Israel protests: Is its democracy on the brink of a crisis?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily, host Sally Lockwood is joined by our Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall to explore how the movement started and why these protests could become a defining moment for the country.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:04.2 | For months now, people have been protesting in Israel. Mass demonstrations, some of the biggest in the country's 75-year history. |
| 1:15.6 | It's really scary. It's scary to think of this country, possibly going down the road to dictatorship or theocracy |
| 1:22.6 | or some other implausible idea of what might happen. |
| 1:26.6 | People are angry at the government's radical plans to overhaul the Supreme Court. |
| 1:32.5 | Many believe these plans will leave the government without checks and balances |
| 1:36.8 | and will give too much power to the current right-wing coalition, and they're worried. |
| 1:42.2 | What do you fear is happening? A war. |
| 1:45.0 | A war for democracy? |
| 1:47.0 | Yes. |
| 1:48.0 | And it's not just the size of the protests that's concerning. |
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