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The Protests in Israel: What You Need to Know

2023/3/28
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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

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Libby Znaimer is now joined by Gideon Rahat, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yotam Margalit who is a professor of political science at Tel Aviv University. Both our guests are Senior Fellows at the Israel Democracy Institute.

The world has been tuning in to Israel where hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to reform the country’s highest court. This week, he fired his own defense minister for calling for a freeze to the reform. Netanyahu responded by firing him. That move intensified the protests at which point Netanyahu decided to delay his push.  So why exactly is Netanyahu trying desperately to make a change in the justice system and what are the implications of it all?

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