Opinion

Israelis Are Trying to Save a Democracy That Never Existed

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Protesters against the far right’s attempt to crush judicial checks and balances need to understand that Israel’s turn to illiberalism wasn’t born with this government.

Mairav Zonszein
Mairav Zonszein
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Mairav Zonszein

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