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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Dec. 31: 1,000 families directly impacted by Oct. 7 sign letter urging state commission of inquiry
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ToI Staff
Hamas said to offer 7-day pause during which it would be able to produce list of hostages * World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees
8:34 pm
UNRWA chief claims at least 745 Palestinians been killed in its Gaza shelters
8:22 pm
World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees
8:00 pm
Ministers to discuss last-ditch bill granting government control over election of Supreme Court president
IDF downs ballistic missile from Yemen as sirens heard across central Israel
By
Emanuel Fabian
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Sam Sokol
and
ToI Staff
Large debris fragment crashes into residential neighborhood in Beit Shemesh; Houthis claim responsibility for seventh nighttime attack in under two weeks
At UN, Israel warns Houthis could share fate of Hamas, Hezbollah and Assad
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Soldier killed in north Gaza; IDF airs clip of Hamas planting bombs near hospital
By
Emanuel Fabian
and
ToI Staff
Death of Sgt. Uriel Peretz from anti-tank missile brings ground op toll to 395; 8 injured, 3 seriously, in the same incident in Beit Hanoun; 3 rockets fired from Strip at Israel
Gaza newborn freezes to death, twin fights for his life after rain floods tent
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Reuters
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ToI Staff
UN warns Gaza healthcare system on verge of collapse due to Israeli strikes
By
AFP
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ToI Staff
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Hebron 1929 Massacre
Award-winning journalist Yardena Schwartz discusses her book ‘Ghosts of a Holy War,’ which explores the massacre that continues to influence even today’s Israel-Hamas war.
Coalition factions threaten to vote against key budget bill over cuts, Haredi draft
By
Sam Sokol
The far-right Otzma Yehudit and ultra-Orthodox Agudat Yisrael parties threatened Monday to oppose a key budget bill, demanding that the coalition meet their demands before they begin voting with it again. In a statement, Otzma Yehudit called on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to halt cuts to party chairman Itamar Ben Gvir’s National Security...
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Haredi MK says he opposes IDF service because Orthodox soldiers ‘leave religion’ in the army
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Sam Sokol
Fallen IDF soldier Yuval Shoham laid to rest as father pleads for hostage deal
By
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Thousands attend funeral for 22-year-old, who searched for his childhood friend, hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, as he fought in Gaza in the early days of the war
Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal
By
ToI Staff
and
Jacob Magid
Palestinian terror group Hamas has partially rejected a list of hostages that Israel insists must be released in the first phase of any ceasefire deal, according to a Monday report. Kan news, citing an unnamed Palestinian source, said Hamas is willing to release 22 of the 34 hostages...
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Interview
In ‘Hitler’s People,’ a UK historian reveals rare bios of Nazis ‘disturbingly like us’
By
Robert Philpot
While humanizing the perpetrators of the Holocaust has long been considered taboo, the 20 portraits in Richard Evans’s new book are a stark reminder of humanity’s capacity for evil
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Joshua Berman
Biblical grammar enters the culture wars
Could a new book’s deep dive into biblical grammar challenge modern ideas about when the Torah was written?
Steven Brett Shaklan
Degrees of rage: The Ivy League and vigilantism
The same type of simplistic narrative that led to the murder of an insurance CEO has been driving the rebirth of antisemitism in the US
In memoriam: 18 prominent Jews who died in 2024
By
JTA Staff
This year, the world said goodbye to famous Holocaust survivors, politicians, athletes, and members of the entertainment industry
Netanyahu stays in the hospital Monday night after prostate surgery
By
ToI Staff
and
Sam Sokol
Sara Netanyahu reportedly did not return from Miami for husband’s surgery because she has COVID; PM calls ultra-Orthodox leader from hospital promising to advance Haredi draft bill
Senior cop suspected of ignoring Jewish attacks in West Bank to win Ben Gvir’s favor
By
Jeremy Sharon
Internal police investigations unit says it suspects Commander Avishai Muallem ‘deviated from the line’ in bid for promotion
AG: Netanyahu’s nomination of acting civil service chief ‘unreasonable in the extreme’
By
Jeremy Sharon
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ToI Staff
In latest rebuke of government moves, Baharav-Miara’s office says Roi Kahlon doesn’t have qualifications for high-powered role, creating legal impediment to making the appointment
Australia, New Zealand welcome 2025 as New Year’s celebrations kick off around globe
By
CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
Festivities scaled back in South Korea after deadly plane crash, while stormy weather mutes some UK events and Germany’s leader calls for unity in ‘difficult times’
US Jewish groups mourn Carter despite ‘profound disagreements’ with his Israel views
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JTA
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ToI Staff
American Jewish groups are mourning Jimmy Carter, the former US president and broker of Israel’s peace deal with Egypt who died Sunday at 100. In statements issued following his death, many of the groups cited the peace deal and other landmark moments in Carter’s presidency, which lasted from 1977 to 1981, as examples...
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ToI podcast
Daily Briefing Dec. 31: Day 452 – How Israel remembers US president Jimmy Carter
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
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David Horovitz
‘He will rot in hell’: Iranians remember Jimmy Carter as ‘architect of sanctions’
By
Majid Sourati
'I never planned to be an activist'
From posters to protests, pro-Israel US campus leaders take varying paths to shared goal
By
Zev Stub
American Jewish college students, in Jerusalem to learn about reality on the ground and gain tools, speak out about navigating school while trying to defend Israel
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Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names for 2024
By
ToI Staff
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to shift to Monday-Friday trading week starting 2026
By
Sharon Wrobel
Police shut flooded roads as winter storm blows into central and southern Israel
By
Joshua Davidovich
Crowning achievements
Stephen Fry knighted, other British Jews honored by king
By
ToI Staff
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Agencies
Roman Abramovich among chemical tycoons fueling Ukraine war, exposé finds
By
Stephen Grey
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John Shiffman
and
Grant Smith
In rare cross-aisle cooperation, MKs back bill to penalize ministers who snub oversight
By
Sam Sokol
Islamist rebel commander tapped as acting Syrian defense chief
By
Agencies
US court rejects Pentagon chief’s bid to throw out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind
By
Ellen Knickmeyer
South Korea issues arrest warrant for impeached president over martial law gambit
By
AFP
A 'Hannukah' shanda
NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle
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