Hamas propaganda video shows hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin * Columbia extends deadline for anti-Israel encampment to disperse * Op-ed: The Jew-haters’ goal *Rafah op looms

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Presented by [Rosen School of Hebrew]( Live updates [LIVE: Hamas publishes propaganda video with signs of life from hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin]( By ToI Staff Shin Bet, IDF heads said to visit Egypt to discuss Rafah campaign * Columbia extends deadline for anti-Israel students to leave after they agree to remove ‘significant’ number of tents [Columbia threatens to remove anti-Israel encampment as protests roil universities]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Deadline extended after progress in talks with activists, who demand school rescind threat to bring in National Guard; classes canceled at Cal campus as protesters occupy building [Lapid says US must act against campus antisemitism; anti-Israel protest ‘seders’ held]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Google fires more workers for ‘disruptive’ protests over contract with Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Op-ed: Day 201 of the war David Horovitz [The goal of the campus Jew-haters: To render Israel indefensible, in both senses of the word]( The aggression against Israel and Jews would not be tolerated if aimed at any other minority; its defenders are unforgivably prioritizing free speech above the intended deadly consequences Promoted Content [Immerse yourself in modern Hebrew]( Celebrate Pesach and Yom Ha’atzmaut with Rosen School of Hebrew’s Online Courses [US Senate okays aid package that includes billions for Israel; Biden to sign it Wednesday]( By Agencies and ToI Staff In 79-18 vote, lawmakers approve $17 billion in military assistance for Israel, expected $2 billion in humanitarian aid for Gaza alongside funds for Ukraine and Taiwan [Ahead of college graduation speech, Biden faces alumni protest for backing Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Anti-Israel university protests the latest election-year tightrope for Biden]( By Will Weissert, Michelle L. Price and CHRIS MEGERIAN [IDF deploying two reserve brigades to Gaza as Israel girds for Rafah offensive]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Troops to reportedly secure central corridor and US aid pier, allowing soldiers who are there now to prepare for planned push into southern city; 40,000 tents for evacuees procured [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing April 24: Day 201 – Gaza heats up; Hezbollah drones reach Israeli beaches]( By ToI Staff [On war’s 200th day, Israel intensifies Gaza operations; soldier killed in action]( By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff Top Ops Leah Jacobson [What side of history do you want to be on?]( There is so much noise, it can be hard to discern the values you agree with. Here are some tips to help you determine with whom you stand Menachem Rosensaft [The UN must recognize the Srebrenica massacre for what it was]( Just as it is unconscionable to deny the genocide of Europe’s Jews, we cannot minimize the slaughter of the Bosniaks [CRM]( [IDF rejects ‘baseless’ claim it dug mass graves at Gaza hospital; analysts also doubt charge]( By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff Evidence suggests Palestinian assertion of discovery of hundreds of bodies buried by IDF is false — and that the bodies were previously buried there by the Palestinians themselves [Marking 200 days of war, Hamas calls for escalation across all fronts]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Israel fumes as UN secretary-general leaves Hamas off sexual violence blacklist]( By ToI Staff Foreign Ministry denounces UN chief as ‘standing shoulder to shoulder with rapists and murderers,’ asserts Antonio Guterres would not have condemned crimes of Nazi Germany either [Washington says ‘real progress’ needed before restoring UNRWA funding]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Germany to resume funding for UNRWA after probe]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Minister claims Biden harming ties with Israel, says he’d vote for Trump if he could]( By ToI Staff Comments from Amichai Chikli accusing US president of failing to project strength come hours before package earmarking billions in military aid expected to be signed into law [Amid Eurovision security fears, Malmo’s Jews mute celebrations for Israel’s Eden Golan]( By Lars Avner Arquette Jewish community claims police rescinded permit for pro-Israel demonstrations during the ‘apolitical’ song contest, running May 7-11. Officials say all protests off-limits [IDF hits 40 Hezbollah sites; Gallant says group’s south Lebanon command decimated]( By Emanuel Fabian Fighter jets, artillery target weapon depots, assets in Ayta ash-Shab amid incessant attacks, including missile fire on Avivim [Blast reported off Yemen’s coast, in potential renewal of Houthi attacks]( By AP and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Hostage families hold public Q&A panel to mark 200 days of loved ones’ captivity]( By Charlie Summers Splattered in red paint and with ropes around their hands, group of protesters sits outside army HQ to cry out for help, demand deal for return of their relatives [UN nuclear chief: Iran ‘weeks, not months’ from enough uranium to make a bomb]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Head of International Atomic Energy Agency stresses that is not the same time frame as would be needed to make a device, but says Iranian activity ‘raises eyebrows’ [Iranian president threatens Israel’s annihilation if major attack occurs]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Argentina asks host countries to arrest visiting Iranian minister over 1994 bombing]( By ToI Staff and AFP [Man in France accused of threatening Jewish woman’s life to ‘avenge Palestine’]( By ToI Staff Suspect allegedly held victim in Paris apartment, sent messages to her mother that she would never see daughter again; rape suspicions also being probed [Dutch intelligence: Europe foiled 10 jihadist attacks in 2023, Gaza war among triggers]( By Agencies [French police call in far-left leader for party’s incendiary October 7 comments]( By AFP Interview [‘Son of Hamas’ Mosab Hassan Yousef: ‘If we finish Rafah, we finish Hamas’]( By Natan Galula Back in the public sphere after Oct. 7, the former terror scion turned undercover Shin Bet agent laments how the Islamist group his father co-founded is tolerated in the West [Day 201 – Gaza heats up; Hezbollah drones reach Israeli beaches]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Palestinian woman tries to stab troops in West Bank, is shot dead — IDF]( By Emanuel Fabian [Two men killed, one severely injured in Shfaram shooting]( By ToI Staff [Carbon emissions from shipping rise as freight vessels steer clear of Houthis]( By Sue Surkes [Tshuva’s Delek unit inks deal for Eni’s UK oil and gas fields in North Sea]( By Sharon Wrobel [New Palestinian PM announces reform package for beleaguered Authority]( By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff [Biden’s Gaza humanitarian envoy to be replaced after overseeing aid boost]( By Jacob Magid [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved