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Left to right: White House adviser Jared Kushner, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP, Chaim Goldberg/ FLASH90)
August 17, 2026, 5:19 pm
Meeting with Kushner, PM doubles down on IDF remaining in Gaza until Hamas disarmed
Kushner predicts progress in Hamas weapon handover within 30 days, reportedly cautions PM against interpreting ‘imminent threat’ too broadly when approving Gaza strikes
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (R) sits with US Vice President JD Vance as they attend the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 11:57 pm
Board of Peace finalizing plans for Gaza, but implementation timeline up in the air
With disarmament talks stalled, committee of Palestinian technocrats tasked with replacing Hamas remains outside Strip, attending workshops on how they’ll govern if or when they enter
By Jacob Magid
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
June 18, 2026, 12:39 pm
Daily Briefing June 18 – Signed and sealed, Iran-US deal launches with Trumpian fanfare
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the finalized 14-point memorandum of understanding and the US president’s explosive Wednesday press conference at the G7 summit
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (left) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit to support ending the two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (YouTube screenshot)
June 17, 2026, 3:18 am
US weighs boosting ties with PA as it seeks to advance Gaza plan and Abraham Accords
Officials tell ToI that sides have been holding talks with aim of signing an MOU, which PA hopes will lead to reopening of DC diplomatic office shuttered in Trump’s first term, but US enthusiasm waning
By Jacob Magid
Sir Tony Blair, former prime minister of United Kingdom and Board of Peace Gaza Executive Board speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on The situation in the Middle Eas in New York, New York on April 28, 2026. (Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire)
June 12, 2026, 11:58 pm
Tony Blair takes on larger role as US-led Board of Peace struggles to advance Gaza plan
Former UK prime minister to assume a more managerial role on US-led body, while also taking on responsibilities relating to aid and continuing engagement with PA on reforms
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (left) greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)
January 17, 2026, 9:28 pm
Netanyahu fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board
PM’s office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Former British prime minister Tony Blair arrives at a gala at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires on October 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
January 17, 2026, 4:46 pm
With appointment to Gaza peace committee, Tony Blair returns to Middle East limelight
Former British PM was widely criticized for having the UK join the US in its 2003 invasion of Iraq; has remained active in the region as an envoy and consultant
By JO BIDDLE and Alexandra Del Peral
US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,"President Donald J. Trump Boulevard," January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
January 17, 2026, 4:53 am
US unveils key Gaza panel, with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey
Gaza Executive Board responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen
By Jacob Magid
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians stand amid the destruction left in Gaza City by the war between Israel and Hamas, December 5, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
December 9, 2025, 12:20 pm
Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces pitfalls in attempt to shift to its second phase
Impasses remain in key points, such as Hamas disarmament, postwar governance of the Strip, funding reconstruction, and a path to Palestinian statehood
By AP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians watch machinery and some workers from Egypt searching for the bodies of hostages at Hamad City, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 26, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
November 2, 2025, 2:52 am
US looks to build ‘new Gaza’ on half of Strip under IDF control, but faces pushback
Plan to build half a dozen residential regions on eastern side of Yellow Line for up to 1 million people receives chilly reception from some potential donor countries in the Gulf
By Jacob Magid
A masked member of the Hamas military wing stands guard next to children in the south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 13, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 8:37 pm
Slowed establishment of postwar Gaza government fuels Hamas revival, diplomats warn
Assembling technocratic committee proving difficult task as each stakeholder has own agenda, but absence of alternative is enabling Hamas to fill vacuum left by IDF troops
By Jacob Magid
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair walks through the COP28 UN Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 3, 2023. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)
September 30, 2025, 5:46 pm
Tony Blair’s long experience in Middle East is both his strength and his weakness
Former UK prime minister, tapped to play key role in postwar Gaza administration under Trump’s ceasefire plan, was a peace envoy for nearly a decade after joining Iraq war
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
September 30, 2025, 3:12 am
Trump unveils ‘historic’ Gaza peace plan, hails backing from Israel, Arab and Muslim states
US president calls on Hamas to accept proposal, which would see all hostages freed within 72 hours, says backing it was popular thing for PM to do, amid likely pushback from far right
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump sits across the table from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (lower right), as French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sit next to Trump during a meeting with European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
September 30, 2025, 1:38 am
Europe hails Trump’s plan to end Gaza war as ‘turning point’ for the region
France, Italy, UK all urge Hamas to accept the proposal and lay down its weapons in order to ‘end the misery’ of the past two years of war
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
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