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Daily Briefing March 12 – Is Iran an existential threat to the US?

Daily Briefing March 12 – Is Iran an existential threat to the US?

Editor David Horovitz on the holistic picture that may be eluding Americans as Israel and the US continue their efforts to topple the rapacious...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 11 – War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

Daily Briefing Mar. 11 – War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

On day 12 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, military correspondent Emanuel Fabian gives perspective on what’s happening now on all fronts...

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Einat Wilf: Fall of Iran an opportunity to uproot ‘Palestinianism’

Einat Wilf: Fall of Iran an opportunity to uproot ‘Palestinianism’

The crumbling of the Islamic Republic is on par with the end of the Soviet Union, says the once (and future?) MK, who pushes Israel to use this model...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 9 – Did Israeli strikes on Iranian oil sites ignite schism with US?

Daily Briefing Mar. 9 – Did Israeli strikes on Iranian oil sites ignite schism with US?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on what is happening on the ground in southern Lebanon, Iran’s new supreme leader and what US President Donald...

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Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III

Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III

At this historic junction, the author and public intellectual explains how the stakes couldn’t be any higher as the two allies attempt to take down...

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Daily Briefing March 4 – Trump’s war on Iran draws ire as detractors blame Jewish state

Daily Briefing March 4 – Trump’s war on Iran draws ire as detractors blame Jewish state

Editor David Horovitz on who launched this war, whose war is it and how the international stage is perhaps getting it all wrong

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Daily Briefing March 2 – IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war

Daily Briefing March 2 – IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war

On day 3 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on fatalities in Beit Shemesh and among US servicemen, plus,...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 1 – Khamenei is dead. Will the Iranian regime die with him?

Daily Briefing Mar. 1 – Khamenei is dead. Will the Iranian regime die with him?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on a potential line of succession for Islamic Republic, speculates on a citizen uprising and weighs...

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‘Blue Moon’: Brilliant or a waste of space?

‘Blue Moon’: Brilliant or a waste of space?

On this Oscar-themed episode, ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor heartily disagree about the Lorenz Hart biopic, but converge over animated short...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 28 – US, Israel strike Iran’s top leaders in Operation Roaring Lion

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on what and who were hit this morning, what we know of the results and Iran’s retaliation so far

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Daily Briefing Feb. 26 – Nuke talks resume even as US F-22s crowd Israeli skies

Editor David Horovitz on Bollywood-level antics at the Knesset during PM Modi’s visit and a new bill to tamp down egalitarian prayer at the Western...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 24 – Is Hamas poised to infiltrate new Gaza police force?

Diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on the Trump peace plan’s new Palestinian security force, and archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin on the...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 23 – Why is Tucker Carlson spreading antisemitic tropes?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us with reports of mounting US military might facing Iran even as new talks are announced. Plus, what...

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‘All the President’s Men’: 50-year-old time capsule of great American journalism

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan watch the groovily styled 1976 film and see parallels with today’s Epstein case, plus Israeli Oscar...

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: NGO admits Hamas controls Gaza’s hospitals. Why now?

The head of Realign for Palestine weighs in on the sudden statement from Doctors Without Borders that it has suspended activities at Nasser Hospital...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 18 – Israel moves to take over biblical sites in West Bank

Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on a push for Israeli administrative control over Judea and Samaria and religion reporter Rossella Tercatin on...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 17 – Will US sanctions bring Iran to heel in nuclear talks?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on what we can expect from today’s Geneva discussions, a preview of Thursday’s DC-based Board of Peace meetup, and a...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 15 – ToI reports from Yellow Line as Gaza conflict smolders

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian updates us on a repurposed David’s Sling air defense system, a new policy for capping reserve duty, and IDF...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 12 – In DC, Trump appears to rein in Israel on Iran

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the three-hour Trump-Netanyahu DC meeting Wednesday, a new draft constitution for the PA, and a curious AIPAC campaign...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 11 – Is Israel closer than ever to annexing the West Bank?

Editor David Horovitz discusses what’s on the menu for Netanyahu’s talks today with Trump and expresses outrage and dismay over protests...

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Alice Miller: CEO of Israeli disaster org on aiding Gazans post-Oct. 7

Known for opening the doors to female combat soldiers in the IDF, Miller is still fighting Israeli societal norms and is today helping facilitate...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 10 – Explosive anti-Israel protests mar Herzog’s Australia tour

Nomi Kaltmann weighs in from Melbourne on Canberra’s impotent actions following the Bondi Beach massacre of 15, and how Israel’s president...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 9 – IDF brings in top terror figure in Lebanon for intel

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian takes us on a tour of Israel’s borders to assess security on each and weighs in on the uptick in the...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 8 – Netanyahu to urgently jet to DC to reset Iran talks agenda

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weighs in on why the PM brought his planned White House visit forward a week and which new military head is...

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‘Melania’ and ‘Zelig’: Mockumentary at its finest

After a rant about Amazon-produced eastern European propaganda, Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan rewind and rewatch Woody Allen’s 1983...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 5 – Inside Abbas’s call for unprecedented PLO elections

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the on-again, off-again, on-again US-Iran nuclear talks and a potentially sidelined role for Turkey and Qatar on a...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 4 – Hamas, far from disarming, attacks IDF in Gaza

Editor David Horovitz on Israel’s demands ahead of US-Iran nuclear talks on Friday and how Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s milk reform...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 3 – What’s on the table for US-Iran nuclear talks in Turkey?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a first day of crossings from Gaza into Egypt, the likelihood of a US offensive operation against Iran, and...

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Comic neuroses in Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan review the newly released ’33 photos from the Ghetto’ and take a second look at Eisenberg’s...

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Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas is holding Gazans hostage

ToI’s senior analyst on Israel’s moment of relief with the recovery of the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, and the current implausibility...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 28 – PM makes explosive charges on Biden-era arms embargo

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports on a rare, wide-ranging press conference held by the premier, noting Israel’s two remaining goals...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 27 – Final hostage returns home. Inside Operation Courageous Heart

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the recovery of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, including the struggle to find accurate intel and background on the...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 26: Day 843 – IDF forensics search Gaza cemetery for final hostage

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on effort to recover remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili before reopening of the Rafah border crossing and...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 25: Day 842 – US proposes vision of ‘New Gaza’ even as Hamas still rules

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Thursday’s inauguration of the Board of Peace in Davos, Jared Kushner’s plan to demilitarize Hamas, and the...

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Jafar Panahi’s defiant tragicomedy ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan on the Oscar-nominated film, plus a look at the master filmmaker’s brilliant ‘Taxi’ from 2015

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Inside the technocratic council set to rule Gaza

The head of Realign for Palestine weighs in on the announced members of the Trump Board of Peace and says, ‘Do not give in to the Qataris and...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 20: Day 837 – Tragic deaths of 2 Haredi babies fuels fury against IDF draft

Editor David Horovitz on how countries are responding to Trump’s ‘BYOB’ — bring your own billion — for his Board of...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 835 – Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Israel’s reaction to Turkey on the Gaza Executive Board and Syria’s takeover of its Kurdish north...

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‘Holding Liat’: Post-Oct. 7 anguish and inconvenient truths

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan on the Darren Aronofsky-produced film that records an Israeli-American clan from Nir Oz’s struggle to...

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Lazar Berman: Why Iran’s regime is holding on… for now

ToI’s diplomatic correspondent delves into whether the Islamic Republic can weather the widespread unrest — and at what cost

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Podcaster Mitch Ginsburg: Escape from Tehran, an untold 1979 Israeli caper

On February 20, 1979, the last 33 Israeli officials left in Iran miraculously come back to the Jewish state. Their families had been told they were...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 14: Day 831 – Trump pledged to help Iranians. How?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on potential White House efforts to aid protesting Iranians as the death toll rises, the Palestinians who may rule Gaza,...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 12: Day 829 – Qatargate suspect Einhorn labeled ‘fugitive criminal’

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon weighs in on the government’s increased push to pass its judicial overhaul and the case of a Jewish-American man...

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Daily Briefing Jan. 11: Day 828 – Iran threatens Israel as anti-regime protests hit 2-week mark

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weighs in on a second wave of US military strikes on Syria, last week’s Israel-Syria talks in Paris, and...

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The Reel Schmooze: ‘Marty Supreme’ and the art of chutzpa

Movie maven Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan on the new supremely Jewish sports/comedy/drama starring Timothée Chalamet and a whole cast...

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Lazar Focus: Haviv Rettig Gur with 6 projections for Israel in 2026

ToI’s senior analyst accepts a homework assignment and comes prepared to present likely scenarios facing the Jewish state in this new calendar...

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Daily Briefing Dec. 31: Day 817 – Mamdani to become NYC mayor as apple drops in Times Square

NY correspondent Luke Tress on Zohran Mamdani’s policies that concern NYC Jews, ADL report that 20% of his transitional staff hold anti-Israel...

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Stand-up comedian Liz Glazer: ‘Israel is the reason I exist’

Soon in Israel for the annual Comedy for Koby tour, the former law prof — the wife of a female rabbi — explains why she is the very last...

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Iranian president urges government to heed economic protests

After Tehran storekeepers shutter their premises with rial currency hitting new low, Masoud Pezeshkian urges interior ministry to open dialogue with...

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Daily Briefing Dec. 30: Day 816 – In Florida, a jovial Trump is hawkish on Gaza and Iran

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports on a day of meetings for Netanyahu, culminating in the Mar-a-Lago summit with the US president

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