Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister on Sunday for breaking ranks over a controversial plan to increase government control over the country’s judicial system. …
Netanyahu summoned Yoav Gallant, a former army general, to his office and told him “that he doesn’t have any faith in him anymore and therefore he is fired,” Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distal Atbaryan said.
Protestors opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul block the main access road to Tel Aviv on Saturday.Netanyahu wants a parliamentary vote this week on the judicial appointments provision –but Gallant urged that it be put on hold until after next month’s Independence Day holiday, citing divisions in the military.
Following his appointment in 2021, Zamir told The Post that his priorities included fighting “cancel culture,” saying it was“to explain the difference between, for example, criticizing Israel or objecting to their right to exist.”
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