ToI’s weekly deep dive: Inside IDF’s Bedouin battalion * ToI at Republican National Convention * Kibbutz Be’eri embraces hope * Podcast: Economist Prof. Eugene Kandel

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, July 21, 2024 Photo essay [An exclusive look into the faces of the IDF’s Bedouin battalion: Gadsar 585]( By Guy Fattal A photographer joins a majority-Muslim IDF unit along Gaza’s southern border and shares the pain of this dedicated group of fighters and trackers as they mourn their war losses Analysis David Horovitz [After deadly Tel Aviv attack, restraint against Houthis was no longer deemed an option]( Security chiefs were hoping a hostage deal might deescalate war, including in the north. After Friday’s attack, and Israel’s inevitable response, they’re bracing for wider conflict [Op-ed / Hamas is weakened, but there’s no room for complacency]( By David Horovitz [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jul 20: Day 288 – Israel strikes Yemen in response to deadly Houthi drone]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jul 21: Day 289 – Could front with Iran-backed Houthis become all-out war?]( By ToI Staff ToI Original Video [Drone strike in Tel Aviv]( United States [Trump: Those holding US hostages will pay if they’re not freed by time I return to office]( By Jacob Magid and Agencies In RNC speech accepting nomination, ex-US president says Oct. 7 wouldn’t have happened on his watch; falsely claims 2020 election was stolen from him and Biden inherited ‘world of peace’ [Interview / Israeli envoy: GOP’s isolationist wing is more likely to impact Ukraine than Israel]( By Jacob Magid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jul 19: Day 287 – ToI reports from the Republican National Convention]( By ToI Staff Interview [US-Israeli hostage’s family fights to keep American public interested in fellow citizen]( By Cathryn J. Prince Set to speak at Republican convention on Wednesday, Omer Neutra’s relatives say it’s a struggle to maintain media awareness of the 8 US citizens held by Hamas since Oct. 7 massacre [Father of Hamas captive at RNC: Trump told me he ‘stands with the American hostages’]( By Jacob Magid Military [In historic move, IDF issues draft orders to 1,000 ultra-Orthodox men]( By Emanuel Fabian 50% of first wave of 3,000 conscription notices sent to Haredim over the age of 21; next wave to be issued in two weeks [Study finds many yeshiva students working illegally in violation of IDF exemptions]( By Sam Sokol [Facing manpower shortage, government backs raising mandatory IDF service to 3 years]( By Sam Sokol [Majority of Haredim say new religious army units would boost enlistment – poll]( By Sam Sokol Top Ops Benyamin Moalem [What Netanyahu should and shouldn’t say to Congress]( The PM should aim to unite the bipartisan majority that supports Israel instead of risking losing half as he did in 2015 Shira Efron [Between dissolving UNRWA and propping it up]( A middle-way strategy would ensure Israel’s security is not compromised while Palestinians get the aid they urgently need Betsy Stone [Your rabbi is in pain]( The talk in the clergy support groups I facilitate is bleak – Jewish community leaders feel judged, unsupported and hopeless Jerry Isaak-Shapiro [Marvel’s Sabra was an Israeli superheroine – until suddenly she wasn’t]( Hollywood censoring Jews is nothing new, but roles off-camera or as side-kicks are a far cry from canceling Sabra’s identity [From bullfights to Euro 2024, Spain’s overt Gaza support sparks fear in some Jews]( By Romain Chauvet [Central Israel residents demand access to massive green space just beyond a fence]( By Sue Surkes [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( ToI podcast [What Matters Now to economist Eugene Kandel: How to change Israel’s trajectory]( By ToI Staff Former economic adviser to the prime minister paints a worrying picture of Israel in the present and near future, but offers a unique solution correct the country’s course Reporter's notebook [In ravaged kibbutzim near Gaza, locals embrace hope despite a ‘series of failures’]( By Canaan Lidor Interview [Israeli college student compiles unblinking guide to dark trail of Hamas massacre]( By Diana Bletter Foreign Ministry to distribute to embassies and visiting delegations 23-year-old’s English-language book of uncensored testimonies from October 7 survivors, volunteers and medics [Now online, diary of teen shot by Nazis tells of desperation, fear, hope in Vilna Ghetto]( By Cathryn J. Prince [Interview / Post-Oct. 7 Hebrew novel ‘Night Sparkles’ shows old-new resilience of Zionist women]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis [Tel Aviv ‘rage room’ a smash hit for post-October 7 Israelis desperate to vent]( By Jennifer Korn [Be’eri’s boutique cheesemakers carry on, without Dror Or’s ‘golden hands’]( By Jessica Steinberg Dairy originally established to make yogurt and labneh for kibbutz eventually became accomplished in artisanal cheeses, only to be decimated by the Hamas attack [Drinking it in / Noa Argamani gets bittersweet taste of wine named after her]( By Jessica Steinberg [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Interview [Aiming to share Palestinian art, Umm al-Fahm gallery becomes Israel’s first Arab museum]( By Tamar Mor Sela Interview [Olympian Raz Hershko is ready to go back to the mat for Israel in Paris]( By Amy Spiro After winning a bronze in the mixed team event at the Tokyo Games, the judoka — ranked second in the world in her weight class — is one of Israel’s main medal hopes Archaeology [Tiny 3,800-year old textile found in Israel was dyed with biblical ‘scarlet worm’]( By ToI Staff Ancient sources reference use of scale insects for red dye, but examples from before Roman period are sparse; new find ‘bridges the gap’ between written sources and found artifacts [Oh my goddess / Teen finds 1,800-year-old ring featuring Minerva, Roman goddess of battle]( By ToI Staff [Solving mystery, archaeologists find vast moat that protected Jerusalem’s biblical kings]( By ToI Staff From the Blogs [Longing for hope, 30 years after the AMIA bombing killed my mother]( By Claudia Kreiman 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 [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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