Daily Briefing Nov. 19: Day 410 – PM sounds off on Biden, Iran, hostages

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

Horovitz reviews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critical comments about US President Joe Biden made during a Knesset speech on Monday. The prime minister departed numerous times from his prepared remarks, and commented more widely on Israel’s retaliatory attacks against Iran and the ongoing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

He also discusses Netanyahu’s remarks about the leaks from cabinet and other sensitive meetings in the course of the war, the damage they’ve done, and his anger that they are not being probed even as the police and Shin Bet are investigating alleged illegal activities relating to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Finally, Horovitz talks about the comments Netanyahu made regarding the hostages still held in Gaza, even as some of their family members and supporters were kicked out of the Knesset gallery during his speech.

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Discussed articles include:

Lebanese official says Hezbollah agrees to US ceasefire proposal with ‘comments’

Netanyahu says Biden’s counsel throughout the war was repeatedly off-mark

Eli Feldstein, Netanyahu aide jailed in leaks case, placed under suicide watch

Hostage families barred from showing videos of loved ones in Knesset committee meeting

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