Day 454 - Gallant leaves the Knesset, but will he return?

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🗓️ 2 January 2025

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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.

US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's show.

Magid discusses why former defense minister Yoav Gallant resigned from the Knesset, which appears to be primarily due to his opposition to legislation that would allow ultra-Orthodox men exemptions from army service. The move is somewhat confusing, given that Gallant's vote could have made a difference regarding certain legislation, but he seems to be leaving as a political move, to cement his future possibilities.

Magid looks at why the hostage talks are reported to have stalled, with obstacles that included Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's not offering a viable alternative as to who would fill the void of Hamas leadership in Gaza, and the Hamas stance that it can't locate all the remaining hostages held in Gaza.

He also reviews a Palestinian Authority crackdown on armed terror groups in Jenin in the northern West Bank, and its relationship to the fall of Assad to rebel groups in Syria. Criticism of the Palestinian Authority's activity was broadcast on Al Jazeera, and the news channel was then barred temporarily from the West Bank.

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Discussed articles include:

Gallant resigns from Knesset, denounces imminent bill to exempt Haredim from IDF

Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal

PA halts Al Jazeera West Bank broadcasts amid criticism of its terror crackdown

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IMAGE: MK Yoav Gallant in the corridors of the Knesset on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Thursday, January 2nd, and I'm Jessica Steinberg.
0:12.1	I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Hi, Jacob. Good morning. Hi, Jessica. Good to be with you again.
0:17.9	Good to have you here. It is day 454 of the war.
0:22.9	On the first day of 2025, an ISIS-inspired attack killed 15 in New Orleans.
0:28.6	Here in Israel, former defense minister and Likud Knesset member, Joav Ghalant, resigned from the Knesset after being fired from his position as defense minister by Prime Minister
0:39.6	Benjamin Netanyahu back in November. Hostage talks were also stalled after weeks of hopeful negotiations.
0:47.1	Israeli negotiators are leaving Qatar and Egypt for now. We'll talk about all of that, as well as
0:52.9	the Palestinian Authority halting the Al Jazeera
0:55.9	Network in the West Bank. All of that after a quick break.
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2:16.4	Okay, Jacob, let's start with Joav Gallants, our former defense minister, who was fired in November and gave a somewhat tearful goodbye. And now, really just less than two months later, resigned from the Knesset, resigned from the government
2:36.3	coalition. I recall that yesterday on the podcast was Sam. He said that Gallantan's shown up for
2:43.6	a very pivotal budget vote, and that seemed interesting to me. What are we to take from all of this?
2:52.3	Get us started, please.
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