An estimated 500,000 people are protesting the far-right government’s judiciary reform plans.
A large crowd in Israel showed up on Saturday night for the 10th week in a row against plans to cut the powers of the Supreme Court.
Israel has seen its biggest protests yet against the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his plans to overhaul the judiciary.
Along with the Iran-Saudi agreement to restore diplomatic relations, he faces serious problems at home and abroad.
How serious is Israel’s political crisis?
Presenter: Adrian Finigan
Guests:
Gideon Levy – Author and columnist at Haaretz newspaper
Sally Abed – Palestinian resident of Haifa, podcast host and leadership member of Standing Together, the largest Jewish-Arab grassroots movement in Israel
Gil Hoffman – Executive Director of HonestReporting and former chief political correspondent at the Jerusalem Post
