Why Israel could object to the potential Iran deal
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 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.
Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
The US and Iran are close to signing a deal involving a 60-day ceasefire extension, during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran would be able to freely sell oil, and negotiations would be held on curbing Iran’s nuclear program — including it giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium, the Axios news site reported on Sunday, citing a US official. Schneider gives insight into Israel's reaction to the potential deal and delves into what could happen on the Lebanon front: Is Hezbollah part of the package?
A soldier was killed Friday by a drone near the Lebanese border, the Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday. The slain soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, a technology and maintenance soldier in the 401st Brigade, from Atlit in northern Israel. Schneider underlines that this occurred on Israeli soil, where Hezbollah drone attacks are still an everyday occurrence for residents of the north.
On Friday night, Yashar! party head Gadi Eisenkot gave his first major interview in recent memory to the Uvda TV news magazine. We hear what was said -- and unsaid.
Since the establishment of the State of Israel, young women, from the age of 18, have been obligated to enlist in the IDF. We learn about how the ranks of female fighters have swelled in the past decade -- and the intense backlash from the religious community. Schneider brings us an update from this morning, which illustrates this delicate balance.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
US-Iran deal said to open strait for 60 days, Iran to discuss giving up enriched uranium
Trump says deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated, will be announced shortly,’ Hormuz will be opened
Liberman slams emerging Iran deal, accuses Netanyahu of failing to win war ‘on any front’
Soldier killed in northern Israel by Hezbollah drone from Lebanon
Female troops are under assault, and not just in Bnei Brak
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:07.0 | Today is Sunday, May 24th. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Amanda Borchelle Dan in Jerusalem, joined by our political correspondent Tal Schneider. |
| 0:14.0 | Tal, thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 0:16.0 | Hi, Amanda. |
| 0:17.0 | We awoke to a morning of uncertainty, and so we're going to state what we know right now about the potential deal between the United States and Iran to end the war. |
| 0:27.9 | We'll also hear about what's happening in the political sphere, especially Gaddi Eisencott, the head of Yashar, exclamation point. |
| 0:36.0 | In the second half of the program, we will turn to the idea of women servingar, exclamation point. In the second half of the program, |
| 0:37.7 | we will turn to the idea of women serving as fighters in the army, |
| 0:42.0 | something that Tal is definitely an expert in. |
| 0:44.2 | And so stay tuned for all of this and more when we're back. I'm Amanda Borchelle Dan here with our political correspondent, Tal Schneider. |
| 1:09.3 | Tal, not for the first time, the idea of a wedding has been used as a diplomatic chess piece, |
| 1:15.2 | shall we say, on the Global Board of Uncertainty and Warfare. |
| 1:20.3 | And I'm talking, of course, about how U.S. President Donald Trump decided to not attend his son, |
| 1:26.9 | Donald Jr.'s wedding over the weekend because of heightened |
| 1:30.1 | tensions and uncertainty in terms of the war with Iran. So this morning, you and I woke to news, |
| 1:37.3 | or perhaps you heard last night late, that the deal is almost struck, as we heard from |
| 1:42.4 | U.S. President Donald Trump on his truth social |
| 1:45.6 | network. However, from Tehran, we're hearing a bit of a different story. So none of the |
| 1:51.6 | details are actually truly public. What is the reporting that we're hearing about any kind of |
| 1:57.0 | potential deal, Tal? Right. So first we have to say it's not a closed deal until it's a |
| 2:02.6 | closed and signed deal. We've been in this situation many times in the past and, you know, |
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