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Daily Briefing Mar. 18: Day 529 – With US backing, Israel ends ceasefire in Gaza

Daily Briefing Mar. 18: Day 529 – With US backing, Israel ends ceasefire in Gaza

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on the overnight IAF strikes on the Gaza Strip after hostage talks stalled, potential preparation for a larger ground...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 17: Day 528 – What happens to security if the PM fires the Shin Bet head?

Daily Briefing Mar. 17: Day 528 – What happens to security if the PM fires the Shin Bet head?

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian gives a lightning tour of the conflicts along all of Israel’s borders and drills into the announced dismissal...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 15: Day 526 – Micah Goodman on what Israel can trust about Hamas

Daily Briefing Mar. 15: Day 526 – Micah Goodman on what Israel can trust about Hamas

Bestselling author analyzes this moment of uncertainty — continued war or ‘permanent’ ceasefire — as 24 living hostages still languish in Gaza

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Daily Briefing Mar. 14: Day 525 – With Hamas immovable, extended ceasefire prospects dim

Daily Briefing Mar. 14: Day 525 – With Hamas immovable, extended ceasefire prospects dim

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on a new proposal from US Mideast envoy Witkoff and why the Palestinian Authority may turn away from a two-state solution....

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Dramatic saga of the temporary Israel-Iran alliance

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Dramatic saga of the temporary Israel-Iran alliance

ToI’s diplomatic reporter talks about the complex historical ties between the two peoples — and why Israel was arming Iran after the Islamic...

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What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: What Israel can trust about Hamas

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: What Israel can trust about Hamas

Bestselling author analyzes this moment of uncertainty — continued war or ‘permanent’ ceasefire — as 24 living hostages still languish in Gaza

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Daily Briefing Mar. 12: Day 523 – Columbia anti-Israel activist’s arrest makes US Jews uneasy

Daily Briefing Mar. 12: Day 523 – Columbia anti-Israel activist’s arrest makes US Jews uneasy

NY reporters Luke Tress and Cathryn Prince delve into 17 months of campus protests and why the detention and threatened deportation of a ringleader is...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 11: Day 522 – Gaza talks proceed as Israel smarts from US-Hamas meetups

Daily Briefing Mar. 11: Day 522 – Gaza talks proceed as Israel smarts from US-Hamas meetups

As all sides meet in Qatar, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman unravels the tangled web of direct — and/or indirect? — negotiations that may lead to...

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Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises this week

Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises this week

Drills in northern Indian Ocean meant to boost cooperation between the three countries; South Africa, UAE, Qatar and Pakistan among countries to send...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 9: Day 520 – As Gaza ceasefire reaches day 50, no sign of IDF pullout

Daily Briefing Mar. 9: Day 520 – As Gaza ceasefire reaches day 50, no sign of IDF pullout

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on where the IDF is operating within the Strip and IDF strikes on Syria and Lebanon. Plus, for Women’s...

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340 civilians killed in clashes between Syrian regime and pro-Assad forces, says watchdog

340 civilians killed in clashes between Syrian regime and pro-Assad forces, says watchdog

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights describes killings of Alawites as ‘executions’ accompanied by looting; women and children among victims

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Daily Briefing Mar. 8: Day 519 – Haviv Rettig Gur on Egypt’s ‘silly’ plan for postwar Gaza

Daily Briefing Mar. 8: Day 519 – Haviv Rettig Gur on Egypt’s ‘silly’ plan for postwar Gaza

ToI’s senior analyst dissects the Arab leaders’ endorsement of a $53 billion Gaza plan that neither demilitarizes Hamas nor brings any security...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 7: Day 518 – Witkoff encourages Hamas to release US citizen as ‘goodwill’

Daily Briefing Mar. 7: Day 518 – Witkoff encourages Hamas to release US citizen as ‘goodwill’

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the unveiled direct negotiations between the White House and Hamas and how they may reshape the mediated ceasefire...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: During Gaza War, cold peace with Egypt gets frostier

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: During Gaza War, cold peace with Egypt gets frostier

ToI’s diplomatic reporter on a history of conflict that evolved into a March 1979 peace accord, Egypt’s role as mediator and whether, if pressed,...

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Egypt’s farcical plan for postwar Gaza

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Egypt’s farcical plan for postwar Gaza

ToI’s senior analyst dissects the Arab leaders’ endorsement of a $53 billion Gaza plan that neither demilitarizes Hamas nor brings any security...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 6: Day 517 – Who will man the attorney general’s firing squad?

Daily Briefing Mar. 6: Day 517 – Who will man the attorney general’s firing squad?

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on the almost unprecedented steps taken to remove a legal thorn in the side of the coalition as it attempts to rebalance...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 4: Day 515 – Devastating IDF Oct. 7 probes depict years of misconceptions

Daily Briefing Mar. 4: Day 515 – Devastating IDF Oct. 7 probes depict years of misconceptions

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian delves deep into the IDF’s findings of real-time failures and a culture of intelligence ‘superiority’ that saw...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 2: Day 513 – Israel cites a Trump game plan but Hamas won’t play ball

Daily Briefing Mar. 2: Day 513 – Israel cites a Trump game plan but Hamas won’t play ball

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on a new proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire, IDF coming to defense of Syria’s Druze, and whether Israel...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 1: Day 512 – All that is Jewish and controversial at the Oscars

Daily Briefing Mar. 1: Day 512 – All that is Jewish and controversial at the Oscars

ToI’s New York-based Hollywood maven Jordan Hoffman weighs in on this year’s Jewish Academy Awards scuttlebutt — and whether Israel will be on...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 28: Day 511 – As phase 1 ends, can Cairo talks get more hostages out?

Daily Briefing Feb. 28: Day 511 – As phase 1 ends, can Cairo talks get more hostages out?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman with yesterday’s bus stop attack, first takeaways from the IDF’s Oct. 7 probes and renewed ceasefire...

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Friday Focus: Negotiating with terrorists, again

Friday Focus: Negotiating with terrorists, again

As phase 1 of hostage release deal ends, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews the timeline of negotiations since Oct. 7, 2023, and weighs in on...

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What Matters Now to critic Jordan Hoffman: 5 films for Jews to follow at the Oscars

What Matters Now to critic Jordan Hoffman: 5 films for Jews to follow at the Oscars

ToI’s New York-based Hollywood maven weighs in on this year’s Jewish Academy Awards scuttlebutt — and whether Israel will be on the main stage again

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Daily Briefing Feb. 26: Day 509 – Bibas family buried as Hamas to release 4 hostages’ remains

Daily Briefing Feb. 26: Day 509 – Bibas family buried as Hamas to release 4 hostages’ remains

Reporters Lazar Berman, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes on a potential reset of ceasefire talks, MK Yair Lapid’s Gaza day-after dream and a 5-year-old...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 24: Day 507 – Tanks in the West Bank and IAF buzzes Nasrallah funeral

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman updates us on possibility of a longer phase one hostage release, what Germany’s election results mean for Israel...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 23: Day 506 – Torture, isolation: What 6 freed hostages endured

Editor David Horovitz on what we’re learning of horrific conditions faced by men released yesterday and delay of handover of Palestinian...

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Suspect in Berlin stabbing is Syrian who wanted to ‘kill Jews,’ police say

19-year-old asylum seeker stabbed 30-year-old Spanish man in the neck near Berlin Holocaust memorial; police find suspect with bloody hands and Quran

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Daily Briefing Feb. 22: Day 505 – 6 gaunt hostages released by Hamas, 2 after a decade

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the identification of the true remains of Shiri Bibas, describes the return of six men from Gaza and...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 21: Day 504 – Where is Shiri Bibas?

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman updates us on the identification process of the 4 bodies handed over by Hamas yesterday and mass bus bombing...

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Friday Focus: After 3 years of Ukraine War, should anyone care?

Three years since its launch, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia appears to be winding down – if US President Donald Trump has his way....

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Daily Briefing Feb. 20: Day 503 – In grotesque ‘ceremony,’ Hamas hands over 4 coffins

As process of identifying the received remains goes on, editor David Horovitz speaks to this terrible moment for an Israel that long feared the worst...

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Why is Israel handing Gaza back to Hamas?

Ahead of a terrible day for Israel as Hamas returns bodies of hostages taken on Oct. 7, ToI’s senior analyst puzzles out why Netanyahu seems to be...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 18: Day 501 – IDF withdraws to a possible ‘buffer zone’ on Lebanon border

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on south Lebanon as deadline arrives for Israel’s withdrawal, and on developments in Gaza as IDF...

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Daily Briefing Feb.15: Day 498 – 3 freed hostages find new baby, murdered dad, captive brother

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on today’s hostage releases, the status of the ceasefire with Lebanon and the ongoing...

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Daily Briefing Feb.14: Day 497 – Decoding Trump’s foreign policy

In this week’s Friday Focus, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman digs into the new US president’s toolbox as Trump appears to increasingly ‘Speak...

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Friday Focus: Decoding Trump’s foreign policy

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman digs into the new US president’s toolbox as Trump appears to ‘Speak brashly and carry a big stick’

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Trump’s Gaza plan is a warning

ToI’s senior analyst delves into the US president’s bombshell proposal to resettle the residents of Gaza and the potential history behind it

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Daily Briefing Feb. 8: Day 491 – Emaciated, 3 released hostages to now learn families’ fates

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the three Israeli civilian men’s release this morning, ongoing IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, West...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 4: Day 487 – Annexation? Saudi normalization? What’s on the table in DC

Editor David Horovitz on Israeli anticipation surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing visit to the US capital and the restart of...

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Iran unveils new ballistic missile that can reach Israel

President Pezeshkian attends unveiling of ‘Etemad,’ which has a maximum range of 1,700 kilometers, says it ‘aims to ensure that no country dares...

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Oscar-nominated actress apologizes for tweets praising Hitler, denigrating Muslims

Karla Sofía Gascon, star of ‘Emilia Pérez,’ deletes X account, says ‘I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain’; in 2019, she tweeted...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 2: Day 485 – Pulling out of Gaza, IDF trains its sights on West Bank

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on counter-terrorism operation in Jenin, IDF troops under fire in Syrian buffer zone, newly named IDF head Eyal...

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Trump speaks with Egypt’s Sissi after repeatedly floating idea to relocate Gazans

US, Eyptian readouts of call make no mention of proposal, after Arab foreign ministers convene in Cairo to reject any effort to ‘vacate’ Strip

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Daily Briefing Feb. 1: Day 484 – 2 freed men were hugged by their kids; Yarden Bibas was not

Editor David Horovitz on a tumultuous day of Gaza hostage releases that sees the nation united in support of a family that may never be the same

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Death penalty for terrorists?

In the context of the release of convicted Palestinian mass murderers, ToI’s senior analyst delves into the charged issue of capital punishment and...

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Iran says foreign minister in Qatar to meet Hamas leaders

Abbas Araghchi’s office says he’ll ‘hail victory of Palestinian people’ over Israel with ‘legendary resistance’ during Gaza war

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Daily Briefing Jan. 30: Day 482 – Hamas theatrics and utter bedlam as 8 hostages freed

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on today’s release of Agam Berger, carefully staged by Hamas, and the chaotic handover of civilians Arbel Yehoud,...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 28: Day 480 – Quagmire in judicial branch as justice minister flexes

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon updates us on PM Netanyahu’s testimony in his corruption trial and weighs in on Justice Minister Levin’s stated...

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Israel national archive opens online access to 380,000 pages of Eichmann trial documents

Trove of scanned paperwork include prosecutors’ correspondence with Ben-Gurion, original testimonies including from writer Yehiel Dinur who met Nazi...

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What Matters Now to Yad Vashem head Dani Dayan: What to do when ‘friends’ disappoint

The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center takes a stand against rampant antisemitism and Holocaust denial and the tide change occurring...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 26: Day 478 – Hamas violates Gaza ceasefire; Lebanon truce expires

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and reporter Amy Spiro with updates on the status of the mediated deals in Gaza and Lebanon. Plus: Israel’s...

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