Protests In Israel, Unions In 2024 Election, Candidates Housing Plans

以色列的抗议活动、2024 年选举中的工会、候选人住房计划

Up First

2024-09-02

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A nationwide strike is underway in Israel Massive protests in several Israeli cities are putting pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu's government following the military's recovery of six hostages killed in Gaza. Unions are getting extra attention this election cycle as candidate hope to win over swing states with strong union support. And both presidential candidates have put America's housing issues on their agenda, but they have very different and vague plans to fix it. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Carrie Kahn, Megan Pratz, Catherine Laidlaw, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Jan Johnson.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Chris Thomas and Lindsay Totty.We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. And our technical director is Stacy Abbott. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Israel is seeing the largest mass protest since the war in Gaza began after six more hostages were found to have been killed.

  • Protesters blame the prime minister for failing to bring them home alive.

  • Will the action force a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal?

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  • Labor unions are more active than ever this election cycle.

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  • Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning with President Biden in Pittsburgh today.

  • Will union support be enough to win swing states like Pennsylvania?

  • And both presidential candidates have put America's housing issues on their agenda, but they have very different and vague plans to fix them.

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