Biden backs Israel to kill ’Hamas butchers,’ blasts ICC * PM, DM decry bid to arrest them * IDF advances on Rafah-Egypt border * Int’w: US prof retires amid antisemitism

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Presented by [Comedy for Koby]( [Backing Israel’s fight against Hamas, Biden says Gaza campaign ‘is not genocide’]( By Jacob Magid and Agencies At White House event attended by families of some hostages, US president stresses he’ll give Israel everything it needs to defend itself, vows unrelenting effort to free hostages [Backing settlement, Ben Gvir says he’d be ‘very happy to live in Gaza’ after the war]( By Sam Sokol [Defense minister and IDF chief lay out Rafah evacuation plan to senior Biden aide]( By Lazar Berman Live updates [LIVE: Israel seizes AP equipment, says agency is supplying services to banned Al Jazeera]( By ToI Staff Netanyahu says ICC move risks turning institution into a ‘kangaroo court’ * Qatar says Gaza truce, hostage release talks remain ‘close to stalemate’ * Rockets fired at Ashkelon [Gallant blasts ICC’s Khan for ‘despicable’ Israel-Hamas parallel in warrant bid]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Defense minister says prosecutor’s decision to seek arrests of Israeli leaders is an attempt to deny Israel the right to defend itself and secure the release of the hostages [Netanyahu: ‘Absurd’ ICC bid to arrest Israeli leaders is ‘the new antisemitism’]( By Lazar Berman [Hamas slams ICC for seeking arrest of its leaders alongside Netanyahu, Gallant]( By Agencies and ToI Staff From our sponsor [Laugh to support bereaved families]( Come hear world renown comedians crack jokes in Jerusalem, Modiin, Tel Aviv, Raanana and Beit Shemesh to support families. May 27th — June 2nd [Biden calls ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrant for Netanyahu ‘outrageous’]( By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Blinken says ‘shameful’ move jeopardizes truce talks; GOP senator, House speaker suggest ‘damning sanctions against ICC’; South Africa, Bernie Sanders and Belgium praise Hague [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing May 21, Day 228: Same-same? ICC prosecutor equates Israeli & Hamas leaders]( By ToI Staff [Outcry in Israel as ICC prosecutor seeks warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant]( By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol Analysis Jeremy Sharon [Legal earthquake: ICC charges against Netanyahu would be unprecedented in court’s history]( Court may take weeks or months to approve warrants. Gravest charges of crimes against humanity relate to humanitarian crisis in Gaza, alleged use of starvation as tool of war [Karim Khan's statement / Full text of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s application for arrest warrants]( [Israel moves to more limited Rafah assault plan, to which US will not object – report]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian Washington Post analyst says plan to send two divisions into south Gaza city has been shelved, unnamed Israeli defense officials have agreed on how ‘day after’ will look [IDF estimates 950,000 Gazans have evacuated from Rafah amid offensive]( By Emanuel Fabian [Satellite photos show Rafah emptying as Israeli forces move in on southern Gaza city]( By AP and ToI Staff Interview Cathryn J. Prince [Retiring early due to antisemitism, a professor paints a dire picture of US academia]( Barbara J. Risman felt that the atmosphere among University of Illinois faculty after October 7 was too much for her to bear as a Jew. Her colleagues secretly tell her she’s right [Police break up University of Michigan encampment; New School to hold divestment vote]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [NYC mayor defends police after violent clashes at pro-Palestinian Brooklyn rally]( By AP and ToI Staff [Palestinians say 7 killed, 9 wounded as IDF launches counter-terror op in Jenin]( By Emanuel Fabian Palestinian media says doctor, teacher, student among the dead; military says soldiers shot gunmen Top Ops Ali Deilami [The Ayatollah of execution: My memories of Ebrahim Raisi]( He became president in a sham election and was being groomed as the Islamic Republic’s next Supreme Leader. I won’t miss him Cheryl Levi [A battle of wits in the House Oversight Committee]( Once respected, the US Congress has descended into a boorish, name-calling embarrassment and we all share some of the blame [CRM]( [IDF says Hezbollah’s coastal rocket commander killed in drone strike]( By Emanuel Fabian Military says Qassem Saqlawi, targeted near Tyre in south Lebanon, carried out many attacks on Israel amid war; three drones from Iraq, Syria downed by fighter jets, warship [Israel fumes as UN’s Security Council, atomic agency mark death of Iran’s Raisi]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Both UN entities hold a minute of silence for Iranian president; Israel’s envoy pans gesture to ‘mass murderer’ as akin to show of honor to commemorate Hitler’s death [US offers condolences over Iran chopper crash, blasts Raisi’s human rights record]( By Jacob Magid and AFP [Gazans say unmoved by death of Iranian president, who brought ‘only ruin’]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Iran begins days of mourning for president and others killed in helicopter crash]( By Jon Gambrell Unclear if Ebrahim Raisi’s processions will draw the millions who have attended previous such high-profile events; prosecutors warn against any celebration of hardliner’s demise [Raisi’s death moves Khamenei’s son to top of running for supreme leader job]( By Parisa Hafezi [Activists lament ‘impunity’ of Iran’s Raisi after crash death]( By AFP [Police clash with protesters, make arrests after anti-government rally outside Knesset]( By Charlie Summers Thousands converge on capital for massive demonstration, followed by chaotic march stymied by skunk liquid sprayed from water cannons [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( Archaeology [Using burnt seeds from 1st Temple era, Israeli researchers tame a vexing dating enigma]( By Gavriel Fiske A team of scholars recently used a new method to conquer the Hallstatt plateau, an abiding Iron Age puzzle, and help reveal the timeline of ancient Jerusalem. Here’s how they did it [Day 228: Same-same? ICC prosecutor equates Israeli & Hamas leaders]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [Ex-BBC chief: Network’s Arabic service rife with anti-Israel bias, support for terror]( By ToI Staff [‘A colossal failure’: Likud MKs tear into Gallant during heated faction meeting]( By Sam Sokol [Trump foreign policy advisers said to have met Netanyahu]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Russian immigration streams in as Israel predicts uptick in Western newcomers]( By Canaan Lidor [Interior minister pushes PM on five-year plan to aid Druze, Circassians – report]( By ToI Staff [Trial turns testy as Trump lawyers try to pique fixer-turned-witness Cohen]( By AFP and AP [Royce White, podcaster who railed against Jews, wins Republican nod in Minnesota]( By JTA [Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with aggressive form of blood cancer]( By AP [Israel’s CyberArk inks deal to buy US cybersecurity firm for $1.54 billion]( By Sharon Wrobel [Obituary / Ivan Boesky, convicted in 1980s insider trading scandal, dies at 87]( By AP [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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