The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

By The Times of Israel

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Welcome to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing: Your update on what’s important in Israel, the Middle East and The Jewish World.


Episode Date
Day 818 - Coalition, Haredim and judiciary on massive collision course
Jan 01, 2026
Day 817 - Mamdani to become NYC mayor as apple drops in Times Square
Dec 31, 2025
Day 816 - In Florida, a jovial Trump is hawkish on Gaza and Iran
Dec 30, 2025
Day 815 - As Trump and Netanyahu meet today, what's on the table?
Dec 29, 2025
Day 814 - Will $35 billion gas deal with Egypt hike electricity costs?
Dec 28, 2025
ToI movie maven Jordan Hoffman reviews Rob Reiner's 'The Sure Thing'
Dec 27, 2025
Day 813 - Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Five likely scenarios for Gaza in 2026
Dec 27, 2025
Day 812 - Brig.-Gen. Eran Ortal on where does the IDF go after October 7?
Dec 26, 2025
Day 811 - Initial vote on controversial Oct. 7 probe bill in Knesset sparks anger
Dec 25, 2025
Day 810 - Why Israel charges UN's new famine report on Gaza is skewed
Dec 24, 2025
Day 809 - Saudi prince tells ToI Israel needs to start being 'normal'
Dec 23, 2025
Day 808 - Eyeing Iran, Israel rattles sabers ahead of PM's trip to US
Dec 22, 2025
Day 807 - Rescue of Israeli from Jericho highlights PA-IDF coordination
Dec 21, 2025
ToI's movie maven Jordan Hoffman reviews 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'
Dec 20, 2025
Day 805 - Danielle Pletka on what Trump wants in the Middle East
Dec 19, 2025
Day 804 - Israel and Egypt clinch massive gas deal. What's behind it?
Dec 18, 2025
Day 803 - Inside the most complex Hamas tunnel network in Gaza
Dec 17, 2025
Day 802 - Heroism amid horror at Hanukkah Bondi terror attack
Dec 16, 2025
Day 801 - Anguish in Australia after bloody terror attack at Hanukkah event
Dec 15, 2025
Day 800 - Ceasefire tensions escalate after top Hamas commander is killed
Dec 14, 2025
Bonus episode [SPONSORED]: Identity/Crisis - Staying Human in the Age of AI - with David Zvi Kalman
Dec 13, 2025
Day 799 - ToI's movie maven reviews 'Jay Kelly,' now on Netflix
Dec 13, 2025
Day 798 - Jacob Magid on the day that never came - Blinken's vision for postwar Gaza
Dec 12, 2025
Day 797 -- Final Columbia antisemitism report reveals classroom aggressions
Dec 11, 2025
Day 796 - Knesset debate on Haredi draft bares PM's closed-door efforts to pass bill
Dec 10, 2025
Day 795 - 22,000 IDF soldiers were wounded since Oct. 7 - in body and soul
Dec 09, 2025
Day 794 - World fetes Syria's former terrorist leader, a year in power
Dec 08, 2025
Day 793 - Trump peace plan partners pile on Israel at Doha Forum
Dec 07, 2025
Bonus Episode [SPONSORED]: Thoughts & Prayers - Does Prayer Work?
Dec 06, 2025
Day 792 - Jordan Hoffman reviews Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great'
Dec 06, 2025
Day 791: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?
Dec 05, 2025
Day 790 - Israel and Lebanon hold rare direct talks as conflict heads toward brink
Dec 04, 2025
Day 789 - IDF cyber division using radio waves to take out Iranian attack drones
Dec 03, 2025
Day 788 - PM invited to White House for unprecedented fifth time
Dec 02, 2025
Day 787 - PM requests a presidential pardon. Is it in Israel's interest?
Dec 01, 2025
Day 786 - Hamas operatives trapped in tunnel had slain IDF soldier's gun
Nov 30, 2025
Day 785 - Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas iron grip restores order, but Gazans aim to throw off shackles
Nov 29, 2025
Day 784 - Lazar Berman: As US and Saudi Arabia shore up ties, is Israel left out?
Nov 28, 2025
BONUS: The Reel Schmooze chews over the 1990 Thanksgiving classic ‘Avalon’
Nov 27, 2025
Day 783 - US mulls Muslim Brotherhood sanctions, excludes allies Turkey, Qatar
Nov 27, 2025
Day 782 - NY Jews' mayoral fears realized at synagogue protest. What now?
Nov 26, 2025
Day 781 - Thunderous response after PM hints at outlawing Arab party
Nov 25, 2025
Day 780 - After killing of Hezbollah #2, IDF preps for retaliation
Nov 24, 2025
Day 779 - Hamas needs a ceasefire, but doesn't want to disarm
Nov 23, 2025
Day 778 - Movie maven Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Bad Shabbos'
Nov 22, 2025
Day 777 - Lazar Berman: Is Trump's 'pathway to a Palestinian state' code for nation-building?
Nov 21, 2025
Day 776 -- Court butts heads with government on Oct. 7 probe, draft dodgers
Nov 20, 2025
Day 775 - MBS meeting with Trump elevates Saudi Arabia's ally status
Nov 19, 2025
Day 774 - Can a governmental probe into Oct. 7 be independent?
Nov 18, 2025
Day 773 - IDF head readies military to retake Hamas-controlled Gaza
Nov 17, 2025
Day 772 - Hamas still rules in Gaza. Can a UN resolution topple it?
Nov 16, 2025
BONUS: Introducing ToI's newest podcast, 'The Reel Schmooze'
Nov 15, 2025
Day 771 - Haviv Rettig Gur: The case for pardoning Netanyahu
Nov 15, 2025
Day 770 - John Spencer: Hamas can be demilitarized. Here's how
Nov 14, 2025
Day 769 - Trump pushes to end Netanyahu trial with 'free Bibi' letter
Nov 13, 2025
Day 768 - Knesset debates death penalty for terrorists
Nov 12, 2025
Day 767 - IDF preps for 'days of fighting' in Lebanon
Nov 11, 2025
Day 766 - Goldins receive son's body after 11 years of struggle
Nov 10, 2025
Day 765 - Quid pro no: Why 200 Hamas fighters are trapped in Gaza tunnels
Nov 09, 2025
Day 764 - Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Nuremberg'
Nov 08, 2025
Day 763 - Is Israel heading back to war with Hezbollah?
Nov 07, 2025
Day 762 - US plans for 'new Gaza' are win for Israel
Nov 06, 2025
Day 761 - Avowedly anti-Zionist, NYC's new Mayor Mamdani has Jews on edge
Nov 05, 2025
Day 760 - Are the US and allies readying to rule Gaza?
Nov 04, 2025
Day 759 - Israel marks 30 years since Rabin's death
Nov 03, 2025
Day 758 - Scandal rocks IDF even as Hamas reroots in Gaza
Nov 02, 2025
Day 757 - Eli Sharabi on living with trauma and mourning
Nov 02, 2025
Day 756 - Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties
Oct 31, 2025
Day 755 - Law and politics clash in Haredi anti-draft rally
Oct 30, 2025
Day 754 - Faking 'discovery' of a body, depraved Hamas plays to type
Oct 29, 2025
Day 753 - US and ceasefire partners debate what's next in Gaza
Oct 28, 2025
Day 752 - Can Hamas be forced into stage two of the Trump plan?
Oct 27, 2025
Day 751 - Egyptians enter Gaza as US drones fly above Strip
Oct 26, 2025
Day 750 - Orna and Ronen Neutra: Their son is still in Gaza
Oct 25, 2025
Day 749 - Lazar Berman: Does Israel rely on the US to end its wars?
Oct 24, 2025
Day 748 - Bereaved fume as Knesset panel says no to state inquiry into Oct. 7
Oct 23, 2025
Day 747 - US officials 'Bibi-sitting' the PM to keep ceasefire
Oct 22, 2025
Day 746 - Vance flies in to help keep Trump's Gaza plan moving
Oct 21, 2025
Day 745 - Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Israel to keep ceasefire going
Oct 20, 2025
Day 744 - As skirmishes continue in Gaza, when is the war over?
Oct 19, 2025
Day 743 - Micah Goodman: End of Gaza war heralds a tectonic shift in Israel
Oct 18, 2025
Day 742 - Trump raises alarm about public executions in Gaza
Oct 17, 2025
Day 741 - Is Hamas playing games with remaining hostage bodies?
Oct 16, 2025
Day 740 - Moving reunions, renewed rallies to bring hostages home now
Oct 15, 2025
Day 739 - Hamas withholds dead hostages, dampening joy of returned living
Oct 14, 2025
Day 738 - Emotional split screen as 20 hostages return home, Trump visits
Oct 13, 2025
Day 737 - As Gaza ceasefire holds, did Israel agree to end the war?
Oct 12, 2025
Day 736 - Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel's next front is its own fractures
Oct 11, 2025
Day 735 - IDF begins drawback as clock ticks to hostages' release
Oct 10, 2025
Day 734 - Joy as Trump announces all hostages to be freed 'very soon'
Oct 09, 2025
Day 733 - Critical moment as major players arrive for talks in Egypt
Oct 08, 2025
Day 732 - For Oct. 7, a spotlight on ToI's Those We Have Lost Project
Oct 07, 2025
Day 731 - Could Hamas demands tank the Trump peace plan?
Oct 06, 2025
Day 730 - Cautious optimism for Trump peace plan ahead of Cairo talks
Oct 05, 2025
Day 729 - Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A deep hope for repair and relief
Oct 04, 2025
Day 728 - With Adams out, Cuomo up against Mamdani in NYC race
Oct 03, 2025
Day 727 - Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted in complex Yom Kippur op
Oct 02, 2025
Day 726 - With 'peace' flotilla on horizon, Hamas weighs Trump plan
Oct 01, 2025
Day 725 - ToI in DC assesses Trump's bombshell 'eternal' peace plan
Sep 30, 2025
Day 724 - Gaza City nearly encircled as IDF deepens operations
Sep 29, 2025