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Saturday, March 25, 2023
Over 1,000 protest outside Gallant’s home
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Over 1,000 demonstrators, led by a group representing reservist soldiers, are protesting outside Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s home in Moshav Amikam in northern Israel.
“Gallant, who is silent out of fear, who realizes that he is responsible for the disintegration of the people’s army, who knows that the IDF soldiers will be charged in The Hague, who lends a hand to the dictatorship,” the Brothers in Arms protest group says.
Increasingly, reservists — who are a key part of the army’s routine activities, including in top units — have warned they will not be able to serve in an undemocratic Israel, which they charge the country will become under the government’s judicial overhaul plan.
כאלף בעמיקם מול ביתו של גלנט. רבים הם מבוגרי חיל הים. עוד בדרך לשם. מפקדו לשעבר, מפקד שייטת 13 וקצין חינוך ראשי לשעבר תא״ל רן גלינקא בראש הנואמים הקוראים לו להתעשת להציל את המצב. pic.twitter.com/KqYUFQiSoD
— יואב איתיאל מדווח כי (@yoavetiel) March 25, 2023
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