Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Political correspondent Sam Sokol and tech editor Sharon Wrobel join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again declined to form a state commission of inquiry into the events that led up to October 7 in a Knesset debate, Sokol reports that members of the prime minister’s own Likud party have argued in favor of the commission process.

Legislation that would provide for a death penalty for terrorist acts passed its first reading in the Knesset after many delays. Sokol notes that the bill is unlikely to........

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