ToI’s weekly deep dive: US campuses gear up * Interview with opposition leader Yair Lapid * ToI video: Cafe Otef * Podcast: Prof. Aron Troen on claims of famine in Gaza

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, August 25, 2024 Inside Story [Built to battle ‘woke’ academia, a new Texas school takes on fresh relevance after Oct. 7]( By Ricky Ben-David With a notable contingent of Jewish students and faculty, the University of Austin private liberal arts college is about to launch its inaugural undergraduate class [Uniting as the Student Intifada, anti-Israel groups plan to further disrupt US campuses]( By Cathryn J. Prince Op-ed David Horovitz [A bridge too far? Blinken’s desperate bid for a hostage-ceasefire deal]( After Netanyahu accepted the US ‘final 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 [How the IDF found the bodies of 6 hostages hidden in a secret Hamas tunnel]( By Emanuel Fabian 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 [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 25: Day 324 – Will there be a sequel to the Hezbollah retaliation?]( By ToI Staff Interview [‘He lost his soul’: Lapid sees ‘sacred cause’ in toppling Netanyahu’s government]( By Sam Sokol and David Horovitz Opposition leader: PM ignored ‘all red flags’ before Oct. 7, should have resigned on Oct. 8. Says Israel ‘can be what we were supposed always to be: happy, optimistic, functional’ [Interview / ‘This is a religious war’: Likud MK calls for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount]( By Sam Sokol Analysis Jacob Magid [Media spotlight on anti-Israel minority at DNC paints skewed picture of a party divided]( There might have been less surprise over low turnout at pro-Palestinian marches and warm reception of hostage’s family had coverage of the far-left flank been more proportionate [Final day of DNC / Emhoff pledges to continue fighting against antisemitism ‘when I’m first gentleman’]( By Jacob Magid [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 23: Day 322 – VP Harris reaffirms Israel support on final night of DNC]( By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook [In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers [Sanctioned by US, activists who tried to block aid to Gaza change course]( By Ariela Lopez Top Ops Saul Singer [Salt of the earth]( Both men defended Israel in existential wars, both built a paradise near the Gaza border, and both were kidnapped alive and returned dead Sara Krengel [Angry at God, with perfect faith]( No matter their lifestyle or belief, every single fallen soldier was special, and I need to scream: ’Enough, God! We’ve already suffered too much’ Yair Lapid [So now we’re not allowed to eliminate terrorists?]( On the immoral, perilous notion that terrorist organizations and states have the right to retaliate against liberal democracies Steven E. Zipperstein [How the Palestinians can help get themselves a state]( Palestinian leadership needs to give Israelis reason to believe its constituents would make good neighbors, living side-by-side in peace Diaspora [Aussie Jews step up pro-Israel activism as rebel anti-Zionist group raises its profile]( By Nomi Kaltmann Post-Oct. 7, most of the Jewish community was caught off guard by a lack of public support, which it has made up for with grassroots and institutional efforts to aid the Jewish state [Reporter's notebook / In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive]( By Canaan Lidor [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 Dr. Aron Troen: Dispelling claims of intentional famine in Gaza]( By ToI Staff Nutrition Science & Public Health prof dives into methodology for study showing food supply to war-torn Strip is sufficient, delves into life after his sister’s murder on Oct. 7 [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 24: Day 323 – Spotlight on ToI’s Those We Have Lost memorial project]( By ToI Staff [Israel Story / Wartime Diaries: Toby Einhorn]( Reporter's notebook [Flag rescue project lets evacuated Kibbutz Be’eri open school year in customary style]( By Sue Surkes [From Gaza to LA: Can Paralympics dream help wounded soldiers get back their fighting spirit?]( By Amy Spiro Reporter's notebook [A northern kibbutz on the edge of the evacuated zone is Israel’s new de facto border]( By Diana Bletter ToI Original Video [Tel Aviv cafe brews up resilience]( [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Tech Israel [Doubling down on unlikely success story, Arab-Israeli couple takes med-tech giant to Jenin]( By Diana Bletter Short on cash but long on grit, Reem and Imad Younis co-founded their company Alpha Omega in 1993 to make a ‘brain Waze’; now they’re taking a risk, in line with their vision ['They seem to wiggle' / Sunflowers dance together to balance sunlight and shade, Israeli researchers say]( By Diana Bletter [True crime podcast by a Holocaust survivor and her son catapults them to unlikely fame]( By Robert Sarner From the Blogs [Down and out at Columbia]( By Martin Kramer Minouche Shafik’s departure as university president is being hailed as a win for Israel supporters. 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