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Political correspondent Sam Sokol joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
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Following an interim High Court order allowing a gathering larger than the number permitted under wartime restrictions for Saturday night’s antiwar protest in Tel Aviv, Sokol reports on the backlash from the Knesset coalition and religious parties demanding similar treatment for the traditional Passover mass prayers at the Western Wall.
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Sokol also discusses the passage of the 2026 budget, the government’s largest budget to date, due to increased defense spending and billions of shekels in ultra-Orthodox educational expenditures following an unexpected political maneuver during a long night of voting.
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Cops violently disperse protesters at Tel Aviv anti-war rally, after court raised attendance cap
Flouting wartime restrictions, over 1,000 men gather for address by top Haredi rabbi
High Court raises wartime limit on Western Wall, Temple Mount access from 50 to 100
Levin says government should ignore High Court ruling allowing wartime protests
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