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The Times of Israel Daily Briefing — 198 episodes

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Points of friction as Trump and Netanyahu meet

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Will Netanyahu-Trump meetup set stage for next Iran war?

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West Bank clashes turn deadly

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas still holds two million hostages

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The Reel Schmooze on 'Reading Lolita in Tehran': How the regime turned rotten

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Israel should worry about Saudi deal, but there is good news in Lebanon

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Big whoop? Mamdani admits he can't arrest Netanyahu

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IDF Lebanon pullout takes shape as Gaza peace plan stalls

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IDF begins trial pullout from Lebanon buffer zone

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Iranian strikes on Jordan raise IDF hackles in Eilat

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Knesset disbands with bangs and whimpers

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Haviv Rettig Gur: Why is Israel still a first campaign stop for wannabe US presidents?

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The Reel Schmooze on 'Tuner': The Jewiest film of the summer

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Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

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What the latest House vote says about support for Israel

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Why is Iran attacking its Gulf neighbors?

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War on? Trump declares US 'guardians' of Hormuz

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Coalition races to pass controversial laws before Knesset dissolves

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IDF on standby to rejoin Iran fight

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What Matters Now to Dr. Deborah Gilboa: The neuroscience of resilience

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Eyal Hulata: What’s next in the fight against Iran

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On razor's edge: Iran and US continue strikes

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Is the US-Iran ceasefire over?

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Will the Chief Rabbinate keep its monopoly on kosher certification?

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High Court showdown: Is Israel facing a constitutional crisis?

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IDF chief’s plea for more troops collides with Haredi anti-draft push

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Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook: The Israeli food we serve tells our story

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Hanin Ghaddar: Lebanon turns against Hezbollah

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When Israel becomes a US campaign issue

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Netanyahu answers Oct. 7 question with joke in TV interview

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Why Netanyahu won't publicly take on Trump over Iran

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Can anyone build a coalition without the Haredi and Arab parties?

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The first test of the Lebanon deal: IDF pulls back slightly

34

'Operation Thunderbolt': 50 years to the heroic raid on Entebbe

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Etgar Keret: Celebrated author feels the world is losing its story

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US-Iran deal fuels Trump's delusional dreams of peace and prizes

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Who has Trump's ear on Iran and Lebanon: Vance or Rubio?

38

Underground Hezbollah base put all of Israel in range

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'A cease between fires': Living on Israel's northern front

40

Can a critical Vance have Israel's back in Iran talks?

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The Reel Schmooze on 'What's up, Doc?': Sultry Streisand's screwball meshugas

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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett on this existential moment

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Signed and sealed, Iran-US deal launches with Trumpian fanfare

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Best frenemy? Trump turns on Israel at G7 summit

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What's in and out of Iran deal: A war of narratives

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Despite Iran deal, Israel determined to hold the fort in Lebanon

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Why the emerging Iran deal is a major setback for Israel

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The Reel Schmooze on 'Beaufort': How Israel left Lebanon in 2000 with a bang

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Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler: How AI is poisoning the information well

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Steffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties

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Inside Iran-linked Diaspora terror attacks: A suspect speaks

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Army of God? Bill equates Torah study with national service

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Between a rocket and a hard place: PM faces Trumpian dilemma

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Iran fires on Israel, reigniting smoldering war

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BONUS: Jordan Hoffman reviews Israeli film 'Oxygen' - with a special guest

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Masked settlers clashed with Palestinians on Shabbat. Where was the IDF?

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Why only Lebanon can drive Hezbollah out. But it won't

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Haredi-wrought 'Kristallnacht' smashes red lines at justice's home

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Coalition MKs boast on X after screaming at Arab lawmakers

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Trump tells Netanyahu 'Don't' on striking Beirut

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First we take Beaufort, then we take Beirut?

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After 26 years, IDF retakes Lebanon's Beaufort fortress

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Jordan Hoffman on 'A Serious Man': Coen brothers craft the Jewiest film of all

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BONUS - Dara Horn: The answer to the Jewish question

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What are the costs of Orthodox Judaism?

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US and Iran exchange fire as IDF ramps up on Lebanon front

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Dread in Israel as Trump aims to seal Iran deal

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Trump sidelines Netanyahu as Israel eyes Iran

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Iranians tell ToI they are losing hope as ceasefire turns stalemate

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Why Israel could object to the potential Iran deal

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National security and Israel’s climate crisis

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Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia

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Drama at Knesset as coalition plows ahead with legislation

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Trump frustrated as Iran talks stall, Gulf wary of renewed war

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As personnel crisis looms, IDF needs Knesset legislation

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Pro-Israel groups protest NYT sexual abuse op-ed, say it foments hatred

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'Cast a Giant Shadow': A 1966 ode to Israel’s first general, Mickey Marcus

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BONUS - Dakar Eilat: Inside prisons for Hamas terrorists

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Art on trial from Venice to Jerusalem

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What are ToI's guiding principles in covering 'blood libels'?

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Does the IDF stand idly by in the West Bank?

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Extremist settlers dealt blow with EU sanctions

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BONUS - Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7

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Will 'unacceptable' Iran proposal push Trump to war?

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Political parties form new constellations ahead of elections

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Israel has re-embraced Hamas rule in Gaza

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Movie maven Jordan Hoffman with a Leonard Bernstein double feature

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Is the IDF telling the right story to the world ?

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Golders Green terror shows rising threat to world Jews

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Pay-to-slay is here to stay?

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Why Trump still doesn't want to go back to war

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'One big failure': An IDF official on the Iran war -- so far

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Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn't fighting antisemitism

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The Reel Schmooze on 'Roommates' and 'How to Make Challah': Different slices of Jewish American pie

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Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians' fumbles

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Mediterranean meltdown: Energy policy in hot water

97

Siege warfare? Who'll blink first in tense Iran blockade

98

The case of the 'stolen' Ukrainian wheat

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Untangling the Iran-Russia-Hezbollah web

100

Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

101

As both sides keep striking, is there still a Lebanon ceasefire?

102

Jordan Hoffman on 'Exodus': When Hollywood still loved the Jewish state

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David Rosen: Israel doesn't adequately understand Christian relations

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Netanyahu's campaign enters high gear at state ceremonies

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Trump's muddled messaging complicates talks with Iran

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BONUS - Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh 'parcels out her pain' in book

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Shekel shows remarkable resilience after Iran war

108

ToI reports from new Lebanon 'forward defense area'

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5 points of apparent failure in the Iran war

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Nadav Lapid's 'Yes!': Israeli director's wartime film raises eyebrows and ire

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Moran Zaga: The Gulf states react to humiliation by Iran

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Did Trump trigger direct talks for Israel's and Lebanon's leaders?

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Hezbollah rockets continue to pummel Israel’s north

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Lebanon and Israel get talking, with shared goal to disarm Hezbollah

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Trump plays chicken with Iran over Strait of Hormuz

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As US de-mines Strait of Hormuz, traffic status still murky

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Shahar Cohen: 'My life' comic laughs about 'managing the war' with Nescafe in hand

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John Spencer: US can force open Strait of Hormuz if it decides to

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All sides claim war victory. They can't all be right

120

'The Ten Commandments': Put your hands up as iconic film turns 70

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Crunch time for talks with Iran as Trump threatens Tuesday night strikes

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Court, MKs battle over wartime restrictions on protests vs. prayers

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IDF soldiers absorb Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon push

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Angela Buchdahl: This Passover, have faith in the story of the Exodus

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Lazar Berman: What does history of air power tell us about Iran war?

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Raising the curtain on Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran

127

Is the war heading to a Trump no-deal 'victory'?

128

Israel angers Christian world in another avoidable scandal

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IDF set to vastly expand buffer zone in Lebanon

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Northerners feel grim amid war but firm on need to defeat Hezbollah

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By popular demand: Modi standup special and Red Hot Chili Peppers docu

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas triggered the Iran war. Now it may outlast the Islamic Republic

133

Raz Zimmt: Iran's new leadership and the coming escalation

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Premature ceasefire will not neutralize Iran's potent threat

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Are Gulf states poised to enter Iran war?

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Trump shocks, and dismays, with news of Iran talks

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All eyes on the Strait of Hormuz as world awaits next move

138

Amid missile strikes and rainstorms, IAF hunts Iranian launchers

139

Matti Friedman: Israel's forever wars in Lebanon

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Jordan Hoffman on the Oscars: Tribe pride and Israel vilified

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Caroline Glick: Why we went back to war in Iran

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Israelis grapple with Iran’s attritional missile fire

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After Larijani assassination, who's holding the wheel in Iran?

144

Checkmate? Iran's 'de facto leader' and top oppressor killed

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MKs on both sides contest cuts for northern recovery to bolster defense

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BONUS - Bret Stephens: America and Israel are engaged in a common fight for civilization

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ToI reporter on life under Hezbollah's rain of missiles

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Einat Wilf: Fall of Iran an opportunity to uproot 'Palestinianism'

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ToI movie maven Jordan Hoffman on new indie film 'Fantasy Life'

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Gallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey, and Azerbaijan

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Is Iran an existential threat to the US?

152

War by the numbers: Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

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Trump predicts conflict with Iran to end soon, but won't commit to timeline

154

Did Israeli strikes on Iranian oil sites ignite schism with US?

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Despite fewer missiles per attack, Iran strikes still a lethal threat

156

Can the Iran regime be toppled from the air?

157

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

158

Deadly Iranian strike changes Purim for Haredi enclave in Beit Shemesh

159

Trump’s war on Iran draws ire as detractors blame Jewish state

160

Goals of war remain murky amid Trump administration's mixed messages

161

IDF adds Hezbollah to decapitation campaign after it joins war

162

Khamenei is dead. Will the Iranian regime die with him?

163

US, Israel strike Iran's top leaders in Operation Roaring Lion

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Jordan Hoffman on 'Blue Moon': Brilliant or a waste of space?

165

Imam Imad Al Masri: The Muslim community spreading peace in Israel and beyond

166

Nuke talks resume even as US F-22s crowd Israeli skies

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In State of the Union, Trump renews pledge to strike Iran if needed

168

Is Hamas poised to infiltrate new Gaza police force?

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Bonus episode [SPONSORED]: Getting Grounded in Israel and Zionism

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Why is Tucker Carlson spreading antisemitic tropes?

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IDF ramps up Hezbollah strikes as Iran supports proxy group

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

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Jordan Hoffman rewatches 'All the President's Men'

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Michael Oren: Israel's historic Iran moment

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Amid talks and saber-rattling, how close is the US to striking Iran?

176

Israel moves to take over biblical sites in West Bank

177

Will US sanctions bring Iran to heel in nuclear talks?

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Female soldiers under attack in Israel

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ToI reports from Yellow Line as Gaza conflict smolders

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'BlacKkKlansman' and 'The Butcher's Stain': Evil racism at its most entertaining

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

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Lazar Berman: Are Saudis moving away from Israel and toward Islamists?

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In DC, Trump appears to rein in Israel on Iran

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Is Israel closer than ever to annexing the West Bank?

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Explosive anti-Israel protests mar Herzog's Australia tour

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Bonus episode [SPONSORED]: Identity/Crisis - America Betrays the Stranger

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IDF brings in top terror figure in Lebanon for intel

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Netanyahu to urgently jet to DC to reset Iran talks agenda

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Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland: Two Jews on the news discuss all that is Unholy

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Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Melania' and 'Zelig': Mockumentary at its finest

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William Daroff: What Trump needs to do for that Nobel Prize

192

Inside Abbas's call for unprecedented PLO elections

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Hamas, far from disarming, attacks IDF in Gaza

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What's on the table for US-Iran nuclear talks in Turkey?

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Devoted NYC protesters hold final hostage rally

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Rafah Crossing is readied for Gazans to pass through

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Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas is holding Gazans hostage

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Comic neuroses in Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain'