An estimated 500,000 people are protesting against the reform plans of the far-right government.
Huge crowds demonstrated Saturday night in Israel for the 10th straight week against plans to reduce the Supreme Court’s powers.
Israel has seen its largest protests yet against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and his plans to overhaul the judiciary.
Along with the Iran-Saudi deal to restore diplomatic ties, he faces growing problems at home and abroad.
How serious is Israel’s political crisis?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Gideon Levy – Author and columnist at Haaretz newspaper
Sally Abed – Palestinian living in Haifa, podcast host and member of the leadership of Standing Together, the largest grassroots Jewish-Arab movement in Israel
Gil Hoffman – executive director of HonestReporting and former chief political correspondent at the Jerusalem Post