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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 12, 2024

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Israeli security forces and paramedics are seen following a deadly terror shooting attack targeting a bus in the West Bank, early December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean); inset: Yehoshua Aharon, 10, who was critically hurt in the attack and died following it (Courtesy)

Young boy killed, several bus passengers wounded in West Bank terror shooting

By Alexander Fulbright and Emanuel Fabian

Jerusalem hospital declares death of Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, 12, after he’s critically hurt in attack; 3 victims treated for moderate and light wounds; gunman turns himself in

Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th 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)

Knesset passes law to use PA funds to pay for Oct. 7 terrorists’ legal fees

Illustrative: The West Bank's Hamra Checkpoint (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Policemen, civilian charged with brutal assault on Palestinian civilian

By Jeremy Sharon

ToI in Syria

We don’t know how the rebels will act, IDF commander tells ToI inside southern Syria

Times of Israel joins troops at Syrian army post that was abandoned with fall of Assad’s regime; IDF has quickly implemented plans originally drawn up for a potential Iran-backed attack

A former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, December 11, 2024. The Hebrew graffiti reads "trash corner." (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

A convoy of IDF vehicles approach a United Nations position on the border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights on December 11, 2024. The Syrian Army Tel Kwdana post can be seen in the background. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

France calls on Israel to exit Syria buffer zone as Spain, Germany urge restraint

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Syrian girl walks down a street in Berlin while wearing a Syrian opposition flag, December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

European countries suspend Syrians’ asylum cases, amid calls for deportations

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Justice Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 4, 2024. (Flash90/Yonatan Sindel)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 12: Top court’s head accuses Netanyahu government of undermining judicial independence

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Hamas reports 58 killed in strikes; IDF says terrorists trying to steal aid among those hit * Trump says Netanyahu knows he wants Gaza war to end, avoids backing his own 2020 two-state offer

9:30 pm

Hamas ups day's death toll to 58; IDF says terrorists trying to steal aid among those hit
9:22 pm

UN says 1.1 million newly displaced in Syria since offensive that toppled Assad
9:17 pm

Blaming military echelon, Smotrich says he didn't know what Nukhba unit was before Oct. 7

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on December 12, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu to top Biden aide: Israel must protect itself from ‘any threat’ from Syria

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

Meanwhile, visiting Jordan, Blinken promises US support for Syria’s neighbors during ‘period of transition,’ says DC will work to ensure country is not ‘used as base for terrorism’

Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian rebel chief says working with international groups to secure chemical sites

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A woman looks at a room of the infamous Sednaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Woman haunts infamous Syrian prison, scouring for signs of missing relatives

By Jehad Shalbak

Post-Assad, think small

Now is the time to erase the colonial boundaries Sykes and Picot drew that defined the region for a century

The cost of war: Israel’s New Year’s VAT increase will hurt your pocket

Nobody wants higher household, business, and real estate expenses, but budgeting carefully will get Israelis through it

View of the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area in southern Gaza's Rafah, October 20, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Report: Hamas has agreed to temporary IDF presence in Gaza in potential hostage deal

WSJ says terror group has submitted list of hostages it will release, and Israel has agreed to gradual withdrawal from Philadelphi; Mossad chief meets Qatari PM in Doha

Hostage family members speak to the media after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 8, 2024. (Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 12: Day 433 – US security adviser arrives for renewed hostage talks

By Jessica Steinberg, Jacob Magid and Tal Schneider

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Sullivan heads to Israel for Biden administration’s likely final hostage deal push

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testifies behind reinforced protective screens at the Tel Aviv District Court for the second day of testimony in his trial, on December 11, 2024 (Amit Shabi/Pool)

Netanyahu argues ‘hostile’ Walla coverage, telecom reforms prove bribery claims ‘absurd’

By Jeremy Sharon

On the second day of his testimony, PM acknowledges trying to change news site’s political direction and find buyers for it when his efforts failed

In this screen capture from an i24 broadcast, an AI-generated image depics Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his corruption trial, December 11, 2024. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

TV station says AI-generated depiction of PM in Eichmann-like cage was ‘mishap’

Senior US general visits Beirut to monitor pullout

IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit; 5 reported killed in Israeli drone strikes in country’s south

Troops of the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade operate on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a handout photo released by the IDF on December 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

View of the Quneitra Border crossing and the surroundings on the Israeli border with Syria, in the Golan Heights, on December 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

IDF Home Front Command lifts restrictions on Golan Heights, amid Lebanon ceasefire

Israeli strikes said to kill dozens in Gaza; new UN resolutions back ceasefire, UNRWA

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Officials in Hamas-controlled enclave say 36 dead, among them at least 12 they say were guards protecting aid deliveries; claims are unconfirmed

Palestinian Red Crescent rescuers carry the victim of an Israeli strike into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, early on December 12, 2024. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh (C) prays during the funeral of his son Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, whom Israel killed in an airstrike in Rafah, saying he was a terrorist, January 7, 2024. (Mohammed Abed / AFP)

Media groups pan Israel with accusations of Gaza journalist ‘massacre’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Then-Republican presidential nominee former US president Donald Trump arrives as Richard Grenell watches at a campaign event at a farm, in Smithton, Pennsylvania, September 23, 2024. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

Trump considering ex-intelligence chief Richard Grenell to handle Iran file

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Selection could indicate US president-elect is open to dialogue with Tehran

FBI Director Christopher Wray answers questions during an interview, in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, August 21, 2024. (Abbie Parr/AP)

FBI director Wray says he will resign before Trump takes office

Police stationed outside a Manhattan synagogue, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

'If he has rehabilitated, why incarcerate him?'

Fate of Jewish man facing sentencing over 2022 synagogue threat divides a NYC community

After a white supremacist was arrested for a gun plot, Matthew Mahrer pleaded guilty to related firearms charges. Supporters say he should be given an alternative to prison time

Likud MK Avichai Boaron speaks in the Knesset plenum, December 11, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Resolution compelling MKs to discuss firing AG passes 51-0 after opposition boycott

Opposition lawmakers decry attack on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara as a coalition attempt to cover up policy failures, and walk out of plenum chanting ‘shame’

Culture Minister Miki Zohar attends an evening in memory of actor Yaacov Cohen in Tel Aviv, December 4, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Culture minister threatens to cut funding of arthouse theater over ‘extremist’ films

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A Jewish man suspect of participating in riots Hebron, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

MKs pass law allowing courts to issue restraining orders on basis of secret evidence

Illustrative: Students protesting against the war in Gaza, and passersby walking through Harvard Yard, are seen next to the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Reporter's notebook

At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism

By Rich Tenorio

Jewish Studies faculty from around the United States convene in Cambridge this week to dissect an ongoing period of unprecedented hostility

Explainer

Feminist groups decry law setting quota for women in assembly that elects chief rabbis

Billed as an effort to increase female representation, measure actually serves to disenfranchise female Torah scholars, say critics

The elections of Israel's new chief rabbis in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

A military drone near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, March 26, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

IDF intercepts two drones from Iran’s proxies; no damage or casualties

By Emanuel Fabian

Sirens sound in southern Israel throughout the morning due to UAVs and apparent false alarms

Moti Maman, accused of being recruited by Iran to advance an assassination plot of Israel's prime minister, defense minister, or the head of the Shin Bet, is seen in a court in Beersheba on September 19, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

AnalysisIran managing to recruit surprising number of Jewish Israelis for spying ops

By Reuters and ToI Staff

This undated image provided by the Guam Department of Corrections shows Asif William Rahman. (Guam Department of Corrections via AP)

CIA analyst accused of leaking Israeli plan to attack Iran ordered held pending trial

By Matthew Barakat

Illustrative. An employee works in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)

Israel’s tech paradox: Despite war, tech exits surge 78%, led by cyber and AI deals

By Sharon Wrobel

So far in 2024, US buyers continue to lead with 31 M&A and IPO deals worth $8.9 billion, followed by Israeli buyers accounting for 15 transactions, says new PwC report

The Rechtbank's criminal courthouse in Amsterdam where five suspects accused of violence against Maccabi Tel Aviv fan are on trial, December 11, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)

At Amsterdam attack trial, prosecutor claims violence ‘not motivated by antisemitism’

By AFP and ToI Staff

A month after shocking gang attack on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, 7 suspects — including Gazan man accused of attempted murder — appear in court, with 6 others to be tried separately

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Illustrative: Pope Francis prays before the 'Nativity of Bethlehem 2024' with baby Jesus wrapped in Palestinian keffiyeh, upon its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on December 7, 2024. (Andreas Solaro/ AFP)

Vatican nativity scene showing baby Jesus on a keffiyeh removed after backlash

Rescue workers at the scene of a traffic accident that claimed the lives of three women in their 20s near Yavne, December 12, 2024. (Magen David Adom)

Three young women killed in overnight collision near Yavne

Korin Allal sings Ecclesiastes at the Oud Festival (photo credit: Itamar Cohen/Yoki Photographers)

ObituaryIsraeli singer-songwriter Korin Allal dies at 69 after battle with cancer

Tal (left) and Oren Alexander just brokered a record $100-million real estate deal, a Manhattan townhouse bought by their clients, the state of Qatar. (Courtesy Oren Alexander website)

Israeli-American luxury real estate founders charged with sex trafficking

The poster for Woodstock for Peace, a three-day gathering of music, art and peace, which will be held December 26-28, 2024 at Shitim in Israel's south (Courtesy)

Peace vibesLocal ‘Woodstock’ aims to unite Israelis, Palestinians for peace

By Jessica Steinberg

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa (L) and Saudi Arabia's Minister of Sports and Youth Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal al-Saud celebrate after Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of the 2034 World Cup during a ceremony in the capital Riyadh on December 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Saudi Arabia to host 2034 soccer World Cup as human rights groups cry foul

An undated view of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History)

Biden signs law that could bring US Jewish history museum under Smithsonian umbrella

This undated file image posted on a militant website on, January 14, 2014, shows fighters from the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) marching in Syria. (AP)

Dutch woman gets 10 years in prison for enslaving Yazidi after joining ISIS in Syria

By AFP

Noa Mimran stands in her classroom at Hadassah Academic College where she is a first-year optometry student. (Courtesy)

Hadassah Academic College launches new program for French immigrants

By Diana Bletter

The son of a renowned cantor, 11-year-old Yair Keydar, left, makes his New York stage debut in "Drag: The Musical" at New World Stages. Also pictured: Actors Joey McIntyre and Luxx Noir London. (Matthew Murphy)

Jewish campSon of cantor, 11, makes Broadway debut in musical on drag queens

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