Hundreds of elite Israeli reservists say they are joining judicial protests

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JERUSALEM: A group of Israelis describing themselves as reservists in elite military and intelligence units said they would not turn up for some duties from Sunday (Mar 19), escalating protests at the hard-right government's planned

coalition, which wields a Knesset majority, say they want Bills that would limit the authority of the Supreme Court to be written into law by Apr 2.

Reuters could not verify the signatories' identities and the secrecy around the units they said they belong to also made it difficult to assess the protest's potential impact. On Sunday, a Knesset review committee was due to discuss, before final voting sessions in the plenum, a Bill that would give the coalition more control over appointments to the bench.key to Israel's economic strength and defences against attempts to isolate it internationally.

"When a country stands on the threshold of dictatorship, we are likely to see a break-down of the security agencies," former Shin Bet director Nadav Argaman told Channel 12 TV."It is extraordinarily terrifying."

 

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