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.

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel join host Amanda Borschel-Dan in today's episode.

We start with an update from last night's rallies where, for the eighth week in a row, Israelis took to the streets throughout the country to protest the looking judicial overhaul. According to organizers, some 300,000 took part in rallies around the country, making the latest demonstrations the largest ones yet.

In the past several weeks Wrobel has extensively covered the financial implications of the overhaul package, from hi-tech leaders threatening to pull their companies out of Start-up Nation, to the tanking shekel. We start with the shekel and move on to warnings from Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron.

We marked a year to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Friday. Berman reflects on his several trips there for on-the-ground reporting and how things have shifted over the past year.

Today Jordan is hosting a “political-security” meeting between Israel and the Palestinians to try and restore calm to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. What does Berman expect to come out of this meeting?

Berman fills us in with a bit of news for us regarding Papua New Guinea's soon-to-open embassy.

Sharon, finally to take us out, as I was waiting on line in the supermarket on Friday, I just kept thinking, isn’t there a better way? So tell us, is there?

Discussed articles include:

‘Largest protests yet’: Masses around country rally against curbing of judiciary

Amid mass protests, government set to keep advancing legal overhaul at full steam

Central bank chief said to warn economic crisis could break out at any moment

A year of war in Ukraine: A reflection

A year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ‘What Matters Now’ to Ksenia Svetlova

Jordan to host Israel, Palestinians for Sunday summit in bid to restore calm

Startup’s clip-on device for smart carts deployed at Shufersal

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IMAGE: Israelis march in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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