Israeli Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, admitted that the social turmoil in Israel disrupted the harmony in the army. It was stated that this situation could lead to ‘dangerous cracks’.
“We cannot exist in this region without a strong and whole army,” Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi wrote in a letter to soldiers who left their voluntary reserve service to protest the government’s controversial judicial regulation. made a warning.
EXPLANATION LIKE CONFESSION: “WE CAN’T EXIST IN THE REGION”
The Israeli army spokesman shared Halevi’s open letter to those who decided to quit their voluntary reserve service.
In his letter, Halevi stated that the heat of the debate in Israeli society spread to the army and “affects the harmony in the military” and stated that this situation “could lead to dangerous cracks”.
Asking the reservists to return to the army, Halevi said, “If we don’t have a strong and whole army, if the best option is not to serve in the army, we cannot exist as a country in this region.” used the phrases.
Noting that it is not too late to rectify the situation, the Chief of General Staff of Israel stated that “the army cannot continue without internal and external harmony, and the responsibility for this falls on the army command.”
In Israel, it was announced that 10,000 more volunteer reservists would resign their duties in the army against the government’s legal regulation that restricts the powers of the judiciary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
NETANYAHU’S DISCUSSIVE ‘JUDICIAL REFORM’
The “judicial reform” announced by Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin on January 5 includes changes such as limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and the power to have a say in judicial appointments.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 27 that he postponed the judicial regulation, which led to increasing mass protests and strikes across the country, but announced that they would bring the judicial regulation back to the agenda after the 2023-2024 budget was passed by the Parliament at the end of May.
The government had recently pressed the button for judicial regulation after its negotiations with the opposition stalled.
The Netanyahu government announced that the draft law that will remove the Supreme Court’s control over the government within the scope of the judicial regulation will be brought to the Parliament on July 24 for the 2nd and 3rd votes.
Opposing the government’s “judicial reform”, thousands of Israelis, including fighter pilots, submarine officers, and other elite troops, had decided to resign as volunteers.
In the Israeli press, it was stated that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was working to delay the draft law that would lift the Supreme Court’s control over the government, after the reaction from the reserve soldiers in the army.
Senior figures in Israel’s politics, army, security, economy and judiciary declared that they were against the government’s judicial regulation.
The protest movement of the Netanyahu government against judicial regulation has been continuing its demonstrations for about 7 months. (AA)