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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: On the ground of Israel’s historic protests as judicial reforms paused:'This is our 1948 all over again’
Description: The CJN Daily is publishing a special breaking-news podcast due to the momentous events happening on the ground in Israel.
A labour strike called by the Histadrut over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s slate of reforms shut down much of Israel on Monday. That means Ben Gurion airport, stores, buses, universities and schools were all abruptly closed—along with Israeli embassies and consulates around the world, including in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
Massive protests were held Sunday across Israel, and these continued Monday outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, where Netanyahu and his coalition colleagues met to d...