PM slaps down Biden on Palestinian state * Hostages’ families camp at PM home * Columbia: March for Intifada, Houthis * 4 IRGC officers die in Syria * Postcards of solace

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, January 20, 2024 [Netanyahu pushes back on report he told Biden he isn’t ruling out Palestinian state]( By ToI Staff and Agencies In rare Shabbat statement, PM’s office says Israel must keep full security control of Gaza, after US president intimates Israeli leader may accept some ‘type’ of 2-state solution [After phone call, Biden says two-state solution not ‘impossible’ while Netanyahu is PM]( By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid [Netanyahu, Biden discuss state of war in first call in weeks amid growing divide]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff [‘They will return home in coffins’: Hostages’ families rally at PM’s home, demand deal]( By ToI Staff Mother of Omer Shem-Tov calls on public to stand with families of those held in Gaza: ‘Get off the sofa and give Netanyahu and the cabinet the mandate to bring our loved ones home’ [Dozens of hostages’ families camp outside PM’s Caesarea home overnight to demand deal]( By ToI Staff [EU set to sanction 6 tied to Hamas funding; Borrell: Israel boosted the group]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [4 IRGC officers, including Syria intel chief, killed in Damascus strike blamed on Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Revolutionary Guards’ deputy intel chief in Syria also among the dead; security source says multi-story building entirely flattened by ‘precision-targeted Israeli missiles’ [Iran says it successfully launched satellite in Revolutionary Guards’ space program]( By Jon Gambrell [Pakistan, Iran agree to ‘de-escalate’ after trading air strikes]( By AFP Live updates [LIVE: IDF commanders said to believe freeing hostages not compatible with goal of destroying Hamas]( By ToI Staff 4 IRGC officers, including Syria intel chief, deputy, killed in strike in Damascus * 2 Hamas members killed in Lebanon strike * Hostages’ families camp outside PM’s home [Artist Zeev Engelmayer’s Daily Postcards bring solace with colorful realism]( By Jessica Steinberg Since October 7, the illustrator and humorist known as Shoshke has turned to drawing a pseudo-naive version of the day’s stories [Hundreds call for intifada, hail Houthis at Columbia University anti-Israel protest]( By ToI Staff and JTA Marchers chant support for deadly uprising, Iran-backed group hitting Red Sea shipping; antisemitic sticker states: ‘Zionist donors and trustees, hands off our universities’ [Columbia University chapters of SJP, JVP remain suspended as new semester begins]( By Luke Tress [Harvard creates task forces on antisemitism and Islamophobia]( By AP and ToI Staff ‘We need to understand why and how that is happening — and what more we might do to prevent it,’ interim president says [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Top Ops Avidan Freedman [Thank goodness we didn’t act like we talked]( Reckless rhetoric about there being ’no innocents in Gaza’ has highlighted Israel’s dire lack of responsible leadership Irwin Cotler [Raoul Wallenberg: Remembering a hero of humanity]( The world must finally learn the fate of the Swedish diplomat who saw ’no other choice’ but to help Jews during the Holocaust [Palestinians say teen with dual US citizenship killed by IDF in West Bank clash]( By ToI Staff Local officials say Tawfiq Hijazi, 17, fatally shot in head by Israeli troops near Ramallah during stone throwing incident; Washington expresses ‘serious concern’ over case [Group of Jewish Democrats in US House slam Netanyahu for rejecting Palestinian state]( By Ron Kampeas Fifteen lawmakers say they ‘strongly disagree’ with PM for opposing Palestinian sovereignty and that two-state solution ‘is the path forward’ [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [In Lebanon, residents say strange calls can precede Israeli attacks]( By Layal Abou Rahal Civilians in Hezbollah-dominated regions report numerous instances of phone calls and CCTV hacks ahead of IDF strikes; Iran-backed terror group suspects subterfuge [Gallant warns crunch time with Lebanon nearing, as Hezbollah attacks persist]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [In 6th set of Yemen strikes, US hits Houthi anti-ship missile launchers ready to fire]( By Agencies US official says operation carried out by F/A-18 aircraft off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier; Yemeni media says al-Jabaana neighbourhood in Hodieda targeted [Houthis claim they don’t seek to attack ships beyond those tied to Israel]( By Samia Nakhoul [CRM]( More Headlines [US brands as antisemitic South Africa’s demotion of Jewish cricket player]( By ToI Staff [NY prosecutors return 2 paintings stolen by Nazis to heirs of Holocaust victim]( By AP [German city awards European unity prize to leading rabbi and continent’s Jewry]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Alec {NAME} indicted by grand jury in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set]( By MORGAN LEE [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved