"Israel is in the best position it has ever known. And Israel is at its most dangerous moment ever."

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Jun 12, 2023 · 24m

Here’s the question I get asked these days more than any other:

Let’s assume that the protest movement succeeds, and Bibi somehow manages to put the proposed judicial reforms in the drawer, lock the drawer and throw away the key. Eventually, with Israel’s demographics shifting to the right, to the Mizrahim, to the Haredim—the liberal values at the heart of the country simply have to give way one day, don’t they? Wouldn’t this be, at best, a temporary win for the protesters?

It’s a very fair question and a sobering one. Because the demographics are shifting, and there’s no way to stop that…