Tovah Lazaroff

Tovah Lazaroff is the former deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, where she worked as a correspondent from 2000 to 2024. Her expertise includes: settlements, diplomacy, the United Nations, hostage swaps, the southern and northern borders under fire, and terror victims.

Before arriving in Israel in April 2000, Tovah spent eight years as a local reporter in the Boston area, where she earned 12 awards from the New England Press Association and seven from the Massachusetts Press Association for her work.

She has a BA in history from Brandeis University and is a native of Brookline, Massachusetts.


 US special envoy Amos Hochstein gestures as he attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2024.

Hochstein: This is the moment for an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

 WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel at the State Department on October 01, 2024 in Washington, DC. Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for their attacks on Hezbollah leadership.

US urges Turkey to pressure Hamas as hostage release negotiations stall

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, November 19, 2024.

Israel 'will get' all those who harm the hostages – Netanyahu warns


UK envoy Simon Walters calls for comprehensive Gaza deal to free hostages and end war

He reflected on the failed May 31 three-phase deal that never came to fruition, explaining that a new approach was necessary.

Simon Walters, British ambassador to Israel speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2024.

Hochstein: This is the decision-making moment for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Hochstein spoke amid the Biden administration's optimism that an opportunity to end the war in Lebanon is close.

Illustrative image of U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein.

IDF must be free to foil arms smuggling at Lebanese-Syrian border - Netanyahu

Netanyahu pledged that the IDF would continue to target Hezbollah during negotiations.

 People carry their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria, as they flee the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, at the Masnaa border crossing, Lebanon October 28, 2024.

Netanyahu offers NIS 5m. for info on hostages, informant can exit Gaza

Israel offers NIS 5M reward and safe passage from Gaza for hostage intelligence, up from NIS 1M.

 PALESTINIANS WALK past the ruins of houses destroyed during the Gaza war, in Gaza City, last month.

EU will not suspend dialogue with Israel, Poland's Sikorski says

In speaking with reporters prior to a monthly meeting of foreign ministers, Borrell said, that it was important to pressure Israel.

 European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell attends a press conference on the day of EU-Ukraine Association Council in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2024.

Netanyahu says Israel hit Iranian nuclear infrastructure during strike

He did not identify the component but added that despite the success of that hit, Iran's path to a nuclear weapon had not been blocked.

 Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset, November 18, 2024.

Netanyahu: We’ll bring back scores of hostages, hopefully soon

Netanyahu described how he sat awake until 3 a.m. to “discuss ways to overcome the Hamas’s refusal to return everyone.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset plenum, November 18, 2024

Senate leader threatens ICC sanctions over pending Netanyahu warrants

“The Senate must pass or bill to protect Americans and our allies from wrongful targeting by the ICC. Standing up for our great ally Israel shouldn’t be a partisan issue."

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Hochstein to visit Beirut as Lebanon positively views US ceasefire push

US special envoy Amos Hochstein is due to arrive in Lebanon on Tuesday to discuss the proposal, according to the LBCI site.

The damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024

Turkey can’t be a mediator for any hostage deal – Israeli sources

Israel rules out Turkey as a mediator for hostages as Hamas demands a complete end to the Israel-Hamas War.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey October 28, 2023.