Hard-right government’s planned judicial overhaul has stirred concern for Israel’s democratic health at home and abroad
A group of Israelis describing themselves as reservists in elite military and intelligence units said they would not turn up for some duties from Sunday, escalating protests at the hard-right government’s planned judicial overhaul.
In a letter circulated to the Israeli media, 450 protesters describing themselves as volunteer reservists from military special forces and another 200 as volunteer reservist offensive cyber operators, including from the Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence agencies, said they were now refusing call-ups. The military declined to comment. Representatives for Mossad and Shin Bet did not immediately respond to queries by Reuters.
That, critics say, could foster corruption and imperil judicial independence key to Israel’s economic strength and defences against attempts to isolate it internationally. A man describing himself as a military intelligence captain taking part in Sunday’s reservist protest told Kan radio that he and other signatories were deemed volunteers in part because their time commitments exceeded normal quotas for reservists.
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