Coalition MKs boast on X after screaming at Arab lawmakers
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
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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 joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
An overnight Knesset session ended early Tuesday with first readings of a bill that calls for dissolution of the Knesset, as well as of two controversial pieces of legislation that would split and weaken the role of the attorney general, reports Karmel. She puts the latter bills in context of the broader war the government has long waged against the judiciary.
A meeting on aid for the Hezbollah-battered north of Israel was tied to a bill by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that would increase tax benefits for West Bank settlements, and Karmel notes that the discussion ended once again without the much-needed financial aid for the north being approved. The aid was finally okayed on Tuesday.
Karmel also reviews the harrowing images of far-right lawmakers disrupting a Knesset event on settler violence against Palestinians, with the MKs posting videos of their antics on social media to boost their image with voters.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Legislation to split and weaken role of attorney general passes first Knesset reading
Funds for war-torn north delayed as Smotrich forges ahead with tax breaks for settlements
Coalition MKs disrupt Knesset event on violence against Palestinians, threaten attendees
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Visual's Daily briefing. It's Wednesday, June 3rd. I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:08.7 | Speaking today with political correspondent Ariela Carmel. Ariela, hi. Good morning. How are you? |
| 0:14.0 | I'm good. Thanks, Jess. |
| 0:16.4 | Just very briefly about some of the headlines. There are fresh Israel-Lebanon talks that are taking place as the IDF eases safety restrictions |
| 0:25.4 | in northern Israel, which has been completely battered by Khazbalah barrages, obviously for months |
| 0:32.2 | and certainly in the last few days. |
| 0:34.2 | We're going to look at some of the politics that are happening, taking place right now, |
| 0:38.8 | an overnight vote to dissolve the Knesset, also about a pair of very controversial bills, |
| 0:47.9 | curtailing the power of the Attorney General, obviously something we've looked at for many, |
| 0:52.8 | many months. We'll also talk briefly |
| 0:55.4 | about what is happening with aid to the north regarding the Knesset and coalition lawmakers |
| 1:01.9 | storming a Knesset event on settler violence. All of that in our upcoming podcast. Stay with us. |
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| 2:09.6 | Basically, they had this overnight Knesset session, looking to this, obviously, this overall issue of dissolving the Knesset setting election dates. |
| 2:19.9 | Tala and I spoke about that the other day. |
| 2:22.5 | But also this pair of very controversial bills that would severely curtail the power of the Attorney General, |
| 2:29.2 | who is currently Ghali Bahra of Miyara, make it harder to indict high-ranking government officials, something you |
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