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Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP) /
October 6, 2026, 7:03 pm
EU ‘ready to deploy’ observers for November Palestinian legislative election, envoy says
Kaja Kallas says vote offers ‘long-overdue opportunity to renew legitimacy’ of PA institutions, but questions remain as to whether it’ll be held amid Israeli restrictions, divisions in Abbas’s Fatah
By AFP and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, right, listens during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 6, 2026, 7:42 am
‘You want to call Trump, Bibi?’: How incoming US president’s wrath was leveraged to close hostage deal
Top Biden aide’s new book reveals dramatic 11th-hour talks before January 2025 agreement as well as outgoing president’s desire to give final speech rebuking his party’s anti-Israel direction
By Jacob Magid
Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel in a terrorist attack on September 30, 2026, in an undated image from his deleted LinkedIn profile.
October 6, 2026, 2:39 am
Shin Bet agents participating in interrogation of flydubai terrorist in UAE
After rest of flycrew questioned, Israel does not believe any of them were involved in copilot’s attempt to crash Tel Aviv-bound plane full of Israelis; Trump says he ‘personally’ believes Iran responsible
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, September 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 1, 2026, 7:14 pm
Trump marvels at plumber who pulled flydubai plane out of dive
After update from Netanyahu on dramatic flight, US president says he heard Israeli passenger seized controls and ‘leveled out the plane,’ muses that copilot attacker was ‘whack-job’
By Jacob Magid
L: President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 30, 2026, 11:52 pm
Netanyahu, Sa’ar speak to Emirati counterparts, vow cooperation after flydubai attack
Foreign Ministry briefs Israeli diplomats that attemped hijacking was attack on Abraham Accords; US AG says Washington coordinating with Mideast counterparts; flydubai temporarily suspends route
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Then-Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed, File)
September 30, 2026, 6:02 pm
Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan may join with Hamas to challenge PA’s Abbas at ballot box
Talks underway with exiled power broker for creation of unified Palestinian list to run in November election, including members of Islamic Jihad, though unclear if slate will get go-ahead, or vote will even occur
By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
White House official Brett McGurk and US Vice President Joe Biden (left) in an undated photo. (Brett McGurk/X)
September 29, 2026, 10:07 pm
Ex-Biden aide: US pressure on Israel harmed talks with Hamas to release hostages
In new book, Brett McGurk recalls how negotiations stalled amid public US warnings to Israel against Rafah op; but Harris aide defends approach, saying it was needed to prevent civilian harm
By Jacob Magid
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
September 29, 2026, 2:11 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Board of Peace envisions transformation in Gaza, and Israel
US bureau chief Jacob Magid brings us discussions on Gaza reconstruction and de-radicalization, Norway’s thoughts on Israeli settler violence, and the US response to the UK’s sanctions
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump winks as the members of the media depart the Oval Office of the White House as Essar Capital Director Prashant Ruia, from left, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa., and Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, look on, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 29, 2026, 2:13 am
Trump denies willingness to give Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuke concessions
US and Iranian officials speak separately with Qatari mediators on amended Iranian proposal that includes end to hostilities in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, after Trump nixed earlier version
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the State Department, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 29, 2026, 1:42 am
Lebanese PM meets Rubio, stresses need for IDF withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament
Nawaf Salam says two discussed ‘path to restoring Lebanon’s full sovereignty’; IDF completes large-scale operation to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP
Right-wing activists attend a rally calling for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, near the border in southern Israel, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 28, 2026, 6:29 pm
Board of Peace official: Extremist views in Israel impeding effort to deradicalize Gaza
Official from US-controlled panel overseeing Gaza rebuild expresses alarm over widespread support in Israel — trickling down from politicians to youth — for ‘encouraging migration’ of Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump attends a tea with first lady Melania Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Red Room of the White House, September 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
September 26, 2026, 10:03 am
Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, reportedly plans to renew strikes after midterms
Iran official says plan would halt all hostilities and reopen Strait of Hormuz within seven days, but WSJ reports Trump sees a likelihood of renewing bombing campaign later in year
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
NY correspondent Luke Tress and US bureau chief Jacob Magid join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
September 25, 2026, 11:49 am
Daily Briefing Sept. 25 – The PM’s speech: Fiery rhetoric, inside and outside the UN
US bureau chief Jacob Magid and NY correspondent Luke Tress on the theatrics and props used by Netanyahu, PA President Abbas and the diverse array of protesters at the UN General Assembly
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jacob Magid and Luke Tress
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks via pre-recorded video during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 24, 2026, 8:09 pm
PA’s Abbas at UN: Israel trying to force Palestinians out with ‘genocidal war,’ ‘settler terrorism’
In virtual address, leader rejects US justifications for visa ban extension, insisting that Ramallah rejects terrorism and has ‘completed’ pledged reforms, targeting Israel in ICC is ‘peaceful’
By Jacob Magid
Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, speaks during a high-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State solution at UN Headquarters on July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
September 24, 2026, 3:54 am
Norway says sanctioning settlements ‘the right thing to do,’ despite potential Israeli retaliation
Israeli reprisals to previous measures have impaired Oslo’s ability to aid Palestinians; Norwegian FM says latest step shows that ‘the world that helped establish Israel now wants to see this [West Bank] problem solved’
By Jacob Magid
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