Day 579 - Trump cuts deal with Houthis, but not for Israel
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 7 May 2025
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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 host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following US President Donald Trump's announcement of a US truce with the Houthis, Magid discusses Jerusalem's surprise over that turn of events, given the ongoing Houthi attacks on Israel, including the Sunday morning attack that hit near Ben Gurion International Airport.
Magid explores Israel's new plan for distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza to prevent Hamas from diverting resources and getting the food into Gazans' hands. The plan includes working with humanitarian organizations and private US contractors and will allow some 60 trucks into Gaza daily through one border crossing. Food packages will be given directly to approved representatives of Palestinian families.
Trump is expected in the Middle East next week but isn't including a stop in Israel. Magid examines how hostage families are viewing the trip as a possible opportunity to bring the remaining hostages home. Families have also expressed concern over recent statements from the US president, as well as Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over conflicting numbers of living hostages.
Finally, Magid discusses a downgrading of US ties with the Palestinian Authority, with the elimination of the US Security Coordinator role, which helps bolster security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It's part of the broader reorganization of the State Department by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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For further reading:
Trump announces US truce with Houthis, who say their strikes on Israel will continue
IDF planning major shift in Gaza aid delivery in bid to thwart Hamas diversion
US hostage families see Trump’s May trip to region as chance for loved ones’ return
US plans to eliminate security post tasked with bolstering Israel-PA security ties
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IMAGE: Family members and representatives of the 59 remaining hostages stand in front of the Knesset on May 5, 2025, to state that the Israeli public agrees that victory cannot be achieved without returning the hostages (Courtesy Hostages Family Forum)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Visual's Daily Briefing. It's Wednesday, May 7th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm here with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Hi, Jacob. How you doing? |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, Jessica. Good to be with you again. |
| 0:15.0 | It was very good to have you here on the podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | It is day 579 of the war. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a U.S. |
| 0:24.9 | truce with the Houthis who say their strikes on Israel will continue. The IDF disabled, |
| 0:31.0 | the Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport in Israeli Air Force strikes on the Yemen capital on Tuesday. |
| 0:36.6 | We'll talk about that, as well as the |
| 0:40.0 | latest on the Gaza AIDS situation. Trump's upcoming visit to the Middle East next week, not |
| 0:46.3 | currently including a stop in Israel, and the State Department plan to downgrade the security |
| 0:51.4 | coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. |
| 0:58.6 | We'll, of course, also talk about the latest with the hostage families. Stay with us. |
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| 1:16.8 | Has decades of Holocaust education truly helped fight anti-Semitism? |
| 1:21.7 | Or has it backfired? |
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| 2:07.6 | Jacob, let's start with the very latest, which is U.S. President Donald Trump announced a truce with the Houthis, a U.S. truce. Israel can still be struck by the |
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