Tonight on Pierce Morgan Unsense, a turmoil in Tel Aviv, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces waves of protest that threatened to bring down his government.

In a world-exclusive interview, the only one he's given in this crisis, Netanyahu sits down with me to debate whether he and Israel's fragile peace can survive this.

From London, this is Piers Morgan Uncensored.

Well, good evening from London.

Welcome to Piers Morgan Unsensored.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tonight fighting for his political life.

He's been pushing through laws to give elected governments like his the power to select judges.

Critics say it's an attack on democracy that threatens vital checks on his, the Prime Minister's power.

More tonight, Netanyahu has sensationally suspended those plans for a month. He spoke of a dangerous

clash that is endangering Israel's basic unity, and he said he was now prepared to suspend

pushing this legislation through Parliament. It's not clear exactly what the new time frame will be.

It may just be a few weeks, in which case it may not be the end of these protests.

But it's some kind of breakthrough.

There have been massive protests from right across the political divide.

Tens of thousands took to the streets in anger on Sunday after Netanyahu fired his defense minister who had called for this kind of pause.

Police and soldiers used water cannons on demonstrators gathered outside Netanyahu's

home. Today, Israel's biggest airport suspended flights as workers went on strike. Ports, shops, banks,

even hospitals are now disrupted. Well, in a moment, my world-exclusive interview with Prime Minister

Netanyahu. It's the only one, like I say, is given

throughout this turmoil. But first, in the last few hours, the embattled premier has gone on national

television in Israel and addressed the people of Israel after 48 hours of total chaos. He was

criticized for not speaking to the country all day,

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