The Israeli Spring
Israel Policy Pod
English - March 27, 2023 22:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MB - ★★★★ - 146 ratingsPolitics News News Commentary israel policy israeli-palestinian middle east jerusalem jewish political foreign affairs foreign policy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After three months of mass demonstrations against his plan to undermine Israel's judicial system—and after an outpouring of anger in the wake of the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Galant—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally relented and said he was suspending the legislative blitz until after Passover. To discuss the significance of this dramatic development, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman turns the tables on regular host Neri Zilber (Israel Policy Forum policy advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist) to glean insight into the success of the protest movement, what really changed Netanyahu's calculus, and what may come next.
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