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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Tal Schneider

Tal Schneider

Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel
A makeshift memorial in front of portraits of murdered Israeli hostages Shiri (L), Ariel (CL), and Kfir (CR) Bibas, as well as Oded Lifshitz (R) at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2025. (Jack Guez / AFP)
February 26, 2025, 2:18 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 26: Day 509 – Bibas family buried as Hamas to release 4 hostages’ remains
Reporters Lazar Berman, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes on a potential reset of ceasefire talks, MK Yair Lapid’s Gaza day-after dream and a 5-year-old who misses his friend Ariel Bibas
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes
Protesters rally outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on February 11, 2025, urging the release of Hamas-held hostages, as the cabinet meets inside. (Orna Kupferman / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
February 11, 2025, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 11: Day 494 – Will the ceasefire hold? Cabinet discusses next steps
Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings us latest on hostages, Hamas allegations and moves Israel could make; Diaspora reporter Zev Stub reviews upcoming WZO elections
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Zev Stub
Model illustration of a new Gaza Strip, from the X account of Dr. Kobby Barda; inset: Professor Joseph Pelzman (courtesy)
February 7, 2025, 5:47 pm
The man with the plan: DC prof sent Trump study on Gaza relocation, development in July
GWU economics professor Joseph Pelzman wrote detailed proposal for Trump’s team; says ‘you have to destroy the whole place, restart from scratch’
By Tal Schneider
Israelis protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside the organization's offices in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
January 28, 2025, 4:34 pm
Why the law banning UNRWA might wind up benefiting Hamas
90 days after legislation was passed to outlaw an agency complicit in terror, and 2 days before it takes effect, Israel has not taken steps to insure it plays out as MKs intended
By Tal Schneider
Simcha Goldin, father of fallen and abducted Israeli soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, whose body is still held by Hamas in Gaza. July 9, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
January 27, 2025, 3:57 pm
Once again, Hadar Goldin may be left behind
Even after the phase 2 of the Hamas-Israel deal, 35 bodies will still be held in Gaza. Among them: Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, killed and abducted in Gaza, during a ceasefire, in 2014
By Tal Schneider
Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90)
January 27, 2025, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 27: Day 479 – Some Gazans return north as more hostages set to be freed
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses latest in Hamas ceasefire-hostage deal, Hezbollah truce, and Kibbutz Nir Oz; reporter Sue Surkes talks about Israeli aid workers and Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes
The Bibas family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, January 2025 (Tal Schneider/Times of Israel)
January 27, 2025, 7:04 am
Israel fiddled while Nir Oz burned, but the kibbutz will rise again
Time has stood still since 117 people in this small community were murdered or abducted on October 7, 2023; but as the community emerges from the ashes, it can no longer be ignored
By Tal Schneider
Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, react to the news of the hostages' release, as they gather in Tel Aviv, Israel on January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 20, 2025, 2:10 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 20: Day 472 – Joy, fear as hostages freed, Palestinian prisoners released
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and political reporter Tal Schneider describe the return of Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher and the pending government reshuffle
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Emanuel Fabian and Tal Schneider
People walking next to a poster of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, 'We won't stop until they're all released!' in Jerusalem, January 12, 2025 ( Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 13, 2025, 1:37 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 13: Day 465 – Israel anxiously awaits possible hostage deal news
Political correspondent Tal Schneider reviews PM’s conversations with Biden and coalition partners as talks advance, while Diana Bletter discusses the plight of northern evacuees
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Diana Bletter
Security forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Yemen hit near a playground in Jaffa on December 21, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 24, 2024, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 24: Day 445 – IDF rethinks ballistic missiles for long-range attacks
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses a gag order lifted in the PM’s office leak case; ecology reporter Sue Surkes talks about the Hula nature reserve and ecological sandals
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes
Israeli Air Force fighter jets prepare to head out for strikes in Iran, early October 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 23, 2024, 5:19 am
Amid IDF rethink, some see air-launched missile doctrine moving to more solid ground
The air force has long promoted versatile missile systems fired from jets, but critics say new threats require a shift to ground-based arms that are faster and more cost-effective
By Tal Schneider
Hostage family members speak to the media after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 8, 2024. (Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 12, 2024, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 12: Day 433 – US security adviser arrives for renewed hostage talks
US bureau chief Jacob Magid and political correspondent Tal Schneider discuss the latest round of negotiations, Israel in the Syrian buffer zone, and the PM’s second day on the stand
By Jessica Steinberg, Jacob Magid and Tal Schneider
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
December 2, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 423 – Haredi housing minister stirs pot with Gaza border visit
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses hostage talks and Goldknopf’s visit to the Gaza border; writer Diana Bletter reports on devastated northern towns
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Diana Bletter
Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2024, 11:35 pm
Ministers back bill denying the PA a path to petition the High Court of Justice
Ministerial Committee for Legislation also backs bills preventing security prisoners from receiving visitors, granting government oversight of television viewership data
By Sam Sokol and Tal Schneider
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, speaking next to a protest tent organized by bereaved families of soldiers killed during the war in Gaza, close to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 5:50 pm
Smotrich is irredeemably losing favor among voters for backing Haredi draft evasion
Finance minister fails to realize that opposing a hostage deal won’t win back support, as religious Zionists seek new political home that would give IDF service its rightful place
By Tal Schneider
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