Netanyahu slams Israeli reservists protesting judicial reforms
As tensions mount within Israel over the future direction of the government and the judiciary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday criticized a group of army reservists who said they would not attend a training day in protest of the government's planned judicial overhaul. In a letter, some 37 pilots and navigators with an Air Force F-15 squadron said they would skip drills set for this week and instead quote, devote our time to dialogue and reflection for the sake of democracy and national unity. As tensions mount within Israel over the future direction of the government and the judiciary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday criticized a group of army reservists who said they would not attend a training day in protest of the government's planned judicial overhaul. In a letter, some 37 pilots and navigators with an Air Force F-15 squadron said they would skip drills set for this week and instead quote, devote our time to dialogue and reflection for the sake of democracy and national unity. Netanyahu said such refusal endangered Israel's existence and said that Israelis needed to fight side by side whatever their political differences. The Haya behol mil hamot Israel. Adding quote, this was the case throughout all of Israel's wars, regardless of the struggles and disagreements among us.
Refusal threatens this existential foundation. The Air Force Reservist's refusal is the latest to emerge from the country's armed forces over the planned judicial reforms. Netanyahu's religious nationalist government seeks changes that include curbs on the Supreme Netanyahu said such refusal endangered Israel's existence and said that Israelis needed to fight side by side whatever their political differences. The Haya behol mil hamot Israel. Adding quote, this was the case throughout all of Israel's wars, regardless of the struggles and disagreements among us. Refusal threatens this existential foundation. The Air Force Reservist's refusal is the latest to emerge from the country's armed forces over the planned judicial reforms.
Netanyahu's religious nationalist government seeks changes that include curbs on the Supreme Court, which it accuses of overreach. Critics worry that Netanyahu, who is on trial on graft charges he denies, wants excessive power over the judiciary. Last weekend demonstrators chanting democracy blocked a highway in Tel Aviv. Another crowd protested in Jerusalem. Among them was Natasha Dudinsky. Separation of powers is very important and they want to cut the judicial independence Court, which it accuses of overreach. Critics worry that Netanyahu, who is on trial on graft charges he denies, wants excessive power over the judiciary.
Last weekend demonstrators chanting democracy blocked a highway in Tel Aviv. Another crowd protested in Jerusalem. Among them was Natasha Dudinsky. Separation of powers is very important and they want to cut the judicial independence Court, which it accuses of overreach. Weekly and increasingly raucous demonstrations have swept the country, with some protest leaders, among them former military chiefs, saying that a non-democratic turn in government would warrant mass disobedience within the ranks. Last month a group of Israeli Army veterans who served in the 1973 Yom Kippur War dragged an old tank to a protest against the proposed judicial changes. Isaac Herzog, the country's president, who has a largely ceremonial role, has emerged Court, which it accuses of overreach.
Weekly and increasingly raucous demonstrations have swept the country, with some protest leaders, among them former military chiefs, saying that a non-democratic turn in government would warrant mass disobedience within the ranks. Last month a group of Israeli Army veterans who served in the 1973 Yom Kippur War dragged an old tank to a protest against the proposed judicial changes. Isaac Herzog, the country's president, who has a largely ceremonial role, has emerged as a potential dealmaker between the government and the opposition. Herzog on Monday said a compromise in the government's judicial overhaul plan could be imminent. In a statement, Herzog said, quote, we are closer than ever to the possibility of an agreed outline. There are agreements behind the scenes on most things. as a potential dealmaker between the government and the opposition.
Herzog on Monday said a compromise in the government's judicial overhaul plan could be imminent. In a statement, Herzog said, quote, we are closer than ever to the possibility of an agreed outline. There are agreements behind the scenes on most things.
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