ToI’s weekly deep dive: Hostages’ families face Passover * View from Rafah * ToI video: Bomb shelters make good neighbors *Podcast: Avi Issacharoff on almost-nuclear Iran

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, April 21, 2024 Interview [Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents contemplate Passover with their son in captivity]( By Jessica Steinberg Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin talk about how the Iranian strike offered an opportunity for the Jewish state to realign with allies even as anti-Israel sentiment grows in the US Interview [A top ex-general’s radical strategy for tackling Iran, saving the hostages, calming the north]( By David Horovitz Op-ed David Horovitz [Passover 5784, reliving ancient history]( The Haggadah directs us to retell the exodus story as though we personally had been enslaved. To do that this year, there’s no need to cast the mind back through millennia [Analysis / With mild reported strike, Israel aims to bolster coalition to tackle Iran nuke threat]( By David Horovitz [Op-ed / Israel warded off a huge Iranian attack, but that success is not the same as a victory]( By David Horovitz ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff: Iran can have nukes in 6 months]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Seasoned journalist and ‘Fauda’ co-creator spells out how nuclear Iran must be treated as Israel’s prime existential threat, even as the Jewish state fights on many fronts Analysis [To punish Israel for Gaza war, Turkey’s citizens will gladly suffer the economic cost]( By Bartu Eken Political pressure forced Turkey’s hardline leader Erdogan to reluctantly halt the export of 54 products to the Jewish state – but much of the public still thinks that’s not enough [Analysis / Jordan’s help against Iran shows relationship with Israel still strong, despite Gaza]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Interview [Gazan journalist to ToI: We, the people of Gaza, are also living like hostages of Hamas]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Inside story Jacob Magid [How the US shifted from rapping Israel over Gaza to defending it against Iran]( US official reveals Israel informed White House of Damascus strike at meeting on Rafah op, and president’s call with PM to discuss aid convoy strike began with coordinating on Iran [Top Ben Gvir ally, former MK aide among targets of latest US and EU settler sanctions]( By Jacob Magid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 20: Day 197 – US silent on Iran strike after urging Israeli restraint]( By ToI Staff Op-ed Tal Schneider [Aryeh Deri says Israel should listen to the US. So why isn’t the US listening to him?]( Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, seems to lead the government’s most moderate faction; US officials should use him to influence Netanyahu Top Ops Jennifer Moses [A few new plagues for Passover]( Some kosher for Pesach products should be purchased exactly zero times a year (and can a cat really eat a whole goat?) Avi Weiss [This Passover we say: Let my people go – now!]( The call is aimed at Hamas, but even more so at those who stay silent when they should speak out against evil Casey Babb [Hamas’s secret weapon: Western stupidity]( From Beirut jihadis to Tehran extremists, the erosion of thoughtful discourse has emboldened the world’s most dangerous groups Avi Kahn [I am a father and a soldier. I have a message for our enemies]( To those who sacrifice their own families in order to destroy ours: Fear us. Fear the men who value peace, but are dragged to war Holy City [Franciscans petition court over Jerusalem Old City cable car project]( By Sue Surkes Custodians of Catholic sites in the Holy Land argue that city officials broke their promise not to allow the controversial project to pass over cemetery on Mount Zion [As October 7 sharpens split in UK’s far right, Jews give no quarter to either side]( By Robert Philpot Antisemitism [Congresswoman to Columbia U president: ‘Fire the racists; it’s a pretty low bar’]( By Jordana Horn In four-hour hearing on antisemitism on Ivy League campus, House Committee grills university officials on incendiary staff, lack of disciplinary measure for acts of Jew hatred [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( ToI Original Video [Bomb shelters make good neighbors]( We explore the various shelters where Israeli citizens sought refuge during the unprecedented April 13, 2024, attack on Israel originating from Iranian soil [After his friend was killed on Oct. 7, a 25-year-old raised millions for the war effort]( By Ariella Oldfield Gidon Hazony started Soldiers Save Lives the day after David Newman was murdered in the Supernova massacre. It continues to help soldiers and civilians in the tragedy’s wake [Government approves framework for NIS 19 billion plan to rehabilitate area near Gaza]( By Canaan Lidor [Nature org urges opposition to ‘draconian’ proposals for rebuilding Gaza border area]( By Sue Surkes [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Health [On high alert since October 7, hospitals were already prepared to deal with Iran attack]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Administrators say IDF Home Front Command and Health Ministry have not instructed healthcare system to adjust readiness for possible widening of conflict [Tel Aviv University study finds link between heart attacks and cancer growth]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [As anxiety surges during war, Israeli GenAI platform can ease psychiatrists’ workload]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [How 12 Jews survived the Holocaust hidden by a maid in a Nazi officer’s basement]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Now streaming [Banking on ‘Bros’: Netflix’s first original Hebrew-language series is finally arriving]( By Amy Spiro [CRM]( Education [Schools and students displaced in the north learn to deal with chaos sown by war]( By Diana Bletter Finding new, safer locations with bomb shelters and operating short-staffed are just some of the challenges school administrators face under Hezbollah missile threat after Oct. 7 Food [This Passover, two new cookbooks focus on Jewish holiday meals and family recipes]( By Jessica Steinberg Naama Shefi’s ‘Jewish Holiday Table’ brings Jewish dishes and stories from around the world, while Micah Siva’s ‘Nosh’ offers a plant-based twist to traditional foods [Food writer Joan Nathan’s life and recipes combine in new hybrid cookbook-memoir]( By Jessica Steinberg [Passover celebrants urged to set a seat for a hostage, use a Haggadah of hope]( By Jessica Steinberg From the Blogs [What is resilience?]( By Chavi Feldman Another country coming under a massive missile attack would descend into utter chaos, but Israel just keeps on keeping on [Weekly Deep Dive]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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