The Long Good Bibi
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🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The twelve year tenure of right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may come to an end as early as this week if the broad coalition of officials that are set to replace him can hold together and form a new government. We spoke with Haggai Matar, the executive director of +972 magazine in Israel about the coalition, which includes representatives from eight ideologically distinct parties.
Last week, U.S. Marshals shot and killed 32-year-old Winston “Boogie” Smith Jr. in Minneapolis while attempting to arrest him. Now, people in the city are calling for more transparency into the shooting and asking that anyone who might have video footage come forward.
And in headlines: a federal judge overturns California’s 30 year ban on assault weapons, Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Central America, and Joe Manchin reiterates his support for the filibuster and opposition to HR1.
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+972 Magazine's Haggai Matar – https://twitter.com/Ha_Matar
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, June 7th. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm getting a rest of the time. This is what a day where we're welcoming Megan and Harry's daughter to her very first episode of a podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, we're just going to assume she's listening and we hope she enjoys it. |
| 0:19.5 | Yeah, I think she'll understand every word. |
| 0:21.5 | Totally. |
| 0:31.5 | On today's show, protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis throughout the weekend after law enforcement shot and killed 32-year-old Winston Smith Jr. |
| 0:38.5 | Plus, we'll have headlines. |
| 0:40.0 | But first, the latest with a check-in on Israel. |
| 0:43.0 | The government is supposed to be formed within the coming week and a half. |
| 0:47.0 | And now they were successful in creating this coalition government. |
| 0:51.0 | But it will be about a week and a half before it's actually sworn in. |
| 0:56.0 | And it's not going to happen in a week and a half. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, that is Hagai Matar, executive director of Plus 972 Magazine in Israel, who I spoke with yesterday. |
| 1:04.0 | And as early as this Wednesday, the country may form a new government that pushes out Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister. |
| 1:10.0 | So we wanted to get context on what that might mean for the government, the people, and more. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, and as you mentioned there, we are just days away from Netanyahu's 12-year tenure possibly coming to an end. |
| 1:19.0 | But on the ground, tensions were ramping up all last weekend, despite this current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. |
| 1:25.0 | So what's going on? |
| 1:26.0 | Yeah, a lot. |
| 1:27.0 | So yesterday, Israeli police detained a number of Palestinians, including Muna and Muhammad al-Qurd, who have been trying to protect their home in Sheikh Jarrah. |
| 1:34.0 | They were released after a massive outcry, but that also followed the arrest of a journalist from Al Jazeera over the weekend as well. |
| 1:40.0 | And then on top of that, far-right Israeli groups are once again planning to march through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem later this week, which could coincide with the actual vote on this new government. |
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