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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 14, 2024

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An infographic released by the IDF on December 14, 2024, shows a rocket launching site in Gaza near a humanitarian aid warehouse. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says rockets fired at south on Friday were launched from aid warehouse area

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Rocket launchers were placed 50 meters from aid sites, army says; terror cell targeted at former Gaza City school, with Palestinian medics reporting 7 dead

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (L) at a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on November 11, 2024, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Knesset on November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 14: Lapid accuses Levin of ‘engaging in criminal blackmail’ against High Court

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

Minister attacks court, says it has left him ‘no choice’ but to revive judicial overhaul * Blinken says US in ‘direct contact’ with Syrian rebel leaders despite terror designation

9:46 pm

In effective ultimatum, Levin tells court to accept his plan for appointing next chief
9:11 pm

Lapid accuses Levin of 'engaging in criminal blackmail' against High Court
8:38 pm

Left us no choice: Levin seems to threaten resumption of judicial overhaul push

Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for rocket fire at south

Top Biden adviser: Hamas has refused to provide names of hostages it’s holding

By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

Sullivan says in Israeli TV interview that regional developments — not Trump’s election — are reason for fresh optimism about the chances of a Gaza deal: ‘The moment is ripe’

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 12, 2024. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)

Demonstrators protest calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, November 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Poll: Majority of Israelis support deal ending Gaza war for release of all hostages

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

War cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot speaks at the funeral of his son Gal, in Herzliya on December 8, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

At memorial ceremony for fallen son, Eisenkot pans government’s handling of the war

PA security forces stand guard at a roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on December 6, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid larger crackdown against terror groups in West Bank, PA general says his forces ‘thwarted a disaster’ by stopping car bombing aimed at Palestinian civilians and PA forces

An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by a humvee vehicle near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, ear the Syrian border on December 14, 2024.(Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

New Israeli strikes said to target Syrian military sites, underground missile bunkers

By Agencies and ToI Staff

No immediate confirmation from Israel, which is trying to stop Assad’s strategic weapons from falling into hostile hands; Syria protests to UN against IDF presence in buffer zone

Vast crowds of Syrians gather during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus's central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Thousands celebrate in Damascus after first Friday prayers since fall of Assad regime

By Albert Aji and Matthew Lee

Inside Story

Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Desperate Assad deceived those around him in last hours before stealthy flight from Syria

Ousted Syrian president kept officials and relatives, including his own brother, in dark about his exit plan; hunted for outside help to maintain his rule before eventually fleeing

An image of Syrian President Bashar Assad, riddled with bullets, is seen on the facade of the provincial government office in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (center) and his wife Asma al-Assad (left) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023. (Philip FONG / AFP)

ProfileAsma al-Assad: From Syria’s ‘desert rose’ to international pariah

By Marie Heuclin

Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle: Who are they and where are they now?

By BASSEM MROUE

Analysis

Gianluca Pacchiani

Can Syria’s dwindling Christian community survive under jihadi rebel rule?

Once loyal to the regime, Syrian Christians have ostensibly joined the national celebration after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. But can they trust the new Islamist rulers’ pledges?

Archbishop Butros Meriati leads the Christmas morning mass at the Armenian Catholic Church in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on December 25, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

A Syrian holds up a weapon during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rebel leader says insurgents began planning assault on Assad a year ago

From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's adviser Jonatan Urich (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Netanyahu's attorney Amit Hadad (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); and former Netanyahu aide Yisrael Einhorn (Youtube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law).

Report: Netanyahu’s attorney representing 2 suspects in classified document leak case

Amit Hadad acting for PM’s former aide Yisrael Einhorn and current adviser Jonatan Urich; Haaretz says suspect Eli Feldstein being pressured to replace legal representation

Pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act

Fighting antisemitism requires a formal definition. The US Congress approved the bill — why has Chuck Schumer failed to bring a Senate vote?

David Seidenberg

A bad Penny: The unfair acquittal in Jordan Neely’s death

When someone says he is hungry, even if he yells it in a scary way, there is just one moral response: an offer of help

A British Airways flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

UK, Japan and China ease travel warnings to Israel amid ceasefire with Hezbollah

Foreign Ministry said to view announcements as a positive but unclear what effect they’ll have on airlines, some of which have canceled flights until spring

Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of Hezbollah fighters who were killed in the recent war with Israel, during their funeral procession in the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Selm on December 6, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

AnalysisA diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria

By AP and ToI Staff

Andrey Khrzhanovskiy films himself placing a "Free Palestine" sticker on a monument for a fallen soldier in Sderot on December 3, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

Activist arrested over ‘Free Palestine’ sticker on memorial for soldier killed Oct. 7

Andrey Khrzhanovskiy held after he posts video of himself putting Palestinian flag on memorial for Cpt. Shilo Cohen at what he claims is Sderot ‘lookout’ for watching Gaza ‘genocide’

Sean Penn, John Ira Palmer, John Wildermuth, Tim Fehlbaum, and Jake Kasdan speak onstage during a CAA Screening and Filmmaker Q&A of "September 5" in Los Angeles at Creative Artists Agency on December 08, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Faraone / Getty Images via AFP)

Film review

‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack

By Stephen Silver

New film about massacre of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games offers different perspective than Spielberg’s ‘Munich,’ concentrates on media coverage of globally live-streamed attack

Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. (Courtesy/ File)

Reporter's Notebook

‘Hurting together’: Conservative Rabbis meet in Israel for first time since October 7

Rabbis from communities across North and South America, Europe, and Australia convene in Jerusalem to show solidarity and reflect on the lessons of October 7

Sisters Dana Modan, left, and Rutu Modan, whose first joint film, 'The Property,' reached Israeli theaters on December 7, 2024 (Courtesy)

Interview

In 1st-ever film made by sisters, Dana and Rutu Modan bring family story to silver screen

By Jessica Steinberg

In Israeli theaters now, ‘The Property’ is based on Rutu’s graphic novel of the same name, inspired by their father’s roots in pre-WWII Poland

A plate reading "LOLOCT7" flagged by activist group StopAntisemitism in Los Angeles, December 13, 2024. (via X)

California apologizes for allowing ‘LOLOCT7’ license plate mocking Hamas onslaught

By AFP

Apology issued after activist group posts image of plate on Tesla Cybertruck in Los Angeles; DMV says incident ‘unacceptable and disturbing’

The central campus of the University of Michigan in September, 2010. (CC BY 3.0, Wkimedia Commons)

U of Michigan fires DEI official for claiming school ‘controlled by wealthy Jews’

By Andrew Lapin

Nikki Bick, Rachel Dallet and Ryan Turell each made aliyah in 2024 to play professional sports in Israel. (Courtesy; Turell via Amit Smikt; Design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)

'It's always been my dream to play professionally in Israel'

Despite war, these US Jewish athletes are choosing to pursue their careers in Israel

By jacob gurvis

Three players who recently made aliyah say the experience has been life-changing — even with ongoing multi-front conflicts and a steep athletic and linguistic learning curve

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Crowds celebrate after hearing the news that South Korea's parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach president over his martial law order

By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG

The Tel Dan Stele on display at the Jewish Museum in New York. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum. Photo by Christine Butler via JTA)

Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Illustrative: Palestinian flags flutter in the wind on Dam Square with the Royal Palace of Amsterdam in the background (Paleis op de Dam), in Amsterdam, on November 15, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)

Dutch court rejects pro-Palestinian groups’ demand for weapons exports ban to Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (R), flanked by outgoing Prime Minister Michel Barnier, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on December 13, 2024. (Thomas Samson/AFP)

Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s fourth prime minister of 2024

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI, Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO

Tal Alexander attends the Hamptons Magazine x The Chainsmokers VIP Dinner at The Barn at Nova's Ark on July 25, 2020 in Watermill, New York. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for Hamptons Magazine/AFP)

Alexander brother denied bail as US federal prosecutors warn of Israel flight risk

By TERRY SPENCER and Stephany Matat

A undated handout image showing a PULS artillery rocket-launcher system. (Elbit Systems)

Greece to buy artillery systems from Israel worth over $600 million

By Lefteris Papadimas

This photograph taken in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland, on March 7, 2022 shows a police car parked next to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)

Switzerland proposes ban on Nazi symbols amid surging antisemitism

By AFP

US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a US flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)

San Francisco names street for Joe Rosenthal, who took iconic Iwo Jima photograph

By Janie Har and TERRY CHEA

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