ToI’s weekly deep dive: Pioneers resettle Gaza border * Free speech as weapon on campus * Gazans who blame Hamas * ToI video: 12 Hours * Podcast: UNRWA’s real problem

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, February 18, 2024 [Near Gaza, apprehensive returnees trickle back home to revive deserted communities]( By Canaan Lidor Traumatized yet determined, thousands are now resettling towns that still echo with the sounds of war and offer limited services for residents Op-ed David Horovitz [Sooner or later, the IDF will enter Rafah. It may have to fight on northern border, too]( Right now, the IDF has more forces poised for action against Hezbollah in Lebanon than it has fighting in Gaza [Report: IDF intel assesses that Hamas will ‘survive as terror group’ post-war]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb 18: Day 135 – Exodus into Egypt: Where will civilians in Rafah go?]( By ToI Staff Reporter's notebook [In Safed, a deadly rocket salvo fails to rattle deeply rooted residents]( By Canaan Lidor Explainer Jeremy Sharon [Back to the ICJ: Court to hear claims against Israel’s 56-year rule over Palestinians]( The UN General Assembly is seeking an advisory opinion from the World Court that Israel’s decades-long control over the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal [Captive audience / Hoping to jar world leaders, hostage’s cousin rebuilds captivity in virtual reality]( By Jessica Steinberg [Hostages’ families file Hamas war crimes claim at ICC: ‘Genocide can’t go unpunished’]( By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff Interview [In covert interviews, Gazan civilians rail against Hamas for wrecking their lives]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Before and after October 7, testimony from the war-torn enclave reveals widespread resentment of the terror group and little hope for the future, says Mideast expert Joseph Braude ToI Original Video [12 Hours]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Inside story Jacob Magid [Biden’s foul-mouthed opinion of Netanyahu a bad $#%! sign, but Israel support endures]( US officials acknowledge president losing patience with Israeli leader but stress ties ‘go beyond any one prime minister,’ say public airing of differences won’t be effective Analysis Sam Sokol [Hard-right MK’s bill against incitement to terror could incriminate him, his colleagues]( New rules may spell trouble for MKs who have expressed support for Israeli who burned Palestinian family in West Bank; legislation ‘undergoing changes’ in committee, says spokesman [Exclusive / Contract signed with sanctioned Israeli exposes settler municipality to US sanctions]( By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: UNRWA’s problem isn’t the terrorists in its ranks]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan UN agency keeps Palestinians as eternal ‘refugees’ – even if they have citizenship. As staff collaboration with Hamas surfaces, Rettig Gur argues this is not the org’s biggest evil Top Ops Michael Oren [The US charge of ‘indiscriminate bombing’ is over the top]( Washington should know that the Gaza civilian death toll is relatively low – its accusations endanger Israel’s security Sara Stein [Since when do Australian Jews talk in whispers?!]( From license plates that celebrate October 7 to doxxing a Jewish MP, antisemitism is rising dramatically Down Under David Makovsky [Without enforcement, talk of two states is hollow]( Most Israelis would support a deal if they thought it would succeed, but first they’d need to overcome their genuine reasons for skepticism Daniel G. Saunders [The Jewish state as effigy]( Claiming Israel is colonialist, white supremacist, genocidal is how protestors cleanse their own middle class white guilt Analysis [UK’s Labour faces Muslim bloc in revolt, anti-Israel challenger in special election]( By Robert Philpot The party’s support for Israel in the Gaza war is causing pushback from within, and has some voters eyeing radical anti-Zionist George Galloway – but does this pose a true threat? United states [Free speech rights weaponized to silence students on US campuses after Oct. 7]( By Cathryn J. Prince Universities struggle to revise school policies as the First Amendment is invoked to censor students through unprecedented use of no-contact orders [House committee to investigate Columbia’s ‘inadequate response’ to campus antisemitism]( By Cathryn J. Prince [Jewish Canadian politician fired, gets death threat after snark about pre-Zionist Palestine]( By Robert Sarner [Israeli and Palestinian based in Germany launch fundraiser to build toilets for Gazans]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Tom Kellner and Seba Abu Daqa met through an online peace group and decided to team up to address one of the Strip’s most pressing needs amid the war — adequate sanitation [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Preventative medicine: After Oct. 7 mass casualty event, Israeli MDs share tough lessons]( By Renee Ghert-Zand While dealing with the ongoing medical challenges of the war, physicians are already in touch with others over what they learned about honing lifesaving preparedness protocols [On Be’eri, bulldozers begin kibbutz rebuild by clearing out rubble of October 7]( By Canaan Lidor [A Holocaust museum that predates WWII, London’s Wiener Library turns 90 this month]( By Robert Philpot Environment [Foraging Jerusalem restaurateur grasps the nettle, and the morel, to reopen after Oct. 7]( By Jessica Steinberg Moshe Basson of Eucalyptus is ready to serve diners again for first time since war broke out, and his long-awaited book of recipes is out too [As avian flu rises in Hula Valley cranes, authorities spar over who collects carcasses]( By Sue Surkes [Feral dogs from Gaza enter Israel, compounding nature authority’s war woes]( By Sue Surkes [Global mazel tov! New book chronicles weddings of 100 Jewish brides from around world]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Archaeology [Buildings, roads in ‘huge, complete’ Roman-era military base revealed by excavations]( By Gavriel Fiske Site near Tel Meggido is the only excavated Roman permanent camp in Israel; the Roman Sixth Legion, which was based there, fought against Jewish forces in the Bar Kochba revolt [Archaeology / In breakthrough, parts of Herculaneum scroll, buried by Vesuvius eruption, deciphered]( By Ariella Oldfield From the blogs [When the battlefield is the basketball court]( By Cheryl Levi The Irish women’s team refused to shake hands with the Israel’s team, leaving the Israelis no choice but to win a decisive victory [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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