Premature ceasefire will not neutralize Iran's potent threat
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 29 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.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
In today's episode, we take a step back and take a look at the holistic picture that brought the US and Israel to declare war on the rapacious Iranian regime. We discuss attempts to initiate high-level negotiations with Iran and the potential consequences of a "premature" ceasefire.
Turning our gaze to Lebanon and Gaza, Horovitz describes how toppling Iran may be easier than the elusive "total victory" in Gaza or the suppression of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
We finish our conversation with a brief review of the stagnant status quo in Gaza amid a new effort from the Board of Peace to inject new momentum into the disarmament of Hamas.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
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Board of Peace envoy lays out principles of disarmament plan presented to Hamas
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IMAGE: Pro-government supporters wave Iranian flags during a rally in a square in western Tehran, Iran, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. I'm Amanda Borschel Dan. Today is Thursday, |
| 0:09.8 | March 6th, and I'm joined in our Jerusalem studio by our founding editor, David Horowitz. David, |
| 0:15.3 | thank you so much for joining me today. Hi, Amanda. How you do? I'm okay. Despite the news that a third |
| 0:20.4 | idea of soldier was killed |
| 0:22.0 | in southern Lebanon, he joins 15 civilians who have been killed so far during this war with |
| 0:29.3 | Iran and with Chazbalah in southern Lebanon. David, today we're going to discuss the |
| 0:34.8 | foundations of the war. What are we fighting for? And at this |
| 0:38.2 | crossroads in which there are negotiations in the air, if not in practice, what would it |
| 0:45.0 | mean to have a ceasefire right now? All of this and more when we're back. |
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