Day 425 - Haredi MK pushes through weak climate bill

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

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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.

Arab Affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani and environmental reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.

Pacchiani reviews the reactions from Lebanese Shiites following the temporary ceasefire with Hezbollah, and how the Iran-backed terrorist organization will presumably lay low after being battered during the last months of the war with the IDF.

He also looks at rebel groups in northwestern Syria fighting the weakened regime of the Bashar Al Assad regime. The rebel forces, who are against Hezbollah, hope that Israel will strike Iranian convoys and Hezbollah forces inside Syria, aiding their cause.

Surkes discusses the weak climate bill that's being pushed through the Knesset, a piece of legislation that lacks targets, has no budget and won't serve as a tool in petitioning the government on climate targets.

She also looks at a Greenpeace Israel project that tracked used clothing by using AirTags, and found that the used textiles ended up mostly in the West Bank and Africa, where they were primarily dumped or turned into rags.

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Discussed articles include:

Lebanon’s Shiites increasingly reject role of scapegoat in Hezbollah’s war on Israel

Who are the rebels battering Syria’s regime, and do they pose a risk to Israel?

Most used clothes deposited in textile recycling bins end up in Africa — report

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IMAGE: Children take part in recycling and environmental activities in southern Tel Aviv, November 28, 2024 (Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing.
0:08.0	It is Wednesday, December 4th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg.
0:11.0	I'm speaking today with Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pachiani and environmental reporter, Sue Serks.
0:17.0	Hi to both of you.
0:18.0	Good morning.
0:19.0	Hi, Jessica.
0:20.0	Hi, Luca. Hi, Sue. It is day 425 of the war.
0:25.0	This morning, there were reports that the IDF warned some 30 soldiers and officers who fought in the
0:30.6	Gaza Strip in the last 14 months from traveling abroad after complaints had been filed against them
0:36.6	by pro-Palestinian groups for
0:38.3	alleged war crimes. At least eight soldiers were told to leave their travels and return back to Israel
0:44.1	for fears that they could be arrested or questioned. Meanwhile, foreign minister, Guidoin Saar,
0:50.8	is scheduled to travel to Malta today for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State
0:56.0	Anthony Blinken and other foreign ministers at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Council meeting.
1:03.8	We'll talk about some other headlines as well, including what is happening with Lebanese Shiites in Lebanon during the Chazbalah ceasefire, the temporary
1:14.1	ceasefire, insurgent groups in Syria, the latest with Israel's climate bill, and what actually
1:21.1	happens to textile waste. Stay with us.
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