Israeli defense officials are trying to assure civilians at home and allies abroad of the Jewish state’s stability amid an judicial overhaul dispute that has thrown the Middle Eastern democracy into an uproar.
“The State of Israel is a strong democracy and will remain this way,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said after a calling with Defense Minister Lloyd Austin. “I also raised the importance of unity and operational readiness in the IDF.
The intensity of the discord has been demonstrated by the vast outpouring of public opposition to the judicial overhaul program, which Netanyahu’s coalition government has begun to adopt by a simple majority vote. As many as a quarter of a million Israelis turned out to protest the overhaul during the spring, thousands of IDF reservists have threatened to resign over the dispute.
Olmert has a checkered record in Israeli politics, exemplified by his conviction on corruption charges in 2012, but he remains “a right-leaning former prime minister” joining a chorus of opposition to Netanyahu’s policy, as Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer put it.
IDF officials tried to project confidence while attempting to persuade the reservists not to abandon the military. “At the current point in time, the IDF is competent,” military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters. “If reservists do not report for duty for a long time, there will be damage to the army’s competence. This is a gradual process that will be affected according to the reporting for duty of the reservists.
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