israel s due to the source system. the critics say it threatens israel s democracy. occupying the west bank and raising questions over the strategic direction of netanyahu s orchard nationalist neta nyahu s orchard nationalist government. netanyahu s orchard nationalist government. my guess simcha rothman is an architect of those judicial reforms. rothman is an architect of thosejudicial reforms. it s israel plunging into chaos? simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk.- simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure i for having me. it is a pleasure to have it for having me. it is a pleasur
at the same time, thousands of israelis took to the streets for a day of protest against a planned judicial overhaul. their president says the government should abandon its controversial plan. now on bbc news: it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. something extraordinary is happening in israel. military reservists, former security chiefs and politicians of different stripes have alljoint a mass protest movement aimed at thwarting the netanyahu plan to radically overall israel s judicial system. the critics say it threatens israel s stability. this as violence in the west bank raising questions over the strategic direction of netanyahu s nationalist government. my guest simcha rothman is an architect of those judicial reforms. it s israel plunging into chaos? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. would it be fair to say that you have been preparing for years for this opportunity tha
the challenges with policing on the ground the challenges with policing on the ground is the challenges with policing on the ground is achieving the level of certainty ground is achieving the level of certainty around exactly. and i think certainty around exactly. and i think if certainty around exactly. and i think if you certainty around exactly. and i think if you take that final paragraph there, that is highlighted in red. paragraph there, that is highlighted in red, there is so much in their back in red, there is so much in their back gate in red, there is so much in their back gate is in red, there is so much in their back gate is open to interpretation, and that back gate is open to interpretation, and that makes that very difficult power and that makes that very difficult power for and that makes that very difficult power for anyone to confidently use on the power for anyone to confidently use on the street that, as it happens and as on the street
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