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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

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

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...

26.06.2025 30

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

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...

25.06.2025 30

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Daily Briefing June 24: Day 627 – Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire. Will it stick?

Daily Briefing June 24: Day 627 – Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire. Will it stick?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on the US president’s overnight announcement, what it means that Iran has kept firing, and the symbolic nature...

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Daily Briefing June 22: Day 625 – US joins the Israel-Iran war, ‘obliterating’ 3 nuclear sites

Daily Briefing June 22: Day 625 – US joins the Israel-Iran war, ‘obliterating’ 3 nuclear sites

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid on overnight strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump’s statements, Democrat...

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Daily Briefing June 21: Day 624 – IDF head cautions no quick win in ongoing Israel-Iran war

Daily Briefing June 21: Day 624 – IDF head cautions no quick win in ongoing Israel-Iran war

Over a week into the conflict, military reporter Emanuel Fabian on overnight success, the IDF chief’s warning Israel must brace for a prolonged...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: How Israel stopped the bomb in 1981 and 2007

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: How Israel stopped the bomb in 1981 and 2007

ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into two previous operations in which Israel preemptively struck budding nuclear weapons programs — in...

20.06.2025 60

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Putin eyes role as Israel-Iran peacemaker to boost wilted Mideast influence

Putin eyes role as Israel-Iran peacemaker to boost wilted Mideast influence

Analyst says Moscow does not want regime change in Tehran after having lost its ally Assad in Syria, and its close ties with Islamic Republic...

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Daily Briefing June 18: Day 621 – How warfare is being rewritten in the skies of Tehran

Daily Briefing June 18: Day 621 – How warfare is being rewritten in the skies of Tehran

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on how Israel’s tech tweaks and integration of intelligence and IDF prowess have shifted military thinking in...

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Daily Briefing June 17: Day 620 – Israel rules Tehran skies. Is greater turbulence on the horizon?

Daily Briefing June 17: Day 620 – Israel rules Tehran skies. Is greater turbulence on the horizon?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on new hope for a ceasefire in Gaza, what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says about Israel’s war goals, and...

17.06.2025 40

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Daily Briefing June 15: Day 618 – How involved is the US in the Israel-Iran war – so far?

Daily Briefing June 15: Day 618 – How involved is the US in the Israel-Iran war – so far?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on the progress of the ongoing aerial conflict, a daring Mossad mission, and how Israel is going it alone in...

15.06.2025 30

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The existential Israel-Iran War

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The existential Israel-Iran War

ToI’s senior analyst weighs in on the prime minister’s courage for taking on Iran before it achieves a nuclear bomb and his hope that the Iranian...

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Daily Briefing June 13: Day 616 – Israel strikes Iran to thwart ‘imminent’ nuclear bomb

Daily Briefing June 13: Day 616 – Israel strikes Iran to thwart ‘imminent’ nuclear bomb

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman update us on the overnight attacks and weigh in on this unprecedented preemptive...

13.06.2025 40

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Has Israel finally ignited a counterinsurgency in Gaza?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Has Israel finally ignited a counterinsurgency in Gaza?

ToI’s diplomatic reporter on Israel’s arming of the southern Gaza criminal gang headed by Yasser Abu Shabab, a former drug smuggler turned...

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At least 3 killed, 10 hurt in blast at Iranian petrochemical facility

Authorities say toll likely to rise, as thick black smoke and flames seen engulfing Bushehr site; incident comes 2 months after explosion killed at...

11.06.2025 50

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Daily Briefing June 11: Day 614 – 1st IDF naval strike on Yemen leaves Houthis undeterred

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the war in Gaza; political reporter Tal Schneider on a potentially pivotal day in the Knesset, nations’...

11.06.2025 50

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What Matters Now to Rabbi Noa Sattath: Global LGBTQ+ support for Hamas

For Pride Month, head of Association for Civil Rights in Israel reflects on the roll out of gay rights in Israel and the role the community can play...

11.06.2025 20

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Daily Briefing June 8: Day 611 – Booby traps, not combat: IDF’s most lethal Gaza challenge

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the shifting face of the fighting on the ground in Gaza, the recovery of slain hostages’ bodies, and the...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: 10 truths about the Gaza war, 20 months in

Just back from reserve duty, ToI’s diplomatic reporter weighs in on the progress of the war and the tough questions Israel needs to be asking

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Daily Briefing June 5: Day 608 – US and Israel against the world at the UN

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on hostage release-ceasefire talks, another day’s pause by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and the decision to block...

05.06.2025 60

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What Matters Now to David Horovitz: Shedding light on war when the facts are dim

ToI’s founding editor weighs in on the increasing challenges of objectively reporting what’s happening on the ground in Gaza within the...

04.06.2025 80

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Daily Briefing June 3: Day 606 – Anti-Israel extremist hits 12 in Colorado with DIY flamethrower

NY correspondent Luke Tress updates us on the investigation into Mohammed Soliman, who on Sunday launched a violent attack on a march in support of...

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Daily Briefing June 1: Day 604 – IDF moves one step closer to Jewish (state) space lasers

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the war in Gaza, murky reporting surrounding the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid efforts, and the IDF’s...

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Friday Focus with AJC head Ted Deutch: Calls for ‘intifada’ don’t bring social justice

After a young couple was murdered in an antisemitic attack outside a American Jewish Committee event, its CEO denounces unchecked inflammatory...

30.05.2025 40

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Daily Briefing May 29: Day 601 – Why Witkoff has a ‘good feeling’ about hostage negotiations

US bureau chief Jacob Magid explains the war of narratives over Gaza humanitarian aid, the UAE’s rebuke of Israel, and how Trump told Netanyahu...

29.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 28: Day 600 – A guided tour of the IDF’s war of 7 fronts

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the conflicts in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, and the lessons learned on...

28.05.2025 30

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What Matters Now to Prof. Elie Podeh: When the IDF disengaged from Gaza, 20 years ago

With the IDF on the brink of recapturing the Strip, Podeh discusses the events that led up to Israel’s unilateral decision in 2005 to pull out —...

28.05.2025 40

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Daily Briefing May 26: Day 598 – How the IDF plans to seize 75% of Gaza in 2 months

With Gazan population centers increasingly ordered evacuated, military reporter Emanuel Fabian details the IDF’s strategic shift to occupying...

26.05.2025 30

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Friday Focus with Sam Sokol: Why Haredim see themselves as warriors

ToI’s political correspondent delves into the ethos of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community and their battle against serving in the military

23.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 21: Day 593 – The ‘Rafah model’: IDF’s new operational plan for Gaza

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian describes the multilayer approach being taken by the military in Operation Gideon’s Chariots to eradicate Hamas...

21.05.2025 30

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: What did Trump mean when he said…

To understand the US vision for the Mideast, ToI’s senior analyst takes a deep look at President Donald Trump’s address to the Saudi-US...

21.05.2025 10

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Daily Briefing May 20: Day 592 – Fury as politician claims Israel kills Gazan babies ‘as a hobby’

Editor David Horovitz on world condemnation of Israel as the Gaza war ramps up and humanitarian aid enters the Strip slowly, and on domestic...

20.05.2025 20

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Daily Briefing May 19: Day 591 – PM orders immediate Gaza aid as talks falter

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on what hostage release-ceasefire proposals are on the table and where things stand with them, while the IDF ramps up...

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Daily Briefing May 18: Day 590 – New day rises? IDF launches massive Gaza op

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the slow rollout of Gideon’s Chariots as ceasefire negotiations are ongoing in Doha, IAF strikes on Yemen...

18.05.2025 30

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Friday Focus with Tal Schneider: The IDF’s women warriors

Even as some 70,000 ultra-Orthodox young men attempt to evade the draft, new IDF figures show that women now make up over 20% of troops in fighting...

16.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 15: Day 587 – Trump embraces his ‘strongest’ Mideast partner. It’s not Israel

Editor David Horovitz on the US president’s deal-making trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE; his meet-up with the new Syrian leader and the...

15.05.2025 6

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What Matters Now to Eurovision mega-fan Tal Dahan: Politics, protests and camp in Basel

With an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Eurovision Song Contest, Dahan is onsite to support Israel’s contestant Yuval Raphael — and report back to...

15.05.2025 40

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Daily Briefing May 14: Day 586 – Famine in Gaza? UN-linked group admits data not strong

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report claiming famine looms; Amy Spiro on 60 years of...

14.05.2025 20

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Daily Briefing May 13: Day 585 – Caged and tortured in Gaza, Edan Alexander returns home

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the final living US-Israeli hostage’s release, the war right now in Gaza and a daring mission to recover remains...

13.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 12: Day 584 – Backstory behind US hostage Edan Alexander’s release

US bureau chief Jacob Magid updates us on moves leading to Hamas’s promised release of the captive lone soldier and previews what we may expect from...

12.05.2025 10

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Daily Briefing May 11: Day 583 – Is coalition really in danger over Haredi draft bill?

Political reporter Sam Sokol on Haredi parties’ dilemma as public loses patience with lack of enlistment; reporter Sue Surkes on two initiatives to...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman – ‘Forever war’ in Gaza: Past, present & potential future

As Israel appears to be standing at a crossroads in the conflict, ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into its rollout, pauses, surprises and successes

09.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 8: Day 580 – IDF poised to begin phase two of its plan to defeat Hamas

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on IDF airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon, attacks on soldiers in the West Bank, and one way to fill a shortfall of...

08.05.2025 20

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What Matters Now to bereaved mother Elana Kaminka: End the Gaza ‘forever war’

Peace activist tirelessly promotes dialog between Israelis and Palestinians — and protests the Netanyahu government, which she holds accountable for...

08.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 5: Day 577 – IDF prepares to conquer and occupy Gaza

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on IDF Gaza plan adopted by the cabinet, failures leading to Sunday’s Houthi ballistic missile impact, and the IDF...

05.05.2025 20

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Daily Briefing May 4: Day 576 – Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion Airport

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on IDF operations in Gaza and Syria; environment reporter Sue Surkes on the rampaging wildfires last week and why we...

04.05.2025 30

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After spat with firebrand Shai Davidai, Betar USA founder banned from Zionist Congress

ZOA Coalition rules that Ronn Torossian can no longer run with joint slate for upcoming elections after being accused of blackmailing, harassing...

02.05.2025 40

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Genesis of Israel’s hostage policy

ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into Israel’s long history of hostage release negotiations and how the price per captive has become increasingly...

02.05.2025 30

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Daily Briefing May 1: Day 573 – Ben-Gurion’s anguish upon the founding of Israel

In a special Independence Day episode, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur takes us back to the first prime minister’s conflicted emotions as the...

01.05.2025 10

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