Torn internally and threatened from the outside: What does Israel's future look like? One of the best experts on the country reports. "Everyday Life in a State of Emergency" is a portrait of a nation caught between normality and a state of emergency, between consumption and war, between the longing for peace and the need for security. Richard C. Schneider has been traveling in the Middle East as a journalist for over 30 years and was responsible for Israel and the Palestinian territories as the head and chief correspondent of the ARD studio in Tel Aviv from 2006 to 2015. In his analysis, he focuses primarily on the complex and complicated development of Israeli society in recent years. Between a high-tech hub and religious fundamentalism, Israeli society is threatened to become more extreme and radical in every direction, not least due to the pressures.