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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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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?

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...

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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...

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

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 —...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Why Israel is misfiring in ties with Christians

ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into the overdue need for official Israel to set up an office — or even a ministry — to secure ties...

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Daily Briefing July 23: Day 656 – MKs, activists form action plan to undo 2005 Gaza pullout

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon and Knesset reporter Ariela Karmel on trending support for annexation in the halls of the Knesset, potential lawfare...

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What Matters Now to Dan Ben-David: Israel’s moment of truth is here

The prominent economist lays out his vision for Israel 2.0 and the four cornerstones needed to get there. The catch? The growing Haredi population...

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Daily Briefing July 22: Day 655 – 28 nations call for end of Gaza war; Israel unfazed

Editor David Horovitz on a scathing letter from Western nations over Gazans’ suffering, the need for independent journalism inside the Strip,...

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Daily Briefing July 20: Day 653 – IDF poised to enter untouched Hamas stronghold

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on military operations on the ground in Gaza, an accidental tank misfire on a Catholic church, and how the IDF has...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who are the Druze and why is Israel protecting them?

ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into the secretive religion and why, in championing the underdog minority, Israel may be playing the long game...

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Daily Briefing July 15: Day 648 – Dramatic day at Knesset leaves democracy intact – for now

Political correspondents Tal Schneider and Sam Sokol weigh in on the stability of the coalition, the attempted firing of MK Ayman Odeh and a...

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Daily Briefing July 14: Day 647 – IDF seizes astronomical cache of Assad-regime weapons

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian weighs in on accidental airstrike on Gaza water delivery site, IDF backlash to ‘humanitarian city’ plan, and...

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Daily Briefing July 13: Day 646 – With hostage talks at a standstill, who is to blame?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s whirlwind DC tour and extremist settler violence that allegedly left two Palestinians dead...

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Daily Briefing July 10: Day 643 – IDF executes ground ops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian delves into the current status of fighting inside the Strip and in the north and a pair of deadly incidents that saw...

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What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Israel may soon remake the region

After 21 months of war against Hamas, the public intellectual and author weighs in on how the 12-day Israel-Iran war is rewriting the script for...

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Daily Briefing July 8: Day 641 – In DC, official says Israel may temporarily govern Strip

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid break down remarks made before a dinner between the PM and US president, and by a...

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Daily Briefing July 6: Day 639 – Hamas isn’t budging. So why the optimism for a deal?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman, about to take off for DC with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, weighs in on the expectations for a huge...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman and guest John Spencer: Is the IDF winning in Gaza?

ToI’s diplomatic reporter is joined by an expert in urban warfare to debate the success of the past almost 21 months of battle in the Strip

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: When Israeli extremists go to war – against Israel

ToI’s senior analyst on the Labor Party-roots of early settlements and how the post-1967 vision of security and returning to the Land of Israel has...

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Daily Briefing July 1: Day 634 – Could Syria be next in joining the Abraham Accords?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on goals of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming DC trip and the Trump administration’s push for a domino-effect...

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Daily Briefing June 30: Day 633 – Rioting settlers torch IDF facility meant to protect them

Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon and political reporter Tal Schneider on rising settler violence against the IDF in the West Bank, why the PM was...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: 12-day Israel-Iran war’s aftershocks for Russia and China

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent delves into how the war has shifted approaches and positions for Russia, China, Turkey and the big fish — Saudi Arabia

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Daily Briefing June 26: Day 629 – Bromance blossoms as Trump sticks up for his friend Bibi

US bureau chief Jacob Magid weighs in on renewed nuclear talks on an Iranian program that the US claims was ‘obliterated’ and increased chaos in...

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Daily Briefing June 25: Day 628 – For Iranian regime, does survival equal victory?

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur sifts through the debris of war to discern whether Israel and the US met their goals and why Iranians didn’t...

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