Despite massive protests in the country, the Israeli government wants to proceed with the planned reform of the judiciary – probably without considering the numerous changes proposed by the opposition. Meanwhile, resistance continues to grow. According to media reports, hundreds of Luftwaffe reservists no longer want to appear in protest.
Haaretz newspaper reported that some reservists – including pilots – would retire immediately, while others would not stop until a controversial law was passed. This is part of plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing religious government to be approved within a week. It should then no longer be possible for the Supreme Court to judge decisions by the government or individual ministers as ‘inappropriate’. At the beginning of this year, the judges qualified the appointment of the chairman of the Schas party, Arie Deri, as Minister of the Interior because of his criminal past as “inappropriate”. As a result, Netanyahu had to fire his confidant.
Observers expect that the coalition wants to reverse this with the new law. Critics fear arbitrary firings of key government policy opponents. Thousands of reservists from various branches of the military have threatened to resign if part of the judicial reform is passed. More could follow. Netanyahu recently called the conscientious objection request and the conscientious objection itself “illegitimate.” For months, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets against the controversial judicial reform.
Biden warns of hasty reforms
Recently there were also words of warning from US President Joe Biden. He warned Netanyahu not to rush through the reform. Rather, the Israeli government should “continue to seek the broadest possible consensus,” Biden said. The Israeli population apparently has a “strong opinion” on the subject, as evidenced by the current protest movement. The protests are a sign of the “vibrancy of Israeli democracy, which must remain at the core of our bilateral relations”.
Source: Krone
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