Monday Sunrise Briefing: Leadership questioned in India and Israel
Two distinct tragedies - in Israel and in India - are raising leadership and accountability questions. In India, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party failed to make gains in four recent state elections, according to preliminary results released Sunday. The results suggest his Hindu nationalist party's political strength may be slipping as the country struggles to contain an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases. Some have blamed the surge on large campaign rallies and lax public health rules at religious gatherings. In Israel, after the deaths of 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews in a ...