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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 7, 2025

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An anti-Israel protester wearing a Hamas headband outside the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, January 6, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘We don’t want no Zionists here’: Anti-Israel activists protest against NYC hospital

Several hundred rally to highlight ‘destruction’ of Gaza’s healthcare system; Israel supporter retorts: ‘You guys are protesting at a hospital. What the f*** is wrong with you?’

People inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the UNWRA Al-Majda Wasila Governmental School housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City after the IDF said it found Hamas operatives inside the building, on December 14, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

American Historical Association resolution condemns Israeli ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza

Outgoing PM Trudeau lost confidence of much of Canada’s Jewish community

By Andrew Lapin

JTA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down from his post and from his party leadership amid plummeting poll numbers and dissent from his own deputies, he announced Monday, a decision that comes as his country’s Jewish leaders have harshly criticized him for perceived failures... Continue Reading

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrates Passover with members of the Jewish community, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, April 23, 2024. (Adam Scotti / PMO)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Canada on January 6, 2025 (Dave Chan/AFP)

Justin Trudeau resigns as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, will step down as PM

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi discusses his moves to sideline the Kan public broadcaster during a Knesset Economic Committee hearing on December 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Communications minister assailed for declaring he won’t comply with High Court order

By Jeremy Sharon

Karhi accuses court of usurping authority; opposition leader Lapid says law must be obeyed, Gantz warns of anarchy if ministers fail to comply with court orders

Likud MK Tally Gotliv at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 1, 2025 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Likud MK Gotliv again defies summons for police questioning, citing Knesset immunity

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Jan. 7: IDF says it struck terrorists in Gaza’s Khan Younis who took part in Oct. 7 attacks

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Sa’ar meets with Emirati counterpart in Abu Dhabi to discuss ‘regional developments’ * Iran begins air defense military drills near Natanz nuclear facility

9:31 pm

IDF: Air Force struck terrorists in Gaza's Khan Younis who participated in Oct. 7 attacks
8:49 pm

Report: Katz tries to hide IDF comments that it can draft all eligible Haredim by 2026
8:11 pm

Turkey threatens offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria if demands not met

Katz: Deadly West Bank terror attack was ‘act of war’ that will be answered in kind

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

As Israel Defense Forces troops carried out counterterrorism raids across the West Bank, Defense Minister Israel Katz visited on Tuesday the site of a deadly terror attack in the Palestinian village of al-Funduq, which he said was an "act of war" that will be answered in kind. Two... Continue Reading

Defense Minister Israel Katz, left, and senior IDF officers visit the scene of a deadly terror attack a day earlier in the West Bank village of al-Funduq, January 7, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

A fire is seen in the West Bank village of Hajja, allegedly after an arson attack by Jewish settlers, January 7, 2025 (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Settlers said to rampage through Palestinian villages after deadly terror shooting

Hours after attack that killed three Israelis in al-Funduq, dozens of settlers reportedly attack vehicles and property there and in surrounding area

Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)

‘Nothing has been done’: High Court judges said to pan police over settler attacks

By Jeremy Sharon

Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, and Maj. Dvir Zion Revah, 28, (right), who were killed fighting in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2024. (Almog Kolt/Israel Defense Forces)

Two IDF soldiers killed, four seriously injured in northern Gaza combat

By Emanuel Fabian

Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, and Maj. Dvir Zion Revah, 28, killed in battle in Beit Hanoun; IDF says orders ‘sharpened’ after troops shoot at World Food Programme aid convoy

Left: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023; Right: State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman walk at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Flash90)

State comptroller accuses IDF of ‘intimidating’ officers testifying in Oct. 7 probe

By Jeremy Sharon and Emanuel Fabian

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 6, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Trump reiterates threat, Blinken urges deal before Jan. 20

Deal being advanced would leave most hostages in Gaza forever, families warn

By Jacob Magid and Jessica Steinberg

Following reports of Hamas approving list of 34 captives to be released in temporary ceasefire, relatives call on Netanyahu to strive for comprehensive deal that would free all 100

Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker standing outside the Knesset, after she was banned from entering to the building, on January 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hostage’s mother allowed back into Knesset, but must avoid ‘breaking the rules’

Elchanan Poupko

The resignation speech Trudeau owes Canadian Jews

’It is during my term in office that 260 years of Jews finding a safe refuge in Canada have come to an end’

Daniel Z. Feldman

Jimmy Carter and the problem of empathy

In helping those who appear to be suffering, Carter acted on a core Jewish value. So, how did he end up as a pawn of terrorists?

Brigadier General (Res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel presents his committee's report on Israel's defense budget, January 6, 2024 (Maayan Toaf/Times of Israel)

Trump’s return creates opportunity to remove Iran threat, says blue-ribbon committee

By Lazar Berman

Panel appointed by Netanyahu to examine future defense budget calls for focus on Tehran’s weaponization efforts, says all Israelis must serve equally

Melania Trump looks on as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Israel thinks Trump will back IDF strike on Iran nuke program or order US hit

France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the annual conference of French ambassadors at the International Conference Centre of the French Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on January 6, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

France asks citizens to avoid Iran until French ‘hostages’ released

By AFP

Israeli Air Force pilots prepare for airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, December 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel to locally produce heavy bombs, reducing reliance on US after shipment holdup

By Emanuel Fabian

Elbit Systems also contracted to establish manufacturing plant for raw materials, in deals worth $275 million; Israel hopes to reach ‘full independence’ in munitions manufacturing

US envoy says Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from second south Lebanon town

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US envoy Amos Hochstein, visiting Beirut on Monday, said Israeli forces began withdrawing from a south Lebanon border town more than halfway into a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah. It is the second such pullout since the ceasefire came into effect on November 27, coming after United Nations peacekeepers... Continue Reading

US special envoy Amos Hochstein (L) attends a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut on January 6, 2025. (AFP)

The leader of the far-right Freedom party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl leaves after talks with Austria's President on January 6, 2025 at the presidential Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

For the first time since WWII, Austria’s far right gets mandate to lead government

By Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson

Anti-immigration, pro-Russia, eurosceptic Freedom Party, led by populist Herbert Kickl, gets chance to form government; was founded by former Nazi officer in 1950s

People walk on a 'funeral march' and hold a flag with the German colors during a commemoration organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party at the cathedral square after the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 23, 2024. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

Germany sees rise in far-right crime and online hate, partly linked to Gaza war

Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, in Paris, May 1, 2017. (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP)

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, anti-immigrant firebrand, dies at 96

By Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley

Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

‘My screams would go to heaven’: Syrians speak out about torture under Assad

By Sarah El Deeb and Malak Harb

Long silenced by fear, men and women finally share what happened in the 100 detention facilities where torture, brutality, sexual violence and mass executions were rampant

Rabbi Binyamin Hamra (YouTube screenshot)

Son of last Syrian chief rabbi urges new leader Sharaa to restore Jewish community

Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)

In Syria’s Quneitra, frustration at lack of action to end Israeli incursion

By AP and ToI Staff

Interview'They are not like the pyramids. They wash away with the rain'

How posters of Hamas hostages became targets in the war for public opinion in NY

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Documentary film ‘TORN’ examines the emotional toll and legal aspects of anti-Israel activists’ oft-violent ripping down and destroying of ‘KIDNAPPED’ notices

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Jessica Steinberg, Gianluca Pacchiani and Sharon Wrobel

Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 459 – Will new law bring airlines back to Israel’s skies?

Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses hostage talks and Hezbollah; tech editor Sharon Wrobel reviews central bank comments, funds for the north, and foreign airlines

Archaeology

Byzantine monastery with Bible-quoting mosaic floor unearthed in southern Israel

By Gavriel Fiske

Discovered during expansion of new Kiryat Gat neighborhood, church site includes a wine press and a mosaic floor that contains a Deuteronomy quote in Greek

A scene from Upper Paleolithic Chauvet cave, France. (Prof. Jean Clottes)

Israeli researchers devise woolly solution to enigma of why Levant has no cave art

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Portraits are exhibited behind a noose in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin, Germany, on February 10, 2024. (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)

Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN tally of reports finds

By AFP

Screen capture from video of an Israeli woman being removed from a plane by German police at Berlin airport, January 6, 2025. (Channel 12: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli passenger hauled off flight after accosting pilot over long delay in Berlin

Israeli Consul in Japan Avinoam Mizrahi, second from right, with three Israeli men who had been stranded in a mountainous ski resort near Japan's Hakuba, after their rescue, January 7, 2025. (Israeli Embassy in Tokyo)

3 Israelis rescued from freezing Japanese mountain where they were stranded

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua via AP)

At least 95 killed, 130 injured as 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Tibet

By KEN MORITSUGU

Illustrative: Screen capture from video of a shared electric bike in Sydney, Australia, 2024. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Sydney electric bike sharing program is ‘billboard’ for antisemitism — report

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Four women suspected of trying to smuggle 15kg of cocaine and ketamine from Germany into Israel, arrive for a court hearing in Lod on February 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Slap on the wrist for 3 women who tried to smuggle vast amounts of cocaine, ketamine

By Charlie Summers

Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson after a joint session of Congress confirmed the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, in sharp contrast to mob violence of 4 years ago

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown

Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem, April 8, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)

Central bank sees economy improving but warns of continued geopolitical uncertainty

By Sharon Wrobel

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