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Daily Briefing Aug. 28: Why ToI continues to sound the alarm about MK Ben Gvir

Editor David Horovitz on provocateur MK, surprise rise for Maccabi Haifa; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Syria airstrikes, ‘good hints’ on US military plans against Iran

By ToI Staff 28 August 2022, 2:14 pm

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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.

Editor David Horovitz and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian join host Amanda Borschel-Dan.

Satellite images obtained by Fabian on Saturday showed heavily damaged structures at a Syrian weapons base near the northwestern city of Masyaf in a Thursday airstrike attributed to Israel. Fabian tells us more.

Russia has shipped its advanced S-300 air defense system in Syria back home amid its invasion of Ukraine, an Israeli satellite intelligence firm said Friday. Is this significant for Israel?

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again brokered a cooperation deal between Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism that seems to guarantee that both parties will cross the electoral threshold. Horovitz speaks about the editorial choice of repeatedly raising the alarm about the Kahane-inspired party, as he did in a scathing op-ed last week.

Late last week during Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s trip to Washington, DC, Israel received “good hints” with regard to the US having a working offensive plan against Iran. What does this mean, in practical terms, even as both Gantz and Prime Minister Yair Lapid are attempting to speak with the US about this deal.

The Maccabi Haifa soccer team has risen to the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in over a decade. The group was placed in group H, where it will face off against French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain on September 14 in Haifa. Horovitz shares his perspective on Haifa’s chances.