Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on the government led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to postpone the voting of the draft law on judicial reform to be held in Parliament.
According to the news of Israel's "Channel 12" television, Defense Minister Gallant made a statement regarding the controversial judicial reform bill that caused the reaction of many segments in Israel.
Stating that the situation in Israel is worrying, Gallant called on the government to postpone the voting of the judicial reform bill in the Parliament.
Gallant urged the government to adopt a "softened" version of the bill that would lift the Supreme Court's control over the government, which was passed in the first vote in the Assembly on July 10, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN).
Hundreds of reservists in Israel signed a petition stating that they left the army in order to protest the government's legal regulation that restricts the powers of the judiciary, at a demonstration they held near the Ministry of Defense building in Tel Aviv on July 19.
In the speeches made during the demonstration, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was urged to stop the government's regulation of the judiciary, "seeing the fragmentation in the army".
CONTROVERSIAL REGULATION
The "judicial reform" announced by Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin on January 5 includes changes such as limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and the power to have a say in judicial appointments.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he postponed the judicial regulation, which caused increasing mass protests and strikes across the country, on March 27, but announced that they would bring the judicial regulation back to the agenda after the 2023-2024 budget was passed by the Parliament at the end of May.
The government had recently pressed the button for judicial regulation after its negotiations with the opposition stalled.
The ruling coalition plans to submit the draft law that will lift the Supreme Court's control over the government to the Parliament today for the 2nd and 3rd votes.