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Daily Briefing Nov. 26: Day 782 – NY Jews’ mayoral fears realized at synagogue protest. What now?

Daily Briefing Nov. 26: Day 782 – NY Jews’ mayoral fears realized at synagogue protest. What now?

NY correspondent Luke Tress gives the play-by-play of last week’s virulently anti-Israel protest, how lawfare groups may try to prevent future...

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: As Hamas iron grip restores order, Gazans yearn to throw off shackles

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: As Hamas iron grip restores order, Gazans yearn to throw off shackles

Head of Realign for Palestine weighs in on the re-rooting of the terror organization and increased chances of renewed war, as hopes of a fresh start...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 25: Day 781 – Thunderous response after PM hints at outlawing Arab party

Daily Briefing Nov. 25: Day 781 – Thunderous response after PM hints at outlawing Arab party

Editor David Horovitz compares the yearlong ceasefire in Lebanon with the stagnant situation in the Gaza Strip, speaks about election-year...

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Lazar Focus: Is Trump’s ‘pathway to a Palestinian state’ code for nation-building?

Lazar Focus: Is Trump’s ‘pathway to a Palestinian state’ code for nation-building?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman delves into the West’s history of attempting to rejuvenate formerly despotic states and applies the model...

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The Reel Schmooze: How everything going wrong makes ‘Bad Shabbos’ so right

The Reel Schmooze: How everything going wrong makes ‘Bad Shabbos’ so right

ToI’s film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan grapple with the classic Mel Brooks ‘The History of the World, Part...

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What Matters Now to Prof. Asher Cohen: Academic boycott of Israel is ‘catastrophic’

What Matters Now to Prof. Asher Cohen: Academic boycott of Israel is ‘catastrophic’

Past president of Hebrew University weathered COVID, judicial reform and a massive call-up of student reservists post-Oct. 7. Shunning of Israeli...

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Syria holds first trial over deadly clashes between Syrian regime, pro-Assad forces

Syria holds first trial over deadly clashes between Syrian regime, pro-Assad forces

Hundreds on docket for March violence in which over 1,400 were killed, mostly civilians, as fighting between government forces, supporters of ousted...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 18: Day 774 – Can a governmental probe into Oct. 7 be independent?

Daily Briefing Nov. 18: Day 774 – Can a governmental probe into Oct. 7 be independent?

Legal and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon compares the possible commissions of inquiry at the PM’s disposal and weighs in on the demolition...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 17: Day 773 – IDF head readies military to retake Hamas-controlled Gaza

Daily Briefing Nov. 17: Day 773 – IDF head readies military to retake Hamas-controlled Gaza

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on reports of Hamas stockpiling weapons abroad, arrests of 50 Hamas members in the West Bank and 4 suspected Islamic...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Day 772 – Hamas still rules in Gaza. Can a UN resolution topple it?

Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Day 772 – Hamas still rules in Gaza. Can a UN resolution topple it?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the International Stabilization Force’s projected mandate, how F-35s in Saudi hands may affect Israel...

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Friday Focus with John Spencer: Hamas can be demilitarized. Here’s how

Friday Focus with John Spencer: Hamas can be demilitarized. Here’s how

Urban warfare expert Spencer illuminates Gaza’s tunnel network and answers questions from ToI’s diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on...

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The Reel Schmooze: Natalie Portman’s ‘Arco’ – An art film for kids

The Reel Schmooze: Natalie Portman’s ‘Arco’ – An art film for kids

ToI’s film reviewer Jordan Hoffman weighs in on the new space-age kid’s film now out in cinemas, and takes a new look at 2024’s...

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US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah

US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah

Tom Barrack says meeting between Rubio and Turkish and Syrian envoys discussed ‘redefining Turkish-Syrian-Israeli relations’ and helping...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 13: Day 769 – Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with ‘free Bibi’ letter

Daily Briefing Nov. 13: Day 769 – Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with ‘free Bibi’ letter

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Syrian leader’s DC media campaign to remove whiff of terrorism, Marco Rubio’s condemnation of extremist...

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The case for pardoning Netanyahu

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The case for pardoning Netanyahu

ToI’s senior analyst reports on US President Donald Trump’s unusual request to Herzog and explains why he could support it. Plus, just...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 11: Day 767 – IDF preps for ‘days of fighting’ in Lebanon

Daily Briefing Nov. 11: Day 767 – IDF preps for ‘days of fighting’ in Lebanon

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on IDF ground ops in Lebanon, findings of external panel that looked at IDF probes into Oct. 7; Jewish world...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 9: Day 765 – Quid pro no: Why 200 Hamas fighters are trapped in Gaza tunnels

Daily Briefing Nov. 9: Day 765 – Quid pro no: Why 200 Hamas fighters are trapped in Gaza tunnels

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Hamas’s potential return of the body of Lt. Hadar Goldin; a new war on smuggling, and ongoing scandal...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel heading back to war with Hezbollah?

Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel heading back to war with Hezbollah?

As the IDF increasingly strikes terror targets in southern Lebanon, ToI’s diplomatic correspondent weighs in on the stability of the almost...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 5: Day 761 – Avowedly anti-Zionist, NYC’s new mayor Mamdani has Jews on edge

Daily Briefing Nov. 5: Day 761 – Avowedly anti-Zionist, NYC’s new mayor Mamdani has Jews on edge

New York correspondent Luke Tress explains concerns as the young, socialist politician takes office, and delves into the strangely relevant...

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What Matters Now to Jordan Hoffman: The new Hollywood buddy film, ‘Nuremberg’

What Matters Now to Jordan Hoffman: The new Hollywood buddy film, ‘Nuremberg’

In a pilot episode of a yet-to-be-named new ToI podcast series, our film reviewer brings entertainment news and schmoozes about the Russell Crowe...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 4: Day 760 – Are the US and allies readying to rule Gaza?

Editor David Horovitz on the scandal rocking the IDF’s MAG unit, new legislation that could hinder freedom of the press, and what brings hope 30...

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Daily Briefing Nov. 2: Day 758 – Scandal rocks IDF even as Hamas reroots in Gaza

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian describes terror group’s current military capabilities, intensified strikes in south Lebanon, and a crisis...

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent assesses the fraught relationship 60 years to Nostra Aetate and delves into the landmark document’s genesis

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Daily Briefing Oct. 29: Day 754 – Faking ‘discovery’ of a body, depraved Hamas plays to type

Editor David Horovitz on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenges in upholding the ceasefire, plus a new bill aimed at paving the way for...

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Daily Briefing Oct. 27: Day 752 – Can Hamas be forced into stage two of the Trump plan?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a transnational Iranian terror network targeting Jewish sites and whether Israel’s ties with Ireland...

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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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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’

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

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

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?

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

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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