About this episode

The episode discusses the Netanyahu government's controversial legislative agenda and the political landscape ahead of the upcoming elections in Israel.

On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and Israel Policy Forum Director of Strategic Initiatives and IPF Atid Shanie Reichman discuss the Netanyahu government's push to pass a slew of controversial bills before the Knesset's term likely ends next week, the looming constitutional crisis after the government refused to recognize a Supreme Court decision, the state of the anti-Netanyahu opposition ahead of the October election, limbo ...

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Guests: Neri Zilber, Shanie Reichman

Topics covered

• Israeli politics
• Netanyahu government
• Knesset
• constitutional crisis
• anti-Netanyahu opposition
• upcoming elections

Keywords

• Netanyahu
• Knesset
• Supreme Court
• elections
• political crisis
• opposition

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Organizations: Netanyahu government, Supreme Court

Places: Israel

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