Biden: PM will do almost anything to free hostages * Huge fires in north * IDF: 4 hostages dead in Hamas captivity * Hadley Freeman interview: Progressive left hates Jews

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Live updates [LIVE - Biden says Netanyahu willing to do almost anything to free hostages, as pressure ramps up]( By ToI Staff US president also says Israelis have ‘every reason’ to believe war dragged out due to politics * Shas backs truce proposal attacked by Ben Gvir, Smotrich * Qatar asks for clarity [‘A nightmare’: North cries out for action amid widespread fires sparked by Hezbollah]( By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff Opposition lawmakers pan ‘weak’ government as fires burn for over a day across swaths of territory; far-right ministers say Lebanon should ‘burn,’ be sent back to ‘Stone Age’ [Fires rage overnight across north after Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Top Hezbollah operative killed in IDF strike, as drones and rockets fly at north]( By Emanuel Fabian [Israel announces the deaths of four hostages in Hamas captivity]( By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro IDF promises to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Chaim Peri, 79, Amiram Cooper, 84, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Nadav Popplewell, 51 [Protesters block Tel Aviv highway, urging hostage deal after 4 captives declared dead]( By ToI Staff [Haredi ministers voice support for Gaza hostage deal, following far-right opposition]( By ToI Staff [Son of dead hostage demands no soldiers be put in danger to retrieve father’s body]( By ToI Staff Rani Metzger, son of Yoram Metzger, 80, calls on Netanyahu to make returning living hostages his first priority; ‘Israel will be ashamed forever’ if not, he says [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 4: Day 242 – Will the deaths of four hostages push PM to a deal?]( By ToI Staff [Biden says Israel ready to advance deal, urges Qatari pressure on Hamas to agree]( By Jacob Magid Israeli officials accuse PM of harming talks with comments that pushed Hamas to ask for clarity about clauses purposely kept ambiguous so the sides would agree to 1st stage of deal [Far-right ministers accuse Netanyahu of ‘whitewashing’ hostage deal, hiding details]( By Sam Sokol [PM says Biden version of deal ‘incomplete’; US: It accurately reflects Israeli offer]( By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Interview Robert Philpot [After Oct. 7, UK journalist Hadley Freeman believes ‘the progressive left hates Jews’]( The New York-born writer comes out with a new essay on the antisemitism emerging after the Hamas atrocities in Israel, and how it’s rooted in a hypocritical and myopic ideology Hadley Freeman [EXCERPT: The progressive left hates the Jews]( Top Ops Esther Sperber [The ‘religious’ activists who desecrate God’s name]( Blocking humanitarian aid to Gazans is a perversion of Jewish values — Orthodox Jews should condemn it loudly and clearly Nurit Yohanan [The PA returning to Gaza? It can’t even control the West Bank]( Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority is losing its grip in Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem. Two decades after Hamas forced it out, it is not remotely capable of reasserting itself in Gaza Zack Rothbart [Liberating the Western Wall with a prayer book]( An impromptu prayer service was held that day in 1967 when Israel captured Jerusalem’s Old City – there was just one item missing James Finney-Conlon [What I learned from the antisemite who targeted my Jewish community]( Robert was not the monster I expected to meet. He also was not born hating Jews [IDF says it killed 2 West Bank gunmen who were planning to fire at Israeli towns]( By Emanuel Fabian In crackdown, troops ambush terror suspects near Tulkarem, seize rifle they brought to use in attack; armed Palestinian suspect killed in earlier Nablus op [Shin Bet says it foiled Hamas suicide bombing plot directed from Turkey]( By Emanuel Fabian [UN human rights chief accuses Israel of ‘wanton’ killing in West Bank since Oct. 7]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Saudi Arabia largely removes negative portrayal of Israel from its school curriculum]( By Gianluca Pacchiani In marked shift from the past, Saudi textbooks no longer define Zionism as ‘racist,’ indicating progress towards a ‘warm peace’ such as that with the UAE, expert says [Interfaith ‘march for peace’ held in capital, in counter to Jerusalem Day Flag March]( By Charlie Summers Decrying use of religious rhetoric to promote war, liberal Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze religious leaders say event sends message of ‘peace, justice and equality’ [Contentious Jerusalem Day ‘Flag March’ to maintain route through Muslim Quarter]( By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff [After weeks in hospital, Bedouin girl wounded in Iran attack makes TV appearance]( By Gianluca Pacchiani 7-year-old Amina Hassouna speaks in front of camera hours before her fourth surgery, while her struggling family faces repeated demolition orders [After Khamenei praises October 7, PA says the war won’t help it gain independence]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Iran’s hardline parliament speaker registers for presidential race]( By Jon Gambrell [CRM]( Archaeology [Flint tools for butchering deer were developed in Israel 400,000 years ago – study]( By Gavriel Fiske TAU researchers say the stone scrapers originated near Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim in the Samarian hills, which were likely sacred sites for prehistoric humans in the area [US police respond as encampment near LA city hall likens IDF to Ku Klux Klan]( By AP and ToI Staff Video uploaded to social media Monday night shows officers shaking tents, appearing to remove them from premises [70 arrested in anti-Israel protest at San Francisco building housing Israeli consulate]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Anti-Israel graffiti on U of Michigan regent’s law office being probed as hate crime]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Hostages’ families share favorite Shavuot recipes as they hold out hope for loved ones]( By Jessica Steinberg Hostages forum releases cookbook ‘Shavuot of Longing, Their Recipes on Our Table,’ as part of fundraising efforts to secure the freedom of those held captive in Gaza [In Israel, US Chabad women campus emissaries commiserate over their annus horribilis]( By Maya Zanger-Nadis Some 150 Lubavitch emissaries flew to the Holy Land for their annual convention last week, sharing stories of bravery and pride amid a massive uptick in antisemitism at universities [Arab MKs, academics slam bill requiring universities to fire anti-Zionist faculty]( By Sam Sokol ‘We will not allow terrorism to take over academia,’ says coalition whip; Association of University Heads condemns ‘McCarthyistic’ campaign against higher education [Tel Aviv students threaten Netanyahu with strikes over ultra-Orthodox draft evasion]( By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff [Day 242 – Will the deaths of four hostages push PM to a deal?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israel innovation head urges state to insist on stimulus for vital tech industry]( By Sharon Wrobel More funds needed in 2025 to stimulate investment and protect resilience of tech sector, the main growth engine of war-battered economy, Israel Innovation Authority says [After year and a half, Smotrich names new head of capital markets regulator]( By Sharon Wrobel [War and airline cancellations didn’t stop a Chicago Jewish day school’s Israel trip]( By jacob gurvis Even after employing a backup plan, only a frantic last-minute effort keeps a post-Oct. 7 CJDS mission to the Holy Land from going off the rails More Headlines [Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder over a parking space]( By ToI Staff [Vancouver comics festival apologizes for excluding Jewish artist who served in IDF]( By Andrew Lapin [Palestinians apply to join South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Probe into stabbing attack in Germany handed to anti-terrorism prosecutor]( By AFP [Gynecologist to be indicted following accusations he sexually abused patients]( By ToI Staff [Police arrest officials in Rehovot, Ashkelon amid multi-city graft probe]( By ToI Staff [At least 12 arrested in Baghdad after riot at KFC over Israel-Hamas war]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Iran’s foreign minister confirms Oman-brokered talks ongoing with US]( By AFP and 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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