Daily Briefing Oct 17: Day 11 of war – Biden to visit Israel, as some US citizens leave
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses US involvement in Hamas hostage negotiations and Canaan Lidor reports from Netivot, Ofakim and Haifa’s port
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US bureau chief Jacob Magid and religion and Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor join host Jessica Steinberg on today’s episode.
Magid reports on the US involvement in hostage negotiations through the UN, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, given the lack of direct relations with Hamas. He also discusses the US push for Israel to have a longer-term plan for the Gaza Strip, after Hamas is toppled.
Lidor describes US citizens boarding a ship at Haifa port as part of US evacuation efforts.
Magid adds more information about US President Joe Biden’s decision to make a brief solidarity visit to Israel Wednesday.
Lidor speaks about his interviews in the southern town of Netivot, where poverty interferes with some residents’ desire to take a break after the Hamas onslaught and ongoing rocket fire.
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Discussed articles include:
Biden to make wartime ‘solidarity’ visit to Israel on Wednesday
US pressing Israel to devise strategy for scenario of Hamas’s rule being toppled
IDF notifies relatives of 199 people that their loved ones are Gaza hostages
At Haifa port, evacuating Israeli-Americans feel torn between family and country
In Netivot, poverty compounds the problems of a battered border city
In order to cook for tens of thousands, Tel Aviv restaurants kasher their kitchens
THOSE WE ARE MISSING
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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