ToI’s weekly deep dive: Israeli runners quick to defend state * Jewish scientist who may be Mexico’s next president * Podcast: Denialism of Oct. 7 sexual violence

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, June 2, 2024 [These Israeli track runners at Oklahoma State are quick to defend their homeland]( By Diana Bletter Representing the Jewish state from afar as fallout from Oct. 7 continues at home and abroad, Adisu Guadie and Sivan Auerbach report a warm welcome in their new surroundings [Reporter's notebook / As they gird for worse campus vitriol, North American Jewish students plug into Israel]( By Canaan Lidor Op-ed David Horovitz [‘Together we will win’? Israel’s leaders need to get the message, fast]( It is hard to recall a period when ties between the political leadership and the defense establishment were so fraught. Or when the absence of strategic cohesion was so dangerous [Op-ed / 503 Israelis give Netanyahu reason to believe he can retain power, despite October 7]( By David Horovitz President's speech [‘Time for this war to end’: Biden tells Hamas to accept Israel’s hostage-ceasefire offer]( By Jacob Magid President sets out Israeli proposal, urges gov’t to stand behind it; says Gaza ops can resume if terror group breaks deal; PMO: War won’t end until all goals met; Hamas ‘positive’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 2: Day 240 – Why must Biden urge Israel to accept deal it proposed?]( By ToI Staff Analysis Jeremy Sharon [As World Court case progresses, Israel could face more forceful order to end war]( South Africa seems poised to continue its unprecedented legal blitz at the International Court of Justice; a request for the UN Security Council to intervene is also in the cards [Key Gaza famine report cited by UN, ICJ has systematic flaws, Israeli review finds]( By Jeremy Sharon [IDF sets up committee to probe alleged torture of Palestinian terror suspects]( By Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon Reporter's notebook [Residents near security barrier protest ‘abandonment’ amid Hamas gunfire from West Bank]( By Canaan Lidor A Palestinian border breach and regular shootings at Emek Hefer towns since October 7 force a new wartime reality and fears of mass incursions [Visiting southern Israel, Nikki Haley blames Iran, Russia and China for October 7]( By Sam Sokol [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( ToI podcast [What Matters Now to law expert Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Denialism of Oct. 7 sexual violence]( By ToI Staff After a deafening silence from global women’s organizations who hesitated to condemn Hamas’s weaponization of rape, the lecturer founded a civil commission to document the crimes [Interview / Seeking to end silence around sexual violence in war, an MK raises her voice abroad]( By Sam Sokol ToI podcast [Daily Briefing June 1: Day 239 – ADL head Greenblatt on 900% rise in US antisemitism]( By ToI Staff On a visit to ToI’s offices, the Anti-Defamation League CEO maps out the tough choices facing US Jews in the upcoming election alongside roiling campuses and media bias [‘Deliberate act of hate’: Canadian synagogue damaged in suspected arson attack]( By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff Top Ops Noah Efron [In death as in life, Yael Dayan is an inconvenient Israeli]( Dayan spent her life making the country a more decent place, which may be why the world press stayed silent on her passing Tamar Sternthal [Free of bias? AP’s journalism deserves scrutiny]( From citing unreliable casualty figures to implicitly adopting the Hamas narrative, the news agency has shown an anti-Israel slant Amos Yadlin [Israel’s leadership at a crossroads]( The coming weeks offer a stark choice: broker a hostage deal and normalize ties with Saudi Arabia or jeopardize Israel’s future Mustapha Ezzarghani [How Arab intellectuals are failing their publics]( Neglecting the conflict’s complexity and the suffering experienced on both sides is a form of laziness – even cowardice Explainer [What part will UK Jews play in the country’s July 4 general election?]( By Robert Philpot Inside Story Canaan Lidor [Quietly Jewish scientist poised to win Sunday’s Mexican presidential election]( Claudia Sheinbaum, would-be successor of a left-wing populist incumbent, has focused on energy and crime despite detractors’ repeated efforts to discuss her faith – or lack of it [ToI’s Lidor, Channel 12’s Simchayoff receive B’nai B’rith Diaspora coverage awards]( By Charlie Summers [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( [Georgian stars Trio Mandili to perform throughout Israel in show of post-Oct. 7 support]( By Gavriel Fiske Virally popular threesome of women singers, considered their country’s best-known musical export, to also put on charity concert for displaced Israelis while touring June 4-8 [Interview / Banned from Lebanon for Israel ties, artist sings Arabic cover of Eden Golan’s ‘Hurricane’]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Reporter's notebook / Sderot ag-tech incubator becomes an unlikely oasis in the Gaza border warzone]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis Interview [Uncle of hostage learns lobbying and legislation, in effort to bring nephew home]( By Jessica Steinberg Almog Meir Jan was taken captive on October 7; his uncle, Aviram Meir, now spends two days a week at the Knesset [War looms large over Jerusalem Pride as hostage families lead march]( By Charlie Summers History [True-life ‘Zone of Interest’: In documentary, Auschwitz head’s descendants meet survivor]( By Rich Tenorio ‘The Commandant’s Shadow,’ out in US theaters this week, looks at coming to terms with the past from the perspective of victims as well as the family of notorious Nazi Rudolf Höss [Author interview / Biography tries to move judge out from under shadow of controversial Rosenberg spy case]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Environment Ministry unveils old-new plan to slow demise of Dead Sea]( By Sue Surkes Cat's got your tongue? [TAU prize offers $10 million to quack code of animal communication]( By Gavriel Fiske Annual contest seeks to stimulate the use of AI in animal language research with ‘the ultimate aim of interspecies communication’ [Framed? / Ben-Gurion’s stolen glasses returned to Sde Boker museum]( By ToI Staff [Virtual reality app lets medical staff get a patient’s-eye view]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Cosmic communication / Ilan Ramon’s space diary moved to National Library]( By Gavriel Fiske Archaeology [Perfectly preserved, 2,300-year-old gold ring found under City of David parking lot]( By Gavriel Fiske Small Hellenistic-era ring, set with a red garnet, was likely made for a child’s finger; the item and other recent discoveries to be shown to public at June Jerusalem Day event From the Blogs [The language without words]( By Razi Hecker The day I took off from work to play soccer with the brothers of the Bedouin girl who was injured in Iran’s missile attack [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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