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Amanda Borschel-Dan

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Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum

Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum

Prosecutor says one man was stopped as he was about to board plane out of country, media puts number of detainees at two

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Houthis release Ethiopian-Yemeni model after five years in prison

Houthis release Ethiopian-Yemeni model after five years in prison

Entisar al-Hammadi was sentenced on charges of prostitution, drug abuse, fornication, which her lawyer and rights groups say were false

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Daily Briefing Oct. 26: Day 751 – Egyptians enter Gaza as US drones fly above Strip

Daily Briefing Oct. 26: Day 751 – Egyptians enter Gaza as US drones fly above Strip

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on current efforts to return deceased hostages, the status of IDF deployment in Gaza, IAF strikes in Lebanon and...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Does Israel rely on the US to end its wars?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Does Israel rely on the US to end its wars?

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent brings examples of other Israeli wars ended by the US in a week in which MKs voted to annex the West Bank —...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 740 – Moving reunions, renewed rallies to bring hostages home now

Daily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 740 – Moving reunions, renewed rallies to bring hostages home now

Culture editor Jessica Steinberg relates anecdotes shared by families and friends of released hostages upon their return even as the fight continues...

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What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: End of Gaza war heralds a tectonic shift in Israel

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: End of Gaza war heralds a tectonic shift in Israel

The author and public intellectual places the end of the Hamas war into the timeline of the Jewish state and posits that we’re on brink of the...

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Israeli gymnasts remain excluded from world championship after court rejects request

Israeli gymnasts remain excluded from world championship after court rejects request

Top sports court turns down Israeli appeal to ‘guarantee its participation’ in Indonesia on Oct. 19; world federation says it has no...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 14: Day 739 – Hamas withholds dead hostages, dampening joy of returned living

Daily Briefing Oct. 14: Day 739 – Hamas withholds dead hostages, dampening joy of returned living

ToI editor David Horovitz describes Israelis’ dueling jubilation and despair as US President Trump insists the Gaza war has ended —...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 13: Day 738 – Emotional split screen as 20 hostages return home, Trump visits

Daily Briefing Oct. 13: Day 738 – Emotional split screen as 20 hostages return home, Trump visits

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian describes the return of the final living hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza and what their status is

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Daily Briefing Oct. 12: Day 737 – As Gaza ceasefire holds, did Israel agree to end the war?

Daily Briefing Oct. 12: Day 737 – As Gaza ceasefire holds, did Israel agree to end the war?

Political correspondent Tal Schneider explains what the Netanyahu cabinet ratified; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on significant strikes in...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 10: Day 735 – IDF begins drawback as clock ticks to hostages’ release

Daily Briefing Oct. 10: Day 735 – IDF begins drawback as clock ticks to hostages’ release

US bureau chief Jacob Magid gives a brief update on the overnight vote to implement the Trump peace plan, followed by a full episode of the Friday...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel’s Hamas problem solved?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel’s Hamas problem solved?

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent lays out the pressures on the terrorist group that brought it to agree to releasing the hostages and how Israel...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 9: Day 734 – Joy as Trump announces all hostages to be freed ‘very soon’

Daily Briefing Oct. 9: Day 734 – Joy as Trump announces all hostages to be freed ‘very soon’

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on what happened behind the scenes at the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations that led to all sides agreeing to the ‘first...

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s next front is its own fractures

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s next front is its own fractures

ToI’s senior analyst addresses a sobering new study by Agam Labs and Hebrew University that reveals a pessimistic shift in Israeli public...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 7: Day 732 – Spotlight on ToI’s Those We Have Lost Project

Daily Briefing Oct. 7: Day 732 – Spotlight on ToI’s Those We Have Lost Project

News editor Amy Spiro highlights eight immigrants to Israel from among the 1,250 individuals included in the Losts project who were killed on October...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 6: Day 731 – Could Hamas demands tank the Trump peace plan?

Daily Briefing Oct. 6: Day 731 – Could Hamas demands tank the Trump peace plan?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman lays out potential points of conflict ahead of Monday’s talks in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh and updates us...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 5: Day 730 – Cautious optimism for Trump plan ahead of Cairo talks

Daily Briefing Oct. 5: Day 730 – Cautious optimism for Trump plan ahead of Cairo talks

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Hamas’s response to the 20-point US plan that has led to delegations committing to talks on Monday and...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 2: Day 727 – Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted in complex Yom Kippur op

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on an IDF officer wounded in a shooting in the Gaza Strip and a rare five-missile rocket barrage on Ashdod...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 1: Day 726 – With ‘peace’ flotilla on horizon, Hamas weighs Trump plan

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian describes Israel’s plans to intercept the 47-vessel convoy set to reach the Gaza maritime blockade and editor...

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Daily Briefing Sept. 30: Day 725 – ToI in DC assesses Trump’s bombshell ‘eternal’ peace plan

In Washington, US bureau chief Jacob Magid and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weigh in on the dramatic speeches from US President Trump and...

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Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Day 724 – Gaza City nearly encircled as IDF deepens operations

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the Lebanon front a year after Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, and the undeterred...

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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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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?

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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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