Puts Bibi in the corner: Israel’s protests
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 16 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Proposed legislation that would hobble the judiciary has led to relentless demonstrations—and exposed a rift in Israeli society that has become dangerous to Binyamin Netanyahu and the country as a whole. Artificial intelligence is boosting online search, and bolstering publishers’ arguments that search engines owe them a piece of the pie. And the reasons behind Britain’s tomato rationing.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:06.6 | In London, I'm Jason Bulmer. |
| 0:08.4 | And in New York, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:11.4 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:16.0 | A spat between Google and Canadian authorities is just the thin end of what is set to become |
| 0:24.6 | a huge battle. |
| 0:26.6 | The initial intelligence is changing the nature of search, adding weight to news publishers |
| 0:31.2 | long-standing argument that they're getting ripped off. |
| 0:35.8 | And our British listeners will no doubt have noticed the absence, or if they're lucky |
| 0:39.8 | the rationing, of fresh tomatoes. |
| 0:43.1 | It turns out that pizza's favorite fruit has become the latest victim of soaring energy |
| 0:48.8 | costs. |
| 0:55.8 | But first, next month Israel will celebrate its 75th anniversary as a state. |
| 1:08.6 | It should be celebrations all around, but many in the country are far from jubilant. |
| 1:21.5 | On Saturday around half a million people took to the streets, protesting against a package |
| 1:26.3 | of reforms designed to weaken the country's supreme court and expand the power of the |
| 1:30.9 | Kineset, Israel's parliament. |
| 1:33.6 | This morning, more disruption protests began at dawn and hundreds of thousands of people |
| 1:38.9 | are expected to demonstrate by sundown. |
| 1:41.4 | We are here to protect our democracy, our country, because we feel that our country is under |
| 1:47.9 | the control of the government. |
| 1:52.9 | In the face of all this, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is bullish. |
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