Day 385 - Israel heads back to Qatar, first time in 2 months
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
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 Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast.
Magid discusses Mossad chief David Barnea heading to Doha again for hostage negotiations, as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahyu's recent meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The negotiations are the first in two months, and follow the death last week of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
He also talks about the effects of a possible Donald Trump win in the upcoming US election, a victory that would offer Netanyahu more leeway in maintaining his hardline government and in the ongoing war in Gaza, but there is also a possible clash as Trump keeps saying, "End the war very quickly."
Magid reviews the latest proposal for getting aid into Gaza through an Israeli-American businessman who hopes his company will be chosen for the subcontracting job, with a plan for constructing gated communities in Gaza run by outside security forces.
Magid reviews the October 31 deadline for renewing the bank agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a process that involves Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Mossad chief heads to Qatar Sunday to try to restart Gaza talks; Hamas team in Cairo
Blinken pushes Israel to publicly say it’s not aiming to besiege north Gaza; PM demurs
If Trump wins, Israeli officials fear clash over inability to quickly end Gaza war
As Israel weighs subcontracting Gaza aid delivery, a philanthropist makes his pitch
US official: PA has met Israeli requirements for Smotrich to extend banking deal
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IMAGE: Demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Friday, October 25th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Jacob, Hi, Jacob. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, Jessica. Good to see you. Good to see you. It is day 385 of the war. A total of some 135 rockets were launched at Israel by |
| 0:25.9 | Hezbollah throughout Thursday, the holiday of Simchatara, mostly targeting northern Israel, |
| 0:31.8 | some triggering sirens in central Israel as well. Four Israeli reserve troops were killed and six others wounded during a |
| 0:39.6 | clash with Chazbalah on Wednesday afternoon, and a soldier from the Okets Kainan unit was also killed |
| 0:46.0 | on Thursday. We will talk about Mossad chief David Barnaya heading to Doha on Sunday to try and |
| 0:52.9 | restart hostage and ceasefire negotiations |
| 0:55.3 | for Gaza, as well as Netanyahu's conversation with U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. |
| 1:01.8 | We'll get to all of those headlines and more after a quick break. |
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| 2:07.5 | Okay, Jacob. |
| 2:16.3 | Let's first look at what's going to be coming on Sunday, which is David Barnay-ish trip to Doha, hostage negotiations or a restart, if possible. |
| 2:19.5 | There's also Prime Minister Benjamin Dutthian, whoan meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in which they discussed all of this. |
| 2:25.0 | Clearly, they appear to agree on some topics, but not all. So why don't we start with Blinken |
| 2:30.4 | and what we think it led to in terms of where the region is right now. |
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