Ben Gvir's newfound fame; IDF soldier's 9 hours in Iran

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 Jacob Magid and military reporter Emmanuel Fabian join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast. Magid discusses his election day coverage with Itamar Ben Gvir, and the differences this time around to the nationalist candidate, as opposed to 19 months ago, when Ben Gvir first ran for the Knesset. Magid also looks at how Israel's left-wing parties ran their campaigns, and what could lay ahead for them over the next four years. Fabian offers an update on the car ramming attack that took place Wednesday, in which an IDF officer was seriously injured by an Arab assailant. He also unpacks the unexpected story of an IDF soldier traveling home to Israel, and landing unexpectedly, undetected, in an Iranian airport. Discussed articles include: It took 4 voting rounds to normalize Ben Gvir. By the end of the 5th, he’s a star ‘We’ll reassert ownership of this state,’ Ben Gvir vows as exit polls show big gains Officer seriously wounded in West Bank car-ramming; attacker shot dead — IDF 9 hours at an Iranian airport: IDF soldier faces unnerving flight diversion Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to supporters as the exit polls of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.