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Why is Israel in turmoil?

Published: May 4, 2023, 7:30 a.m.

Last November Israel elected its most far right government in its 75 year history. Months of protests followed over its plans for reform of the judicial system.

Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s new coalition government is proposing an agenda that goes beyond domestic reforms \u2013 and not everyone is happy.

As well as domestic protests, some of Israel\u2019s allies are nervous as, with the government\u2019s attention taken up by internal challenges, new alliances are forming in the middle east.

This episode of The Inquiry explores the reasons behind the tension and protests in the country and asks, why is Israel in turmoil?

Guests:\nTamar Hermann, senior researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute and Professor of Political Science at the Open University

Anshel Pfeffer, journalist and biographer of Benjamin Netanyahu

Professor Yossi Mekelberg, associate fellow at Chatham House

Hugh Lovatt, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Presented by Gary O\u2019Donoghue.\nProducer: Louise Clarke \nResearcher: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty\nEditor: Tara McDermott.\nThe programme was mixed by Richard Hannaford

(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 20 Apr 2023. Credit: Menahem Kahana/ Shutterstock)