Smotrich jeered at Knesset; Jewish refugees jailed in WW2 UK

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 news editor Amy Spiro join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. On Sunday, Religious Zionist leader Bezalel Smotrich spoke during the official memorial ceremony at the Knesset, marking 27 years since Rabin’s assassination by Yigal Amir, and asserted that some of the blame for his murder lay with Israel’s Shin Bet security service. What exactly was Smotrich asserting and what was the response? Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a more conciliatory tone at the commemoration event. Does Horovitz see this as foretelling his position in leading the new coalition? Spiro recently interviewed British journalist Simon Parkin, the author of “The Island of Extraordinary Captives,” which illuminates the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees who were held on the Isle of Man after fleeing Germany. Deemed “enemy aliens,” the refugees held in Hutchinson Camp were rounded up in mass arrests in 1940. How does this jibe with the heroic narrative of the Kindertransport? Discussed articles include: At Rabin memorial event, Smotrich claims Shin Bet ‘encouraged’ assassination Smotrich comes under fire after blaming Shin Bet for Rabin killing Netanyahu, who mainstreamed Israel’s radicals, now the last obstacle to their agenda They fled persecution in Nazi Germany. Then the British put them behind barbed wire Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Image: Enemy aliens, who were arrested in a big police round-up, leave London, England, May 17, 1940, under a heavy military escort for internment camps. (AP Photo)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.