Daily Briefing May 20: Drama at Knesset as coalition plows ahead with legislation |
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.
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel and reporter Amy Spiro join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
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It’s been an intensive week for lawmakers, reports Karmel, as the government begins dissolving the Knesset to trigger earlier elections and accelerates several controversial pieces of legislation. Karmel discusses the attorney general bill, a final effort by the right-leaning coalition to remove what remains of the only checks and balances on executive power in Israel.
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