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[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, May 2, 2024 Presented by [Project Mobility]( Live updates [LIVE: War cabinet to convene this evening as Israel waits for Hamas response on hostage deal]( By Jacob Magid and Shira Silkoff Hamas delegation readies for Cairo visit, ‘positively’ engaging with truce proposal after official indicated group would reject it * Herzog urges US Jews to stand up to antisemitism [Police begin dismantling defiant pro-Palestinian protest encampment at UCLA]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Forces move in with helicopters overhead after demonstrators repelled initial attempt to disperse them; police detain handful of people after threatening arrests over loudspeakers [Columbia hires, and claims to fire, professor who voiced support for Hamas post-Oct. 7]( By ToI Staff [Fighting breaks out at UCLA as counter-protesters confront pro-Palestinian encampment]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Reporter's notebook Jacob Magid [Gaza campus protests spread to Chicago high schools, alarming Jewish students]( Half a dozen high schools allow hundreds of students to briefly skip class for sit-ins, with many then marching to encampments at nearby universities where they are embraced [Mideast takes notice as US campuses erupt over Gaza, capturing media attention]( By AP and ToI Staff [Northwestern criticized over compromise deal with pro-Palestinian protesters]( By AP and ToI Staff FROM OUR SPONSOR [Project Mobility: Healing Israel’s Wounded Warriors]( Project Mobility aims to help wounded IDF soldiers recover with proven VR physiotherapy game-play technology. They need your support to bring this equipment to Israel. [‘As they chant for intifada, we will work together’: Herzog pans anti-Israel protests]( By ToI Staff President sends message of solidarity to Jews around the world, noting ‘violence, harassment and intimidation’ on campuses in the US, elsewhere: ‘The people of Israel are with you’ [Red Cross investigating inflammatory anti-Israel social media posts by employee]( By Jeremy Sharon [Hamas indicates it will snub latest hostage deal offer, but says talks to continue]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Lebanon-based Osama Hamdan says mediators’ latest proposal is ‘negative,’ warns Rafah op would collapse talks, as terror group said readying to submit amended outline of its own [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 2: Day 209 – Blinken delivers bear hug while warning against Rafah op]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Arnold M. Eisen [A morally pure Judaism without actual Jews]( What do we make of a Passover seder that depicts Zionism as idol worship and ignores the suffering of Israelis? Amichai Cohen [Make no mistake: ICC arrest warrants would harm Israel]( It will take concerted diplomatic efforts to stop legal proceedings if international indictments of Israelis become real Interview Jessica Steinberg [US giving us more attention than Israeli leaders, says brother of hostage Keith Siegel]( American-born Lee Siegel says he regularly attended anti-government protests last year, but now only attends rallies solely focused on captives’ plight [Protesters block Tel Aviv highway demanding deal: ‘It’s either Rafah or the hostages’]( By ToI Staff [Relatives of hostages questioned by police, told to avoid anti-government rallies]( By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff [Bereaved families irked by far-right ministers’ planned role in Memorial Day events]( By Sam Sokol Government decisions seem calculated ‘to provoke, to ignite fires,’ says head of bereaved families’ organization; Kfar Saba mayor calls on Smotrich not to come to city [Israel raises travel warning to Sweden’s Malmo ahead of Eurovision]( By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian Citing a ‘well-founded fear’ of violence, National Security Council asks Israelis to weigh trip to Sweden; IDF Home Front Command to issue warnings via mobile app to Israelis there [Sweden reports sharp rise in antisemitic hate crimes since Hamas attack on Israel]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Eurovision organizers say they’ll remove Palestinian flags, symbols at Malmo show]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Sweden’s Jewish community anxious ahead of anti-Israel protests at Eurovision]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [US House advances bill to codify contentious and popular antisemitism definition]( By Ron Kampeas Antisemitism Awareness Act mandates government civil rights offices to adopt IHRA, which is endorsed around the world, even as critics say it chills legitimate criticism of Israel [Taylor Greene: Antisemitism bill rejects ‘Gospel’ that Jews handed Jesus to executioners]( By Ron Kampeas [Biden to discuss ‘scourge of antisemitism’ in Holocaust Remembrance Day speech]( By ToI Staff and JTA [Colombia to sever ties after months of panning Israel as ‘genocidal’]( By AFP, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Foreign minister accuses Gustavo Petro, country’s first leftist president, of ‘standing alongside vile monsters who burned babies, raped women,’ ending decades-long relationship Hatred at your city council [How ceasefire resolutions on faraway Gaza are sowing seeds of hate in US cities]( By Cathryn J. Prince Jewish Americans say people are using public hearings as a platform to spew antisemitism – and free speech laws prevent local governments from doing anything about it [CRM]( [Israel opens Erez crossing to Gaza aid for first time as Blinken tours border]( By Michael Bachner, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies IDF renovates destroyed pedestrian terminal into north Gaza to allow in trucks; secretary of state says relief effort improved but still falling short, visits Kerem Shalom, Nir Oz [IDF plans expansion of Gaza humanitarian zones, but US unswayed on Rafah offensive]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [Pentagon says floating Gaza aid pier more than 50% complete]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Smotrich lauds Trump for ‘courage and integrity’ in rejection of two-state solution]( By Sam Sokol ‘A Palestinian state would be a terrorist state,’ far-right minister says after former US president tells Time magazine he thinks ‘two states is going to be very, very tough’ [Trump: ‘Beautiful to watch’ police raid Columbia pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Inside story Matt Lebovic [In Dutch university cities, nonviolent street protests present a sticky situation]( From Amsterdam to Rotterdam, anti-Israel stickers festoon Dutch urban centers and university campuses while, observers say, few pro-Israel stickers remain un-defaced for long [Survivors rebut Holocaust denial posts on social media to fight antisemitism]( By Agencies [France seen as more antisemitic than Poland in new poll among Israelis]( By Canaan Lidor [Report: Many IDF posts on Gaza border failed inspections in days before Oct. 7]( By Emanuel Fabian TV network reveals that in spot-check at Nahal Oz camp, troops failed to prevent unauthorized people from entering base and its war rooms [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [IDF chief warns Israel ‘preparing offensive in north,’ as Hezbollah attacks persist]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Halevi meets troops on Lebanon border amid ongoing skirmishes with terror group; anti-tank missiles cause damage to homes in Metula [Explainer / How Israel is preparing to keep lights and water running in event of a regional war]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Podcast about a French railway’s role in the Holocaust tracks with US Jews post-Oct. 7]( By Cathryn J. Prince Newly-released ‘Covering Their Tracks’ is about a battle for justice. 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