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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, Iraq, December 6, 2024. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
December 8, 2024, 12:59 pm
Iranian foreign minister meets with Hamas leaders in Doha
Terror group frames Muhammad Darwish as its chief during talks with Iran’s Araghchi, as Hamas leadership again ensconces itself in Qatar
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 7, 2024, 1:41 am
Trump aides asked Qatar to recall ousted Hamas chiefs in bid to revive hostage talks
Sources tell ToI that after Biden requested terror leaders’ expulsion, president-elect’s team urged reversal of move, deeming Doha’s mediation critical to get a deal before Jan. 20
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador Jack Lew speaks in an interview with Kan news on December 5, 2024. (Kan screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 6, 2024, 2:52 pm
US envoy: Israel shouldn’t make ‘small things into big things’ in tenuous Lebanon truce
On Gaza, Jack Lew argues Netanyahu’s vocal demands on Philadelphi ‘distracted’ from Hamas intransigence; says ‘there is no arms embargo on Israel’ after PM’s insinuations otherwise
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Campaigning for a second term, former US President Donald Trump speaks before prominent Jewish donors at an event titled "Fighting Antisemitism in America" at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington DC, September 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
December 6, 2024, 6:31 am
Trump nominations set stage for fresh clash between annexation, normalization backers
US president-elect returns to office with plans to expand Abraham Accords, but those pushing for Israel to annex West Bank are still bullish about doing so over next four years
By Jacob Magid
Anti-government fighters gesture as they check a Syrian military jet after they took over an airbase near the central city of Hama, on December 6, 2024. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 1:20 am
Dec. 6: Syrian officials said to flee government buildings in southern Sweida province
Unconfirmed report: IDF recently struck chemical weapons cache in Syria * Sara Netanyahu formally recognized as crime victim over flares thrown at home when she wasn’t there
By Jacob Magid and Elana Kirsh
Amnesty International Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, September 8, 2015. (chameleonseye/istock)
December 5, 2024, 3:47 pm
‘Predetermined conclusions’: Amnesty Israel workers slam parent group’s ‘genocide’ charge
Local branch rejects report’s conclusion, but says Israeli actions ‘may amount to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing’; US also rejects genocide conclusion
By Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Left to right: US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at a Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a government meeting in Nahariya on December 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO); Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a meeting in Egypt's new administrative capital on November 27, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
December 5, 2024, 2:10 am
Qatar resumes Gaza mediation role, as Trump envoy pushes for deal by Jan. 20 — source
Mideast point man in-waiting Steve Witkoff held talks with Netanyahu and Qatari PM, who then met Mossad chief, source says; Hamas to return to Doha for fresh round of negotiations
By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump listens as Adam Boehler, CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 4, 2024, 11:59 pm
Trump taps businessman and former Abraham Accords negotiator as hostage point-man
Adam Boehler, who also helped lead talks with the Taliban during Trump’s first term, previously suggested a US military operation to rescue American hostages held by Hamas
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Mourners take part in the funeral procession of Hezbollah fighters who were killed during the recent war with Israel, in the southern Lebanese village of Kherbet Selm on December 4, 2024. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)
December 4, 2024, 6:34 am
Dec. 4: Hezbollah ‘knocked back’ by Israel but poised to rebuild for long term — US intel
Report details new Egyptian hostage deal proposal as Qatari PM confirms talks with Trump team * All 8 suspects in settler rampage of Palestinian towns released within hours of arrest
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Ronen and Orna Neutra speak at a memorial ceremony for their son Omer at the Midway Jewish Center in Hicksville, New York on December 3, 2024. (NY Hostages Families Forum)
December 4, 2024, 2:09 am
Slain Israeli-American hostage remembered as ‘hero of Israel’ at NY memorial service
Hundreds pack synagogue where Omer Neutra had bar mitzvah to pay respects; brother Daniel vows to work for release of all captives in his honor; grandmother speaks at Tel Aviv event
By AP, Jacob Magid and Jessica Steinberg
Then-former US president Donald Trump poses for photos with family members of Hamas hostage Edan Alexander, after visiting the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York, October 7, 2024. (AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)
December 2, 2024, 11:32 pm
Trump warns there will be ‘all hell to pay’ if hostages aren’t released by Jan. 20
After making threat as candidate at the RNC, president-elect doubles down, two days after Hamas releases video of American-Israeli captive begging him to secure a deal
By Jacob Magid
IDF troops patrol along the Israeli-Lebanon border in northern Israel, December 2, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 2, 2024, 8:51 pm
IDF launches wave of strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah mortar attack
Terror group says first fire since truce is an ‘initial warning’ against Israel over ‘continued violation of Lebanese airspace’; US says ceasefire holding despite incidents
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US President-elect Donald Trump (left) dines with Sara Netanyahu and Yair Netanyahu at the Trump International Golf Course in Florida on December 1, 2024. (Yair Netanyahu/X)
December 2, 2024, 4:12 pm
Trump dines with visiting Sara Netanyahu at his Florida golf resort; Yair also attends
Prime minister’s wife says she raised issue of hostages held in Gaza with US president-elect and noted the ‘urgent need for their swift release’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Donald Trump, right, signs autographs as Massad Boulos watches during a visit to Dearborn, Michigan on November 1, 2024. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 1, 2024, 8:04 pm
Trump says Lebanese-American in-law will be senior aide on Arab and Mideast affairs
Massad Boulos has ties to both pro- and anti-Hezbollah parties in Lebanon, is expected to work with Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff to expand Abraham Accords, end region’s wars
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Illustrative: The arches of the Arab Bank building in East Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 28, 2024, 10:11 pm
Under US pressure, security cabinet extends Israel-PA bank ties deal by a year
Move pushed by Biden administration comes after Smotrich had insisted on month-by-month renewals; Ben Gvir votes against the measure he says will allow Ramallah to limp on
By Jacob Magid
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