Our writers’ guide to the country’s turmoil—and decline of social trust
Israel’s democracy is still intact, but the country has already lost something essential.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
- Fatigue can shatter a person.
- “I saw the movie ‘they’ don’t want you to see.”
- American family life should not be this volatile.
Utter Collapse
As Israel nears the end of a week of turmoil, its democracy remains intact. On Monday, the country’s Benjamin Netanyahu–led ruling coalition—the most hard-right government in Israel’s history—passed one component of its planned judicial overhaul. The proposed legislation has inspired months of outcry from Israelis, many of whom believe, with good reason, that these changes would swiftly erode the country’s democracy. This past spring, my colleague Yair Rosenberg explained some of the most concerning aspects of the overhaul:
