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PM calls on AG to probe ex-prosecutor for saying pilots shouldn’t volunteer if overhaul advanced
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Both coalition and opposition politicians issue strong condemnations of former state attorney Moshe Lador after he declares that IAF pilots should stop volunteering for reserve duty if the government resumes its controversial judicial overhaul plan.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Lador’s words deserve condemnation “from all ends of the political spectrum.”
Netanyahu calls on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara “to take immediate action against this dangerous phenomenon,” saying that advocating for insubordination during wartime crosses a “red line that endangers democracy and undermines our future.”
Similarly, Defense Minister Israel Katz argues that Lador’s rhetoric “harms the security of the state” and that insubordination “cannot be accepted under any circumstances.”
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi goes as far as to claim Lador “wants to bring another October 7 upon us” and says that he should be arrested and questioned to set an example.
Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf tweets out a section of the Israel Defense Service Law prohibiting the solicitation of desertion.
Former IDF chief of staff and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who now heads the opposition National Unity party, argues that threatening insubordination “takes us back to October 6” and that such behavior ought to remain “out of bounds.”
In a statement, current IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi says that the IDF “must remain outside of any political controversy,” especially amid a fraught period for Israeli national security.
The Times of Israel Community.