ToI’s weekly deep dive: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy * Outpost settler on how to seize a hilltop * Rare First Temple-era winged ’genie’ * Podcast with Bret Stephens

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, September 1, 2024 Inside story [Amid deep uncertainty, it’s back to school – but not back home – for northern evacuees]( By Gavriel Fiske For the second year in a row, many displaced students will attend temporary schools scattered across Israel as their families question when, or if, they will ever return northward Op-ed: Day 331 of the war David Horovitz [Netanyahu’s so-called ‘supreme effort’ for a hostage-ceasefire deal has been skewed, inadequate]( Could Hamas’s latest act of barbarism, murdering six more of the hostages, have been prevented? Possibly. Could the PM and his government have done more to try to avert it? Yes [Op-ed / Rescue, shmescue, as the loathsome Jews would say]( By David Horovitz ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Sept. 1: Day 331 – Israel shattered as 6 murdered hostages’ bodies recovered]( By ToI Staff Military reporter Emanuel Fabian describes the IDF operations in Gaza and updates us on a wave of terror attacks in the West Bank that saw 3 police officers killed this morning [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Day 329 – Has Israel regained enough deterrence for a ceasefire?]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Day 328 – Hamas urges suicide attacks as IDF operates in West Bank]( By ToI Staff Analysis [Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy]( By Gianluca Pacchiani In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel Analysis Amir Bar Shalom [Why Nasrallah scaled down his Sunday attack, and why Israel had limited its pre-emption]( Hezbollah retaliated for Shukr’s assassination while striving to avoid all-out war; Israel, still focused primarily in Gaza, has the same goal, at least for now [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Inside story [‘Inheriting the land’ – an outpost settler explains her drive to seize the hilltops]( By Jeremy Sharon A resident in the recently legalized West Bank outpost of Sde Ephraim describes her passion for the land, her desire to thwart ‘Arab takeover,’ and her determination to do it all again [Open Jewish prayer, prostration on Temple Mount now ‘routine,’ activists say]( By Jeremy Sharon ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Bret Stephens: Where North American universities went wrong]( By ToI Staff Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT journalist weighs in on why Jewish students shouldn’t want a place at the DEI table even as their rights are being trampled on campuses [Israel Story / Wartime Diaries: A Tale of Two Bus Stops]( Analysis [Anti-Israel BDS calls on UK campuses thwarted by lawfare as antisemitism spikes]( By Robert Philpot Top Ops Tehila Friedman [Four questions for religious Zionists, and the answers that can save Israel]( An Israel that is not Jewish and democratic will come apart – the religious mainstream’s moderation can be the glue that holds it together Shira Pasternak Be'eri [Praying with the hostages at daybreak]( ’Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who releases the imprisoned… May they all be returned speedily and in our day’ Gail Bendheim [The beautiful flowers of darkness]( How the stunning sudden brief flowering of the Cereus plant helped me grapple with the loss of my great-nephews, killed in the Gaza war Scott Kahn [Everyone deserves a vacation… right?]( Thoughts on the Haredi men who were barbecuing, relaxing, and playing laser tag while hiding behind faux military tents in Yarmut Park 2024 Paris Paralympics [Facing threats, Israeli Paralympians aim for gold in swimming, tennis, taekwondo in Paris]( By Amy Spiro 27 athletes in delegation competing in 10 different sports, with ‘extra motivation’ while hearing echoes of the boycott calls which surrounded their Olympic counterparts [2024 Paris Paralympics / Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far]( By Amy Spiro [2024 Paris Paralympics / Israeli taekwondo champ Asaf Yasur grabs gold on first day of Paris Paralympics]( By Amy Spiro [2024 Paris Paralympics / Ami Dadaon gives Israeli Paralympic team second gold medal with swimming victory]( By Amy Spiro Reporter's notebook [New zip line over East Jerusalem offers end-of-summer adrenaline rush]( 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]( A loss for words [At festival displaced by war, poets reflect on post-Oct. 7 work]( By Jessica Steinberg A session of mostly religious wordsmiths examines difficulty of making sense of this year’s events [Despite industry resilience, Israeli tech firms have a host of woes as Gaza war drags on]( By Shoshanna Solomon Archaeology [‘Extremely rare, beautiful’ First Temple-era ‘genie’ seal discovered in Jerusalem]( By Gavriel Fiske 2,700-year-old stone seal is inscribed with the words ‘Yehoʼezer son of Hoshʼayahu’; its image of a protective winged demon or genie betrays Assyrian influence [Archaeology / Unique Roman-era tombs with intricate wall paintings to be open to public in Ashkelon]( By Gavriel Fiske [Oops! / Kid shatters 3,500-year-old jar in Haifa museum, gets invited back]( By Gavriel Fiske [Researchers track whale’s record 2,800-kilometer swim across Mediterranean]( By Sue Surkes From the blogs [We are no longer on the same side]( By Shimon Sheves The south is scorched, the north ablaze, and in Jerusalem the government sits, ensuring that whatever’s left is burned to the ground [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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