PM: No to a deal ’at any price’ * Ben Gvir bashes Biden, says Trump would’ve been better * US, UK hit Houthis again * How did we get here: 2 millennia of MidEast politics

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, February 4, 2024 Live updates [LIVE: Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not agree to every deal, and not at any price’]( By ToI Staff Soldier killed in south Gaza fighting, raising IDF toll to 225 * PM slams Ben Gvir for comments on Biden * Houthis vow to answer ‘escalation with escalation’ after US, UK strikes [Attacking Biden, Ben Gvir says Trump would have been more supportive of Israel]( By Sam Sokol US president ‘busy with giving humanitarian aid and fuel, which goes to Hamas,’ far right minister tells Wall Street Journal; PM criticizes those who ‘endanger vital interests’ [‘Kibbutz Blinken’: Activists camp outside secretary’s home, accuse him of genocide]( By ToI Staff [House Republicans propose $17.6 billion aid package for Israel; Biden rejects ‘ploy’]( By AP, Reuters and ToI Staff [Hamas says more time needed to announce position on potential hostage deal]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Lebanon-based official says terror group ‘open to discussing any initiative’; Israel reportedly unclear on cause of delay, cites possible divisions within Hamas [Father of former hostage Emily Hand: Any deal with Hamas must be ‘reasonable’]( By ToI Staff [Latest hostage rally demanding deal with Hamas takes on stronger political tones]( By Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers Organizers and speakers at weekly protest in Tel Aviv say faith in the government needs restoring, accuse Netanyahu of being guided by desire to avoid elections [Scuffles as hostages’ families, supporters block key Tel Aviv highway to demand deal]( By ToI Staff [Hamas moves to reassert power in Gaza City areas from which Israeli forces withdrew]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Palestinians say Gaza-ruling terror group has begun deploying police officers and set up makeshift offices to distribute salary payments, leading to fresh Israeli action [EU says it’s deeply concerned by expected Israeli invasion of Rafah]( By AP and ToI Staff [Jordanian school textbook said to paint October 7 atrocities in positive light]( By ToI Staff [Soldier killed in southern Gaza fighting, raising ground op toll to 225]( By Emanuel Fabian IDF says troops raided a Khan Younis building used by a senior Hamas commander; air force and navy strike terror targets in Strip [IDF brass was caught off guard by dissemination of UNRWA allegations — report]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff [Emirates announces $5 million to beleaguered UNRWA for Gaza reconstruction]( By ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Top Ops Charles Asher Small [It’s time to cut off Qatar’s unseen hand in fueling global antisemitism]( Qatar spends up to $1 trillion in assets to support terror and spread antisemitism, including, perniciously, on US college campuses Alon Goshen-Gottstein [Sex, rabbis and the downfall of Judaism]( As Jewish leaders pick and choose practices that align with their social norms, venerable traditionalists are shunted aside. To wit: Rabbi Art Green [US, Britain hit over 30 Houthi targets in fresh strikes on Iran-backed groups]( By AP and ToI Staff Fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles fired from warships in Red Sea hit 13 sites across Yemen; Pentagon chief threatens further action [After US strikes, Iranian proxy says it doesn’t seek further conflict with US]( By AP and ToI Staff [Houthis say US, British strikes on targets in Yemen ‘will not deter us’]( By AFP and ToI Staff [2 Jewish Israelis detained for allegedly spitting at Christian cleric in Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff Two youths insulted and spat at Christian priest in Old City in first reported incident since war started in October, though before that there had been a marked rise [Pope Francis decries ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews’ worldwide]( By Agencies ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Feb. 4: Day 121 – Anatomy of the fraying Israel-Egypt alliance]( By ToI Staff Arab affairs reporter Luca Pacchiani on Hamas’s hostage deal flip-flopping; reporter Canaan Lidor on Kfar Aza returnees, the rescue/looting of pets from Gaza, and a French flame war [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb 3: Day 120 – US leads effort to draw up a day-after plan for Gaza]( By ToI Staff Interview [Film about deadly 2021 Arab-Jewish riots gives insight into post-Oct. 7 life in Israel]( By Rich Tenorio As festivals back out of screening Hilla Medalia’s ‘Mourning in Lod’ about two people who died in mob violence, director says her documentary’s lessons hit home now more than ever [Warning of war, IDF says over 3,000 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, Syria struck so far]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Army spokesperson details strikes across northern border since Oct. 7 which have killed 200 terror operatives; says war is not Israel’s preference ‘but we are certainly prepared’ [Israeli Sharon Kantor wins gold at windsurfing World Championships]( By ToI Staff Athlete secures spot at Paris Olympics with first place finish at tournament; fellow Israeli Katy Spychakov takes bronze [Designer 3D-prints tens of thousands of yellow ribbon pins for hostages]( By Jessica Steinberg [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Interview [How did we get here? A new book chronicles Middle East politics, modern and ancient]( By Rich Tenorio Former French diplomat Jean-Pierre Filiu covers the region’s unlikely stories, many rulers and missed opportunities in ‘The Middle East: A Political History From 395 to the Present’ [Day 121 – Anatomy of the fraying Israel-Egypt alliance]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill makes history as 1st nationalist to lead Northern Ireland]( By brian melley [Approximately 150,000 gather in Berlin for latest protest against German far right]( By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO [Scotland extradites Holocaust denier to France to face charges]( By AFP [Ex-Supreme Court justice Melcer to lead panel that selects Righteous Among Nations]( 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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