingly isolated

UTJ leader is confident his ultimatums will shield his constituents from army service, even as he antagonizes more pragmatic colleagues and casualty-weary national-religious leaders

Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf attends the plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the draft outside the IDF Recruitment Center in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reservists pen letter criticizing IDF chief for failing to draft ultra-Orthodox men

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) listens to explanations as he visits a stand at Euronaval, the world naval defense exhibition in Le Bourget near Paris, on October 23, 2018. (Benoit Tessier/Pool/AFP)

Paris court rules Israel must be allowed to exhibit at Euronaval arms expo

By Lazar Berman

Paris Commercial Court blocks Macron’s second attempt this year to bar Israeli defense firms from a trade show, following petition by Israeli companies and trade groups

Smoke rises over Beit Lahiya, adjacent to Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2024 (Photo by AFP)

German lawyers ask court to block ship they say is delivering arms to Israel’s Elbit

By Reuters and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial at the Jerusalem District Court on May 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Citing war, Netanyahu expected to request delaying his testimony in corruption trial

By Jeremy Sharon

Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem as he arrives for a court hearing on a lawsuit filed against the newspaper, January 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Haaretz in government crosshairs after publisher calls terrorists ‘freedom fighters’

By Stuart Winer

File: MK Ayman Odeh (center left) and MK Ahmad Tibi (center right) attend Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset advances legislation that could make it easier to disqualify Arab lawmakers

By Sam Sokol and Michael Horovitz

Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire

By jacob gurvis

Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)

Riyadh hosts first meeting of ‘international alliance’ pushing for Palestinian state

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara exit the official Wing of Zion plane in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)

Report: Sara Netanyahu demanded F-35 escort for PM’s plane upon return from US visit

Nvidia employees in Israel. (Courtesy)

In a year of war, Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as best firm to work for in Israel: D&B

By Sharon Wrobel

Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch holds a fragment of a Russian drone that damaged the Chabad-run Perlina school in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 30, 2024. (Courtesy Kyiv Jewish Community via JTA)

Kyiv Jewish school damaged in Russian drone strike

By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ

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