The comments from Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s aides suggest Israeli government indecision on how to proceed after hitting pause on plans to overhaul the judiciary
The Israeli defence chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country’s political crisis to a climax is remaining in office until further notice, aides said on Tuesday, suggesting government indecision on how to proceed.
What is happening in Israel as judicial reforms are in limbo? Latest updates on protests and Netanyahu’s future Asked whether Gallant was being kept on or replaced, spokespeople for Netanyahu and Likud had no immediate comment. Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, center, arrives to join protesters outside the Knesset in Jerusalem.Israelis protest during a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.But with 68 per cent of Israelis faulting him for the crisis, Channel 12 found that, were an election held today, Netanyahu and coalition allies would lose.
There were charges of bad faith from the opposition, which has already named a negotiating team for the compromise talks. While Israeli streets were mostly quiet on Tuesday, some of the tens of thousands of Israelis who have held escalating protests against the judicial overhaul said they would return.
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