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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 4, 2025

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Jan. 4: Parents promise to bring hostage Liri Albag home after Hamas video shows her alive

Army says it struck Hamas operatives using aid routes in Gaza for terror purposes * Cops clash with anti-government, pro-hostage deal protesters in Tel Aviv for first time in weeks

9:44 pm

IDF says rocket that hit Erez Crossing earlier caused damage
8:57 pm

Father of former hostage: 'We don't need to wait for a miracle, we need action'
8:30 pm

Former captive: 'We have no privilege to tarry on hostage deal'

President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Diplomat says Hamas to blame for failure to reach ceasefire

Blinken: After Oct. 7, I threatened to nix Biden visit if Israel didn’t let aid into Gaza

Outgoing secretary of state tells NY Times he argued for ‘9 hours’ with Israeli leaders over aid; is ‘astounded’ at lack of world pressure on Hamas to end war, free the hostages

US-supplied military equipment arriving in Israel, December 2023 (Defense Ministry Spokesperson's Office)

Biden administration prepping $8 billion arms package for Israel, including heavy bombs

By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff

Family, friends and activists hold posters of Israeli brothers Gili and Ziv Berman, who are held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a protest march for their release in Tel Aviv, December 26, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli negotiating team wraps up first day of renewed hostage talks in Doha

By ToI Staff, Reuters and Jacob Magid

Gaps between Israel and Hamas reportedly remain on almost all issues being negotiated; Israel said considering reducing Gaza aid after Trump’s inauguration to squeeze Hamas further

Israelis held hostage since October 7 are transferred by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

Hostages’ families accuse Health Ministry report of violating captives’ privacy

Destruction in a north Gaza neighborhood which the military says had been used as a hideout and command center by senior Hamas commanders in an undated photo released for publication by the military on January 4, 2025. What the IDF says are rocket parts can be seen in the foreground. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF destroys Hamas terror compound overlooking Israel; rocket hits aid crossing

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Palestinians report dozens killed in Strip in past day, as Israeli officials at UN defend raid on north Gaza hospital from last week

A man carries a sack of donated flour distributed by UNRWA at the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday December 3, 2024.(AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UNRWA said preparing to shutter Gaza, West Bank operations ahead of Israeli ban

Troops of the Israeli Air Force's elite Shaldag unit are seen atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in a photo published December 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Report: Syrian leader asked US to press Israel to withdraw its forces from buffer zone

Amid reports of more Islamist slant in Syrian school curricula, Ahmed al-Sharaa hosts German and French foreign ministers, who warn that Europe won’t fund ‘new Islamist structures’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with IDF soldiers in southern Israel, May 16, 2024 (Maayan Toaf / GPO)

Poll: Only 19% back coalition’s IDF draft bill; 54% think it won’t lead to Haredi service

Survey also finds most Israelis think Netanyahu should fire rebel minister Ben Gvir and want general elections as soon as possible; Bennett narrowly preferred to Netanyahu as PM

Singer Valerie Hamaty performs at the ACUM Awards ceremony for Hebrew Song near Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision

By Deborah Danan

She duetted with the son of an Oct. 7 victim, sang lyrics from the Shema, has performed at Memorial Day events. ‘The sane majority has shown her nothing but love,’ says her father

Tom Cole, John Rutherford and Mark Alford

Israel is fighting for its existence – US support must remain ironclad

As members of the US House Appropriations Committee, we and our congressional colleagues have a vital role to play in ensuring peace through strength

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

The curious case of Francesca Albanese

The UN Special Rapporteur’s call for a medical boycott against Israel is an attack on the essence of medicine — and it will harm Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by empathetic legislators after leaving the hospital, less than two days after prostate removal surgery, to participate in a crucial budget-related vote in the Knesset, December 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

After surgery, Netanyahu requests two-week postponement of corruption trial testimony

By Jeremy Sharon

Defense attorney provides court with documents showing that PM’s doctors told him to rest at home for two weeks following the prostate removal operation

Former US president Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case before inauguration; no jail time expected

By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

Judge signals Trump to get unconditional discharge on Jan. 10 rather than having case dismissed, meaning he’s on course to be 1st US president to take office convicted of felony crimes

Former US president Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

ExplainerWhat could happen in Trump’s January 10 sentencing in hush money case?

By Jennifer Peltz and Michael R. Sisak

Nathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle at memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, January 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans terrorist had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago

By Jim Mustian, Jack Brook, Stephen Smith and Sara Cline

Authorities searching Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s home find materials believed to have been used to make explosive devices; officials say Islamic State supporter wore ballistic vest

An Islamic State flag lies on the ground rolled up behind the pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

AnalysisRemoval of bollards from New Orleans French Quarter left critical security gap

By RYAN FOLEY and Michael Kunzelman

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn of the White House, January 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Biden to visit New Orleans, meet victims of ISIS-inspired terror ramming

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An Islamic State flag lies on the ground rolled up behind the pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Deadly New Orleans ramming attack may be sign of possible Islamic State comeback

International terror group doubles pace of attacks in 2024; geopolitical instability provides opening for regrouping

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill speaks during a press conference regarding developments of a New Year's Eve truck explosion Friday, January 3, 2025 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)

US soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was ‘wake up call’

By Rio Yamat, TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Colleen Long

Decorated Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, wrote letters saying he needed to ‘cleanse’ his mind of military experiences; authorities characterize event as ‘tragic case of suicide’

A Palestinian gunman stands guard with an assault rifle along an alley in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank on December 29, 2024.(Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

3 Palestinians killed amid Jenin clashes between PA forces, terror groups in West Bank

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PA says ‘lawless individuals’ responsible for death of 44-year-old and his son, which took place in different location from where security forces are operating

Trump appoints Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, but admits he’s not excited about it

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced his decision to appoint former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus as his deputy Mideast envoy. Ortagus will work under Steve Witkoff, who was one of the first appointments Trump made following his election in November. Both of them are Jewish. Trump was far from effusive in his... Continue Reading

US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US House Speaker Mike Johnson takes the oath of office after being re-elected, as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Johnson re-elected as US House Speaker after Trump helps quell GOP rebellion

By Bo Erickson, Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson and Andy Sullivan

Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative, on Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Hillary Clinton, Soros, WCK’s Andres to be awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom

By AP and ToI Staff

Vijah Ramjattan (Screenshot via JTA)

Hindu spiritual leader and activist tapped for NYC’s top anti-hate crime post

Vijah Ramjattan condemned Hamas’s slaughter in Israel, slammed an anti-Israel high school protest, posted Sukkot celebrations, says he’ll work to support ‘hate-free communities’

Illustrative: Voters in line in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, November 6, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Special election to be held for NYC council seat representing Orthodox area of Brooklyn

A special edition of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo marking one year after the attacks on it, on a newsstand in Paris, January 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Charlie Hebdo to mark 10 years since terror attack with special God-mocking edition

By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne Pascale Reboul

Magazine to feature ‘funniest and meanest’ depictions of God; Macron, Hidalgo to attend memorials at satirical weekly’s then-office, kosher supermarket attacked in related assault

The Ichud Hatzala organization helps rescue survivors following a huge earthquake in Turkey, February 10, 2023. (Yehiel Gorfein)

Israeli overseas development, humanitarian aid NGOs hit hard as philanthropy dries up

Softer face of Israel abroad impacted as Jewish donors focus on Israel, antisemitism. Post-Oct. 7, some international funders distance themselves from Jewish, Israeli orgs

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