Daily Briefing July 19: 100s march on capital to back MKs who oppose contentious bill
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on yesterday’s Day of Resistance and how the ‘godfather’ of the reasonableness bill disavows paternity
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome 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.
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller Lynn and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon join host Amanda Borschel-Dan in today’s episode.
Hundreds of anti-judicial overhaul protesters are making their way on foot from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as they seek to increase pressure on lawmakers ahead of an expected vote on the reasonableness legislation on Sunday. Keller-Lynn gives an overview of yesterday’s Day of Resistance, in which over 70 protesters were arrested.
Sharon explains the current status of the reasonableness bill and discusses how earlier this week, in a rare public statement, conservative Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg distanced himself from the coalition’s legislation. What did he say?
On Monday at the Knesset faction meetings, opposition leader Yair Lapid offered his analysis of the US-Israel relationship ahead of President Isaac Herzog’s official visit Washington. What were his warnings?
And finally, Keller-Lynn summarizes a rare, startling interview US President Joe Biden gave on the US-Israel relationship with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman.
Discussed articles include:
Hoping to head off ‘reasonableness’ bill, protesters begin 4-day march to Jerusalem
Police clear Ayalon Highway after long day of nationwide protests; 45 arrested in all
Thousands mass at anti-overhaul rallies, block highway after rail station protests
Marathon committee session on ‘reasonableness’ bill enters second day
Judge who ‘inspired’ reasonableness bill says he didn’t intend legislative changes
Biden warns ‘special relationship’ on the line in absence of consensus on overhaul
Lapid: US is pulling away, national tragedy coming; Gantz to PM: It’s not too late
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