Daily Briefing July 19: Wind turbines — green or greed? Depends how you spin it
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on the Labor primaries and upcoming Meretz race; environment correspondent Sue Surkes talks glowing corals and Ruti the hyena
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.
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and environment correspondent Sue Surkes join host Amanda Borschel-Dan in today’s episode.
Yesterday, MK Merav Michaeli was victorious in a strangely unprecedented win to head Labor for a second term. What is her vision heading into November’s elections?
Meretz is the other left-wing party with a leadership jostle. What’s happening there?
As the right-wing parties seem to strengthen, are these stalwart left-wing groups vying for the same electorate?
We hear about a massive fight over wind turbines in the Negev and Golan. What are the different sides saying?
Surkes wrote about a fascinating study that explains coral’s fluorescence, including those that live between the shallow reef area and the deep, completely dark zone of the sea.
And finally, an unofficial Modiin mascot, Ruti the hyena, was run down this weekend. We learn about this most determined animal.
Discussed articles include:
Michaeli clinches second elected term as Labor leader, a first in party’s history
Merav Michaeli, recapturing Labor leadership, vows to tackle cost of living
Deep sea corals glow in the dark to lure prey, Israeli researchers find
Ruti the celebrity hyena run over and killed near Modiin
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