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Sunday, January 12, 2025
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Jan. 12: FM Sa’ar to UK top diplomat: ‘Soon we will know if Hamas is interested’ in hostage deal
By
Elana Kirsh
and
ToI Staff
Herzog urges dialogue on new judicial overhaul plan * Hundreds mourn slain Hamas hostages in NYC’s Central Park * 27-year-old woman lightly hurt in West Bank rock-throwing attack
9:52 pm
FM Sa'ar tells visiting UK counterpart Israel is working to reach hostage deal, waiting to see if Hamas 'interested'
9:30 pm
Foreign Ministry denies rumors of Israeli soldiers arrested in Mexico
8:33 pm
27-year-old woman lightly injured in West Bank rock-throwing attack; IDF scouring area for perpetrators
Analysis
David Horovitz
The ambassador’s farewell warning: You can’t ignore the impact of this war on future US policymakers
Jack Lew was nominated by President Joe Biden as the US ambassador to Israel in early September 2023 -- a month before Hamas's invasion and massacre in southern Israel. He arrived to take up the post a month after that catastrophe. His time here, now coming to an end with the return of Donald...
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Israel's toll in ground offensive reaches 402
IDF announces 4 soldiers killed, 6 wounded during fighting in northern Gaza
By
Emanuel Fabian
Troops fall in military’s renewed offensive in Beit Hanoun; initial IDF probe indicates gunmen set off explosive device and fired at soldiers
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Netanyahu dispatches top negotiators to Qatar talks amid push to seal hostage deal
By
Lazar Berman
,
ToI Staff
and
Jacob Magid
Delegation to Doha will include heads of Mossad and Shin Bet and hostage point man; Hamas sources claim ceasefire accord is ‘completed’ and awaiting Netanyahu’s final approval
Inside story
Jacob Magid
Trump won’t say what he means by ‘all hell to pay,’ but Netanyahu has some ideas
US President-elect Donald Trump doesn't like being asked what he meant when he threatened "all hell to pay" if the hostages aren't released by his January 20 inauguration. Twice this past week he was pressed to elaborate, sparking angry reactions of "I don’t think I have to go into it anymore" and "Do I have...
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Top Ops
Yedidia Stern
The promise and pitfalls of the latest judicial reform outline
The proposed changes in the selection committee for Supreme Court appointments could lead to a partisan ’race to the bottom’
Paul Kipnes
Shabbat amid the fires: A still, small voice
As rabbi of a congregation displaced by the LA blazes, the question was how to carve out a holy day amid trauma and anxiety
Jo Sugarman
Exercise is not for me
But my husband is a pro, so I go out to cheer him through his triathlon, gel-packs and all (no, I don’t know how we last as a couple)
Barbara Aiello
What’s a rabbi doing at the nativity scene?
A mock synagogue at a Christmas festival in an Italian mountain village offered a surprising opportunity for Jewish outreach
Protesters demand Gaza negotiators seal deal after bodies of hostage father, son found
By
Noam Lehmann
and
Charlie Summers
Activists accuse government of avoiding agreement after grim discovery of Youssef and Hamza Ziyadne; foreign envoys join ceasefire calls; protest clown briefly held in Jerusalem
Iran expands military drills to two more nuclear sites in country’s west and center
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
Army and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard exercises, initially focused on Natanz enrichment plant, now held at Fordo and Khondab nuclear facilities, state media reports
Iran drills air defenses, touts fortified ‘missile city’ in challenge to Israel, Trump
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Right-leaning Yesh Atid MK says he’s leaving party to form ‘constructive opposition’
By
ToI Staff
Idan Roll, who has been in Knesset since 2019, says October 7 should be a wake-up call; opposition slams move as vote theft, while government members urge him to join coalition
Gantz criticizes Levin-Sa’ar new judicial overhaul proposal, but offers to negotiate
By
Sam Sokol
and
ToI Staff
National Unity head says talks can be held if justice minister stops blocking appointment of Supreme Court president, efforts to fire AG are halted, ministers obey court rulings
ToI podcast
Daily Briefing Jan. 12: Day 464 – New judicial overhaul plan raises eyebrows and hackles
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
and
Jeremy Sharon
Making hostages a centerpiece, a Tel Aviv museum becomes a showcase for wartime agility
By
Jessica Steinberg
Its valuables are out of storage and new shows are being planned, but the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ground zero for the hostage struggle, is still readying for whatever war may bring
Australian cops say vandals who defaced Sydney synagogue also tried to burn it
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
Newtown synagogue, which was covered in swastikas on Saturday, was also target of attempted arson, says New South Wales premier, blasting ‘escalation’ in antisemitism
Fatah vows not to let Hamas ‘replicate its actions’ in West Bank, slams Iran
By
Jacob Magid
PA President Abbas says terror group ‘sacrificed the interests of the Palestinian people for Iran,’ caused destruction of Gaza, as Ramallah cracks down on West Bank operatives
Palestinians say man shot in clashes with settlers as West Bank tensions flare
By
ToI Staff
IDF targets suspects in south Lebanon with drone strike
By
Emanuel Fabian
and
ToI Staff
US envoy Hochstein said to assure officials in Beirut that Israel will complete withdrawal by January 26, as Lebanese military says it finished deploying in area IDF has left
Syria’s Sharaa meets Lebanese PM in bid to improve nations’ ties
By
Reuters
Diplomats convene in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria’s future
By
AFP
High Court orders state to clarify plans to draft Haredim, penalize dodgers
By
Sam Sokol
The High Court of Justice on Friday gave the state until the end of January to explain what steps it was taking to maximize Haredi enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces and to penalize draft dodgers. The instruction came in response to several petitions calling for the immediate conscription of all previously exempt...
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Prisons chief sabotaged investigation into West Bank cop, says police-probing unit
By
ToI Staff
AG’s office said to mull charging Kobi Yaakobi with obstructing probe into senior officer who allegedly ignored settler attacks in hopes of pleasing Minister Ben Gvir
'We could either close or evolve to meet changing needs'
North America’s first Solomon Schechter Conservative day school turns Orthodox
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
As parents and students voice traditional preferences amid a nationwide shift among Jewish denominations, Solomon Schechter Queens rebrands itself as Queens Hebrew Academy
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Two men found shot dead in Nahariya; no terror motive suspected
By
ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian conference in Denmark drops speaker from group with Hezbollah ties
By
ToI Staff
Finance Ministry set to permanently exempt import of live calves from customs duties
By
Sue Surkes
City space
Tel Aviv-Jaffa offers urban tours during January
By
Jessica Steinberg
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