Good morning. We’re covering tension in Israel ahead of a key vote, Thailand’s third wave, and tense diplomacy before the G7 summit.
Fears over Israel’s coalition
Israel’s internal security director issued a rare public warning on Saturday night about what he called rising levels of incitement. The social tensions come ahead of a vote on a political coalition designed to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Far-right Jewish activists announced plans for a provocative march through Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem to occur later this week. And on Sunday, Israeli police detained Palestinian twins whose activism helped bring attention to the displacement of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, which precipitated the recent conflict in Gaza.
The heterogenous coalition could usher in a more liberal civil rights agenda and would include, for the first time in Israeli history, an…
