Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 103 – A view to rebuilding the south, as war budget passes
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes discusses plans for Gaza-border communities and northern evacuees, as political correspondent Sam Sokol explains the 2024 budget
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Today is Day 103 of the war. Political correspondent Sam Sokol and environmental reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg.
Surkes discusses a wide-ranging planning session organized to envision how to rebuild the Gaza border region after October 7, with dozens of organizations and departments involved in the brainstorming process.
She also talks about the future for the evacuees from the north, many of them have lived through other difficult security situations, but with no clear plan right now about when they will move back home.
Sokol offers an overview of the budget discussions that took place before the measure’s passage, a process that was streamlined because of defense needs during the ongoing war, and what that will mean for other ministries.
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Discussed articles include:
Amid swarm of stakeholders, planners begin brainstorming how to rebuild south
Cabinet approves 2024 budget, making cuts to offset massive wartime defense boost
Minister storms out of cabinet as Netanyahu attempts to push through wartime budget
THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas’s onslaught on Israel
THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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