Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 111 of the war. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan in the Jerusalem office. On Monday, reports on Israeli media started speaking of “fierce fighting” in Gaza. Horovitz speaks of what it is like for Israelis to await the inevitable terrible announcement that follows such news. Monday’s operation was to destroy two building...
Jan 25, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 110 of the war. Knesset correspondent Sam Sokol and reporter Gavriel Fiske join host Jessica Steinberg. Sokol discusses a tense week in the Knesset as family members of hostages burst into a Knesset Finance Committee meeting, protesting the return to business as usual, followed by testimonies by released hostages about the sexual abuse suf...
Jan 24, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 109 of the war. Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Israelis awoke today to the terrible announcement that 21 Israeli soldiers were killed Monday when they came under attack in the southern Gaza Strip, triggering a blast that collapsed two buildi...
Jan 23, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 108 of the war. Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for a one-on-one conversation. Last night, the Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday the death of soldier Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson, 19, who was killed and abducted by Hamas on October 7. Fabian updates us. Fabian was in the Gaza Strip yesterday. The detai...
Jan 22, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 107 of the war. Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for a one-on-one conversation. This weekend saw anti-government rallies in major cities throughout Israel. Steinberg attended last night’s Jerusalem rally, which was one of the first since Hamas started the war on October 7. We hear what has shifted from the su...
Jan 21, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 106 of the war. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for a one-on-one conversation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied telling US President Joe Biden that he has not ruled out the creation of a Palestinian state. The comments from the Biden administration are also somewhat murky, that it’s “not impossible” t...
Jan 20, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 105 of the war. Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon and diaspora and Jewish world reporter Canaan Lidor join host Jessica Steinberg. Sharon discusses the first anti-war demonstration being allowed in Haifa, the largest city in the northern region, following High Court pressure on the police who have resisted requests until now in Haifa. Lidor loo...
Jan 19, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 104 of the war. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for a one-on-one conversation. President Isaac Herzog spoke today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next to a photo of one-year-old hostage Kfir Bibas. Herzog said that Israelis are not able to think about a peace process with the Palestinians right now. ...
Jan 18, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 103 of the war. Political correspondent Sam Sokol and environmental reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg. Surkes discusses a wide-ranging planning session organized to envision how to rebuild the Gaza border region after October 7, with dozens of organizations and departments involved in the brainstorming process. She also talks...
Jan 17, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 102 of the war. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. An elderly woman was killed and 17 people were injured, including at least seven children and teenagers, in a car-ramming and stabbing attack by two Palestinian terrorists in the central Israel city ...
Jan 16, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 101 of the war. Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this one-on-one episode. Berman was inside the Gaza Strip yesterday with a reserves parachute unit. We hear what he saw and get a sense of the morale of the troops and Berman's perspective on their preparedness to take on the vast tunnel network. Hamas also...
Jan 15, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 100 of the war. Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this one-on-one episode. Regardless of what is decided at the Hague, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Saturday evening that Israel will continue its war against Hamas “to the end — until complete victory.” How has the campaign to topple the terr...
Jan 14, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 99 of the war. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this one-on-one episode. Families of hostages are holding 24 hours of non-stop awareness-raising events to mark 100 days of captivity by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Last night, the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement that an agreement has been reached t...
Jan 13, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 98 of the war. Legal writer Jeremy Sharon joins host Jessica Steinberg. Sharon describes the scene at The Hague, where the Israeli legal team is battling the South African case of Gaza genocide claims that was argued on Thursday. He describes Israel's challenge in arguing an uphill battle about comments made by Israeli politicians about Ha...
Jan 12, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 97 of the war. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on a one-on-one update. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Netherlands, opened hearings initiated by South Africa against Israel on charges of “genocide” against Palestinians during the ongoing war in Gaza this morning. Horovitz delves into the allegati...
Jan 11, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 96 of the war. Political writer Tal Schneider and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman join host Jessica Steinberg. Berman talks about the latest visit to the region by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seen as part of ongoing US support for the war, as well as US pressure on Israel to formulate a day-after plan for Gaza. He also look...
Jan 10, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. The conflict has turned up its volume on the northern border since the targeted killing of Hamas deputy Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon. Yesterday, Wissam al-Tawil, a senior commander of a secretive Hezbollah force, was killed in an alleged Israeli strike in southern Lebano...
Jan 09, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Political reporter Sam Sokol and reporter Sue Surkes join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Dozens of people protested outside the Knesset in Jerusalem today, calling on the government to quit and call new elections. There’s been some disorder inside the Knesset recently as well, starting with a much-leaked cabinet meeting on Thursday eveni...
Jan 08, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and reporter Canaan Lidor join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Berman followed up on a Zman Yisrael report that Israel is “in talks with the Congo” to discuss the possibility of relocating thousands of Gazans to the African country and other nations. How are such statements affecting Israel's standing? On ...
Jan 07, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for an in-depth one-on-one episode. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is now in Turkey as part of his fourth visit to the region in three months. It comes amid worrying developments, including attacks from Lebanon on northern Israel by the Hezbollah terror group, and assaults in the Red Sea ...
Jan 06, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for an in-depth one-on-one episode. The IDF announced last night that it had initiated a committee to look into the IDF’s failures leading up to October 7. What do we know about its purview and who is on it? Three Israelis declared missing since October 7 were confirmed by the IDF to be he...
Jan 05, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Editor David Horovitz and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for a "live" in-person recording of today's third-anniversary episode. In the second major legal defeat this week for the government, the High Court of Justice ruled six to five on Wednesday to postpone the implementation of a controversial law shielding Prime Minis...
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