Levin said to warn of ‘consequences’ if overhaul halted

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Justice Minister Yariv Levin amid speculation he could call a pause to the judicial overhaul legislation.

Levin, the main architect of the reform, has been rallying other Likud members to support him and warning “If the reform is halted, there will be consequences,” Channel 12 reports.

The meetings come as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant planned a statement in which he was expected to call for a halt to proceedings.

Gallant briefly met with Netanyahu after being summoned to Jerusalem and has been inundated with calls to quit from his coalition colleagues.

The report says Levin has been making calls throughout the day to ensure that no other Likud members waver.

Channel 12 quotes an unnamed senior Likud source, in what it calls a combination of threat and analysis: “If Netanyahu stops the legislation and capitulates, he’ll discover he doesn’t have a government.”