Daily Briefing Oct. 25: Day 385 – Israel heads back to Qatar, first time in 2 months
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses renewal of negotiations, what a Trump win could mean for the PM, the American-Israeli aiming to handle Gazan aid and PA banking with Smotrich
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome 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 Jessica Steinberg for today’s podcast.
Magid discusses Mossad chief David Barnea heading to Doha again for hostage negotiations, as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The negotiations are the first in two months, and follow the IDF’s killing last week of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
He also talks about the effects of a possible Donald Trump win in the upcoming US election, a victory that would offer Netanyahu more leeway in maintaining his hardline government and in the ongoing war in Gaza, but there is also a possible clash as Trump keeps saying, “End the war very quickly.”
Magid reviews the latest proposal for getting aid into Gaza through an Israeli-American businessman who hopes his company will be chosen for the subcontracting job, with a plan for constructing gated communities in Gaza run by outside security forces.
Magid reviews the October 31 deadline for renewing the bank agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a process that involves Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
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Discussed articles include:
Mossad chief heads to Qatar Sunday to try to restart Gaza talks; Hamas team in Cairo
Blinken pushes Israel to publicly say it’s not aiming to besiege north Gaza; PM demurs
If Trump wins, Israeli officials fear clash over inability to quickly end Gaza war
As Israel weighs subcontracting Gaza aid delivery, a philanthropist makes his pitch
US official: PA has met Israeli requirements for Smotrich to extend banking deal
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