Daily Briefing Nov. 1 – What can Bennett offer at Glasgow climate confab?

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.

Today’s podcast guests are political correspondent Tal Schneider and health and science writer Nathan Jeffay, hosted by Jessica Steinberg.

Schneider calls in from the opening of Glasgow summit, where she, diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and environmental reporter Sue Surkes will be reporting from for the next 48 hours.

While the topics at the conference relate to climate change, politics will also be under discussion with more than 120 world leaders present, including Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett, who will use the opportunity to meet and greet his colleagues, said Schneider.

Jeffay discusses the welcome news of Israel opening its borders for the first time since March 2020 to tourists who are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from the disease. That does exclude most children and the regulations are very specific about allowing entry only to those vaccinated within the last six months, but it is a start, according to Jeffay.

Jeffay also speaks about ambitious Israeli research expected to lead to better diagnosis and treatment for autism, a project based out of Beersheba.

Discussed articles include:

Bennett says Israel to set up fund to encourage investment in green technology

For first time in 20 months, Israel welcomes back tourists

With massive donation, Israel autism center aims to ‘impact policy worldwide’

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