JERUSALEM, March 27 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the...
JERUSALEM, March 27 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.
They called on members of Netanyahu’s Likud party not to have a hand in “the crushing of national security”. Netanyahu acted in response on Sunday night as he was poised to ratify a central part of the overhaul package, a bill that would tighten political control over judicial appointments, handing the executive wider freedom to name judges to the Supreme Court.
It was not immediately clear whether the protests would impact the government’s tactics. At least three Likud ministers said publicly that it was time to re-evaluate their strategy and they would support halting the legislation if Netanyahu decided to do so. The head of the parliamentary committee deciding on the legislation said discussions would continue on Monday.
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