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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 5, 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) confer incoming IDF chief of staff Eyal Zamir with the rank of lieutenant general as his wife Orna watches, at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Eyal Zamir takes over from Herzi Halevi as IDF chief, vows victory over Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

In parting speech, outgoing military chief of staff calls for state commission of inquiry into October 7; successor says he will do everything to bring home remaining hostages

'Lot of things happening in the rough Mideast neighborhood'

‘We are bringing back our hostages from Gaza,’ Trump says in address to Congress

US president briefly mentions issue during lengthy speech attended by several former captives, who are in DC to meet with officials; says ‘We’re going to build on Abraham Accords’

US President Donald Trump leaves the chamber after addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

AnalysisTrump’s address to Congress shows America’s stark partisan divide

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI

Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, rehearses her party's response to US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress in Wyandotte, Michigan, March 4, 2025. (Paul Sancya/AP)

Elissa Slotkin warns of recession as Democrats respond to Trump’s address

Live updates (closed)

March 5: White House confirms US has been holding direct talks with Hamas, in unprecedented step

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells group of released hostages meeting him in the Oval Office * Poll shows Netanyahu bloc weakening, with most Israelis wanting him to resign, launch state Oct. 7 inquiry

9:58 pm

Trump to 'sick and twisted' Hamas: 'Release all of the Hostages now, or it is over for you'
9:32 pm

'We'll get them out,' Trump tells group of released hostages meeting him in the Oval Office
9:10 pm

Report: Mossad chief blocked Foreign Ministry campaign to tarnish Qatar's image after October 7

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Batsheva Yahalomi (C-L), the wife of Ohad Yahalomi, mourns with his sister Efrat (C-R) outside the morgue in Rishon Lezion where his body was been kept ahead of his funeral on March 5, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

‘Years of joy and light, extinguished’: Ohad Yahalomi laid to rest after return from Gaza

Wife of murdered hostage says she is ‘walking in shadows, groping, trying to find my way forward without you’; sister says: ‘In the one moment you needed help, no one came’

Hagai Angrest, the father of hostage Matan Angrest, speaks during a Knesset Economic Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hostage father says he’ll publish more images of son’s captivity to push for release

This handout picture released on March 4, 2025, by the Jordanian army shows a child who has been evacuated from the Gaza Strip arriving in a Jordanian army helicopter at a hospital compound in Amman. (Jordanian Royal Palace/AFP)

After pledge to Trump, Jordan evacuates first group of Gazan kids for medical care

By AFP and ToI Staff

Op-ed: Day 516 of the war

Why Netanyahu must accept Yarden Bibas’s noble invitation, and also back state probe of Oct. 7

‘If we do not look the disaster in the eye, we will not be able to recover,’ the bereaved father and husband wrote, urging the PM to join him when he returns to his kibbutz home

Bereaved families, hostages' families and survivors of the October 7 massacre react as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a 40-signatures debate in the Knesset, March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Yarden Bibas (R) with his sister Ofri as he eulogizes his wife Shiri and two young sons Kfir and Ariel, at Tsoher Regional Cemetery on February 26, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)

Full textYarden Bibas’s letter to Netanyahu calling for state inquiry, asking PM to join him at kibbutz

Interview

Abbas confidant: If Trump advances Gaza ‘expulsion’ plan, PA will cut ties with US

Ahmad Majdalani says Ramallah wants to turn page with Washington after bitter first term, is maintaining contacts because it doesn’t see president’s proposal being implemented

US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hand before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/ Brendan Smialowski)

The Hollywood audience may not get it, but the many Jews who use their freedoms to criticize Israel should know that Hamas is the real oppressor of Palestinians

Sailing towards the horizon

Saying kaddish for 11 months ends without ceremony, as if I suddenly stopped waving to departing guests. It breaks my heart, but at least that feels right

Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence during a Hamas-led invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Reuters/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)

Shin Bet probe: Oct. 7 would have been prevented if we’d acted differently

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Security agency’s report largely shifts blame to other bodies, cites unclear division of responsibilities with IDF, government’s overly defensive Gaza policies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

PM’s office rails at Shin Bet head, says agency’s probe ‘doesn’t answer any question’

IDF's probes into Oct. 7

37 armed Israelis failed to stop 3 terrorists from murdering 17 in Netiv Ha’asara

Most of the 25-strong local security team remained in their homes; soldiers, who quickly reached moshav, did not follow IDF’s combat protocols

An Israeli soldier walks pas charred cars in Moshav Netiv HaAsara in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 17, 2023, in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

IDF's probes into Oct. 7Civilians, police stopped 1st wave of terrorists at Nahal Oz; IDF arrived 7 hours later

By Emanuel Fabian

An AI image of the reconstructed Gaza Strip from Egypt's
Early Recovery, Reconstruction, Development of Gaza' program, March 4, 2025 (Egyptian Presidency)

'Trump stands by his vision to rebuild Gaza free from Hamas'

Aiming to stymie Trump’s ‘Riviera’ vision, Arab leaders endorse $53 billion Gaza plan

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Israel and White House reject Egyptian plan that would see Gazans remain in Strip during reconstruction, but avoids difficult questions on Hamas, which US says can’t remain in power

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with ambassadors from European Union countries, February 11, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)

Israel says Hamas must commit to free more hostages for ceasefire to be extended

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destroyed buildings in the west of Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 5: Day 516 – Arab states plan for Gaza, are frustrated with PA

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Interview

Oct. 7 is not a ‘watershed’ event for UK antisemitism, but did bring it to a boil, says expert

David Hirsh, head of the London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, warns of the dangers of ‘normalized’ antisemitism and a rising populist threat

Prof. David Hirsh, chief executive of the London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

Screen capture of BBC Chair Samir Shah, right, and Director Tim Davie as they speak to the UK parliament's Culture, Media & Sport Committee, March 4, 2025. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

BBC chief: Gaza documentary scandal a ‘dagger to the heart’ of our impartiality

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Screen capture from an undated video of Israeli influencer Max Veifer (left) during a conversation with two nurses from a hospital in Sydney, Australia. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Second Australian nurse charged for threatening to kill Israeli patients in viral clip

By AFP

TOI investigates

‘Do not cooperate’: Nonprofit linked to top Haredi rabbis encourages draft dodging

Haredim are pushing for coalition funds for Vaad HaYeshivot, which tells yeshiva students to ignore the law in favor of ‘the instructions of the sages’

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox students study at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox children in their classroom in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood, September 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Cabinet approves over NIS 1 billion in coalition funds for Haredim, of a total NIS 5b

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara listens as she attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)

AG instructs defense minister to enact sanctions on draft-dodging ultra-Orthodox

By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol

An archaeological site under Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate featuring a 2nd century CE Roman gate and plaza dating was opened to the public on February 26, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'Nobody can take the Jewish people away from here'

Biblical-themed exhibit inaugurated at Roman site under Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

By Rossella Tercatin

A 2nd-century gate in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital’s multilayered history — and complex present

'This is a true game-changer in medicine'

Breast milk protein’s superpowers lead to breakthrough for new class of oral drugs

By Diana Bletter

Technion researcher Dr. Assaf Zinger says his team’s work shows that the proteins cover and protect nanoparticles as they pass through intestinal layers, conveying therapeutics

Illustrative: Bottles of expressed breast milk are seen on top of an incubator of a premature baby at Burnley General Hospital in Burnley, north-west England on May 15, 2020. (Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP)

Illustrative: A protester marches with a sign calling for the United States to stop supplying weapons to Israel during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protest at the University of Washington campus, February 5, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Trump threatens to cut federal funds for universities that allow ‘illegal protests’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president says foreign ‘agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently’ deported and American students ‘will be permanently expelled,’ drawing rebuke from free speech group

An anti-Israel protester holds up a sign outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City on March 4, 2025, to protest a speech by former prime minister Naftali Bennett (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Over 200 anti-Israel demonstrators protest Bennett event at Columbia University

By AFP and ToI Staff

Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US feds may halt $50 million in Columbia U contracts due to antisemitism

Israelis enjoy the snow in Mount Hermon, in northern Israel, on March 4, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Hermon ski resort reopens after war-forced closure of nearly a year and half

Though no skiing possible due to damage to lifts from rocket fire during war with Hezbollah, and low levels of snow, operators welcome revival of iconic resort site

View of the snow-peaked Syrian part of Mount Hermon seen from Kibbutz Ein Zivan, northern Golan Heights, February 23, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Less than 40% of average seasonal rainfall fell December to February

US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Ben Curtis/AP)

Trump says Zelensky wants peace, ready for mineral deal after Oval Office blowup

By AAMER MADHANI and Jill Lawless

US president cites letter from Ukrainian counterpart, doesn’t indicate if it will change his policies; VP Vance offends UK, France over military record, ability to protect Ukraine

US President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, February 28, 2025. (Mystyslav Chernov/AP)

Zelensky says ready to work for peace under Trump, doesn’t want endless war

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Two terrorists seen carrying out a deadly attack in Jaffa, October 1, 2024 (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

IDF demolishes Hebron homes of two terrorists who killed seven in Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli soldiers operate with their armored vehicles in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 4, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF troops kill top Hamas terrorist in Jenin raid, as West Bank operation expands

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to speak at an Earthshot Prize Innovation Camp in London, Britain, June 27, 2024. (AP/Kin Cheung)

Michael Bloomberg tops list of America’s leading donors for 2nd year in a row

By Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon

Beny Steinmetz (Courtesy)

Greek top court frees Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, overturning extradition

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his trial at the Tel Aviv District Court on February 19, 2025. (Tamar Matsafi/ POOL)

Court insists alternative defense witnesses take stand when Netanyahu not testifying

By Jeremy Sharon

Houthi supporters raise weapons as they shout slogans during an anti-USand anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on February 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Trump administration again designates Houthis as ‘foreign terrorist organization’

By AP and ToI Staff

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