#TheFinal5: Israel faces nationwide strike over judicial reforms

Name: #TheFinal5: Israel faces nationwide strike over judicial reforms
Uploaded: 2023-03-28T04:50:08Z
Duration: 5 min 45 s
Description: Plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary are officially on hold after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced massive backlash in the form of national protests. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, joins Jim to explain what’s at stake, plus how the nation’s longest-serving prime minister is dealing with the blowback.

Plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary are officially on hold after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced massive backlash in the form of national protests. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, joins Jim to explain what’s at stake, plus how the nation’s longest-serving prime minister is dealing with the blowback.

By Jim Lokay

Posted March 28, 2023 12:50am EDT