Daily Briefing Apr. 12: MK Odeh hits out at Arab servicemen during terror wave. Why?

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman decipher a series of remarks by Joint Arab List head; Lazar Berman reports in from Turkey

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan.

We hear first from diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman who is on a journalists’ trip in Turkey. What is the goal of this government-organized visit?

Israelis awoke to two disturbing reports of terrorist attacks. A policeman was lightly wounded after being stabbed by a Palestinian man in the southern city of Ashkelon this morning. And also this morning, we learned of a deflected attack earlier in the week, in which a Palestinian security officer attempted a shooting in the West Bank settlement of Vered Yeriho. What has been the response from the Palestinian Authority?

We turn now to politics and drill down into a series of controversial remarks made by Joint List head Ayman Odeh that have made waves here in Israel. Let’s hear some context.

Finally, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was interviewed on the three major Israeli television networks last night. What did he say, and what did he not say?