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Related: About this forumNetanyahu Fires Defense Minister Who Urged Delay in Court Overhaul
Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister Who Urged Delay in Court Overhaul
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel removed the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, after he called for a halt to the governments plan to limit judicial authority.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/world/middleeast/judiciary-overhaul-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-parliament.html
sabbat hunter
(6,893 posts)could endanger Bibi's coalition.
Israeli
(4,300 posts)was delayed because :
Ben Gvir threatens to topple coalition as PM said set to freeze judicial overhaul
see : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-27-2023-2/
sabbat hunter
(6,893 posts)Maybe Israel will have a shot at not having Bibi as PM again, and get someone more moderate, and sane.
Israeli
(4,300 posts)Bibi made a crazy concession to Ben Gvir to guarantee it didnt .
See : https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-okay-overhaul-delay-ben-gvir-gets-promise-for-national-guard-under-his-control/
His address to the nation last night 24 hours after he fired Gallant just made the situation worse.
Personally i think he has lost all touch with reality.
This isnt over in fact it became much more dangerous last night with Bibi's far right buddies calling
for their base to take to the streets .
See : https://www.timesofisrael.com/country-wide-demos-for-against-temporarily-halted-overhaul-end-in-clashes-with-cops/
Far-right group attacks Arabs at pro-overhaul protest, chants may your village burn
Attacks come as country-wide protests for and against overhaul end in clashes with police; 38 detained in Tel Aviv, where anti-government demonstrators blocked roads.
On a personal level we had police guarding our main gate last night after national threats to left wing
kibbutzim from the religious right .
My son thinks it was a ploy to keep the police busy and off the streets .
Israeli
(4,300 posts)a rock and a hard place .
Or he backs down or the gov collapses .
He hasnt spoken yet .
Meanwhile :
Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David has announced a historic general strike unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a halt to the judicial overhaul.
Departures have already been halted at Ben Gurion Airport.
Local authorities say theyll join strike: Israel almost at point of no return
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/local-authorities-say-theyll-join-strike-israel-almost-at-point-of-no-return/
sabbat hunter
(6,893 posts)to the US has resigned over this.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3919164-israels-consul-general-in-new-york-quits-over-defense-ministers-sacking/
Israeli
(4,300 posts)I doubt anyone slept .
Bibi is going to address the nation soon .
If he doesnt back down he is finished .