The Israeli Defense Minister asks to paralyze the processing of the controversial judicial reform

March 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, has broken this Saturday the monolithic position of the Israeli Government to request a stoppage of the parliamentary process of the controversial judicial reform promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that has plunged the country into a deep crisis politics due to the protests of the opposition, which denounces a threat to the division of powers.

“I have never seen the level of hatred and pain that I see now. The division in society reaches as far as the Army and this poses an immediate and tangible danger to the security of the State. I am not going to give in on this. We need to change the judiciary, but “Important changes must be made through dialogue. The legislative process must be stopped,” he said in a televised speech.

Gallant has stressed that “Isarel’s safety is the goal of my life.” “Even now I am willing to take the risk and pay the price. The threats that surround us are immense, near and far,” he pointed out at the beginning of his speech.

In recent weeks, Gallan himself has maintained contacts with military commanders, he explained. “He worries me what I have heard,” he pointed out.

Following Gallant’s speech, opposition leader Yair Lapid praised his “courageous” speech. “Defense Minister Gallant has taken a courageous and vital step tonight for the security of the State of Israel. The coup seriously damages national security and his role and responsibility is to stop this dangerous deterioration,” he argued.

“It is the moment of truth. I ask the Government to stop everything, not to approve the change in the commission for the appointment of judges and the Deri law this week and come and open talks at the headquarters of the Presidency,” he added.

However, the Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, has already called for Gallant’s removal from Netanyahu. “I ask the prime minister to remove Gallant, who was appointed with the votes of the right, but who has yielded to the pressure of those who have threatened rejection (to serve voluntarily in the Armed Forces) and tries to stop this important reform “, he blurted out.

The Minister of Agriculture, Avi Dichter, has also asked the deputies of his party, the Likud, to paralyze the reforms until Independence Day, scheduled for April 26. “There will be no turning back,” he has indicated, according to the Israeli press.

Meanwhile, 195,000 protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv this Saturday, according to an estimate by Channel 12 television in what is already the 12th week of mobilizations against the judicial reform.