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Four dead in massive Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv

10 injured, and residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, a medical facility and kindergarten heavily damaged in barrage

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Sept. 28: Day 723 – Trump’s 21-point Gaza plan, broken down

US bureau chief Jacob Magid reviews Netanyahu’s Friday speech at the UN General Assembly and reveals a draft of the US’s plan to end the...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who’s afraid of a Palestinian state?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who’s afraid of a Palestinian state?

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent on the ripple effects of a slew of countries recognizing a State of Palestine during this week of the United...

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Daily Briefing Sept. 23: Day 718 – They tried to kill us; we survived; let’s eat

For Rosh Hashanah, ToI’s culture editor Jessica Steinberg takes us to a newly thriving bakery in Kibbutz Be’eri, a whisky event in Tel...

23.09.2025 40

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Daily Briefing Sept. 22: Day 717 – IDF says half of Gaza City emptied as troops roll in

Daily Briefing Sept. 22: Day 717 – IDF says half of Gaza City emptied as troops roll in

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the expanding offensive against Hamas, bolstered IDF presence in the West Bank and a frustrated IDF accusing aid...

22.09.2025 40

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What Matters Now to Yossi Klein Halevi: Struggling to make moral sense of the Gaza war

What Matters Now to Yossi Klein Halevi: Struggling to make moral sense of the Gaza war

Hartman Institute senior fellow may not have the answers to the questions facing ‘the world’s most ethical army,’ but the discussion...

22.09.2025 60

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Sept. 21: Day 716 – ToI editor’s surreal 48 hours in Damascus

Daily Briefing Sept. 21: Day 716 – ToI editor’s surreal 48 hours in Damascus

Founding editor David Horovitz describes an unprecedented whirlwind reporting trip to Israel’s neighbor to the north — Syria

21.09.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: An Israel-Syria security pact in the Jewish New Year?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: An Israel-Syria security pact in the Jewish New Year?

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent on Israel’s hopes and fears surrounding a potential border agreement with its neighbor to the north, where...

19.09.2025 60

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What Matters Now to Daniel Gordis: The lonely man of Zionism

What Matters Now to Daniel Gordis: The lonely man of Zionism

The writer, scholar, rabbi and sometime activist speaks during this pre-holiday period about the need for the Diaspora to view the warts of the Jewish...

17.09.2025 40

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Daily Briefing Sept. 16: Day 711 – IDF’s ground operation in Gaza City begins

Daily Briefing Sept. 16: Day 711 – IDF’s ground operation in Gaza City begins

Biranit Goren, editor of ToI’s sister Hebrew site Zman Yisrael, updates us on the rollout of Gideon’s Chariot B and takes an in-depth dive...

16.09.2025 30

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Daily Briefing Sept. 15: Day 710 – Rubio reaffirms strong US relationship in Israel visit

Daily Briefing Sept. 15: Day 710 – Rubio reaffirms strong US relationship in Israel visit

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s public remarks during his trip to Israel in the wake of...

15.09.2025 40

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Daily Briefing Sept. 14: Day 709 – IDF paves the way for imminent Gaza City ground op

Daily Briefing Sept. 14: Day 709 – IDF paves the way for imminent Gaza City ground op

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian with new information on the IAF strike on Hamas in Doha, how the IDF takes down mid-rise towers in Gaza City,...

14.09.2025 30

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: After five years, are the Abraham Accords a success?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: After five years, are the Abraham Accords a success?

ToI’s diplomatic reporter talks about which countries joined the Trump-brokered agreements and which were on deck before the region shifted with...

12.09.2025 50

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Full transcript of September 11 Daily Briefing podcast: Did Trump know about the Doha strike?

Full transcript of September 11 Daily Briefing podcast: Did Trump know about the Doha strike?

Editor David Horovitz on the diplomatic ripple effects of Tuesday’s Doha attack, President Herzog’s tough meeting in London, and Israeli...

11.09.2025 10

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Canada closes doors to fans for tennis contest vs Israel, citing security issues

Canada closes doors to fans for tennis contest vs Israel, citing security issues

Tennis Canada says Davis Cup World Group competition in Halifax faced ‘escalating safety concerns,’ forcing what it called a ‘very...

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Daily Briefing Sept. 11: Day 706 – Did PM keep Trump in the dark over attack on Hamas in Qatar?

Daily Briefing Sept. 11: Day 706 – Did PM keep Trump in the dark over attack on Hamas in Qatar?

Editor David Horovitz on the diplomatic ripple effects of Tuesday’s Doha attack, President Herzog’s tough meeting in London, and Israeli...

11.09.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Did Israel ‘break the rules’ in Qatar strike?

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Did Israel ‘break the rules’ in Qatar strike?

ToI’s senior analyst gets philosophical about whether Israel may have lost all remaining diplomatic goodwill over an assassination attempt of...

11.09.2025 60

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Full transcript of September 10 Daily Briefing podcast: Fallout from Doha attack

Full transcript of September 10 Daily Briefing podcast: Fallout from Doha attack

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian briefs us on the strike, updates us on the war in Gaza; diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on the attack’s...

11.09.2025 60

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Sept. 10: Day 705 – Fallout from bold attack on Hamas leadership in Doha

Daily Briefing Sept. 10: Day 705 – Fallout from bold attack on Hamas leadership in Doha

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian briefs us on the strike, updates us on the war in Gaza; diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on the attack’s...

10.09.2025 10

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Sept. 7: Day 702 – Genocide claims based on false data, Israeli academics allege

Daily Briefing Sept. 7: Day 702 – Genocide claims based on false data, Israeli academics allege

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on a multidisciplinary report dispelling claims of genocidal intent, the legality of turning back Greta Thunberg, and a...

07.09.2025 30

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Daily Briefing Sept. 4: Day 699 – In Abu Dhabi, UAE tells ToI annexation is a ‘red line’

US bureau chief Jacob Magid, in Israel after intensive reporting in UAE and Qatar, updates us on hostage release negotiations and the curious Biden...

04.09.2025 50

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Sept. 3: Day 698 – Israel weighs annexation as countries call for Palestinian state

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on the status of ceasefire negotiations, Belgium’s readiness to recognize Palestine and the...

03.09.2025 30

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Friday Focus with Yossi Klein Halevi: Worse than Disengagement is a one-state ‘dissolution’

Hartman Institute senior fellow explains how 20 years ago, after failed promises of security from the right and of peace from the left, Israelis were...

29.08.2025 50

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What Matters Now to legal expert Menachem Rosensaft: Israel is not committing genocide

The Columbia and Cornell law prof delves into the precise definition of genocide and its history, but warns that there may be a case that the Jewish...

26.08.2025 10

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Daily Briefing Aug. 25: Day 689 – Tanks spotted inside Gaza City ahead of planned op

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on a new IAF strike on Yemen, an unscripted moment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and allegations of IDF...

25.08.2025 30

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Daily Briefing Aug. 24: Day 688 – Why both sides call E1 the end of the two-state solution

Legal and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon delves into the controversy surrounding the newly approved West Bank project and breaks down a new UN...

24.08.2025 30

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Friday Focus with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Disengagement through the eyes of a Gazan

Staunch anti-Hamas critic laments missed opportunity for a thriving independent Palestinian land that was usurped by the nihilistic mission of the...

22.08.2025 60

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Daily Briefing Aug. 21: Day 685 – The surreal timing of nations’ recognition of Palestine

Editor David Horovitz on domestic and global backlash – and backing – drawn by both a partial deal and a Gaza City op. Plus, why Israelis...

21.08.2025 50

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Daily Briefing Aug. 20: Day 684 – As 60,000 reservists called up, Haredim step up war on draft

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian breaks down IDF plan to take Gaza City; political correspondent Sam Sokol on increase to war budget and planned...

20.08.2025 40

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What Matters Now to Dennis Ross: There is a deal to be made to end the Gaza war

Former US negotiator and point man for the peace process — for Democrats and Republicans — analyzes the current stalemate and recalls...

19.08.2025 10

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Daily Briefing Aug. 19: Day 683 – Hamas says it accepts partial deal. How will Israel respond?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the potential break of a stalemate in hostage release-ceasefire negotiations, a reboot to humanitarian aid, and who was...

19.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Hamas received Gaza truce proposal, Palestinian official confirms, as Egypt talks intensify

Official says plan would see 60-day ceasefire, hostage release in two phases; Qatari PM reportedly traveling to Egypt to meet with Hamas...

18.08.2025 30

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Aug. 18: Day 682 – IDF approves plan to take over Gaza City

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the Navy playing tit-for-tat with the Houthis and the IDF’s weeklong offer of a get-out-of-jail-free...

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Daily Briefing Aug. 17: Day 681 – Can mass strike for hostages restart release talks?

Political reporter Tal Schneider on a day of protests across Israel as PM Netanyahu doubles down on all-or-nothing offer to Hamas, plus Denmark...

17.08.2025 30

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Friday Focus with Anita Tucker: A former Gush Katif resident yearns to go home

20 years ago, the Brooklyn native was forcibly pulled out of her home in Nezer Hazani, a settlement she cofounded with the blessing of prime minister...

15.08.2025 60

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Daily Briefing Aug. 14: Day 678 – Surrealism — or censorship — at Toronto film fest?

ToI editor David Horovitz on widening gap between Israel and Europe, a public spat among Israel’s war leadership, and highlights from an...

14.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

What Matters Now to Prof. Dan Turner: Treating our enemies humanely makes us human

Senior pediatric gastroenterologist and human rights activist weighs in on horrific images of malnourished children in Gaza and why their underlying...

14.08.2025 8

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Daily Briefing Aug. 12: Day 676 – IDF lays out projected timeline for capture of Gaza City

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on IDF claims that a prominent Al Jazeera journalist was on the Hamas payroll and scathing rebuttal of...

12.08.2025 40

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Daily Briefing Aug. 10: Day 674 – What would Israel’s legal duties be in a Gaza City takeover?

Legal and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on the Jewish state’s obligations were it to occupy the city in the northwest of Gaza, and the...

10.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Friday Focus with Micah Goodman: 20 years to Disengagement as Israel is set to occupy Gaza

The author and public intellectual takes us back in time to unravel what led the ‘father of settlements’ Ariel Sharon to pull out from...

08.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Aug. 6: Day 670 – Inside the final 25% of Gaza the IDF doesn’t control

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on the Strip as it stands now — where civilians and fighters are, and how much aid is needed —...

06.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: When Temple Mount prayer is a call to settle Gaza

ToI’s senior analyst on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s prayer-leading on Tisha B’Av, why World War III didn’t...

06.08.2025 50

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Aug. 5: Day 669 – Is Israel about to conquer the entire Gaza Strip?

Editor David Horovitz on the vote to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the ousting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head...

05.08.2025 40

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Aug. 4: Day 668 – After Witkoff tours Gaza, Trump repeats there’s no genocide

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on reactions to Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s prayer-leading on the Temple Mount; ToI hears from Gazans of daily peril...

04.08.2025 30

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing Aug. 3: Day 667 – Hezbollah may soon be ready to disarm, claims IDF

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reports on new terrorist propaganda videos of emaciated hostages in Gaza, defeat of Hamas’s Beit Hanoun...

03.08.2025 30

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What Matters Now to Daniel Taub: Still mourning, Israel is not ripe to talk peace – yet

Ahead of a second wartime Tisha B’Av holiday, the author speaks about a new path for dialog in his book, ‘Beyond Dispute: Rediscovering...

30.07.2025 40

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Daily Briefing July 30: Day 663 – Et tu, Britain? UK on the brink of recognizing Palestine

Political reporter Tal Schneider and diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on England’s potential declaration in September in the context of a...

30.07.2025 40

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Ex-hostage: ‘When there’s less food, there’s also less for the hostages’ in Gaza

Iair Horn, who is still fighting for his brother Eitan’s freedom, says, ‘My life is frozen right now. I live in a nightmare that every day...

28.07.2025 30

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Daily Briefing July 28: Day 661 – Flood, not famine: Can Israel shift its Gaza aid strategy?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on scrutiny of humanitarian efforts in the Strip, the ripple effects of France’s intended declaration of a...

28.07.2025 30

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Daily Briefing July 27: Day 660 – Israel does a 180 and begins aid airdrops into Gaza

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on new humanitarian efforts in the Strip, a visit to Gaza City. and the new Freedom Flotilla ship stopped off...

27.07.2025 30

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