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What Matters Now to Daniel Taub: Still mourning, Israel is not ripe to talk peace – yet

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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...

23.07.2025 20

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

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...

23.07.2025 30

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

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

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...

18.07.2025 40

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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...

15.07.2025 30

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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...

13.07.2025 40

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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...

10.07.2025 20

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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...

09.07.2025 30

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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...

08.07.2025 30

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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...

06.07.2025 30

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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...

01.07.2025 10

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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...

26.06.2025 30

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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...

25.06.2025 30

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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...

24.06.2025 60

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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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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...

15.06.2025 10

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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?

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’...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 —...

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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...

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