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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu's office says Marwan Barghouti will not be freed

Report: Israel demands 11 male hostages be among those freed in first stage of deal

Egyptian TV network says Hamas demanding ‘special consideration’ in exchange; Palestinian official tells BBC 90% of negotiations are done, but Philadelphi remains sticking point

Protesters in Tel Aviv call for a single deal to release all 100 hostages, living and dead, held captive by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, December 21, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Israel Pro-Democracy Protest Group)

Weekly protests urge Netanyahu to strike hostage deal, without phased release

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages, held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel says Hamas has yet to give list of living hostages to be released — report

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

An Iranian security guard sits in the Safavieh Bazaar in the capital Tehran on December 17, 2024, after a decision by the Tehran Chamber of Trade Unions and Guilds to limit opening hours in an attempt to tackle severe energy shortages in the country. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran plagued by energy crisis partially caused by strikes attributed to Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Outdated and underfunded energy sector’s problems further compounded by depleted gas reserves caused by attack on two major pipelines back in February

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in the Knesset, December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)

PM: Iran ‘dumbfounded’ by Israeli strikes, saw investment in proxies go ‘down the tubes’

This handout picture released by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on December 22, 2024, shows him greeting visitors as he makes a speech in Tehran. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Khamenei says Iran does not have or need proxy forces in Middle East

By AFP and ToI Staff

Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi was killed, his body taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, at the Hod Hasharon Eco Park on December 10, 2024. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

'I wanted to make the country a better place. Now here I am'

Inside one man’s struggle to get his cousin’s body, taken on Oct. 7, back from Gaza

By Jessica Steinberg

Tal Haimi’s remains are still being held by terrorists. Udi Goren has stepped up to represent the family as they beg for all the hostages, living and dead, to be returned home

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Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are seen near destroyed buildings near the Hamad Residential City complex in the north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as Israel battles the Hamas terror group, December 22, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Dec. 22: ‘Tell the politicians we want a deal’: Religious Zionists rally for hostages’ release

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

After pope’s criticism, footage shows Latin patriarch of Jerusalem leading pre-Christmas Mass in Gaza * IDF says Hamas operative targeted in drone strike in Gaza humanitarian zone

9:14 pm

After pope's criticism, footage shows Latin patriarch of Jerusalem leading pre-Christmas Mass in Gaza
8:56 pm

IDF says Hamas operative targeted in southern Gaza drone strike
8:53 pm

'Tell the politicians that we want a deal': Religious Zionists rally in Jerusalem for hostages' release

Israeli emergency responders inspect a crater at the site where a projectile fired from Yemen struck, in Tel Aviv early on December 21, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Several interceptors failed to knock down Houthi missile that hit Tel Aviv — IDF probe

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Military says it has already implemented lessons from Air Force, Home Front Command investigations; drone likely also launched by Yemeni rebels shot down over south

Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the US strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on January 22, 2024. (AP Photo)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 22: Day 443 – Houthi missiles punch holes in IDF air defenses

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

US strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, takes down drones over Red Sea

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hours earlier, the Iran-backed rebel group launched a missile at Tel Aviv, wounding 16, in the second such attack in two days

US fighter jets take off to strike Houthi targets in Yemen on December 21, 2024. (US Central Command/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Analysis

Its proxies pummeled, Iran is suddenly more vulnerable than ever. Will it go nuclear?

Hezbollah is weakened, Assad is history, and Tehran’s air defenses have been hit. With Trump coming back, will Khamenei decide to play his last card – and will Israel strike?

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

A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Tehran protests US arrests of Iranians linked to bombing of American base

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Rebecca Bardach

Shared fragility on Jerusalem’s streets

My hope is that these stories of mutual help between Israeli Jews and Arabs will mitigate against the terrible harms that are drowning both communities

Inching toward theocracy

Like every religious Jew, I pray daily for the restoration of judges ’as in days of old’ – a legal system rooted in Halacha. But not this way

The car that was crashed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market is seen following the attack in Magdeburg, Germany, December 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany Christmas market attack suspect charged with murder, attempted murder

Police report scuffles at far-right protest attended by thousands on Saturday night calling for migrants to be deported

People light candles outside Magdeburg Cathedral after a memorial service for victims of Friday's Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germans mourn victims of Christmas market ramming as police search for attacker’s motive

Pope Francis during the Angelus prayer in The Vatican, December 22, 2024. (AFP photo/Vatican media)

For second time in as many days, pope accuses Israel of ‘cruelty’ over Gaza strikes

By Agencies and ToI Staff

After Israel panned him for ‘double standards’ following previous comments, pontiff doubles down and accuses IDF of gunning down children, bombing hospitals

Pope Francis exchanges the season's greetings with Vatican employees, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, December 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Israel accuses pope of ignoring Hamas cruelty after he criticizes Gaza airstrikes

By AFP and ToI Staff

Gil Shefler, left, and Gilad Abro, center, and Elana Rozenfeld, right, of the "Jazzukah Project." (Courtesy)

'We decided to pay homage to the vast songbook of Hanukkah'

‘Jazzukkah Project’ aims to create a new Jewish soundtrack for the holiday season

Jazz band hopes its Hanukkah repertoire will provide an alternative to Christmas music for Jewish audiences, will perform at New York synagogue on the first night of festival

Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-Russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on December 9, 2024. (Delil souleiman / AFP)

Analysis

Orhan Qereman, TOM PERRY and Tuvan Gumrukcu

As Turkey moves in following Assad’s fall, Syria’s Kurds are on the defensive

After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara — which views Kurdish factions as a national security threat

People ride on a motorcycle at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees in the south of Damascus on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime

Portrait of Soviet-born human rights activist and writer, Eduard Kuznetsov, in his home in Motza Illit, Israel, April 8, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Former prisoner of Zion, anti-Soviet dissident Eduard Kuznetsov dies at 85

Refusenik was one of the leaders of Operation Wedding, a failed attempt to hijack an empty civilian plane to escape Soviet Russia and head to Israel

Jacob Monty joins Rabbi Peter Tarlow at the podium during a 'Chicanukah' event at Holocaust Museum Houston on Thursday, December 19, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

Rare Christmas, Hanukkah overlap opens up opportunities for interfaith engagement

In Houston, Latino and Jewish communities come together for ‘cross cultural holiday celebration,’ while around the world, Chabad plans to hold 15,000 public menorah lightings

More Headlines

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and his US counterpart Joe Biden hold a meeting in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022 (SAUL LOEB / AFP/ File)

US authorizes military sales of more than $5 billion to Egypt

By AFP

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, making a statement on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the situation in the Middle East, in the House of Commons in London on October 7, 2024 (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP)

From our partnerUK Hamas supporter who threatened Starmer, called for jihad jailed for a year

Former Sky News Australia presenter Erin Molan speaks to Channel 12's Dana Weiss in an interview aired on December 22, 2024. (Screenshot; Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ex-Sky News Australia presenter: I support Israel because I ‘see right from wrong’

Byzantine-era clay lantern discovered at Tzippori National Park, in an image released on December 22, 2024. (Daniel Hittner/National Parks Authority)

Let there be lightRare, intact 1,500-year-old ceramic lantern discovered in Galilee

By Gavriel Fiske

Yehuda Cohen, father of Nimrod Cohen, a soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, speaks at a hostage families rally outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 7, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

IDF apologizes for inviting family of captive soldier to brigade’s memorial ceremony

US judge finds Israeli spyware firm NSO liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit

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