Day 410 - PM sounds off on Biden, Iran, hostages

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.

Horovitz reviews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's critical comments about US President Joe Biden that he made during a Knesset speech on Monday. The prime minister sometimes strayed from his prepared remarks and commented more widely on Israel's retaliative attacks against Iran and the ongoing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

He also discusses Netanyahu's remarks about the leaks from his office over the course of the last year of the war and refers to the prime minister's fury over being probed for illegal activities.

Finally, Horovitz talks about Netanyahu's comments regarding the remaining hostages and the fraught aspects of the internal negotiations, on a day when hostage family members and supporters were kicked out of the Knesset gallery.

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Discussed articles include:

Lebanese official says Hezbollah agrees to US ceasefire proposal with ‘comments’

Netanyahu says Biden’s counsel throughout the war was repeatedly off-mark

Eli Feldstein, Netanyahu aide jailed in leaks case, placed under suicide watch

Hostage families barred from showing videos of loved ones in Knesset committee meeting

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IMAGE: Hostage families hold up photos of their loved ones in the gallery of the Knesset on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)

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