Join Haaretz reporters Ben Samuels and Allison Kaplan Sommer, and former Israeli diplomat Dani Dayan, for an in depth discussion on Israel's political standing in Washington, moderated by Amir Tibon
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Fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated in what has become the heaviest flare-up since the 2014 Gaza War. At least 213 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, and 10 in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years.
On Saturday, an Israeli man was killed after a barrage of rocket fire targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel, shattering two days of calm in the region. Buildings and infrastructure have been damaged in several cities in central Israel and the IDF downed a media tower housing offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other media outlets.
Three rocket salvos were fired toward central Israel in less than an hour overnight ■ Total rockets since beginning of escalation of 1,160 ■ Seven dead in Israel, including a soldier, as well as father and daughter killed in city of Lod, following Gaza rocket fire
Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s assignment editor, Amir Tibon, who talks about his experiences as diplomatic correspondent for the news website at the center of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.
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What kind of interference did journalists encounter? Why did the editor-in-chief refuse to run stories critical of Netanyahu? And who decided Amir s coverage of Trump would be annoying ?
We also talk with Haaretz’s U.S. correspondent, Ben Samuels, about U.S. and American-Jewish reactions to the success of a racist, homophobic, and misogynist party in the Israeli election - and the Biden Administration’s approach to Israel, Iran and the Palestinians.