Day 703 - Trump warns Hamas to take deal, as Israel submits another proposal
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 22 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 host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
US President Donald Trump is more optimistic about a hostage deal that will offer the immediate release of all living hostages, says Magid, discussing the President's Sunday tweet. He discusses the current plan offered by Trump and US special envoy Steve Witkoff, passed through unofficial Trump adviser Bishara Bahbah and Israeli activist Gershon Baskin.
Magid also talks about another hostage deal proposed by Israel several weeks ago, which veers from the principles that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted upon for several weeks. It calls for the release of all living hostages within 48 hours of a ceasefire, the disarmament of Hamas in a second phase, and a third phase of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
Magid, currently in Israel, discusses the Saturday night protest for the hostages in Jerusalem, based on the idea of social cohesion as Israelis show up to support the hostages' families and the strongly held value that no one should ever be left behind.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
After Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas, terror group says it’s ready to restart talks
Israel submitted hostage deal offer that strays from PM’s public conditions for ending war
‘Traitor’: Mass Jerusalem crowd pans PM as hostage’s mom calls him worst foe of Jewish nation
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IMAGE: Anat and Haggai Angrest, parents of hostage Matan Angrest, protesting outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Azza Street in Jerusalem on September 6, 2025 (Credit Yael Gadot/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Monday, September 8th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid currently in Israel. It's days 703 of the war. Four people were killed in a terror shooting attack at the Ramout Junction in Jerusalem. The terrorists who |
| 0:22.2 | carried out the deadly terror attack at the junction in Jerusalem were shot and neutralized |
| 0:28.0 | at the scene. We will talk about U.S. President Donald Trump, who on Sunday gave Hamas what he |
| 0:33.8 | called his last warning. To agree to his terms for ending the war, Israel is reportedly |
| 0:39.5 | seriously considering the proposal. We'll talk about that, as well as the news that Israel has |
| 0:44.6 | submitted a hostage deal proposal that veers away from what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 0:51.1 | has insisted for several weeks regarding the conditions for Israel to end the war in Gaza. |
| 0:58.1 | Stay with us. |
| 1:02.5 | It was violent. It was awful, of course, but I think that what brought the similarities to my imagination was what happened after, the language that happened |
| 1:12.3 | after, the reactions that were so unfair. But the event itself, you know, Holocaust was very different. |
| 1:19.9 | It was very silent. The people who died there died alone. Hi, I'm Manya Marcus, host of what came after. |
| 1:27.2 | This past February, I traveled to Poland to meet with several staff members at the Warsaw |
| 1:31.5 | Office of Elnett, an organization that strengthens diplomatic ties between Europe and Israel. |
| 1:37.6 | Together, we recorded a roundtable discussion about the impact of October 7th in Eastern Europe. |
| 1:42.8 | He said that he's not surprised that this happened, |
| 1:46.0 | and let's wait and see what's going to happen in Poland |
| 1:48.8 | because he said anti-Semitism was never dead. |
| 1:52.8 | Please join us for this candid and important conversation. |
| 1:56.0 | You can find What Came After, wherever you get your podcasts, |
| 1:58.7 | or visit us online at what came after.com. |
| 2:07.1 | Okay. Jacob, let's talk with what's headlining on our pages right now. |
| 2:12.7 | Trump's statement, his warning to Hamas. You know, it definitely feels like there is something brewing, |
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