meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
1 big thing

A high-stakes week for the U.S.-Israel relationship

1 big thing

Axios

News

42K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Protests in Israel have intensified over the last nine weeks against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to reform the courts. This weekend, hundreds of thousands took to the streets. Meanwhile, Israel and the U.S. are looking ahead to two high-profile visits, adding urgency to the situation this week. Plus, an economic mystery for 2023. Guests: Axios' Barak Ravid and Neil Irwin. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: U.S. considering denying Israeli minister visa after call to "wipe out" Hawara Scoop: Austin to visit Israel next week as tensions in West Bank intensify Why rate hikes haven't affected the economy more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Kraken Pro. Meet the all-new Kraken Pro, the powerful

0:06.0

customizable, beautiful way to trade crypto. Its Kraken's most powerful trading platform

0:11.0

ever, built for lightning fast trades, unpacked with features like advanced order management

0:16.0

and analytics tools, all in a redesigned modular trading interface. Head to pro.krakken.com

0:21.8

and trade like a pro. Cryptocurrencies are unregulated in the UK. Prophies may be subject to

0:26.4

cups or gains tax and the value of cryptocurrencies can go down or up.

0:34.3

Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. It's Monday, March 6. I'm Nailibunu. Today on the

0:39.5

show, an economic mystery for 2023. But first, major developments in the US-Israel relationship.

0:47.7

That's today's one big thing.

0:54.1

Protests in Israel have grown against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to reform

0:58.8

the courts. Over the weekend, the 9th week of protests. Hundreds of thousands took to

1:04.7

the streets. As Israel and the US plan for two high-profile visits adding more urgency

1:09.9

to the situation this week, the US now finds itself in a difficult spot.

1:14.5

Axiosis Barak-Reveed is here to explain. Brock, first, why are the protests reaching

1:21.4

this level? Can you put this in context for us? Yes, hi, Naila. So I think even as someone

1:28.6

who's been living here for more than 40 years now and was born and raised here, even I'm

1:34.5

sort of surprised about how strong the Israeli civil society is in the current moment.

1:43.6

When for nine weeks, people are going out of their homes to the streets to protest.

1:52.5

And every week, this protest grows more and more and more. It started with 20,000 people.

1:59.5

And now, just the protest in Tel Aviv, it had 160,000 people. This is the biggest one since

2:05.8

the demonstration started. And I was there on Saturday night. And another 100,000 people

2:12.3

all over the country. And when I say all over the country, I'm not just talking about Jerusalem,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Axios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Axios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.