Is Israel Heading Over a Cliff?

New Thinking for a New World · Mar 16, 2023 · 31m

Journalist Neri Zilber talks about a situation that seems destined to go from bad to worse.

Israel seems to be on the verge of exploding. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s pursuit of radical judicial reform has been met with massive and growing street demonstrations. The country’s President, Isaac Herzog, has publicly warned of a political "point of no return" with potentially disastrous consequences for Israeli society. Meanwhile, violence between Israelis and Palestinians is soaring, raising the possibility of another intifada and adding to the sense of looming disaster.

Indeed, a recent poll…