Ex-IAF chief: Netanyahu ‘declared civil war’
Eitan Ben-Eliahu, a former Israel Air Force chief, says Netanyahu “declared civil war.”
He cites the prime minister’s firing of Gallant, and his demand last week that the IDF top brass stamp out insubordination that stemmed from concerns over the judicial overhaul.
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A group of universities announces a general strike starting tomorrow morning over the government’s judicial overhaul and the ousting of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who called to pause the legislation.
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Yisrael Ziv, a retired general who headed the IDF’s Operations Directive, says that with the demonstrations nationwide, Israel is witnessing “historic pictures” of a possible revolution.
...Ziv says Netanyahu needs to immediately announce that he is rescinding Gallant’s dismissal, declare that he is halting the coalition’s judicial overhaul, and call for a broad national unity government.
“What is unfolding is worse than our worst nightmare,” says Ziv, of tonight’s events and those of recent weeks, “a dire national crisis.”
“A state can collapse in this way. We are on a slippery slope,” he says.
“Netanyahu needs to take responsibility, if he is fit to do so.”
