UK sanctions violent far-right groups * Inside story: Netanyahu plans his reelection * Anti-Israel campus protests go global * Presumed hostage’s body found in Israel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, May 3, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: UK joins EU in sanctioning far-right Lehava and Hilltop Youth for violence against Palestinians]( By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh IDF: Body of Elyakim Libman — presumed hostage since Oct. 7 — found in Israel * Bipartisan group of senators reportedly met ICC team to try to prevent arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials Inside story Shalom Yerushalmi [Despite Oct. 7, Netanyahu is determined to run for reelection, and certain he can win]( PM is confident his hostage deal offer, praised by the US, will help silence critics. And if it leads to far-right bolting his coalition, that will only ease his path to victory [IDF appoints new intel chief, promotes 4 other generals, despite far-right opposition]( By Emanuel Fabian [Father of soldier killed on Oct. 7 to petition appointment of new IDF intel chief]( By Emanuel Fabian [Echoing US encampments, anti-Israel students across Britain launch campus protests]( By ToI Staff UK activists are pitching tents to call on their universities to divest from Israel; Union of Jewish Students protests ‘torrent of antisemitic hatred on campus’ [Anti-Israel campus protests spread across the US border to Canada, Mexico]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [British police officer warned he may face prison for pro-Hamas posts after Oct. 7]( By AFP [Biden slams anti-Israel campus protests, says Mideast policies unchanged]( By Jacob Magid US president says right to free speech must not come at expense of law and order, adds he won’t send National Guard to disperse encampments at universities [Jewish groups demand Columbia do more to combat antisemitism: ‘The problem is deep’]( By Luke Tress [Police: More than 25% of arrested Columbia protesters not connected to university]( By Luke Tress ToI podcast [What Matters Now to two Jewish student leaders at Columbia: ‘Intifada’ on campus]( By ToI Staff Eden Yadegar, president of Students Supporting Israel, and Elisha H. Baker, a Columbia Political Review editor, describe the antisemitism that led to this week’s ‘hostile takeover’ Top Ops Rachel Lester [The antisemitic mask is off]( This week, for the first time, I head blatant calls from mainstream Americans for violence against Jews and the elimination of the State of Israel Hugh Taylor [Another river, another sea]( What drives regular American college kids’ rage against Israel when – I’m guessing – they weren’t raised to hate Jews? Tova Herzl [The strength of second generation trauma, after Hamas’s massacre]( I worry that history is repeating itself, and I can’t help asking: Will Israel survive? If not, will it go gradually? Will it go in multiples of October 7th? Menachem Bombach [The Haredi world must take civic responsibility]( Unless we can shift the ultra-Orthodox priority of segregating from Israeli society, the community is at great risk of more disasters [Jewish students say pro-Israel violence at UCLA protest camp undercut their advocacy]( By jacob gurvis Activists say Tuesday’s incident doesn’t represent them, makes counter-protests look bad, as various students share differing views on the campus standoffs and chaos [Los Angeles police say 210 arrested during removal of anti-Israel encampment at UCLA]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [More than 2,100 people arrested at anti-Israel campus protests across the US]( By AP and ToI Staff [Top ministers huddle as Israel expects Hamas to decline latest hostage deal offer]( By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff War cabinet discusses possible Rafah incursion, as reports say Sinwar will reject any deal that doesn’t explicitly end the war; Haniyeh: Proposal being studied in ‘positive spirit’ [PM reiterates pledge to enter Rafah, notes coalition ‘disagreements’ on security]( By Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff [Blinken: Israel’s flexibility on hostage deal speaks louder than its Rafah rhetoric]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid [Turkey halts all trade with Israel; Jerusalem denounces ‘dictator’ Erdogan]( By Lazar Berman and Reuters Turkish ports said already preventing export of goods to Haifa and Ashdod ports, while Israeli imports not being unloaded; FM Katz says Israel will find alternatives, emerge strong [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 3: Day 210 – Turkey halts all trade with Israel after 75 years]( By ToI Staff [US says Hamas briefly seized 1st aid shipment that entered Gaza via reopened crossing]( By Jacob Magid [US ‘very close’ to bilateral deal with Saudis, but it hinges on Israel normalization]( By Jacob Magid State Department spokesperson says ‘still more work to be done;’ Report says Saudis demanding Israeli exit from Gaza, settlement freeze and 3-5 year pathway to Palestinian state [Security cabinet again delays decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel amid Gaza talks]( By ToI Staff Reports say repeated delays linked to Qatari-owners role in mediating potential hostage release, truce deal with Hamas which is at a crucial stage [Kibbutz Be’eri says resident Dror Or was killed on Oct. 7, body being held in Gaza]( By ToI Staff Southern community attacked by Hamas confirms Or, a chef and cheesemaker, was murdered along with wife Yonat; 2 of their 3 children were taken hostage, freed in November truce deal [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Reporter's notebook [At Holocaust commemoration in Eylon Levy’s living room, Oct. 7 atrocities loom large]( By Shoshanna Solomon The former government spokesman hosted survivor Dr. Arnold Clevs as part of the Zikaron BaSalon series ahead of an Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day suffused with recent tragedy [Prescient Holocaust Remembrance Day theme focuses on destroyed communities]( By Matt Lebovic Annual Holocaust commemoration in Jerusalem to include traditional elements while making space for the unprecedented Oct. 7 massacres in southern Israel and ongoing war with Hamas [Microsoft, Meta and Google’s Waze provide tech for Holocaust remembrance projects]( By Sharon Wrobel [CRM]( [ICC prosecutor slams effort to ‘intimidate’ him on possible arrest warrants for Israelis]( By ToI Staff Karim Khan warns against trying to impede investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, after US lawmakers reportedly meet with senior court officials [IDF confirms senior Gazan doctor died in Israeli prison]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $30-40 billion, damage on scale unseen since WWII]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Explainer ASTRID SUAREZ [How cutting ties with Israel could hamstring Colombia’s military, ground Air Force]( Jerusalem is sole provider of maintenance to Colombia’s aging fleet of Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets, and a key supplier of other arms, cyber security; trade will also be harmed [As Iranian hackers grow more skilled, Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ to protect itself]( By AFP and ToI Staff Jerusalem working with international allies to build consolidated defenses in cyberspace; Tehran said to have launched more than 800 significant cyberattacks on Israel since Oct. 7 [Day 210 – Turkey halts all trade with Israel after 75 years]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Archaeology / Neolithic site shows how villagers weathered drought, climate change 8,000 years ago]( By Gavriel Fiske [Syria says 8 soldiers hurt in alleged Israeli strike that caused ‘material losses’]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies [UK’s Conservatives set for historic loss in local polls; Labour urges general election]( By Pan Pylas [Government accuses AG of ‘administrative coup’ amid mutual barbs over Haredi draft]( By Jeremy Sharon [Demolition order issued for home of Bedouin girl hurt in Iran attack, later scrapped]( By ToI Staff [Torch lighters for Independence Day chosen to highlight October 7 heroism]( By ToI Staff [The way they were / ‘Deepfakes’ of Holocaust victims beamed onto Habima for Remembrance Day]( By Jessica Steinberg [‘Disgrace to diplomacy’: Bosnia accuses Israeli diplomat of genocide denial]( By Sam Sokol [Iran denies IRGC molested, killed teen protester during Mahsa Amini unrest]( By AFP [Trump refuses to commit to accepting results in this year’s US presidential election]( By AFP [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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