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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 7, 2025

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks during a security assessment on August 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief says dissent ‘vital,’ ahead of fateful meeting on Gaza occupation plan

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, who reportedly said Netanyahu’s plan would ‘drag Israel into a black hole,’ set to warn security cabinet, as hostage families sound alarm on risk to captives

A security cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, June 14, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu to convene security cabinet Thursday evening to approve Gaza war plans

By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches along Gaza City, August 3, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump won't intervene, but opposes Gaza annexation — report

Gaza takeover plan said set to last 4-5 months, focus on Gaza City, Strip’s center

By Nava Freiberg, Michael Bachner and Emanuel Fabian

Security cabinet expected to okay phased proposal despite top generals’ warnings this would endanger hostages; it would drive a million Palestinians southward, while boosting aid

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, August 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 7: Day 671 – US mum on potential Israeli plan to occupy Gaza

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

Gaza sources confirm group stealing large amounts of aid

Hamas using secret cash stockpile, looted aid to pay employees and loyalists — BBC

British broadcaster cites Gaza sources as saying terror group stashed away $700 million before Oct. 7, wages surreptitiously handed out at ‘tea’ meetings

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid await permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, to enter the Palestinian territory on August 6, 2025. (AFP)

People inspect the damage at the Sheikh Radwan al-Taba UNRWA clinic, in Gaza City, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Nearly 2,000 influential Diaspora Jews call on Netanyahu to end war, enable Gaza aid

By Grace Gilson

Israeli troops operate in the Gaza Strip, as seen in a photo released by the military August 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Aug. 7: PM stresses Israel won’t annex Gaza, says it will be ruled by ‘transitional’ body

By Michael Horovitz, Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff

Zamir said to warn ministers of risk to hostages’ lives if plan approved * Shas leader Deri: ‘We should listen to the army’ * Police use water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv; 5 arrested

8:28 pm

Ayalon Highway reopens after protesters demanding hostage deal stopped traffic
8:25 pm

Report: Yeshiva head and son of prominent Haredi rabbi cooperating with the army to draft his students
8:17 pm

Israel mulling halt to security ties with UK if it recognizes Palestine -- report

Palestinians collect drinking water in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 13, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

'We don't let the kids play too much or they'll get hungry'

For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities

By Nurit Yohanan

Even those with a home and money in the bank say they are barely able to get through each day, paying for what they can in an unending battle against hunger and other woes

US envoy says GHF aid sites may begin operating 24 hours a day as mission expands

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

In reversal, Smotrich says Israel must allocate funds for Gaza aid to win the war

Israel must now decide: Will it win or lose this war?

Failure to take control of Gaza will set the stage for a war far more violent than this one, with disastrous consequences for Israel and far beyond

Maram never supported Hamas, but that won’t save her

When the war began, she was a university student. Today she has nothing – no home, no computer, no phone. What have we done?

The front page of Yated Neeman on August 7, 2025, with a headline reading "War." (Screen capture)

Haredi newspapers declare ‘war’ over IDF enlistment efforts, prompting outrage

‘There is a war, but it’s in a different place, and people are actually being killed in it,’ Yair Lapid responds; MK Zvi Sukkot: Editor pouring ‘gasoline on bonfire of hatred’

Rabbi Dov Lando addresses an anti-enlistment conference in Bnei Brak, July 31, 2025. (Daniel Nafusi)

Senior Haredi leader threatens ‘global struggle like never before’ to avoid IDF draft

Suspect in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers charged with hate crimes

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Elias Rodriguez eligible for death penalty over May killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim outside AJC event in Washington

Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US, killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy, Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

High Court to hear petitions on AG’s firing on Sept. 3 before nine-judge panel

By Jeremy Sharon

Expanded panel consists of the nine most senior justices available — six conservatives and three liberals

Illustrative: Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and other justices arrive for a court hearing on the law to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, July 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara attends a hearing of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG invited to key cabinet meeting on Gaza, as required by court, despite gov’t firing her

By Jeremy Sharon

MK Naama Lazimi speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, near the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 31, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Interview'Peace is one of the most integral parts of Judaism'

The practical peacenik: Naama Lazimi’s battle for Israel’s soul

By Ariela Karmel

In a political landscape where she feels increasingly alone, left-wing lawmaker insists peace, democracy and Zionism can still coexist, despite opposition from the right and her own camp

A boy looks at shipping containers in Haifa's port , Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump’s 15% tariffs on imports from Israel take effect as part of sweeping global regime

By Agencies, Sharon Wrobel, Jacob Magid and Tani Goldstein

Finance Ministry seeks to downplay move, noting rate is at lowest level among countries that have a trade deficit with the US

Dr. Asaf Gayer from the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Ariel University, examines a cave near the Ein Gedi National Park in the Dead Sea region, featuring an ancient Aramaic inscription, possibly dated to the Bar Kochba Revolt, that was first revealed to the public in August 2025. (Asaf Gayer)

Accidental find sees team continue the search for more words

‘Abba of Naburya has perished’: Unique 1,900-year-old inscription found in Dead Sea cave

By Rossella Tercatin

Four-line Aramaic text, one of the few legible inscriptions from the era, may be tied to the Bar Kochba Revolt. The words were spotted only inches away from hidden Roman swords

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a Jewish heritage night at his official residence in New York City, July 8, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Pro-Israel New York leaders spar over Gaza war amid humanitarian crisis fallout

Mayor Eric Adams censures rival Andrew Cuomo for statements on Israel, as reports of starvation among Palestinians draw rare criticism from US state’s Democratic party leadership

Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

Mahmoud Khalil justifies Oct. 7, downplays antisemitism at Columbia, in NYT interview

By JTA and ToI Staff

Illustrative. An employee works in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)

In worrying trend, Israel’s tech workforce is shrinking after decade of growth

By Sharon Wrobel

New workforce report shows tech firms cut marketing, sales and HR roles — as well as non-academic staff — amid war and political upheaval, though investments remain resilient

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A Border Police officer blocks Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (L) from entering the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 12, 2019, after it was closed when a firebomb was thrown at police officers. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Police bar Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Willy-Brandt-Platz in the German town of Baden-Baden, seen in 2013. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Holocaust memorial toppled in German town of Baden-Baden

People hang a Palestinian flag in front of the Slovenian Parliament building after the National Assembly recognized a Palestinian state in Ljubljana, on June 4, 2024. (AFP)

In symbolic move, Slovenia bans West Bank settlement imports over war in Gaza

This combination photo shows US President Donald Trump in a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo, Files)

Trump open to meeting Putin and Zelensky, White House says

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