The people that are protesting the government, many of them view themselves as fighting for Israeli democracy to preserve Israel.

Those same people, sons and daughters and fathers and uncles all go to the army at the highest levels,

and they view that as fighting to preserve the state of Israel. So for them, it's all linked.

You have to save the state internally to fight externally as well. I understand the other

side critiques it and say, yeah, but this weakens us from within. I don't think that's the case

at all. That's how democracies win. Countries that are authoritarian and anti-democratic generally

don't do so well in New York City.

It is 4 o'clock p.m. on Sunday, March 23rd in Israel, as warfighting intensifies in Gaza.

And infighting, Israeliighting intensifies in Jerusalem and as 59 hostages are still being held by Hamas, 24 of which are believed to be alive.

Before we get into today's conversation, just one housekeeping note. On Tuesday,

May 13th, I will be delivering the State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street

Y in New York City, hosted by the 92nd Street Y and Rabbi David Inber. We will post a link in the show notes if you would like to attend the event.

Again, it's Tuesday, May 13th, 7.30 p.m. at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

Now on to today's conversation.

Following the firing of the head of the shinbet, Ronan Barr, just last week, the government has convened in Jerusalem

today to begin the process of firing the Attorney General, Ghali Baharav Miyara, through a no-confidence

vote. The Attorney General had previously warned the Prime Minister that the government could not

fire the head of the shin bed before her office

reviewed his motives for doing so with the speculation that the firing occurred against the backdrop

of an investigation into aides of the prime minister and their alleged ties to Qatar also on

Saturday night with all this going on in rallies much larger than those rallies

in recent weeks, it has estimated something like 100,000 Israelis protested nationwide against the

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