New Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Plan Proposed, Hamas Source Tells BBC, BBC
“A senior Palestinian official familiar with Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations has told the BBC that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new formula to end the war in Gaza. According to the official, it envisages a truce lasting between five and seven years, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a formal end to the war, and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. A senior Hamas delegation was due to arrive in Cairo for consultations. […] Israel has not commented on the mediators’ plan.”
Israeli Strikes Kill 14 in Gaza and Destroy Heavy Equipment Needed To Clear Rubble, AP
“Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble. Separate strikes on Tuesday killed two people in Lebanon.”
Israeli Security Chief Accuses Netanyahu of Making Improper Requests, The New York Times
“The chief of Israel’s domestic security agency [Ronen Bar] said in an affidavit published Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly pressed him to spy on those Israeli citizens who had led and funded anti-government protests. […] Mr. Bar said that Mr. Netanyahu’s desire to dismiss him had coincided with his decision to investigate Netanyahu aides suspected of security breaches in cases involving the leaking of classified documents and ties to Qatar.”
IDF Confirms Lebanon Strike, Says It Targeted Operative Advancing Attacks Against Israel, The Times of Israel
“The IDF confirms carrying out a drone strike in the Lebanese coastal town of Haret en-Naameh, just south of Beirut, earlier today, killing a prominent member of the Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) organization. According to the IDF, Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi was also affiliated with Hamas in Lebanon, and worked alongside the Palestinian terror group to advance attacks on Israel.”
U.S. Airstrike Hits Yemeni Capital, Killing 12, Local Health Officials Say, The New York Times
“An American airstrike hit a densely populated area of the Yemeni capital on Sunday, killing 12 people and injuring 30, according to the health ministry of the Houthi-led government. […] The U.S. defense department, in a written response to questions about the Houthi claims, did not comment on this specific strike, saying only that the United States was targeting ‘Iran-backed Houthi locations every day and night in Yemen.’”
US Universities Pan Trump’s ‘Political Interference’ Amid Furor Over Funding Cuts, The Times of Israel
“More than 100 US universities and colleges, including Ivy League institutions Princeton and Brown, issued a joint letter on Tuesday condemning US President Donald Trump’s ‘political interference’ in the education system. […] The letter said the universities and colleges were committed to serving as centers where ‘faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation.’”
Harvard’s Jewish President, Suing Trump Administration, Says He Knows Antisemitism — and the Government’s Moves Have ‘Nothing To Do’ With Fighting It, The Forward
Louis Keene writes: “In its lawsuit, Harvard said Trump’s plan to pull funding for medical, scientific, technological, and other research ‘has nothing at all to do with antisemitism.’ More than 100 Jewish Harvard students have signed an open letter saying they are harmed by the funding cuts. Addressing antisemitism ‘effectively requires understanding, intention, and vigilance,’ Garber said. ‘Harvard takes that work seriously. We will continue to fight hate with the urgency it demands as we fully comply with our obligations under the law. That is not only our legal responsibility. It is our moral imperative.’”
Gaza’s Protest: Rights over Narratives, The Times of Israel
Israeli sociologist Yariv Mohar writes: “The protests against Hamas also shatter the destructive narrative prevalent in Israel and in many pro-Israel circles in the West, which holds that all Gazans are Hamas—or at least, that the vast majority are. Here we see masses of Gazans rising up against Hamas, and it is likely just the tip of the iceberg of those willing to risk their lives under Hamas’s brutal repression, with many more silently supporting them.”
Obamaworld Cheers Trump’s Diplomacy With Iran, Jewish Insider
J Street Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg said: “‘It’s hard not to take a jab at Donald Trump for walking away from the nuclear deal in the first place, because I think if we get to a deal it’ll probably be something pretty similar,’ […] ‘I have a lot of other things that I can disagree with him on, but if he wants to do the right thing here, I’ll support that.’”