ToI’s weekly deep dive: ToI in Rafah * 10 to watch in UK elections * Northerners brace for war * 3,300-year-old ship uncovered * Podcast: Holocaust scholar Jan Grabowski

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, June 23, 2024 Reporter's Notebook [In Rafah, IDF focuses on tunnels, with aim of destroying Hamas brigade within a month]( By Emanuel Fabian ToI joins commander of Givati Brigade in Gaza’s southernmost city, where army says the terror group’s operatives have embedded themselves inside booby-trapped buildings and tunnels Interview [Iris Haim, mother of killed hostage, tells US Jews: ‘I bring Israel a new voice of hope’]( By Natan Galula Op-ed David Horovitz [As war winds down, diplomacy is paramount, but Netanyahu has other priorities]( With Hamas being routed as an organized army yet still a potent guerrilla force, it’s time for intensive work on alternative rule for Gaza. Instead, the PM picks fights with the US Inside story Jacob Magid [Is the US poised to sanction an Israeli minister for the first time?]( Some in administration suggest order Biden signed to target West Bank destabilizers should be used against Smotrich, whose withholding of funds has the PA on the verge of collapse Analysis [Failure of ‘Rabbis Bill’ shatters Haredi trust in PM, putting coalition on thin ice]( By Sam Sokol After Likud MKs rebel over contentious measure, ultra-Orthodox lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of being unable to keep party in line, doubt he can deliver on IDF draft bill Analysis [10 contests for Israel supporters to watch in the UK’s July 4 general election]( By Robert Philpot Top Ops Qanta A. Ahmed [The devastating reframing of Israel’s just war]( Suggesting symmetry between Israel and Hamas fundamentally ruptures the sense that the lives of Jews and all Israelis matter Simcha Rosenberg [On not wearing my kippah post Oct. 7]( Being recognized as a Jew suddenly shifted from a point of pride to something that could cause trouble Avidan Freedman [The price of fear]( Though rooted in real safety concerns, the push to totally ban Palestinian workers has its own dangers, external and internal Beverly Willett [I’m Catholic. I stand with Israel.]( To anti-Zionists I say is it not conceivable establishment of Israel was itself the product of divine intervention? ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Prof. Jan Grabowski: Appropriation of Holocaust terms in Gaza war]( By ToI Staff Historian discusses how the definitions of the terms ‘genocide’ and ‘Zionists’ are usurped and cheapened in an effort to delegitimize the Jewish state during the war against Hamas [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 22: Day 260 – Focus on ToI’s Those We Have Lost memorial project]( By ToI Staff [UK government review concludes Nazi-invaded Isle of Alderney was no ‘Mini Auschwitz’]( By Robert Philpot [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Stories of civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel]( [Read Here]( Inside story [Difficult senior year at war not deterring Israeli high school grads from IDF service]( By Gavriel Fiske Some 110,000 students finish 12th grade on Thursday; Education Ministry went to great lengths as post-October 7 conflict upended routine, but some students say efforts fell short [Reporter's notebook / First year of integrating migrant children with Israelis in Tel Aviv schools ‘a success’]( By Sue Surkes [Interview / TAU’s $10 million Doolittle prize seeks scientists who can ‘talk to the animals’]( By Gavriel Fiske [OECD study shows Israeli teens excel at ‘creative thinking’]( By Gavriel Fiske Reporter's notebook [Braving Hezbollah’s drones and rockets, the few remaining northerners brace for war]( By Canaan Lidor [Reporters notebook / Eight months after Oct 7, hostage families struggle to keep loved ones in headlines]( By Charlie Summers [Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan grapples with return to freedom]( By Jessica Steinberg Meir Jan’s uncle, Aviram Meir, discusses his nephew’s physical and emotional health, his need to see his fellow hostages and the embrace he receives from the Israeli public Arts [Bassist Barak Mori to play blue notes at Jerusalem Jazz in memory of fallen nephew]( By Jessica Steinberg After paratrooper Omri Ben Shachar was killed in battle in Gaza, his musician uncle wrote a piece in his memory [This year’s Fresh Paint art fair ‘takes the temperature’ of Israeli society]( By Jessica Steinberg [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [After pouring in following October 7, critical human milk donations now run dry]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Archaeology [3,300-year-old ship discovered off Israeli coast, the oldest ever found in deep waters]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Researchers say location of wreck, carrying hundreds of intact storage vessels, proves Late Bronze Age mariners could journey far out to sea [Archaeology / Ancient Lod coin hoard reveals details of little-known 4th-century Jewish uprising]( By Gavriel Fiske Environment [Geologists press Dead Sea Works to prevent creation of salt mountain ‘as tall as Masada’]( By Sue Surkes Company said examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction byproduct as state’s Geological Survey pins hopes on developing beauty spot for new tourism plan [Reporter's notebook / Confab shows off startups, from AI-driven weeders and tree tubes to alternative fats]( By Sue Surkes [Loan org, Leket food bank, partner to offer farmers credit to cope with war effects]( By Sue Surkes [State begins rehabilitation of polluted Haifa stream]( By Sue Surkes From the blogs [Jewish & Black: Finding my identity with the Rebbe]( By Yosef B. Kulek It was his unconditional love that got me through the shame and embarrassment of the racial mockery I endured as a child [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved