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.

Editor David Horovitz and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode, which marks two years of the daily podcast.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir ascended to the Temple Mount this morning in a visit that is being condemned by The Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Ministry as an “unprecedented provocation.” We hear how Horovitz sees this playing out.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed his 11-member security cabinet, stacked with staunch supporters. Is this a signal to his coalition partners?

According to a report from the Israel Democracy Institute, by the end of the decade, ultra-orthodox Jews will constitute 16% of the total Israeli population. Rettig Gur explores what this means for Israel.

And finally, we hear about the Academy of the Hebrew Language's word of the year, bol'an or sinkhole.

Discussed articles include:

Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount for 1st time as minister, despite indicating he’d delay

‘People will die’: Lapid calls on Netanyahu to prevent Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit

Netanyahu set to pack security cabinet with loyalists alongside far-right ministers

Haredim are fastest-growing population, will be 16% of Israelis by decade’s end

Hebrew Academy picks ‘sinkhole’ as its word of 2022

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IMAGE: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023 (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)

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