Daily Briefing Jul 18: As protests rage, nepotism may soon be considered ‘reasonable’
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on today’s Day of Disruption against the judicial overhaul, Netanyahu’s ‘invite’ to meet with Biden
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Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today’s episode.
The anti-judicial overhaul protesters have a full day of demonstrations and PR stunts planned for today’s Day of Disruption. What are we seeing so far on the streets?
Inside the Knesset, the opposition has put forward its own protest, in the form of 27,000 reservations to the “reasonableness” bill. Is this unusual?
Rettig Gur tells us about some practical applications of the proposed legislation, including in the chief rabbinate elections and the mayoral elections in Tiberias.
Last night, ahead of the official visit to the US of President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden had a long-awaited phone call in which, according to the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu was invited to the US to meet with Biden. Is this the whole story?
Discussed articles include:
Biden invites Netanyahu to meet in US, stresses need for consensus on judicial reform
Israel tells Morocco it recognizes its sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara
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