Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
It is day 202 of the war with Hamas. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
So-called pro-Palestinian rallies have sprouted up on US campuses, from Columbia University in New York -- where in-person classes have been canceled -- to the University of Southern California on Wednesday, just hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens of protesters. Horovitz describes what he believes are the protesters’ goals.
A senior Israeli defense official said Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces has conducted all necessary preparations to take Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah and can launch an operation the moment it gets government approval. But will the IDF also wait for US approval?
Thirty years after the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina has asked Pakistan and Sri Lanka to arrest Iran’s interior minister Ahmad Vahidi who is a lead suspect in planning the attacks. Why is Argentina again interested in seeking justice for the bombing?
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Discussed articles include:
The goal of the campus Jew-haters: To render Israel indefensible, in both senses of the word
At heart of protests sweeping US universities is demand they divest from Israel
Dozens arrested at U of Texas, USC as anti-Israel protests spread to more US campuses
As anti-Israel encampment at Columbia endures, Jewish students lament ‘Judenrein’ campus
IDF ready to conquer Gaza’s Rafah, awaiting government okay, says senior official
Argentina asks host countries to arrest visiting Iranian minister over 1994 bombing
THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel
THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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IMAGE: Students attend a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally against the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
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Day 223 - Gallant (again) delivers an explosive speech. Now what?
Day 222 - Gaza heats up as Independence Day marked alternatively
Day 221 - Why a 43-year-old rabbi joined the IDF post-Oct. 7
Day 220 - A day of reckoning as Israel observes Memorial Day
Day 219 - IDF preps more Rafah ops while fighting in Gaza's north
IDF expands Rafah operation, US okay with it so far
Day 217 - Blinken report to exonerate Israel; will US arms follow?
Day 216 - Biden drops bombshell, Hamas’s duplicitous ‘deal’
Day 215 - What is Israelis' top priority: War or hostages?
Day 214 - Has the IDF crossed the Rubicon into Rafah?
Day 213: War at a crossroads as IDF orders partial Rafah evacuation
Day 212 - Oct. 7 victims' graves reopened to ID more burnt corpses
Day 211 - Are US high schools the next Gaza war battleground?
Day 210 - Turkey halts all trade with Israel after 75 years of commerce
Day 209 - Blinken delivers bear hug while warning against Rafah op
Day 208 - Strong political reactions to proposed hostage deal
Day 207 - Ball in Hamas's court again for hostage release deal
Day 206 - How seriously should we view the US campus protests?
Day 205 - As Hezbollah rattles sabers, what are its capabilities?
Day 204 - Report from Northwestern's Gaza 'solidarity encampment'
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