’Bring them home’: RNC hails parents of Hamas hostage * Knesset votes against Palestinian statehood * Mossad chief: Time running out for female hostages * Zambia’s Jews

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, July 18, 2024 Presented by [Rosen School of Hebrew]( [Father of Hamas captive at RNC: Trump told me he ‘stands with the American hostages’]( By Jacob Magid Thousands greet Omer Neutra’s parents with chants of ‘Bring them home’; they similarly embrace Jewish Harvard alum suing school for failing to protect him against discrimination [Report: Ben Gvir urging hostage deal to be held up to avoid helping Biden vs Trump]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jul 18: Day 286 – Before PM goes to DC, Knesset says no Palestinian state]( By ToI Staff [Knesset votes overwhelmingly against Palestinian statehood, days before PM’s US trip]( By Jacob Magid Motion backed by coalition along with some MKs from Gantz’s party; vote could further irk Democrats who support two-state solution and are critical of how Israel has fought in Gaza [Ben Gvir calls Arab lawmakers ‘terrorists’ from Knesset rostrum, triggering melee]( By Stuart Winer [Bennett rebukes former partner Abbas after he claims ‘50,000 civilians murdered in Gaza’]( By Sam Sokol [Urging deal, Mossad chief said to warn time running out for young female hostages]( By ToI Staff At cabinet meeting, IDF chief, Gallant and two other ministers reportedly stress need for deal to release the captives; PM quoted saying Israel will put ‘bullet in Sinwar’s head’ [Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount, urges PM ‘not to fold’ under pressure to OK hostage deal]( By Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff [Two protesters burst into UN Security Council meeting, demanding release of hostages]( By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Promoted Content [Immerse yourself in modern Hebrew]( Uniting through Hebrew in vibrant Israel , with the Rosen School of Hebrew － now offering special summer scholarships Live updates [LIVE: Gallant instructs IDF to send out draft orders to 1,000 Haredi men on Sunday]( By ToI Staff Overruling Gallant, PM says field hospital won’t be established in Israel for Gazan kids * Spain, Germany arrest 4 suspected of supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used to attack Israel [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [PM implies he views a probe of Oct. 7 as a bureaucratic nuisance amid war on Hamas]( By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol At Knesset, PM compares himself to Duke of Wellington during Napoleonic wars, who mocked the need to inspect the condition of a battalion’s ‘jam jars’ during fighting [Relatives of hostages urge rescued captive Noa Argamani not to join Netanyahu in DC]( By ToI Staff [High Court seeks compromise over attempts to halt State Comptroller’s Oct. 7 probes]( By Jeremy Sharon Top Ops Claudia Kreiman [Longing for hope, 30 years after the AMIA bombing killed my mother]( Missing my mom helped me find meaning and joy amid my mourning; now, after October 7, I must learn again how the world can be beautiful Daniel Dolgicer [Why can’t the Democrats get the election right?]( Biden improved Americans’ lives, but if voters don’t realize that, they won’t reward it Kenneth Jacobson [30 years after AMIA, the Iranian threat remains]( The world’s apathy after Argentina and now October 7 is the same inaction against the Islamic Republic’s advancing nuclear capabilities. How does this end well? Shuki Friedman [Protests are justified. Blocking roads is not.]( The freedom to demonstrate is at the very core of democracy, but it does not license public disorder and anarchy [CRM]( [IDF kills Islamic Jihad naval chief in Gaza; Hamas attacks troops securing aid route]( By Emanuel Fabian RPGs fired at soldiers facilitating corridor for humanitarian trucks, moderately injuring serviceman; sniper who killed IDF commando killed in separate airstrike [US military ends operation of Gaza aid pier, will shift efforts to Ashdod port]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Israel to set up port facility to replace US pier, build field hospital for Gaza kids]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [IDF says drone strike in Lebanon kills Hamas commander behind attacks on Israel]( By Emanuel Fabian Muhammed Jabara is also claimed as member of Lebanese al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya terror group; Hezbollah member killed in strike in southern Lebanon [Report: US privately warned Iran over suspicious nuclear activities]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Study finds many yeshiva students working illegally in violation of IDF exemptions]( By Sam Sokol Israel Democracy Institute researcher Gabriel Gordon argues new data shows ultra-Orthodox don’t believe their own rhetoric about importance of learning Torah full-time [Shas rabbis tell followers to ignore draft orders as IDF preps for Haredi enlistment]( By ToI Staff [A railway museum in Zambia offers a clue to the African country’s rich Jewish history]( By Harry D. Wall While almost no Jews live there today, the central African nation is still influenced by the community’s historic contributions — particularly as it expands medical infrastructure [Spike in Israelis seeking treatment for stress-induced dental issues since Oct. 7]( By Tani Goldstein Experts explain anxiety caused by war in Gaza has affected people’s dental — and mental — health [Leading Democrat Adam Schiff calls on Biden to leave US presidential race]( By Agencies California representative says leader should ‘pass the torch’ as he has ‘serious concerns about whether the president can defeat Donald Trump in November’ [Schumer, Pelosi said to intensify pressure on Biden to quit 2024 presidential race]( By Agencies [US sanctions ex-IDF soldier convicted of killing wounded Palestinian stabber in 2016]( By Jacob Magid Visa ban on Elor Azaria, who served 9 months of 18-month prison sentence, comes months after US backtracked on sanctioning IDF battalion over alleged rights abuses in West Bank [Analysis / PA losing grip on West Bank amid Israeli raids, post-Oct. 7 cash freeze]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [UN chief says Israel’s settlement activity in West Bank hampering two-state solution]( By AFP and ToI Staff Interview [Aiming to share Palestinian art, Umm al-Fahm gallery becomes Israel’s first Arab museum]( By Tamar Mor Sela Director Said Abu Shakra frankly discusses art, his dual Israeli-Palestinian identity and family as the almost 30-year-old gallery finally gets the recognition he has dreamt of A song of hope [Israeli-Palestinian youth chorus wows ‘America’s Got Talent’]( By PHILISSA CRAMER, JTA and ToI Staff Outfit gets standing ovation, advances past audition stage with performance of ‘Home,’ an anthem of hope in difficult times, while members deliver message of equality, inclusion [Day 286 – Before PM goes to DC, Knesset says no Palestinian state]( [listen to the podcast]( [Nine Israeli startups secure $142 million in funding from EU Horizon program]( By Sharon Wrobel Israel ranks third in Europe in terms of the number of startups to win funding from the European Innovation Council’s accelerator program, following Germany and France [Google’s Wiz acquisition would be new feather in cap of Israeli military intelligence]( By Steven Scheer [Backed by Nvidia and Pfizer, Israeli AI medical startup raises $80m in fresh capital]( By Sharon Wrobel [Groundbreaking ‘energy islands’ aim to keep Israel wired if war overwhelms power grid]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Perched on a rocky hilltop, Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa looks to become country’s first micro-grid, able to operate independently of main power network by using renewable energy sources More Headlines [Man arrested on suspicion of threatening to murder Netanyahu]( By ToI Staff [Larry David, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ lead list of Jewish Emmy nominations]( By Andrew Lapin [Report by lawyers behind ICJ ‘genocide’ case urges banning Israel from world soccer]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Argentina’s Milei vows to pursue long-neglected justice for 1994 AMIA center bombing]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [‘Voices in her head’: Remand extended for mother suspected of killing 6-year-old son]( By ToI Staff [Obituary / Peter Buxtun, who blew whistle on cruel US medical study on Black men, dies at 86]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [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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