Blinken urges maximum flexibility as Gaza deal hopes dim * ToI at northern kibbutz on Israel’s new de facto factor * Jewish reps star at DNC *True crime Holocaust podcast

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Presented by [Sources: A Journal of Jewish Idea](  [Blinken urges ‘maximum flexibility’ from Israel and Hamas in hostage-ceasefire talks]( By Jacob Magid and Agencies Unnamed Israeli negotiator says PM’s insistence on holding Philadelphi Corridor is aimed at sabotaging talks; officials fear they missed chance to free elderly hostages in Nov. truce [Report: Hostage-ceasefire talks on brink of collapse as Hamas remains intransigent]( By ToI Staff [After Israel trip, Blinken meets Egypt’s Sissi as he looks to shore up ceasefire deal]( By AFP and ToI Staff Reporter's notebook [A northern kibbutz on the edge of the evacuated zone is Israel’s new de facto border]( By Diana Bletter Kibbutz Gesher Haziv residents learn to deal with a thorny reality as they try to live their daily lives alongside the threat of Hezbollah attacks [Israeli hurt in rocket barrage on Golan; Fatah official tied to Iran killed in Sidon strike]( By Emanuel Fabian Some 50 rockets launched at Katzrin after IDF hits targets deep in Lebanon; killing of Khalil Makdah is first apparent strike targeting PA’s Fatah faction in Lebanon since October from our sponsor [How and How Not to Help on Campus]( How should off-campus stakeholders respond to campus antisemitism? From the Jewish on Campus issue of Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas published by the Shalom Hartman Institute. Live updates [LIVE: At wreckage of Golan rocket attack, Ben Gvir urges severe reprisal against Hezbollah]( By Michael Bachner, Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff Israeli banks refusing shekel cash deposits from West Bank, Palestinian officials claim * On 55th anniversary of Al-Aqsa arson attack, Hamas calls for mass protests on Friday Op-ed: Day 320 of the war David Horovitz [A bridge too far? Blinken’s desperate bid for a hostage-ceasefire deal]( After Netanyahu accepted the US ‘bridging proposal,’ the secretary said Hamas must now do the same. He made it sound so clear-cut, but the picture is getting muddier Inside story Emanuel Fabian [How the IDF found the bodies of 6 hostages hidden in a secret Hamas tunnel]( With specific, but limited intel, IDF quickly took control of a Khan Younis neighborhood; then found a loose panel in a false tunnel wall, leading to the spot where the bodies were [Rescued Hamas hostage Noa Argamani says she thought ‘every night is my last’]( By ToI Staff and AFP [Meeting hardline hostage relatives, Netanyahu says ‘not sure there will be a deal’]( By ToI Staff Relatives say PM told them Israel will not give up on strategic assets it has claimed in Gaza, such as Philadelphi Corridor, for a deal with Hamas [Netanyahu met twice recently with Smotrich to gauge his opposition to deal — report]( By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook Jacob Magid [Jewish representatives star at DNC, though groups’ side events are kept under wraps]( Delegates say focusing on small minority of protesters, and the safety precautions taken in response to them, paints inaccurate picture of Jewish experience in Democratic Party [Biden’s Jewish backers unruffled as his critics pan remark on anti-Israel protests]( By Ron Kampeas and Ben Sales [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 21: Day 320 – ToI reports from Democratic National Convention in Chicago]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Revolutionary Guard says wait for Iran’s retaliation against Israel ‘could be long’]( By Reuters and ToI Staff IRGC spokesperson says time is in Tehran’s favor, ‘the enemy’ should wait for calculated and precise response, as country urged to de-escalate tensions [Delta Airlines extends suspension of Israel flights through September]( By ToI Staff [Starmer speaks with Netanyahu, discusses urgent need for ‘regional de-escalation’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Amid troop shortage, IDF begins calling up 15,000 previously released reservists]( By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian Army cancels exemptions due to manpower shortage caused by hostilities in Gaza and the north. Edelstein welcomes move, calls on IDF to join in drafting Haredi enlistment bill [Five arrested as ultra-Orthodox protesters rally against draft in Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff [Israel activists erect ‘Hostage Square’ in Chicago on sidelines of Democratic convention]( By Jacob Magid and JTA Hostage’s father welcomes supportive interaction with Ocasio-Cortez; Israeli envoy raps city’s ‘institutional support’ for anti-Israel protesters as they disrupt an Orthodox event [Pro-Palestinian demonstrators charge police line outside Israeli consulate in Chicago]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [13 protesters arrested after clashing with police at Gaza ceasefire rally near DNC]( By AP and ToI Staff Top Ops Rachel Lester [Since October 7th, the IDF has had an unsurprising mental health care crisis]( What is more surprising – and very welcome – is the speed with which the army is implementing its plan for a new mental health center Jeremy Ben-Ami [5 things leaders need to know about mainstream Jewish voters]( Jewish Americans are pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy, and firmly set against one particular presidential candidate [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Trump campaigns in Michigan town with historic links to white supremacists]( By Helen Coster and Nathan Layne GOP nominee’s campaign rejects criticism by Democrats of using racial tensions to generate support; protesters last month chanted ‘Heil Hitler,’ ‘we love Hitler, we love Trump’ [‘Yes she can’: Obama tells cheering Democrats US ready for a Harris presidency]( By Gregory WALTON [Nobel and Israel Prize laureate: ‘We won’t have a state’ if brain drain continues]( By ToI Staff Prof. Aaron Ciechanover of the Technion issues dire warning at ‘National Emergency Conference’ attended by top businessmen and academics [Bank of Israel head urges Netanyahu to get moving on 2025 state budget]( By Steven Scheer [True crime podcast by a Holocaust survivor and her son catapults them to unlikely fame]( By Robert Sarner Karmela Waldman and her son Joel attract millions each month with their unique series ‘Surviving the Survivor.’ Now Joel has penned a book about their lives with the same name [Sanctioned by US, activists who tried to block aid to Gaza change course]( By Ariela Lopez Leaders of Tzav 9, which has attacked supply convoys headhumanitarianed to Strip, say their focus shifted from ‘field activity’ to political efforts to influence war policy [Day 320 – ToI reports from Democratic National Convention in Chicago]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Telling our stories / Fox to distribute Israeli scripted TV series about Oct. 7 survivors]( By ToI Staff [Germany upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary]( By Toby Axelrod [Good points / NBA star Shaquille O’Neal sends greetings to child victims of October 7]( By ToI Staff [Oregon man charged with making bomb threats against New York Jewish hospitals]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Commercial ship ‘not under command’ after suspected Red Sea Houthi attack, UK says]( By Jon Gambrell [Police request help in finding missing Ashdod teen]( By ToI Staff [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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