The Intelligence: the killing of a Hamas leader
The Intelligence from The Economist
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🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Saleh al-Arouri has long been a high-priority target for Israel and his death could weaken the Palestinian militant group. However, it could also draw neighbouring Lebanon into the war in Gaza. As South Africa heads to the polls, the lack of alternatives to the ruling party are jeopardising the health of its democracy (09:32). And why French women are walking away from the high heel (17:16).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host |
| 0:14.3 | Ora Ogundi. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping |
| 0:20.5 | your world. |
| 0:25.0 | This year, South Africans will head to the polls. |
| 0:28.2 | The ruling ANC's popularity is waning, |
| 0:31.3 | but the alternatives seem hardly much better. |
| 0:34.6 | As we continue our democracy series, we ask, could this year's vote be the nation's most |
| 0:40.0 | pivotal since Mandela was elected. |
| 0:43.0 | And high heels have been touted as the pinnacle of elegance for decades, |
| 0:49.0 | but the trend now appears to be falling flat. |
| 0:52.0 | Our correspondent reports from the world's family now appears to be falling flat. |
| 0:53.0 | Our correspondent reports from the world's fashion capital, |
| 0:56.2 | but you can barely hear those click-at-clacks. |
| 1:02.2 | But first. |
| 1:05.0 | Yesterday evening, an explosion killed seven people in the Lebanese capital Beirut. |
| 1:15.2 | Among them was Salih al-A-Luri, the deputy political head of Hamas. |
| 1:21.5 | Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in the attack, but called it a |
| 1:26.9 | surgical strike against the group. The killing may have consequences for the entire region. |
| 1:34.4 | Salah Haruri was a titan within Hamas. |
| 1:38.4 | He was one of the group's most influential leaders |
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