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.

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and religions correspondent Judah Ari Gross join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on this politically driven episode.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition is set to hold the first in a series of votes for its own dissolution this morning. But are elections now a 100% reality? Could former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu still somehow scrape together a coalition from the existing Knesset?

Schneider gives us a quick breakdown of the procedural process that will begin today to dissolve the Knesset.

We talk polling. Who is in and who is out?

Gross shares what he's hearing from the ultra-Orthodox parties who have been loyal to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu this past year.

And finally, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef directed remarks against MK Itamar Ben Gvir in a recent sermon. Why?

Discussed articles include:

Coalition to begin process of dissolving Knesset, heralding return to upheaval

Polls point to return of dreaded deadlock in next elections, unless alliances shift

A year out of power, Haredim hail government’s downfall, credit divine intervention

Chief rabbi slams ‘fool’ Ben Gvir for Temple Mount visits that ‘stir up the winds’

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Image: Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the media at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

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