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Sunday, May 26, 2024
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Reporter's notebook
Under a rug in Gazan home, IDF troops found shaft leading to bodies of 4 hostages
By
Lazar Berman
The Times of Israel joins paratroopers fighting in the heart of Jabaliya’s refugee camp, where a determined officer made a sad but profound discovery — days before he was killed
Op-ed
David Horovitz
A fateful road not taken: Netanyahu seems set to spurn Saudi normalization
A deal would bolster coalition against Iran, could create viable alternative to Hamas in Gaza * Plus: Khan’s rush to injustice, Egypt’s failed mediation, and Ben Gvir’s brutality
Hague
ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah operations that risk destruction of civilian population
By
Jeremy Sharon
and
Sam Sokol
Four of the 15 judges argue ruling does not require that Israel halt entire Rafah campaign if it ensures it’s complying with the Genocide Convention; South African judge disagrees
ToI podcast
Daily Briefing May 25: Day 232 – ICJ order to ‘halt’ IDF depends on how it’s parsed
By
ToI Staff
ToI podcast
Daily Briefing May 26: Day 233 – After ICJ ruling, Rafah op continues unabated
By
ToI Staff
ICC
New study finds food supply to Gaza more than sufficient for population’s needs
By
Jeremy Sharon
Food delivered through crossings ‘provided for a mean of 3,163 calories per person per day’ for Gazans, 40% higher than the accepted humanitarian standard for daily calorie intake
Inside story
Does ICC Prosecutor Khan have a case against Netanyahu and Gallant? Experts doubt it
By
Jeremy Sharon
Request for arrest warrants from ICC is ‘blood libel,’ says ex-Supreme Court justice
By
Jeremy Sharon
Interview
Norway’s FM: Palestine recognition is an ‘anti-Hamas’ step, pushes two-state vision
By
Lazar Berman
Speaking to The Times of Israel, Espen Barth Eide acknowledges move won’t create a state; says it is partly a reaction to Netanyahu policies, but will also weaken Hamas and Iran
Analysis
Despite threats, Egypt is not about to tear up peace treaty with Israel
By
Lazar Berman
Analysis
Raisi’s death doesn’t change Iranian policy, but will spark fight for power
By
Lazar Berman
Reporter's notebook
In Ramallah, Palestinians welcome recognition by 3 countries with cautious optimism
By
Gianluca Pacchiani
Antisemitism
Jewish activist who fled Iran sees shades of the fall of the shah on US campuses
By
Jordana Horn
I Am A Voter co-founder and pro-democracy advocate Mandana Dayani has turned her focus to America’s surging antisemitism – an issue she sees as inalienable from her core mission
Like early 1930s: US envoy warns antisemitism ‘a threat to democracy,’ global security
By
Jacob Magid
Interview
Retiring early due to antisemitism, a professor paints a dire picture of US academia
By
Cathryn J. Prince
Analysis
Canaan Lidor
The anti-Muslim, pro-Israel far right now runs Holland. Is the European Parliament next?
Upcoming elections for the EU’s legislature are expected to see gains by parties with ideologies feared by many Jews — even as they may be the community’s most ardent champions
Top Ops
Cochav Elkayam-Levy
and
Irwin Cotler
Kinocide: Hamas targeting of families is a new crime against humanity
On October 7, Hamas committed atrocities deliberately targeting the family unit, a crime that is not defined in international law but should be
Gary Rosenblatt
Counting on each other
As we mark the days of The Omer, and the plight of the hostages, there are lofty and practical lessons to be learned.
Melinda B. Thaler
Running while Jewish: London Marathon edition
As I ran miles festooned by huge Palestinian flags, with no Union Jack in sight, I tensed up – until some runners and bystanders yelled: Am Yisrael Chai!
Ali Deilami
The Ayatollah of execution: My memories of Ebrahim Raisi
He became president in a sham election and was being groomed as the Islamic Republic’s next Supreme Leader. I won’t miss him
Reporter's Notebook
Barred from Meron, Jewish worshipers mark Lag B’Omer at flashpoint East Jerusalem site
By
Charlie Summers
Thousands crowd into venue outside Shimon HaTzadik tomb as police lock down tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood; Sephardi chief rabbi lights fire, speaks before enthused audience
Fearing Hezbollah in north, state moves Lag B’Omer event to East Jerusalem flashpoint
By
Canaan Lidor
Environment
World Biodiversity Day report: Israel’s butterflies, birds, reptiles in serious decline
By
Sue Surkes
Israel’s habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, invasive species, overexploitation of natural resources and rising temperatures blamed in 2023 State of Nature review
Deadly pathogen that wiped out Eilat’s sea urchins reaches Indian Ocean
By
Sue Surkes
Inside the plan to turn Haifa’s befouled bay into a livable urban hub rivaling Tel Aviv
By
Sue Surkes
'This event is a testimony to our people'
Matisyahu, Idan Raichel headline MIT concert for post-October 7 Jewish unity and joy
By
Rich Tenorio
Top Israeli and US artists including Five for Fighting flock to May 16’s ‘We Will Dance Again,’ attended by nearly 1,500 in a show of resilience amid widespread adversity
ToI podcast
What Matters Now to Rav Doron Perez: Life after his hostage son’s death
By
ToI Staff
Nitzan Mano
20-year-old athlete from Kibbutz Re'im
'Life can end in a single moment. It happened to some people. I can meet death any day, and it's there, waiting. I chose to make an effort to distance myself from it'
By
Tamar Mor Sela
Aharona Sadan
Uprooted: Aharona Sadan, 77, from Kibbutz Dafna. This is her story
By
Tamar Mor Sela
Cafe Otef begins pop-up project, where displaced southern residents can feel at home
By
Jessica Steinberg
Dilemmas abound as school system works to help students process Oct. 7 and horrors of war
By
Gavriel Fiske
Interview
Novelist John Irving cancels long-awaited Israel visit due to COVID-19
By
Jessica Steinberg
Author was coming for Jerusalem Writers Festival and to work on final chapter of latest book, ‘Queen Esther,’ set in 1980s Jerusalem; now. he’ll do a Zoom interview for festival
Jewish American widower channels post-Oct. 7 Israeli grief in new film
By
Jessica Steinberg
Reporter's notebook
A world away from the constant stream of war news
Paradise lost? Sinai, once teeming with Israeli tourists, is deserted amid Gaza war
By
Gianluca Pacchiani
Very few Israelis venture into neighboring Egypt out of safety concerns or in boycott of the country, but those who dare will experience a Sinai of yesteryear
Archaeology
Using burnt seeds from 1st Temple era, Israeli researchers tame a vexing dating enigma
By
Gavriel Fiske
A team of scholars recently used a new method to conquer the Hallstatt plateau, an abiding Iron Age puzzle, and help reveal the timeline of ancient Jerusalem. Here’s how they did it
Archaeology
Jezreel Valley graves cast light on waning Canaanite cities, waxing Israelite monarchy
By
Gavriel Fiske
Archaeology
Pilgrims’ first stop: 1,500-year-old Byzantine-era ship etchings found at Negev church
By
Gavriel Fiske
Interview
How Texas A&M Aggies’s Sam Salz became college football’s first known Orthodox player
By
Cathryn J. Prince
From the Blogs
At the protest with a kippa
By
Avidan Freedman
From disbelief to anger, my headwear got a rise outside the Knesset, but there are far less appropriate places to wear a yarmulke
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