Noa Tishby

"The biggest problem within the Israeli system is that there's no constitution," said Tishby.

there are a lot of people that are saying that Israel is not a legitimate country, and that is unacceptable.” "On the other side of the coin, I don't think it is antisemitism if you care deeply about the state of the Palestinian affairs,” said Slotkin, who is Jewish. If you're trying to dismantle the Jewish state, if you're trying to go against the existence of the State of Israel, that's where the line is drawn, and sadly... But, I don't know, tell me is your - the Israeli system - the same as ours, with three forms of government [and] checks and balances between three equal forms of government?” Maher asked. [Over 60% of the Israeli public wants to stop this overhaul](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-732262),” Tishby noted. “The government wants to take too much power basically and overrule the Supreme Court decision by a simple majority, but the Israeli people are rebelling against this. “They suggested a judiciary overhaul, which is going too far, and the Israeli people are basically rebelling against it.” It's not going to pass in its current form, it shouldn't pass in its current form, and what we are seeing...nearly 10% of the Israeli population is out on the street and they are no riots, there's no violence, there's no blood, one person got hurt but that's about it. “As it happens in the US, when new governments come in, they jump in to make sweeping changes quite quickly, and that's what this government decided to do,” Tishby continued. “In the past, it was Israel against the people - their neighbors - who are not big fans of them... So, a few months ago Benjamin Netanyahu - you know very well - won the election and because of how the parliamentary system is built in Israel, he started this coalition, which is on the extreme side, it's right-wing, more religious-” “Very right-wing,” Maher interjected. I see protesters in the streets - hundreds of thousands - for people who are not following this, please tell us why