ToI must-reads from war’s 7th month: Anti-Israel chaos on campus * How the Iran strike shored up US-Israel ties * Gazan journalist: We are also hostages of Hamas

[Times of Israel]( Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Reporter's Notebook [Gaza ‘solidarity encampment’ shakes up Northwestern campus but leaves no clear winners]( By Jacob Magid Jewish students unnerved, but defiant; pro-Palestinians enjoy growing numbers, but demands unmet; university head avoids punishing violators but still accused of ‘genocide’ by demonstrators Op-ed 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 Interview [A top ex-general’s radical strategy for tackling Iran, saving the hostages, calming the north]( By David Horovitz Analysis Lazar Berman [With its aerial attack, Iran could break Israel’s isolation and reframe the Gaza war]( Tehran pushes allies together to thwart unprecedented missile and drone strike, in reminder of broader regional threat [Op-ed / A Middle East defense alliance is as vital for Israel as the air we breathe]( By Tal Schneider Interview [Gazan journalist to ToI: We, the people of Gaza, are also living like hostages of Hamas]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Now with relatives in Rafah, Sami Obeid longs to return to his destroyed home in the north. Hamas hasn’t disappeared, he says, and without a ‘day-after’ plan, it will resume its rule [Interview / US-based Gazan peace activist calls on Palestinians to abandon armed resistance narrative]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Analysis Jeremy Sharon [‘Plausibility’ in the South African genocide case against Israel is not what it seemed]( The ICJ’s ruling found that the Palestinians had a ‘plausible right’ to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, not that genocide was plausibly taking place 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’ [Students in Tel Aviv and New York feel heat as Columbia protests target TAU program]( By Gavriel Fiske [Inside story / Jewish Columbia students say campus escalation was ‘inevitable,’ and it won’t end well]( By Cathryn J. Prince [Inside story / In Dutch university cities, nonviolent street protests present a sticky situation]( By Matt Lebovic Documentary review [Sheryl Sandberg’s new film testifies to Hamas’s brutal sexual violence on October 7]( By Renee Ghert-Zand England [Meet Gideon Falter, the man fighting on the frontline against antisemitism in the UK]( By Robert Philpot At the heart of a showdown with London police at a pro-Palestinian rally, the head of the 10-year-old Campaign Against Antisemitism says Britain faces its greatest challenge yet [As October 7 sharpens split in UK’s far right, Jews give no quarter to either side]( By Robert Philpot [Interview / Outgoing British MP Mike Freer on the Gaza war, antisemitism and his Jewish constituents]( By Robert Philpot Analysis Sharon Wrobel [Israel’s credit downgrade amid risk of regional escalation is a call to take action]( S&P cut Israel’s credit score warning about further downgrades in light of higher defense spending and a ballooning deficit; higher taxes are inevitable, says expert Interview [Luxembourg banking on polyglot singer with Israeli roots for its Eurovision return]( By Amy Spiro Tali Golergant is the first singer to represent the tiny nation since 1993. But with family ties to the Jewish state – including a brother who fought in Gaza – online hate is ablaze [TV series about Israelis in Berlin gains potency in wake of October 7]( By Jessica Steinberg From the Blogs [A morally pure Judaism without actual Jews]( By Arnold M. Eisen What do we make of a Passover seder that depicts Zionism as idol worship and ignores the suffering of Israelis? [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