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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

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What Matters Now to David Horovitz: Terrible external threats, tremendous internal division

Ahead of a fateful cabinet vote on the firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar tonight, ToI's editor assesses how war-torn Israel is responding

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: What Israel can trust about Hamas

Bestselling author analyzes this moment of uncertainty -- continued war or 'permanent' ceasefire -- as 24 living hostages still languish in Gaza

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Egypt’s farcical plan for postwar Gaza

March 6, 2025

ToI's senior analyst dissects the Arab leaders' endorsement of a $53 billion Gaza plan that neither demilitarizes Hamas nor brings any security guarantees to Israel

What Matters Now to critic Jordan Hoffman: 5 films for Jews to follow at the Oscars

February 27, 2025

ToI's New York-based Hollywood maven weighs in on this year's Jewish Academy Awards scuttlebutt -- and whether Israel will be on the main stage again

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Why is Israel handing Gaza back to Hamas?

February 19, 2025

Ahead of a terrible day for Israel as Hamas returns bodies of hostages taken on Oct. 7, ToI's senior analyst puzzles out why Netanyahu seems to be heading to phase 2 of a sub-par deal

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Trump’s Gaza plan is a warning

February 14, 2025

ToI's senior analyst delves into the US president's bombshell proposal to resettle the residents of Gaza and the potential history behind it