From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici, and this is the daily.

Since Benjamin Netanyahu's far right coalition took power late last year in Israel, violence

between Israelis and Palestinians has been escalating.

At the same time, there's another crisis taking hold.

We are right in the heart of Tel Aviv, and you can see thousands and thousands of protesters

here have just brought this city to an absolute standstill.

One that has sparked massive protests and divided Israelis deeply over a question that's

fundamental to Israel's democracy and to what kind of country it will become.

We're here to demonstrate for the democracy.

Without the democracy, there is no state of Israel.

Today, my colleague Patrick Kingsley on what is driving some of the biggest protests in

Israeli history and why this moment is so pivotal for the country's future.

It's Friday, March 10th.

So Patrick, I've been reading about what's been happening in Israel and from what it looks

like, we're really in a crisis moment here, where the conflict isn't just between Israelis

and Palestinians, but actually among Jewish Israelis themselves.

Tell us what's going on.

Well, since the start of the year, we've had these two crises.

We've had a very painful violent start to the year where there's been a rise in violence

with his left more than 70 Palestinians dead and at least 14 Israelis dead.

But in parallel, inside Israel, there is something that's far rarer, which is a domestic

internal crisis between Jewish Israelis that has set off a wave of mass protests.

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