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What Matters Most On Monday, February 3, 2025

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to Air Force One after arriving back at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, February 2, 2025. (Ben Curtis/AP)

Talks set to cover path to normalization with Saudi Arabia

As Netanyahu arrives in Washington, Trump anticipates ‘big meetings’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

With hostage-ceasefire phase 2 negotiations set to start, US president says talks on Middle East ‘progressing’; PM to see key envoy Witkoff on Monday, Trump at White House on Tuesday

US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff (second from right) meets with four IDF soldiers freed from Gaza captivity, at the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, January 30, 2025. (Screenshot/ US Embassy)

Witkoff to freed IDF soldiers: We have a common goal to bring everybody home

This handout picture provided by the media office of Syria's transitional government shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) during his meeting with Syrian interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh on February 2, 2025. (Syria's Transitional Government / AFP)

In Riyadh, Syria’s interim leader says Saudis want to help rebuild war-torn country

By Haitham el-Tabei

Ahlam al-Tamimi, during an interview in her home in Amman, Jordan, on March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/ Omar Akour)

Jordan reportedly warns it could extradite Sbarro bombing mastermind to US for trial

In reversal, Amman said to give Hamas one day to find Ahlam Tamimi another home or it will send her stateside, where she is wanted over 2001 Jerusalem attack that killed 16, including 2 Americans

US President Donald Trump stands with King Abdullah II of Jordan during Trump's first administration, at the White House, June 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump invites Jordan’s Abdullah to White House while pushing him to take in Gazans

Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza, January 29, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

Hamas says hundreds of thousands of tents, trailers needed to shelter Gazans

By Reuters and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, February 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 3: Qatar: We’re counting on Trump to stand behind efforts to reach 2nd phase of truce

By Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff

President says ‘no guarantees’ Gaza ceasefire will hold * PM’s office: Sara Netanyahu arrived in DC yesterday

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Columbia faculty urge protective measures for Jewish students
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Netanyahu meets Evangelical American leaders in Washington
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Qatar: We're counting on Trump to stand behind efforts to reach 2nd phase of truce

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Emily Damari at the ruined home from where she was abducted by terrorists on October 7, 2023, seen during a visit to the site, February 2, 2025. (Emily Damari/Instagram)

Hamas captivity survivor Emily Damari returns to spot of her abduction in Kfar Aza

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Freed hostage posts ‘I’m back’ along with photo of herself sitting among ruins of apartment from where terrorists abducted her in October 2023; urges freeing all hostages

Freed hostage Ofer Calderon in an IDF helicopter en route to Sheba Medical Center after his release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, February 1, 2025. (IDF)

Cages, starvation and fasting on Yom Kippur: More testimonies from freed hostages emerge

Israelis protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 3: Day 486 – Sadism, cages, starvation: Released hostages speak

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Biranit Goren

Smoke billows from the site of several explosions during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the northern West Bank, February 2, 2025. (Mohammad Mansour / AFP)

IDF says 50 terrorists killed in West Bank since offensive started two weeks ago

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Relatives bid farewell to a Palestinian man, killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the West Bank, after Israel gave permission for bodies kept at a hospital morgue to be buried, on February 2, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinians accuse Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Bank, urge US intervention

By AFP and ToI Staff

Vehicles line up along the Salah a-Din road in Nuseirat near the Netzarim Corridor while waiting to cross to the northern part of the Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025. (Eyad Baba / AFP)

IDF says drone strike hit vehicle heading to north Gaza that violated ceasefire terms

By Emanuel Fabian

Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan speaks in a video message released on July 6, 2024. (screenshot/Hostage and Missing Families Forum)

US judge dismisses rescued hostage’s lawsuit against company that employed his captor

Almog Meir Jan filed suit against People Media Project, employer of Abdallah Aljamal, a Hamas operative and journalist who held hostages in his home; judge says suit can be refiled

Maxim Herkin, taken captive from the Nova desert rave on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists (Courtesy)

Hamas says Russian national Maxim Herkin to be prioritized in deal’s 2nd stage

Hamas gunmen flank Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)

Keith Siegel forced to write thank-you letter to Hamas captors ahead of release

Wasim a-Sayed, an ISIS-affiliated terrorist from Hebron who murdered three people in Jerusalem, is sentenced to three life sentences and another 40-year prison sentence, and is seen on a screen at the District Court in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ISIS-linked terrorist gets 3 life sentences plus 40 years for killing 3 in Jerusalem

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Wasim a-Sayed was convicted of 2019 murder of Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri, 2022 murder of Ivan Tarnovski; court rules he will never be eligible for release, even in diplomatic deal

A fragment of a rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio insect. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows

By Rossella Tercatin

During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant’s inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind Syria and Mesopotamia. But literacy is key for longevity

Former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber arrives for a hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on February 18, 2018. (Flash90)

State witness in Netanyahu trial sues prosecutors for millions over alleged sexual assault

By Jeremy Sharon

Former Communication Ministry director Shlomo Filber says he was subjected to assault by Prison Service to force him to testify against the prime minister

A poster depicting Prime Minister's wife Sara Netanyahu, with a slogan in Hebrew which reads 'investigation now' is pictured, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Criminal probe launched into Sara Netanyahu over allegations of witness tampering

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, on January 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin declines to sign official announcement of new Supreme Court president

By Jeremy Sharon

Having vowed to boycott Amit Isaac’s nomination as top judge, justice minister leaves formal process to director of courts administration instead

Illustrative: People visit the Arab village of Ghajar, located between Lebanon and Israel in northern Israel, October 14, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

As Alawite village on Israel-Lebanon border reopens, locals fear for relatives in Syria

By Diana Bletter

After enduring decades of isolation amid border disputes, residents of Ghajar are focused on their Syrian kin, who face retribution for belonging to sect of deposed leader Assad

Visiting southern Lebanon, Katz warns Hezbollah against drone attacks on Israel

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Hezbollah says Nasrallah to be buried outside Beirut in February 23 ‘grand’ funeral

By Agencies and Gianluca Pacchiani

When will the UK take Iran’s domestic threat seriously?

As a British-Israeli of Iranian descent and outspoken critic of Tehran, I live in fear of reprisals by the IRGC and its proxies

Yohanan Plesner

An Israeli republic, if we can keep it

Israel must not squander its opportunity for much needed renewal, but first the people need to weigh in and choose a consensual mechanism of constitutional reform

Israeli Arabs protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings among their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum, northern Israel on October 3, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Death toll in the Arab community this year to date: 26

Violent killings surge as police crackdown fails to stanch Arab community bloodletting

By Charlie Summers

Arab leaders view crime-fighting tactics as ineffective or worse, accusing law enforcement of not coordinating raid on Umm al-Fahm with local leaders and turning town into an ‘army barrack’

Police at the scene where a 14-year old boy was shot and killed in Lod, central Israel, February 3, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

14-year-old boy, doctor shot dead, bringing day’s homicide toll in Arab society to 6

By Charlie Summers

The cast of 'Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' an original Israeli TV drama adapted for the screen by Esti Namdar, produced by Yes, and later acquired by streaming platform Netflix in 2022 (Courtesy)

Israeli TV industry tells Netflix it’s time to invest locally

By Jessica Steinberg

Executives and screenwriters say without international streamers sinking in cash, Israeli series will dry up: ‘We are a cultural industry in the midst of a severe crisis’

Dan Pugach of Dan Pugach Big Band, winner of the award for best large jazz ensemble album for 'Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence,' poses in the press room during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on in Los Angeles, February 2, 2025. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Israeli Dan Pugach wins Grammy award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

By ToI Staff and AFP

Menachem Rosensaft at the Bergen-Belsen former Nazi camp in September 2022. (Shahar Azran/WJZ)

Interview

A new book of psalms doesn’t praise God, but confronts Him over the Holocaust

By Cathryn J. Prince

Released on Jan. 27, genocide expert Menachem Rosensaft’s ‘Burning Psalms’ is a harsh condemnation of the lack of divine intervention against the Nazis – but it’s not a dismissal

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The carcasses of 335 black kites at Moshav Patish in southern Israel, after a mass poisoning event apparently caused by an approved pesticide leaching into puddles caused by irrigation, near Moshav Patish, southern Israel, February 1, 2025. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

335 black kites, greater spotted eagle found dead after being poisoned in Negev

Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/ Teresa Crawford)

Survey: 83% of Jewish US college students have experienced antisemitism since Oct. 7

Tamar natural gas field off the coast of Israel. (Courtesy)

Azerbaijan’s state oil company to buy 10% stake in Israel’s Tamar gas field

By Sharon Wrobel

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever arrives for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, February 3, 2025. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Belgium swerves to the right as Bart De Wever sworn in as prime minister

By Matthieu Demeestere

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