Hourly Roundup 12:00 Israel · 29 Jun 2026

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Can anyone build a coalition without the Haredi and Arab parties?Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Political correspondent Ariela Karmel joins host Gabriella Jacobs for today's episode.…
IDF marks day 1,000 of the War of RedemptionThe Israel Defense Forces on Monday held a conference marking 1,000 days of fighting in the War of Redemption, launched in response to Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. As part of the summit, IDF Chief…
Poll: Religious enlistment more important than mixed-gender unitsA poll found that the Israeli public is divided almost evenly on whether to integrate women into armored units versus making adjustments for religious soldiers
Hormuz—at the edge of a slippery slopeGiven the uncertainties surrounding the 60-day period of negotiations outlined in the American-Iranian Memorandum of Understanding, it is perhaps premature to judge the ultimate content of the “deal.” It remains to be seen whether the…
Israel can forgo US aid - under one condition | Yaakov NagelThe next aid agreement with the US must change, but not disappear all at once. Without an alternative budgetary mechanism, immediate waiver could be as dangerous as jumping off a cliff.
Smotrich in Nir Oz: "The pioneers here are our picture of victory"Chairman of the Religious Zionism party, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, toured this morning (Monday) the new neighborhood in Kibbutz Nir Oz, with the participation of council head Michal Uziyahu, kibbutz chairman Zviki Tesler, and members…
The AI Solution for Aliyah | Zvi FishmanZvi Fishman turned to artificial intelligence and asked how to significantly increase aliyah from the United States. The answer presents a broad educational, communal, employment, and national plan.
Israel in the Global Peace Index – Which Country Is the SafestThe planet is rapidly plunging into an abyss of geopolitical chaos, and Israel has secured a place in the anti-ranking of territories with minimal reserves of internal and external stability. Such discouraging conclusions were reached…
Russia prevents terror attack – synagogue arson attempt thwartedIn Yaroslavl, FSB officers detained a man who was preparing a terrorist attack against the local Jewish community. According to information from the publication Izvestia, the perpetrator planned to set fire to a synagogue building.…
Minister Kisch on Likud meeting with Eisenkot: 'Such a move has legitimacy'Minister Yoav Kisch addressed this morning in an interview with Galei Tzahal the possibility that Likud would sit under Eisenkot if he is elected Prime Minister, and claimed: 'There is legitimacy for such a move;…
For the first time: A protected educational building inaugurated in a young settlementFor the first time, a protected educational building was inaugurated in a settlement from the young settlement enterprise, in the community of Adorayim in the Har Hevron Regional Council. The new building will house "Gan…
IDF Chief of Staff Zamir to IDF Commanders: We Are at a Significant Strategic Crossroads in the CampaignIn a special conference marking 1,000 days of fighting, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that the IDF stands at a significant strategic crossroads and emphasized the commitment to continue deepening the achievements in…

Torah perspective

A thousand days of war, and the IDF calls it the War of Redemption. Not a conventional military label but a name drawn from the depths of Jewish tradition, where redemption is not a single event but a birth canal of trials. The recording of Col. Asaf Hamami declaring war just thirty minutes after the invasion began captures something essential: in the moment of greatest darkness, clarity of purpose emerges. The Gemara teaches that redemption comes through suffering, yet the suffering itself is never the point. 964 soldiers have fallen, and their sacrifice is woven into a fabric larger than any single battle. The wheat grows again, as the chief of staff quoted, because Jewish history has always turned graves into fields.