Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address: "When there's an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a time out for dialogue." Such words highlight the seriousness of the situation, after massive, protracted protests in Israel just won a delay to a controversial overhaul of the judiciary. It's drawn attention to the domestic issues involved, and from allies on the outside looking in. For insights into this crisis, we welcome Yaakov Katz, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post and Janice Stein, the Belzberg professor of Conflict Management and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

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