 Let's jump in. So Israel, God. Netanyahu is one of the shrewdest political animals I've ever seen. He has managed to stay in power. He lost power for a little bit, but came back. He managed to cobble together this crazy coalition. And he rarely makes political mistakes. He makes lots of other mistakes, but he rarely makes political mistakes. And, you know, this morning he had a backtrack. This morning he had to admit that he had made a political mistake. I don't know that he actually admitted that, but after hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been protesting for weeks now, over the weekend it accelerated in particular. Over the weekend or late last week, the defense minister, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud political party, all of this is about the judicial reform. We've talked about this before. Anyway, the defense minister said he would support delaying the judicial reform and trying to come up with some kind of compromise given how unpopular it was among Israelis, given how controversial it was, and maybe they should put a pause on it and delay it. Netanyahu fired him for that. That stimulated even more protests in the street. These are not exactly necessarily people who support the defense minister. But the idea that Netanyahu would just bullheadedly go forward with this, even when his opposition to it within his own political party, not to mention a majority, it seems like a majority of Israelis, was, you know, people couldn't stomach it and basically went out to the streets, they're still out into the streets, putting pressure and trying to come up with a compromise. And in this case, I'm on the side of, there's no question, I'm on the side of compromise. The Netanyahu proposal is a terrible proposal. The judicial reform is basically sponsored by crazy right wing semi-fascist political parties who I think would like to use their ability to pass, use their power to pass laws that clearly discriminate against Arabs and clearly violate the rights of Arabs. And in the past, the Supreme Court has overruled those kind of laws and they would like to get rid of their veto power the Supreme Court has. While I think the current judiciary system in Israel is not a good one, and it kind of reinforces or sustains, it gives too much power to the left in its current structure. It needs to be performed, but the Netanyahu proposal was a terrible proposal. It basically eliminated any sense of independent judiciary and it eliminated, it completely politicized the judiciary. So it prevented the judiciary from being a check on the legislature and the executive, which is the way it is in the United States and many other Western countries. Netanyahu knows this. He understands the constitutional nature of American political system. He is a smart guy. He knows that it was an awful proposal. It's a proposal that is there for power and power alone. And good for the Israeli people who rejected this and hopefully are going to force Netanyahu to some kind of negotiating table, to some kind of deal that both reforms the existing system which needs reform, but yet bases it on a better foundation of an independent judiciary that has some oversight over the legislature and the executive. The legislation is now being postponed to Netanyahu and TV tonight and postponed it to the summer. That gives them plenty of time to reconsider, to think this through. In a compromise with his fascist right wing coalition member, Netanyahu has announced that the government will form a national guard, Israel doesn't have a national guard, doesn't need a national guard, but Israel will form a national guard, I guess, for internal security, that will be now under the command, if you will, under the responsibility of the Minister for Internal Security, who is kind of maybe the most fascist of all the members of the Israeli parliament, and he is now going to be responsible for a new national guard that is going to be formed. Nothing good is going to come out of this. Nothing good is going to come out of this coalition. Netanyahu is compromised with the worst elements of the Israeli right, and I don't think anything good can come of this government. What Israel needs is a secular center-right government, and such a secular center-right government can be formed. I'm not sure it can be formed with Benjamin Netanyahu, but when Netanyahu leaves the Likud, whatever remains of the Likud will be able to form, I think, a much stronger and much more legitimate and much more respectable government than Netanyahu has just formed, and a much more secular government, while still maintaining a secular right position. Netanyahu is just a horror, and he is a disaster for Israeli politics, and the only thing Netanyahu cares about is sustaining his own position of power. This is not for the good of anything or anybody that he functions other than his own self-preservation as a politician, as a political powerhouse, and to avoid jail, because he is under prosecution, justifiably or not, he is under prosecution. So, yes, the bill is off the table for now. There will be no vote this week. It's been delayed to the summer. That is a good thing. But Ben Kvih, who is this fascist minister who will now be controlling of a so-called national guard, is a disgusting human being, a horrible human being, and you know, Itaia here says it's going to be Ben Kvih's militia. But yeah, I mean, I don't think it's going to be formed. I think this is just, again, this is kind of Israeli politics. Israeli politics has always been messy and ugly and horrible and disgusting and terrible. This last few weeks in this particular government takes it to a whole new level, really to a whole new level, and sad, sad to see. It's just possible for you to trade with me. You get value from listening. You get value from watching. Show your appreciation. You can do that by going to www.uranbookshow.com. I go to Patreon, subscribe star locals, and just making an appropriate contribution on any one of those channels. Also, if you'd like to see the Iran Book Show grow, please consider sharing our content and of course subscribe. 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