Given the headlines this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking Israel was on the brink of civil war. In Tel Aviv, on Wednesday, thousands of anti-government protesters were met with water cannons and stun grenades in a clash with police. This “day of disruption” followed eight weeks of protests against prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans to reform the Supreme Court. In the eyes of the Western media, courageous liberals are fighting to stop Israel’s democracy from sliding into an autocracy.
In Unherd: Israel’s democracy is not in peril
In Unherd: Israel’s democracy is not in peril
In Unherd: Israel’s democracy is not in peril
Given the headlines this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking Israel was on the brink of civil war. In Tel Aviv, on Wednesday, thousands of anti-government protesters were met with water cannons and stun grenades in a clash with police. This “day of disruption” followed eight weeks of protests against prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans to reform the Supreme Court. In the eyes of the Western media, courageous liberals are fighting to stop Israel’s democracy from sliding into an autocracy.