Why Netanyahu Blinked

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to pause the legislation that will weaken Israel’s judiciary; the Congressional testimony of TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew; and the possibility of Chris Christie for President in 2024. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “Behind Protests’ Fury in Israel, Fear of a Quiet Slide From Democracy” Peter Baker for The New York Times: “A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election” Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: WBUR and The Marshall Project’s podcast Violation (Host Beth Schwartzapfel, Producer Quincy Walters) John: Tweet from @george_mack: What is ignored by the media but will be studied by historians?; response from Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring: The biggest problem in media is the audience: Not everything is a conspiracy David: Greg Miller for The Washington Post: “He came to D.C. as a Brazilian student. The U.S. says he was a Russian spy.“ Listener chatter from Judy: Tablet Studio’s podcast Gatecrashers (Host Mark Oppenheimer, Executive Producers Josh Kross, Stephanie Butnick, and Liel Leibovitz) For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss the new evidence of the “October Surprise” that delayed the release of the American hostages from Iran in 1980. Email your questions and chatters to [email protected] or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the slight political GAB vest.
0:16.1	March 30th, 2023, the Why Netanyahu Blinked Edition.
0:19.4	I'm David Plots of CityCast with a midst of technical difficulty after cascading technical
0:23.8	difficulty led by John Dickerson of CBS Primetime.
0:30.8	Hello John.
0:38.8	The only person who has not had cascading technical difficulty is M.A.S.
0:42.8	Lannes of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School, New Haven Hello M.A.
0:46.8	Hello hello.
0:48.8	And if John's audio sounds a little funky, it's because of some problems we're having
0:53.2	that we're trying to sort, but not to worry.
0:56.0	This week on the GAB vest, the political forces that are tearing Israel apart is Israeli
1:01.1	democracy in danger.
1:04.1	Then will TikTok be banned, be forced to sell, be tart and feathered, be compelled to
1:08.8	wear a dust cap and sit in the corner, what is behind the campaign against the incredibly
1:13.5	popular app?
1:15.4	And we will talk about the question of whether Chris Christie is really running for president
1:19.2	and does he have a chance?
1:20.2	Yes, we will talk about that.
1:21.2	Plus, we will have cocktail chatter.
1:23.2	Hey there.
1:24.2	Here's some important news from Network Rail, if you're planning to catch a train over
1:29.1	the May Bank holiday weekends.
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