2023-07-17 05:01:00
Nearly 4,000 reservist soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces will refuse to serve as volunteers in protest of the judicial reform promoted by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We hope that the destructive legislation, as it stands today, will stop. We hope to meet in the next reservation after the sword has been removed from the neck of democracy,” the commandos wrote in a letter published by the portal of Ynet news.
The reservists, who are a key part of the army’s routine activities, have been warning in recent months that they will not be able to serve if Netanyahu’s plans go through. Formed in December with the support of far-right parties and ultra-Orthodox Jewish formations, the government is trying to pass a judicial reform that seeks to increase the power of Parliament over that of the Supreme Court.
The Executive considers that the reform is necessary to ensure a better balance of powers. But his detractors believe that he could push the country towards an authoritarian model. More than 150,000 Israelis took to the streets to protest for the 28th consecutive Saturday against the judicial reform, ahead of a new “Day of Resistance” called for next Tuesday, which will mark “an unprecedented week of civil resistance and disobedience.” .
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