Новости за 03.05.2024

210 days after Hamas' surprise attack on southern Israel, the family of Elyakim Libman received word that he was murdered, and not taken to Gaza as had previously been thought

How exactly will Israel do this? And who will control the West Bank once the PA is dissolved? Nothing is more asinine than Israel's refusal to endorse or even entertain Joe Biden's plan for the region

U.K. announces sanctions against four Israeli settlers, far-right organization for acts of violence against Palestinians West Bank ■ Israel reportedly notifies Hamas it will attack Rafah if hostage deal isn't secured within week ■ Turkey says it won't resume trade with Israel until permanent cease-fire in Gaza ■ Here's what you need to know 210 days into the war

The four right-wing Israelis sanctioned by the U.K. are Elisha Yered, Noam Federman, Neriya Ben Pazi and Eden Levy

Many argue that the Gaza protests at Columbia university, at the forefront of the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on U.S. campuses, aren't antisemitic. It would be harder to claim that they don't target Israeli individuals

Divestment from companies with ties to the Israel-Gaza war has been one of the pro-Palestinian protesters' clarion calls, but it has been to little effect. Boycotts on Starbucks, McDonalds and their likes have had minor impact, but far away from the campus Gaza encampments

The naming of Shlomi Binder as head of Military Intelligence is expected to draw criticism over his involvement in failures preceding the October 7 massacre

25 years after Jordan removed Hamas' leadership from its territory, there is a chance it will be forced to recognize it in a 'new PLO' should Abbas' Palestinian Authority fail to assume control of Gaza at the end of the war

A 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot in the head when settlers rampaged through West Bank villages following the murder of 14-year-old settler Binyamin Ahimeir

Israel's foreign minister criticizes Turkish President Erdogan's move, saying it breaks international trade agreements and is 'how a dictator behaves'

On Tuesday, Netanyahu called the possibility of Israeli military and political officials being hit with arrest warrants over crimes committed in Gaza an 'antisemitic hate crime'

'Our standards of discourse have been poisoned," one Jewish student says. 'People think, because there's something terrible happening far away, it is OK to behave poorly here, and that strikes me as exactly the sort of anti-intellectualism that universities are supposed to combat, not embrace'

The hostage deal is stuck between Netanyahu's 'rock' and Sinwar's 'hard place,' as the world waits for Hamas' answer to the current proposal ■ The much anticipated Rafah offensive has been mythologized to Stalingrad status, but its strategic value is hardly the 'total victory' it has been chalked up to be

Netanyahu's bureau has not complied with the state comptroller's requested files for the investigation into the government and military leading up to October 7. The PMO called the announcement an 'unnecessary clash at a time of war,' and said they have cooperated with all requests

The Israeli prime minister's tactics are clear: appease the warmongers propping up his government and intimate to Hamas that it should not agree to any deal ■ Netanyahu could actually benefit from being declared a war criminal by the International Criminal Court

Israeli believed to be held hostage in Gaza was murdered on October 7, kibbutz announces ■ Biden says no place for antisemitism on campus or in America, in White House address ■ Hamas delegation to visit Egypt for cease-fire talks, statement says ■ Report: Landmark U.S. and Saudi defense deal could be weeks away ■ Turkey halts all trade with Israel, Bloomberg News reports

Or's wife was murdered and his children taken hostage; his body is still being held by Hamas

This week at Ben-Gurion airport: A Jewish-Bolivian ruminates on how Israel has changed since he lived here in the '70s, and a Russian transplant explains why he left St. Petersburg for Tel Aviv