This is Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

For those who have been living under a rock, Israel is going through one of its most turbulent times in its history.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the judicial reforms offered by the Netanyahu government, with economists warning of dire consequences

and left-wing politicians warning of a dictatorship. Meanwhile, our enemies are watching and taking

advantage of the situation. As reserve, Air Force pilots and other intelligent Corps reserve

officers refused to show up for duty.

The situation has led to a deep dive, deep divide within Israeli society.

With families and friends cutting ties and blocking each other on social media,

it has become almost impossible to have a calm and rational conversation about this issue without being called a dictator or racist,

or I'm going to even skip the last part.

Today, dear listeners, we will explore whether it is in fact possible to have a civil

conversation.

I'm pretty confident that we'll succeed about this contentious issue.

To do that, we invited back a friend of the podcast,

Lilakh Sigan. Lelach is an accomplished journalist, commentator, an author based in Israel.

She has worked for major publications such as Ha'Aritz and Globes and is currently a regular

contributor to Ma'ariv. Recently, she conducted a study on the coverage of Israel in the New York Times, which

she published in Ma'ariv and other media outlets and became an academic study for

Bariland University.

We are super happy to have her on the show today to talk about the current events.

We should say Lelach is opposed to the reform, I think it's safe to say.

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