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Move could imperil coalition majority for key upcoming votes

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks in a televised address on March 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

Gallant calls to pause judicial overhaul, citing ‘tangible danger’ to state security

By Emanuel Fabian and Alexander Fulbright

Breaking with PM, defense minister warns ‘the source of our strength is eroding’; 3 Likud members back his call for dialogue, others slam his ‘surrender’, Ben Gvir wants him fired

Illustrative: Three pilots stand in front of an F-16 fighter jet as it takes off from the Israeli Air Force's 117th Squadron, which was closed on September 30, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

1,000 retired pilots announce support for reservists halting training over overhaul

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his expected defense minister Yoav Gallant in the Knesset on December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense minister said to warn PM he won’t back overhaul legislation in current form

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen during a tour on near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, March 16, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)

IDF chief cautions army on verge of curbing ops due to absence of reservists – report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at Downing Street in London, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Netanyahu: If calls spread for refusal to serve, State of Israel in ‘terrible danger’

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse Israelis blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Police detain 44 as all protesters are removed from Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway

Water cannons used as hundreds block main thoroughfare in Tel Aviv for hours; hundreds of thousands protest against judicial overhaul nationwide

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks in a televised address on March 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

Gallant calls to pause judicial overhaul, citing ‘tangible danger’ to state security

By Emanuel Fabian and Alexander Fulbright

Breaking with PM, defense minister warns ‘the source of our strength is eroding’; 3 Likud members back his call for dialogue, others slam his ‘surrender’, Ben Gvir wants him fired

1,000 retired pilots announce support for reservists halting training over overhaul

Defense minister said to warn PM he won’t back overhaul legislation in current form

IDF chief cautions army on verge of curbing ops due to absence of reservists – report

Netanyahu: If calls spread for refusal to serve, State of Israel in ‘terrible danger’

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse Israelis blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

LiveUpdated 11sec ago

Police detain 44 as all protesters are removed from Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway

Water cannons used as hundreds block main thoroughfare in Tel Aviv for hours; hundreds of thousands protest against judicial overhaul nationwide

Organizers claim 630,000 rally as Gallant urges laws be paused

Hundreds of thousands join nationwide protests, with key overhaul law about to pass

200,000 rally in Tel Aviv ahead of planned ‘week of paralysis,’ with coalition set to pass law to take control of judicial appointments; 28 held, water cannon used to clear highway

Israelis block the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on March 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

‘Rally for freedom’: 12th week of protests as government to pass key overhaul bill

Fireworks explodes before protesters marching in a demonstration against the government's proposed judicial overhaul legislation in the central city of Bnei Barak on March 23, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Protesters declare ‘week of paralysis’ ahead of government passing core overhaul bill

Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of the women's rights advocacy group Bonot Alternativa, accepts an award in March 2023 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Founder of group behind Handmaid protests: Women are realizing danger of the overhaul

Israeli soldiers are deployed at the scene where a Palestinian gunman opened fire at soldiers in the West Bank town of Hawara,, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

IDF: Two soldiers wounded in shooting in West Bank town of Huwara

By Emanuel Fabian

Assailant flees scene after carrying out drive-by attack in flashpoint town on Route 60 highway, the third shooting there in recent weeks

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