Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Today’s panel comprises editor David Horovitz and ToI Hebrew sister site Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren, along with host Amanda Borschel-Dan.

To begin today’s program, Goren briefly describes what the past few nights has been like for residents of Tel Aviv.

Wednesday marked one of the most violent nights of internal Jewish-Arab chaos in years as mob attacks spread across the country, from Haifa to Tiberias and Bat Yam to Lod. A horrific mob of extremist Jews was caught on film attacking a young Arab man and beating him senseless in Bat Yam. Defense Minister Benny Gantz calls this “as dangerous as Hamas.” We speak about why it may be even worse for the fabric of Israeli society.

There was condemnation for the past few days’ mob violence from all sides of the political echelon. We ask, however, where are the political boots on the ground? How is Israel’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the country stands on the precipice of civil war?

Discussed articles include:

Jewish-Arab violence rolls through cities like wildfire, with police overwhelmed

Jewish mob’s vicious attack on presumed Arab in Bat Yam caught live on Israel TV

From far-right to Islamist parties, leaders condemn Jewish-Arab violence

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PHOTO: A fire burns in the central Israeli city of Lod, where synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged by Arab-Israeli riots, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

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