Hundreds of retired Air Force members back reservists who threaten refusal due to overhaul
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Hundreds of retired Israeli Air Force members publish a letter supporting active reserve duty pilots who have threatened to refuse to show up for duty in response to the government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary.
“We will support, unconditionally, any of your protest actions, including the immediate suspension of volunteering,” the retired IAF members say.
Among the signatories are former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz, former chiefs of the IAF Avihu Ben-Nun and Dan Tolkowsky, as well as Amos Yadlin, who served as chief of Military Intelligence, Gil Regev, who served as chief of the Personnel Directorate, and Nimrod Sheffer, who served as chief of the Planning Directorate.
Last night, some 500 active reservist pilots and navigators held a meeting to discuss their next steps in protest of the judicial overhaul, the Kan public broadcaster reported. The report said the pilots intended to make a joint decision on whether to stop volunteering for service at this stage.
