Gallant warns: Judicial overhaul fight has damaged ‘cohesion’ of IDF

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly tells a closed-door meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the IDF’s cohesiveness has been damaged and its military readiness could be harmed.

According to what appears to be a coordinated leak to Hebrew media outlets, Gallant says that “there has been harm to cohesion, and there could be future harm.” Calls by reservists to refuse to show up due to the judicial overhaul must be “condemned and denounced.”

Currently, Gallant reportedly said, “the IDF is capable of its tasks,” but there are concerns “for harming national security” moving forward if things continue in the same vein.

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, chair of the committee, says they were gathering in order to “assist the IDF and security services to be fit and ready.”