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The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 37 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.
US President Donald Trump says the US will be pausing the operation Project Freedom that it launched on Monday to assist vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz due to progress made in talks toward a permanent ceasefire with Iran. Magid parses Trump's Truth Social post announcement and updates us on statements made earlier in the day by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The US-led Board of Peace, the newly formed body tasked with overseeing the postwar management of Gaza, does not intend to hold Israel to the terms of the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire if Hamas does not accept the international panel’s framework for the terror group’s disarmament, a document obtained by Magid shows. We hear the potential implications of this new approach.
And finally, we turn to a new report on a recurring issue: The US State Department informed Congress last month that the Palestinian Authority has not ceased making payments to the families of security prisoners and slain attackers, despite reforming, and ostensibly ending, its system of cash transfers awarded in accordance with the amount of time served behind Israeli bars. Magid unravels this knotty issue.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Iran threatens Hormuz shipping, as Trump said to shelve strikes amid diplomacy
Iran ceasefire ‘not over,’ US ‘not looking for a fight,’ Hegseth says after Tehran fires on Gulf
Draft UN resolution threatens sanctions on Iran unless it opens Strait of Hormuz
Board of Peace won’t hold Israel to truce terms if Hamas doesn’t okay disarmament offer
US says PA continuing to pay security prisoners despite reformed welfare criteria
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. I'm your host, Amanda Borchelle-Dahn. Today is Wednesday, May 6th. I'm joined by U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob, Jacob, thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 0:15.9 | Hi, Amanda. How was your Cinco de Mayo? |
| 0:19.9 | Cinco de Mayo. |
| 0:21.3 | Wow, I think I blanked out that it was that day. |
| 0:25.4 | Here it was Lagbo-Omer, and so it was a bit stinky everywhere. |
| 0:28.5 | But thanks for asking, how is your Cinco de Mayo in Chicago. |
| 0:32.7 | Also somewhat unmemorable, but I had to ask. |
| 0:35.9 | Thank you, Jacob. |
| 0:37.4 | I am eager to hear from you all the updates about the Iran negotiations. |
| 0:42.0 | I know that U.S. Secretary of State, Marker Rubio, has made some statements, and there |
| 0:45.9 | was indeed some kind of addressed to the UN. |
| 0:48.9 | We're also going to hear about what's happening in terms of the Gaza Board of Peace as the envoy is here in Israel. |
| 0:57.2 | And to end up with, let's have an update about the Palestinian Pay to Slai program. |
| 1:02.1 | So all of this and more when we're back. |
| 1:18.5 | Israel wins wars, but keeps losing the story. How can that be changed? |
| 1:28.0 | Scott Galloway, NYU professor, best-selling author, and one of the most influential voices in the world, believes storytelling isn't just a skill. |
| 1:29.7 | It's a survival strategy. |
| 1:33.2 | And right now, the Jewish people aren't winning that fight. |
| 1:37.7 | In a special episode of unpacking Israeli history recorded live in London, |
| 1:42.5 | Galloway joins Noam Weissman to explore how October 7th re-shaped his thinking, |
| 1:45.4 | why the narrative war matters as much as any military one, and what it will actually take to change the story. |
| 1:50.4 | Search and subscribe to Unpacking Israeli History, wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. I'm Amanda Borchelle Don with our U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. |
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