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The threat came after Netanyahu said his government would go ahead with a radical change after talks with the opposition failed.
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Dozens of Israeli Air Force reservists said Wednesday they would refuse to report to duty if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government moves ahead with a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
The threat came after Netanyahu said his government would go ahead with a radical change after talks with the opposition failed.
Coalition legislators have since been pushing a legal change known as the “reasonableness standard”, which critics say will allow the government to pass arbitrary decisions and give it too much power.
Israeli media reported that 110 air force veterans signed a letter on Wednesday saying they would no longer be on reservist duty if the law now moving forward in parliament, or any other legislation proposed as part of the overhaul, is passed. Will.
“Such a law gives unlimited power to the government without any checks by the judiciary and it will take us to a point of no return,” the letter said. “We will not serve the army of a country which is not democratic.”
Airmen are viewed as army personnel and irreplaceable elements of many of Israel’s war plans. Similar letters have been issued by constables of other forces in the recent past.
Netanyahu’s government’s plan for radical changes to the judiciary earlier this year plunged Israel into an unprecedented crisis, triggering threats from reservists who form the backbone of much of the country’s mandatory military, that if If the plan is followed, they will not be present for the service. By.
As the threats mounted, Defense Minister Yoav Galant gave a speech to the nation about concerns about the overhaul being presented to the military, the discontent of which led to Netanyahu sacking him, leading to mass spontaneous protests and a Day labor strike started.
That pressure prompted Netanyahu to halt the overhaul. But once the settlement talks failed, Netanyahu said he was moving on.
Another bill in the pipeline would limit the influence of the bar association, a key player in choosing judges, which recently overwhelmingly elected a staunch opponent of the overhaul to its leadership.
The overhaul has also sparked a protest movement that attracts thousands of people each Saturday and which blocked major roads and halted trains during the peak of the crisis, prompting Netanyahu at one point to travel overseas rather than drive. He was forced to take her to the airport. ,
With the legislation moving forward, the protests look set to ramp up pressure once again, with another day of disruption planned for next week.