Pasternak explained that companies whose clients are abroad may have sympathy for the situation in Israel, but there is a limit to how much this will impact their business decisions.
Both protests stand powerful on their own, but when the hostage and anti-Netanyahu protests mix, the message becomes muddled.
2023 presented an obstacle for the Israeli economy, with the contentious judicial overhaul crisis and ongoing Israel-Hamas war sparking questions of resilience.
Yair Netanyahu's security guard asked Offir Gutelzon, a prominent anti-judicial reform protester, not to publish anything about the Netanyahu family.
Acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman called to permanently fill the top justice position.
Eyal Waldman, an Israeli tech giant, called on the Prime Minister to resign after his daughter was murdered at the Nova music festival in Re'im on October 7.
While the United States is preoccupied with potential escalation in Iran, terrorism, and nuclear weapons, the IDF is signaling the extent of its military intentions regarding this threat.
The place of protests against the government is becoming more and more legitimate with every day that goes by.
The judicial reform did not emerge in a vacuum but had a bedrock goal of remaking the Supreme Court into a more conservative court, more deferential to the executive and legislative branches.
These incidents underscore a troubling trend in Israel, where law enforcement powers are sometimes misused against specific individuals, undermining citizens’ fundamental rights.
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