Day 723 - Trump's 21-point Gaza plan, broken down
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 28 September 2025
⏱️ 30 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 Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
We start with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Friday at the UN General Assembly. Magid describes the atmosphere in the room and points out that since Netanyahu was the first speaker of the session, in order to stage a dramatic emptying of the hall, the nations' delegates needed to be punctual -- just to walk out. We learn about what Netanyahu said and hear about the gimmicks used in his delivery.
In the second half of the program, we discuss the 21-point US proposal for ending the war in Gaza, which encourages Palestinians to remain in the Strip and provides for the creation of a pathway to a future Palestinian state, according to a verified copy of the plan obtained by Magid.
We delve into the plan, point by point, and Magid provides commentary on some of the more confusing or vague statements.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Revealed: US 21-point plan for ending Gaza war, creating pathway to Palestinian state
Full text of Netanyahu’s speech: We won’t let the world shove a terror state down our throat
In defiant UN speech, PM rips world leaders for turning backs on Israel, recognizing Palestine
IDF ordered to broadcast Netanyahu’s UN speech to residents of Gaza Strip
Hamas hails walkout during Netanyahu’s UN speech, says it shows Israel’s ‘isolation’
Trump vows ‘intense’ talks to continue until deal reached to free hostages, end Gaza war
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:06.0 | Today is Sunday, September 28th, day 723 of the war. |
| 0:11.0 | Amanda Borchelle, Dan, here with our U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, Jacob, and Shavuatov, a good week to you. |
| 0:18.0 | At least here in Israel, we start a week today. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah, Shavutov. It is so great to see you, at least here in Israel. We start a week today. Yeah, Chavuatov. |
| 0:22.0 | It is so great to see you, and you had quite the busy week last week. And in addition to |
| 0:27.5 | exclusively revealing details from U.S. President Donald Trump's 21-point plan on our site yesterday, |
| 0:36.0 | you were in New York all last week to cover the United Nations |
| 0:39.0 | General Assembly. So we're going to hear about the plan and highlights of Prime Minister |
| 0:43.8 | Benjamin Netanyahu's speech, the general going ons in New York, and we'll hear how Trump |
| 0:50.2 | is vowing that intensive talks will continue until the Gaza war is ended and all Israeli hostages are back home. |
| 0:58.7 | So we'll speak about all this and more when we're back. |
| 1:07.4 | What does it mean for countries to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN? |
| 1:13.3 | What really makes a state? |
| 1:16.3 | And why does this issue provoke such outrage from some and hope from others? |
| 1:22.2 | On unpacking Israeli history, host Noam Weisman explores these questions in a special series on Palestinian |
| 1:29.2 | statehood, with voices from across the spectrum, Samir Siniglawi, Michael Coplau, Ahmed Fuad al-Katib |
| 1:36.7 | and Aynat Wilf. He traces the story from the British mandate to Oslo through the Intifadas, |
| 1:43.3 | October 7th and beyond. |
| 1:45.9 | It's a deep dive into history, leadership, and the choices that still shape the conflict |
| 1:50.9 | today. |
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