One of the Likud's senior ministers, Avi Dichter (ex-head of the GSS) called on Netanyahu to pause the Judicial Reform bills until after Independence Day.
Here are the main items from DM Galant's statement live on TV:
- The threats from our enemies around us are great
- In the last few weeks, important events happened. I'm worried about what I'm hearing on the ground
- I have never encountered the intensity of anger and pain as I see now. A troop wears out. The rift in society penetrates into the army and this is an immediate and tangible danger to the security of the state. I will not give my hand to this thing
- We will need to make changes in the Judiciary, but they must be done with negotiations
- A victory for one of the parties will be the loss of the State of Israel. We must lead a participatory and unifying process
- We must stop the process for now