Anti-Israel mob seizes Columbia building * Awaiting Hamas response, PM says Rafah op will go ahead anyway * Blogs: From a Columbia alum peace activist *US lawmakers v ICC

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Presented by [American Technion Society]( [‘Intifada’: Anti-Israel protesters break into Columbia campus building and seize it]( By ToI Staff and Agencies University suspends students who refused to remove tents by deadline; protesters smash windows, occupy Hamilton Hall, which is encircled by hundreds; school urges avoiding campus [Columbia suspends deadline-defying anti-Israel protesters; arrests at other campuses]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Columbia protesters defy deadline to leave; university refuses to divest from Israel]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Netanyahu says Rafah offensive will go ahead with or without hostage deal]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Hamas set to respond Wednesday to proposal said to include 40-day truce, release of almost 1.000 Palestinian prisoners for 20-33 hostages; PM: War won’t end until all goals achieved [Blinken hopes Hamas takes Israel’s ‘extraordinarily generous’ truce offer]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [5 arrested, claims of police violence as thousands in Tel Aviv demand deal with Hamas]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff ‘Rafah can wait — hostages cannot,’ write demonstrators, as opposition MK and relatives of hostage allege cops attacked them; police say protesters were violent, held illegal rally [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr 30: Day 207 – Ball in Hamas’s court again for hostage release deal]( By ToI Staff from our sponsor [Get our Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Booklet of Wonders]( See how your support helps some of Israel’s most brilliant innovators keep developing life-changing environmental, scientific, health, medical, and technological discoveries. Live updates [LIVE: Trump says Netanyahu deserves blame for Oct. 7, vows to protect Israel against enemies]( By ToI Staff Cop stabbed by Turkish visitor in Old City; assailant killed * Israel said mulling deal freeing just 20 hostages; Ben Gvir says PM ‘promised’ not to go through with ‘reckless’ deal Top Ops Haviva Ner-David [From a Columbia alum Israeli peace activist]( If you from abroad want to demand something, demand a resolution of the conflict, not the annihilation of one side Leon Hadar [It׳s 2054 and a Republican Jew is president]( The Democratic Party is undergoing demographic and political metamorphosis. Where might that lead to 3 decades from now? [Two IDF reservists killed, one seriously wounded in fighting in central Gaza]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies IDF says pair killed in blast near Netzarim Corridor, bringing ground op toll to 263; Hamas health ministry claims dozens killed in strikes, including five-day-old infant in Rafah [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [US lawmakers threaten retaliation against UN court over potential Israel arrest warrants]( By ToI Staff Axios reports legislation already being worked on; several nations said to urge ICC not to charge top Israeli officials with war crimes for fear it may endanger truce, hostage deal [Report: Several nations urging ICC not to issue arrest warrants for Israelis]( By ToI Staff [Explainer / What is the International Criminal Court and why does it worry Israeli leaders?]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [EU top diplomat: At least 5 countries expected to recognize Palestinian state in May]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says countries include Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia and Malta, as Arab and European officials discuss end to Gaza conflict in Riyadh [Top UN court to rule in Gaza ‘genocide’ case over German supply of weapons to Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [CRM]( [Portland university ‘pauses’ Boeing ties amid Gaza protests, but students won’t budge]( By ToI Staff As Portland State University president promises to hold open forum in May to discuss donations from aerospace giant, students refuse to vacate encampment blocking campus library [French police remove pro-Palestinian students at Sorbonne]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Prominent rabbi asks anti-Israel activists to stop singing his song at protests]( By JTA [US military’s Gaza aid pier to cost $320 million, nearly double initial estimate]( By Agencies and ToI Staff GOP senator slams ‘exploding’ cost of massive construction project said to involve 1,000 US service members [Blinken visits Jordan to push Gaza aid in second leg of regional diplomacy trip]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [US says 5 IDF units violated human rights: 4 have remediated, one being reviewed]( By Reuters, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman Cases predate Gaza war; Washington says it received new info from Israel on 5th unit — thought to be Netzah Yehuda Battalion — after Jerusalem last week feared imminent sanctions [Day 207 – Ball in Hamas’s court again for hostage release deal]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli activists seek to help Palestinians harmed by extremist settlers as attacks rise]( By AFP and ToI Staff With authorities failing to prevent many assaults, some campaigners are acting as a ‘last shield’ for locals [Cop moderately hurt in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant, a Turkish visitor, shot dead]( By Emanuel Fabian 34-year-old foreign national knifes Border Police officer in Old City; he had entered Israel via Jordan a day earlier [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Patriot air defenses to be mothballed after decades of mostly gathering dust]( By Emanuel Fabian Within two months, Air Force will replace aging US-made interceptor with more advanced Israeli systems, including Iron Dome More Headlines [Iranian forces sexually assaulted, beat teen protester to death in 2022 – BBC report]( By ToI Staff [Houthis attack Israel-linked ship in Indian Ocean, 2 US warships in Red Sea]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Minister Benny Gantz breaks foot biking in southern Israel]( By ToI Staff [China: Hamas, Fatah showed ‘political will’ for reconciliation in recent Beijing talks]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Binance founder faces sentencing for allowing money laundering, some for Hamas and Iran]( By AP [Personal statement / ‘Kind of privilege-y’: Bill Maher rebukes anti-Israel protesters]( By ToI Staff [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? 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