Biden and Netanyahu disagree, deepening US-Israel discord

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.

US correspondent Jacob Magid and religion and diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast.

Magid offers a deep dive into the current crisis in Israel-US relations, as US President Joe Biden delivered an unexpected statement about US views on the judicial overhaul on Tuesday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that Israel won't bow to overseas pressure.

Lidor speaks about the different kinds of protests and responses that took place late last week in ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak and the working class town of Or Akiva, where some other sides of the situation came into play.

Lidor also describes the Karaite community of Israelis who seek their own signs of spring in order to celebrate the upcoming holiday of Passover, given that they do not hold by the Israeli rabbinate and its definitions of the Jewish calendar and other rituals.

Discussed articles include:

For months, PM ignored mounting US concerns; Biden decided to drive the point home

Biden: Israel ‘cannot continue down this road’; no Netanyahu invite in ‘near term’

Breaking silence, GOP lawmakers lament overhaul’s security ramifications for Israel

US ‘deeply concerned’ after PM fires Gallant, urges compromise on judicial revamp

In Or Akiva, social strife driving overhaul conflict rises to the surface

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IMAGE: President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C., Tuesday, March 28, 2023, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.