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Biranit Goren

Biranit Goren

Biranit Goren is the editor of Zman Yisrael, The Times of Israel's Hebrew-language sister publication.
Protesters gather outside the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern in London, accusing UK billionaire Len Blavatnik of canceling TV programs on Channel 13 in Israel that are critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 2024 (Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News)
February 16, 2026, 9:35 am
Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion
Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu
By Biranit Goren
People walk past a poster by artist TVBOY depicting President Donald Trump wearing a construction worker outfit and holding a placard reading in Spanish: My Gaza is your Gaza, is posted on a street in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Gregorio Borgia/AP PHOTO)
January 15, 2026, 3:17 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 15: Day 832 – Trump wills Gaza plan forward, despite Hamas noncompliance
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the US vis-a-vis Iran and Gaza; reporter Sue Surkes brings a Kibbutz Be’eri update, and looks at the use of feces as cattle feed
By Jessica Steinberg, Biranit Goren and Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 24, 2025, 9:35 am
Poll: Netanyahu’s Likud remains largest party, as Bennett continues to lose ground
Ex-PM Bennett dips to new low of 18 seats, though neither coalition nor Zionist opposition can form government without Arab parties; majority of Israelis want early elections
By Biranit Goren and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers
September 16, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 16: Day 711 – IDF’s ground operation in Gaza City begins
Biranit Goren, editor of ToI’s sister Hebrew site Zman Yisrael, updates us on the rollout of Gideon’s Chariot B and takes an in-depth dive into a controversial speech by the PM
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Biranit Goren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset plenum on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 10, 2025, 10:17 pm
To ensure his political survival, Netanyahu gave Hamas a ceasefire free of charge
For 11 days, Hamas has been free to reorganize without fear of attack or having to release a single hostage. That’s because all that matters now for the PM is passing the budget
By Biranit Goren
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage’s strength, and the Oscar that went to Israeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’
By Jessica Steinberg and Biranit Goren
Israelis protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 3, 2025, 1:47 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 3: Day 486 – Sadism, cages, starvation: Released hostages speak
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on US envoy Steve Witkoff’s take-charge attitude ahead of a crucial meeting with PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and released hostage testimonies
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Biranit Goren
In this May 14, 1948 photo, cabinet ministers of the new State of Israel are seen at a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum marking the creation of the new state, during prime minister David Ben-Gurion's speech declaring independence. (AP Photo)
September 17, 2019, 2:16 pm
We never promised you democracy
This election may be the last chance to halt Israel’s slide toward autocracy. That’s how high the stakes are
By Biranit Goren
Labor party MK Stav Shaffir seen in February 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2019, 5:17 pm
One small step for Stav Shaffir, one large step for Israeli politics
Boldly abandoning Labor to form an alliance between Meretz and the Israel Democratic Party, the young lawmaker may be a ‘traitor’ now but welcomed back by colleagues later
By Biranit Goren
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman speaking at a parlor event in Ramat Gan, July 9, 2019. (Shachar Azran)
July 9, 2019, 4:55 pm
Liberman: Future peace deal with Palestinians must include Arab Israelis
Former defense minister calls Jewish state’s ‘conflict’ with minority more difficult to resolve than reconciliation with Palestinians, Arab world
By Avner Hofstein and Biranit Goren
Biranit Goren
March 3, 2012, 10:34 pm
Biranit Goren
If I forget thee, Jerusalem
The reality of it is that at some point in time my home ceased to exist. It’s only a painful reminder of something that once was, and never will be
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