Major protests are being held in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

His firing of the internal security service chief is blocked by the Supreme Court – for now.

But the opposition is calling for a general strike.

How serious is this political crisis for Netanyahu?

Presenter:

Nick Clark

Guests:

Yariv Oppenheimer – Board member of the advocacy group Peace Now and member of the Democrats political party in Israel

Neve Gordon – Israeli political scientist and professor of international law at Queen Mary University of London

Yoni Ben Menachem – Israeli political commentator and a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center