UN to debate Hamas Oct. 7 sexual violence * Exclusive: How Yemen’s last Jews were rescued * US to build aid pier on Gaza coast * Did PM put Gantz at risk of arrest in UK?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, March 8, 2024 Presented by [Livnot U’Lehibanot]( Live updates [LIVE: Security Council to hold emergency session on UN’s Oct. 7 sexual violence report]( By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh IDF launches manhunt for suspects who set off explosive device near troops in West Bank, injuring 3 * UK FM says temporary Gaza harbor will take time, urges Israel to open Ashdod Exclusive [How an Arab country helped Israel rescue Yemen’s last Jews, and settle them in Cairo]( By Shalom Yerushalmi In 2021, nearly 100 Yemenite Jews were evacuated from a secure compound in Sana’a amid civil war. But one of them, Salem Levi Marhabi, was forced to stay; he is still held in a Houthi prison [Report: PM’s refusal to coordinate diplomatic immunity put Gantz at risk of arrest in UK]( By ToI Staff British authorities ensured visiting war cabinet minister had the necessary protections after the Foreign Ministry, on Netanyahu’s orders, ceased working with them, TV report says [Gallant takes public swipe at Netanyahu after scathing report on Meron disaster]( By ToI Staff [Day after Meron inquiry rebuke, PM’s office says cabinet to mull acting on findings]( By ToI Staff From our sponsor [Help Livnot rebuild devastated Israeli communities]( Volunteer or make a gift to support Livnot U’Lehibanot’s vital work to clean, paint, and beautify schools, social halls, and homes destroyed by Hamas on October 7 [Biden in SOTU pledges to free hostages, warns Israel not to use aid as bargaining chip]( By Jacob Magid US president says Israel has right to go after Hamas, but laments majority killed in Gaza weren’t terrorists, says two states only way to guarantee Israeli security, Saudi deal [Biden and Trump gear up for likely rematch in 2024 presidential elections]( By Bill Barrow and Will Weissert [US to build pier off Gaza coast that will enable maritime aid shipments — officials]( By Jacob Magid Project, which will be announced in Biden’s SOTU address, will see deliveries inspected in Cyprus before docking in Gaza once temporary structure is built in coming weeks [Visiting Cyprus, EU chief says pilot ship to set sail Friday on aid corridor to Gaza]( By AP and ToI Staff [In show of solidarity, left-wing activists attempt to deliver aid to civilians in Gaza]( By AFP [US says Hamas holding up 6-week ceasefire by refusing to release vulnerable hostages]( By Jacob Magid Biden officials insist deal still possible amid deadlock, reveal truce would let civilians return to north Gaza; add there’s no hard deadline but want agreement before Ramadan [Former Shin Bet chief: Government repeatedly rejected plans to kill Hamas’s Sinwar]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff [New docu features Argentine-born grandma who survived Oct. 7 by talking Messi with Hamas]( By ToI Staff [IDF’s probe into aid chaos says it fired shots at Gazans nearing troops – not trucks]( By Emanuel Fabian 12,000 Palestinians swarmed convoy in Gaza City in Feb. 29 incident, leading to many being crushed and run over; soldiers only fired at those who ‘posed a threat,’ says military [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing March 8: Day 154 – East Jerusalemites expect different kind of Ramadan]( By ToI Staff [UN rights chief says settlement expansion a war crime, prevents Palestinian state]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Interview [Physicist Haim Sompolinsky first Israeli to win largest brain science research prize]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Hebrew University and Harvard professor is a pioneer in theoretical and computational neuroscience, which studies the complex circuits and systems that enable our brains to function Top Ops Karen Miller Jackson [What will convince Haredim to join the IDF?]( We must deepen the sense of national loyalty so that all Israeli citizens embrace the call to serve the Jewish nation (Vayakhel) Sam Lehman-Wilzig [From mayhem to mayor: Israeli women on the move]( The answer to whether women are ’up to the job’ is clearly a resounding Yes! So why aren’t more of them in policy-making positions? Isaac Herzog [The war has proved once again: Israeli heroines are everywhere]( In honor of International Women’s Day, we thank the women who fight on the front lines – and closer to home Susannah Dainow [On loving anti-Israel artists]( In the midst of all this loss – lives, ideals, friends –  I cannot bear losing work I connect with, too ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Campus antisemitism makes new Zionists]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur Just back from a speaking tour at US colleges, ToI’s senior analyst describes increased ostracism of Jewish students on campus – and an unexpected rebound effect [Meet the Jewish conservative leading campus antisemitism investigations in the US]( By Andrew Lapin Zachary Marschall is responsible for at least 12 of 79 investigations opened so far and is particularly galled by DEI, which has become source of frustration for Jews who don’t fit in [Two Jewish students file federal lawsuit against MIT over campus antisemitism]( By AP [Utah authorities probe a cidery that declared ‘No Zionists Allowed’]( By JTA and ToI Staff [Medieval Islamic astrolabe found to have layers of Hebrew inscriptions]( By Gavriel Fiske Device found in Italy and dated to 11th-century Spain seems to have Jewish addendums exactly as recommended by medieval sage Abraham Ibn Ezra [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [South African Jewish women rally against government’s silence on abuse of hostages]( By AFP and ToI Staff Marking International Women’s Day, protest organizer says Jewish women held to extra burden of proof, calls out hypocrisy of president for not speaking out for captives [US, UK and France request UN Security Council convene on October 7 rape report]( By ToI Staff [UN torture expert probing alleged Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian detainees]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [After rewriting disqualified song, Israel gets final approval to appear at Eurovision]( By Amy Spiro Kan public broadcaster next week to reveal ‘Hurricane’, which received nod from EBU after it barred the original submission, ‘October Rain,’ over charges it was too political [Day 154 – East Jerusalemites expect different kind of Ramadan]( [listen to the podcast]( [US Orthodox women activists pledge ‘sex strike’ in protest of religious divorce refusal]( By Jackie Hajdenberg Form of protest leveraging Jewish sexual purity rituals as a pressure tactic aimed at supporting Malky Berkowitz, 29, whose husband has refused her a ‘get’ for four years International Women's Day [Fired during war, reservists’ wives band together to battle for job security]( By Sharon Wrobel Spouses of reserve troops create forum to help each other with employment rights and petition the government to ease their economic burden as their husbands take up arms [Still underrepresented, share of women in Israeli tech workforce stagnates]( By Sharon Wrobel [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Why French journalist Ruth Elkrief ‘came out’ as Jewish after October 7]( By Shira Li Bartov The veteran newswoman landed in the middle of France’s debate on antisemitism and Islamophobia – and thanks to fallout from her comments, she’s also landed under police protection [CRM]( More Headlines [Hezbollah fires rocket volleys at north, hits home with anti-tank missile]( By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies [Record 40,000 run in 13th annual Jerusalem marathon, with spotlight on hostages]( By Michael Horovitz, Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff [Iran reports one killed, several injured in oil refinery blaze]( By Agencies [Israeli soccer player exits Scottish team after pressure over pro-Palestinian displays]( By AFP and ToI Staff [UN accuses Iran of using ‘disproportionate’ violence during Mahsa Amini protests]( By Jon Gambrell [Funny Business / Jewish comedian Adam Sandler was Hollywood’s highest earner in 2023]( 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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