Daily Briefing July 12: Water cannon isn't 'just a spritz' - MDs decry cops' usage

Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel looks at interest rates and Israel Post privatization as health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand discusses water cannon injuries and unusual surgeries

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.

Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel and health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand
join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s podcast.

Wrobel discusses the Bank of Israel’s decision to leave the interest rate unchanged, and its expression of concern about the possible effects of the contentious judicial overhaul on inflation.

Ghert-Zand talks about the group of doctors who contacted Israel Police last week regarding injuries seen as a result of water cannons used against protesters, urging against the use of this crown-dispersal method.

Wrobel looks at the long-awaited move to privatize Israel Post, with the government now looking for a private investor to bring the postal service into the modern age.

Ghert-Zand reviews some first-time and highly unusual surgeries that took place in the last few days — gender-affirming surgeries in a Nahariya hospital, for the first time outside of the Tel Aviv area, and reversing an internal decapitation of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy.

Discussed articles include:

Bank of Israel holds rates for now, warns about judicial risk to economy

Physicians urge police to suspend water cannon use after protesters badly wounded

Israel kicks off much-sought privatization of Israel Post after recovery push

Gender-affirming surgery performed at Galilee Medical Center for first time

Hadassah surgeons reattach boy’s head to his neck after internal decapitation

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