The wrenching hostage dilemma * Sex, rabbis and the end of Judaism * An empty north will go bankrupt * The media’s attack on morale * The end of conversation

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, February 8, 2024 [A painful answer to the wrenching question of hostages]( By Yedidya Naveh A deal that leaves Hamas able to take more hostages is not acceptable, but there is one scenario Israel could agree to Dan Illouz [A Saudi condition for peace that Israel can’t live with]( Agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state would be a setback that rewards decades of terrorism and violence Loolwa Khazzoom [The end of conversation]( I don’t need someone to be like me to want to connect with them. In fact, I love difference, even on the Arab-Israeli conflict [Destroying Israeli agriculture was part of Hamas’s evil plan]( By Danielle Abraham It didn’t quite work: Israelis are resilient and, knowing how important the crops are for the country, they went back to tend the fields under fire Erel Margalit [An empty north will go bankrupt: Residents and businesses should return now]( With their innovation and collaboration, Galilee industries will still inspire the nation, perhaps none so effectively as the pioneering ’Galiladies’ Seth Mandell [The media’s assault on the nation’s morale]( Nonstop news of mourning, worry and political divisions harms the thing we need most to defeat our enemy: unity [Sex, rabbis and the downfall of Judaism]( By Alon Goshen-Gottstein As Jewish leaders pick and choose practices that align with their social norms, venerable traditionalists are shunted aside. To wit: Rabbi Art Green Julie Gray [At Auschwitz: Musk, Shapiro, and the invisible Holocaust survivor]( At 88, Gidon Lev agreed to step foot in Auschwitz for the first time in his life hoping to be more than just window dressing R. David Harden [The UNRWA dilemma]( With Gaza on the brink of famine, there are three ways to deliver humanitarian aid. Israeli leaders don’t like any of them [The other side of the rain]( By Haviva Ner-David This land of life sees so much death, with a gentle tapping on the shoulder or from a violent fist, so cruelly before one’s time Scott Kahn [Idealistic… and completely, dangerously wrong]( The religious Zionists who advocate ’voluntary transfer’ are too confident that the world – and God – will back them 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 [Victory: Holes, Part 2]( By Haim Watzman Ruth took a deep breath: ’Who decides which soldiers get killed and which ones get to go home?’ [The Blogs Weekly]( [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