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Is Israeli society collapsing, or just growing up?

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One week ago, Israel’s parliament passed the first pillar of its judicial reform package. This, despite 30 weeks of massive protests against the reforms. Calling these mass protests understates it. Hundreds of thousands of people turning out each week, culminating last week in a historic protest march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

We have received a lot of questions and comments from listeners to this podcast about the current situation in Israel. Haviv Rettig Gur joins us for the first time, to help us make sense of events. Haviv is the political analyst at The Times of Israel. He was a long time reporter for the Times of Israel. He’s also working on a book.

Haviv was also a combat medic in the IDF where he served in the reserves until he was 40 years old.

Haviv Rettig Gur on Twitter: twitter.com/havivrettiggur?s=20

Host:
Dan Senor

Discussion (1)

  • Michael Montgomery@MichaelMontgomery

    Dear Mr. Senor,

    Congratualtions on another great podcast. You, Russ Roberts and David Bahnsen are the stars in my podcast firmament, the belt of Orion.

    I would like a clarification from you, and almost everyone else discussing such subjects. What do you and Haviv mean by “Left” and “Right”? These terms can be interpreted very differently, especially when moving from one country to another. The terms mean different things in the US, Canada and the UK.

    It might be better to clarify these by what values are different between them on specific issues.

    One instance might be a gay Republican conservative who believes in single sex marriage but wishes to achieve it legislatively rather than by judicial fiat. Is that person “Left” or “Right”?

    Thank you,

    Michael Montgomery, MD