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
Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland: Two Jews on the news discuss all that is Unholy
Feb 07, 2026
Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Melania' and 'Zelig': Mockumentary at its finest
Feb 06, 2026
William Daroff: What Trump needs to do for that Nobel Prize
Feb 06, 2026
Inside Abbas's call for unprecedented PLO elections
Feb 05, 2026
Hamas, far from disarming, attacks IDF in Gaza
Feb 04, 2026
What's on the table for US-Iran nuclear talks in Turkey?
Feb 03, 2026
Devoted NYC protesters hold final hostage rally
Feb 02, 2026
Rafah Crossing is readied for Gazans to pass through
Feb 01, 2026
Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas is holding Gazans hostage
Jan 31, 2026
Comic neuroses in Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain'
Jan 30, 2026
David Parsons: Why Christian Zionists support a strong Israel
Jan 30, 2026
Why Netanyahu picked a new fight with Biden
Jan 29, 2026
PM makes explosive charges on Biden-era arms embargo
Jan 28, 2026
Final hostage returns home. Inside Operation Courageous Heart
Jan 27, 2026
Day 843 - IDF forensics search Gaza cemetery for final hostage
Jan 26, 2026
Day 842 - US proposes vision of 'New Gaza' even as Hamas still rules
Jan 25, 2026
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Inside the technocratic council set to rule Gaza
Jan 24, 2026
Jordan Hoffman reviews Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident'
Jan 24, 2026
Adam Louis-Klein: Why anti-Zionism is the newest hate movement
Jan 23, 2026
Day 839 - Report exposes unfit jail conditions for Palestinian offenders
Jan 22, 2026
Day 838 - US amasses firepower in region amid Iranian tension
Jan 21, 2026
Day 837 - Tragic deaths of 2 Haredi babies fuels fury against IDF draft
Jan 20, 2026
Day 836 - Trump team forms Gaza peace board, shows who's boss
Jan 19, 2026
Day 835 - Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?
Jan 18, 2026
Jordan Hoffman reviews post-Oct. 7 hostage documentary 'Holding Liat'
Jan 17, 2026
Podcaster Mitch Ginsburg: Escape from Tehran, an untold 1979 Israeli caper
Jan 16, 2026
Day 833 - Lazar Berman: Why Iran's regime is holding on… for now
Jan 16, 2026
Day 832 - Trump wills Gaza plan forward, despite Hamas noncompliance
Jan 15, 2026
Day 831 - Trump pledged to help Iranians. How?
Jan 14, 2026
Day 830 - Coalition's latest attempt to rescue the PM
Jan 13, 2026
Day 829 - Qatargate suspect Einhorn labeled 'fugitive criminal'
Jan 12, 2026
Day 828 - Iran threatens Israel as anti-regime protests hit 2-week mark
Jan 11, 2026
Day 825 - US works to fill seats on Board of Peace for Gaza
Jan 08, 2026
Day 824 - Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest
Jan 07, 2026
Day 823 -- NYC Jews await Mamdani's next steps on antisemitism front
Jan 06, 2026
Day 822 - Media decry digitally altered official photos of PM's wife
Jan 05, 2026
Day 821 - Will Spain's Israel boycott set precedent for other countries?
Jan 04, 2026
ToI's movie maven Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Marty Supreme'
Jan 03, 2026
Day 819 - Haviv Rettig Gur with 6 projections for Israel in 2026
Jan 02, 2026
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