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Today is day 178 of the war with Hamas. Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed streets outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on Sunday evening in a mass protest demanding the government resign, marking the first day of what is slated to be a four-day event. As protesters accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of abandoning hostages in Gaza and mismanaging the war against Hamas, the premier, for his part, insisted at a press conference that he was doing everything in his power to bring the captives home. What else did he say?
According to multiple media reports, truce talks to release the hostages were set to resume yesterday in Cairo. Did they?
On Friday, Israel contested a recent UN-backed report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza saying that “the report contains multiple factual and methodological flaws, some of them serious.” Berman weighs in.
Yesterday, Israel lambasted an interim report that reviewed Israel’s allegations against Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA of employing at least a dozen workers who played active roles during the October 7 Hamas massacre of some 1,200. We hear how independent the report really is.
Israel’s National Security Council said Thursday that Israelis should avoid traveling to Turkey, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt — including the Sinai peninsula, usually a popular holiday destination for Israelis over Passover — in updated travel warnings for the coming months. What is seen as the risk in these areas and elsewhere?
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‘Can’t go on like this’: Tens of thousands start 4-day anti-gov’t protest outside Knesset
As protesters demand he go, Netanyahu argues election would play into Hamas’s hands
The stunning rise, curious suspension and insistent return of Israel’s star spokesman
Indirect truce talks between Israel and Hamas to resume in Cairo
Israel says UN’s interim report on UNRWA allegations a ‘cover up’ of its terror ties
‘Multiple factual flaws’: Israel contests UN-backed report on imminent famine in Gaza
Israel warns of travel to Turkey and Arab countries; also notes Eurovision risks
THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas’s onslaught on Israel
THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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