In DC for Congress speech and WH meetings, PM tells families hostage deal ’coming together’ * Int’w: Exiled Gaza dissident on Hamas brutality * Eichmann trial on NY stage

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Presented by [Hungry for Victory]( [Meeting hostage families in US, Netanyahu says conditions for deal ‘coming together’]( By Jacob Magid Israeli-American hostage families warn PM not to address Congress before deal inked; relatives urge him not to wait until Thursday to dispatch negotiating team for new talks [As Netanyahu flies to DC, Israeli politicians seek to sway his agenda from afar]( By Sam Sokol [Top religious Zionist rabbis call for scrapping ‘dangerous’ hostage deal]( By ToI Staff [Tulkarem commanders of Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades killed in IDF drone strike]( By Emanuel Fabian Army says several gunmen killed, including woman dressed as medic while brandishing assault rifle; two Defense Ministry workers wounded by bomb on West Bank barrier [West Bank terror cell indicted over plot to attack, kidnap Israelis]( By Emanuel Fabian [Netanyahu’s White House visit appears back on track as Biden fights off COVID]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff US official says sit-down now expected Thursday, but no final word; possible meeting with Trump also not nailed down, as GOP nominee said open to idea but not before Wednesday rally [Biden vows to keep working to end Gaza war, free hostages in last months as president]( By Jacob Magid from our sponsor [Help us feed Israeli soldiers at the Lebanon border]( We have enough volunteers willing to keep cooking for thousands of soldiers despite constant rocket and drone attacks, but we need your help to pay for groceries. [At least two Jewish governors thought top contenders to be Harris’s running mate]( By Andrew Lapin and Ron Kampeas State leaders Josh Shapiro, J.B. Pritzker could join VP on Democratic ticket; Sen. Mark Kelly, whose wife is Jewish, and pro-Israel Gov. Andy Beshear also said in running [Harris snags enough delegate support to clinch US Democratic nomination]( By Danny Kemp and Frankie TAGGART [Biden’s exit positions Doug Emhoff to become the first Jewish White House spouse]( By Ben Sales [‘Could have been saved’: Loved ones of slain hostages decry their deaths in captivity]( By ToI Staff Alex Dancyg’s son says PM is ‘continuing to thwart and sabotage chance for a deal’; Yagev Buchshtav’s wife, Rimon, who was freed from captivity, says he promised to follow ‘in a few days’ [Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan gives thanks for bond with fellow hostages in Gaza]( By ToI Staff [Security chiefs said to agree Israel can withstand withdrawing from Gaza for 6 weeks]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Interview [Now in Germany, a Gazan dissident tries to set record straight on Hamas’s brutal regime]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Hamza Howidy, who left the Strip shortly before Oct. 7, describes life under repressive Islamist regime, slams Western pro-Hamas protesters: ‘They support terrorists with good PR’ Live updates [LIVE: Hezbollah fires barrages of rockets and suspected drones at north, some impact]( By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza and beyond enclave’s borders * Politicians, hostage families defend Noa Argamani amid attacks on her for joining PM’s trip from the blogs Alon Gat [Why I didn’t go to Washington with my prime minister]( Netanyahu is continuing a pointless war and delaying a deal to free hostages, including my sister – I won’t be his cheerleader Top Ops David Stav [The lessons of destructions past]( The day the walls of ancient Jerusalem were breached was just one event in a process leading to Israel’s great national tragedy Josh Feldman [Haredim aren’t Israel’s only draft Dodgers]( Scant attention has been paid to skyrocketing mental health exemptions for young men and religious exemptions for young women [CRM]( [Israel, US, UAE said to have held secret Abu Dhabi meeting on Gaza postwar plan]( By ToI Staff Axios reports proposal similar to that presented by Gallant in January, after senior UAE official signaled Abu Dhabi could contribute troops to a peacekeeping force [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 23: Day 291 – Why IDF evacuated parts of Gaza humanitarian zone]( By ToI Staff [Hamas, Fatah sign declaration on plans to seek joint government; Israel slams Fatah]( By Agencies and ToI Staff China upbeat on agreement made in Beijing, though previous efforts to end rift have failed; Israel’s Katz: ‘Instead of rejecting terrorism, Abbas embraces the murderers and rapists’ [Lawmakers advance legislation to shut down Palestinian relief agency UNRWA]( By Sam Sokol [Palestinian who was shot by settler questioned on claim he threw rocks during incident]( By Jeremy Sharon [Education minister: Students won’t start school year in displaced northern towns]( By ToI Staff Kisch presents local leaders with NIS 152 million plan for educational institutions outside war zone in north for students; Gantz says decision ‘expected and frustrating’ [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Inside story [Kosher cellphone bill sparks debate on Haredi consumer freedoms vs communal coercion]( By Canaan Lidor New legislation would reinforce phone plans that are under rabbinical censorship, raising questions about internal societal pressures and control [Disease expert warns polio outbreak in Gaza could spread to Israel]( By Diana Bletter Dr. Lior Nesher says that it is ‘almost impossible’ to stop the spread of the virus in aquifers; unvaccinated children most at risk [Top WHO official warns Gaza in danger of polio outbreak]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Interview [Israel’s landmark Eichmann trial depicted in limited-run NYC production]( By Matt Lebovic Giving Holocaust survivors a voice, Adolf Eichmann’s 1961 trial in Jerusalem held Final Solution ‘architect’ responsible for organizing deportation of Jews across Europe [Day 291 – Why IDF evacuated parts of Gaza humanitarian zone]( [listen to the podcast]( [Google’s $23b deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz reported to fall apart]( By ToI Staff Cloud security startup, which propelled its founders onto small list of Israeli billionaires, will seek IPO instead; deal may have collapsed over antitrust concerns, insiders say [Backed by Wiz founders, Tel Aviv-founded startup emerges from stealth with $33m]( By Sharon Wrobel [After 100-mile hike, US Jewish Boy Scouts perform CPR to save passenger on their plane]( By Jackie Hajdenberg Teens, their adviser and their nurse practitioner help save life of elderly man who went into cardiac arrest: ‘As pikuach nefesh as it gets’ More Headlines [Prominent Israeli actors protest culture minister’s planned industry reform]( By Jessica Steinberg [With Israeli athletes in Paris, Palestinian Olympics team repeats call to ban them]( By AFP [Mom suspected of killing her son says she heard voices of aliens, CIA]( By ToI Staff [Secret Service director says Trump shooting was agency’s biggest failure in decades]( By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Farnoush Amiri [Israel LGBTQ+ Medical Society launches course on transgender-friendly protocols]( By Diana Bletter [Energean to invest $1.2 billion to develop Katlan gas project off Israel coast]( By Reuters [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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