Daily Briefing Dec 28: Day 83 - As Hamas war rages, a judicial overhaul bombshell drops

Editor David Horovitz, back from the Gaza border, on how the war may be half over but the harder half is yet to come, with an increasingly divided Israel potentially losing support

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Today is day 83 of the war. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s podcast.

The High Court of Justice is likely to strike down the highly controversial reasonableness law passed by the government this summer as part of its judicial overhaul program, according to a draft decision leaked to the media on Wednesday evening. Horovitz speaks to the timing of this leak and how it may impact Israel’s leadership.

At the start of the ground offensive, the IDF warned the government that this would be a long and hard war. At the same time, there is a certain dissatisfaction with the pace and progress of the troops in some corners, especially as Israeli casualties climb. How are we seeing that play out in the political sphere?

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Israel is being “attacked from seven fronts — Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Iraq, Yemen and Iran.” But is the IDF ready to defend itself on every front?

And finally, we hear some impressions from Horovitz’s trip to the Gaza-border communities this week.

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