🔊On today’s The Times of Israel daily briefing w/ Amanda Borschel-Dan:

-Hostage talks latest

-Qatar readying to give Hamas the boot

-Blinken’s revealing comments on Israel

-Campus Gaza protests spreading to high schools?
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A senior Israeli official lowers expectations that a hostage deal is imminent.

'Even though the mediators are speaking optimistically, Israel has yet to hear that Hamas has agreed to retreat from its maximalist positions,' the senior official tells The Times of Israel.

Dispatch from the Loop, Lincoln Park, River North and Hyde Park neighborhoods //

Gaza campus protests spread to Chicago high schools, alarming Jewish students timesofisrael.com/gaza-campus-pr… via @timesofisrael

״חשיפה״

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“Humanitarian aid”

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🔊 On today's The Times of Israel Daily Briefing w/ Amanda Borschel-Dan:

- Pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses

- Hostage talks status update

- Gaza pier update
timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing…

Best write up I have seen of what appears to be a peaceful but stubborn group of protesters. Much better than American mainstream media has produced.
Gaza ‘solidarity encampment’ shakes up Northwestern campus but leaves no clear winners timesofisrael.com/gaza-solidarit… via @timesofisrael

Dispatch from the “Gaza solidarity encampment” Northwestern yesterday timesofisrael.com/gaza-solidarit…

Fascinating: US officials still analyze Bibi's position on 2SS in terms relevant to his pre-indictment persona: ideology vs legacy.
Wake up, folks: with his trial progressing, the only filter is 'get out of prison free' ticket. >>