The sound of fury: pressure builds within Israel
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The Economist
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🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The recovery of six hostages from Gaza has provoked mass demonstrations on the streets of Israel and a general strike. But Israel’s government refuses to bow to pressure and a ceasefire deal remains elusive. Why are women less likely to use AI than men (10:27)? And how to make Mars more habitable (18:10).
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| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to Rosie Blore. |
| 0:45.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 0:50.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:01.0 | Artificial intelligence is supposed to make us all more productive. So why do women use it less often than men? Our |
| 1:04.8 | correspondent looks into the gender gap and explains how it could hurt women's |
| 1:08.6 | careers. And we recently heard about a preponderance of water on Mars, |
| 1:15.0 | but that probably won't help much with making the planet habitable. |
| 1:18.5 | Some other new research, though, absolutely would. |
| 1:21.5 | We ask first how to warm the place up a bit. But first. |
| 1:47.8 | In a defiant press conference last night, Israel's Prime Minister binium in Netanyahu defended his country's war in Gaza. I'm not going to go to go to America |
| 1:53.8 | and I've never been married. |
| 1:54.8 | I've been key to the military. |
| 1:57.2 | I'll never see the world. |
| 1:59.6 | Over the weekend, the bodies of six Israeli hostages were recovered. |
| 2:04.0 | They had been kidnapped almost a year ago on October the 7th, |
| 2:08.0 | though Netagnanja who asked the families of the hostages for their forgiveness. |
| 2:12.0 | He also said that he would not surrender to domestic pressure. |
| 2:20.0 | News of the hostages' deaths has prompted huge demonstrations across Israel. |
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