Posted on 03/28/2023 5:29:35 AM PDT by Angelino97
Bending to a wave of mass protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan Monday and said he wanted 'to avoid civil war' by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.
The announcement appeared to calm some of the tensions that have fueled three tumultuous months of unrest. But it failed to address the underlying issues that have polarized the nation, and the antigovernmental protest movement vowed to intensify its efforts.
In his prime-time address, Netanyahu, who had previously rejected calls to delay the legislation, took a more conciliatory tone than in recent speeches. He acknowledged the deep divisions in the country and said he was hitting the pause button 'to prevent a rift in the nation.'
'When there's an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a timeout for dialogue,' he said. He vowed to reach a 'broad consensus' during the summer session of parliament, which begins on April 30.
He spoke after tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament, and the country's largest labor union launched a nationwide strike in a dramatic escalation of the mass protest movement against his plan.
Netanyahu and his religious and ultranationalist allies presented the overhaul in January just days after forming their government, the most right-wing in Israel's history.
The proposal has plunged Israel into its worst domestic crisis in decades. Business leaders, top economists and former security chiefs have all come out against the plan, saying it is pushing the country toward an autocracy. Fighter pilots and military reservists have threatened not to report for duty, and the country's currency, the shekel, has tumbled in value.
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I pray it’s just on the brink. Sometimes I worry it’s already jumped off that brink and is in free-fall, shouting “YAAAHOOO!” like T. Boone Pickins in Dr. Strangelove.
My brother is in Israel for a month. Arrived there a week ago. His vacation planning is impeccable /s.
Thanks for the insight.
Yes they are. They passed out signs and directions from the American consulate in Tel-Aviv. The entire social media aspect is being handled by your technocracy.
Those in support of reform have credit cards mysteriously canceled, tickets canceled, account’s suspended, etc. By American companies.
Next time someone bitches about Israel spying (“friends don’t spy”) which I fully agree is super distasteful, this is Exhibit A for why we have to.
Unlike Russia, the US doesn’t have to invade to force their will on other countries.
Note post 6
And to think Bibi called his good friend Brandon to congratulate him.
Especially when you have been ‘skirting’ for awhile. Then you step on the precipice, and ‘watch out’.
“ I guess that is a deliberate attempt to hide the fact that the reforms would actually make the court more democratic rather than less. Typical leftist obfuscation.”
Correct. There’s nothing to argue about in these reforms to anyone who favors self-rule.
This is all just lashing out by the same Deep State that attacked Trump, killed Seth Rich, faked an election in 2020 and 2022, etc.
That’s ‘Slim’ Pickens my FRiend
Slim? After eating all those T Bones? OK. Whatever. YAAAHOOO!
Bibi is a politician. Center right. Former boss of Mitt Romney.
So there’s that. Not my favorite. But it’s mainly because:
We are a little country and can’t afford to piss off your Democrats openly. Obama and his cronies already want us dead. We have to kiss their asses or they’ll give nukes to Hamas.
In case you didn’t notice, at the end of the article it described a “sea of white and blue Israeli flags dotted with a few rainbow banners.”
The LGBTQ stuff is nothing but another radical leftwing attack.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Come quickly, Lord, in your time.
Just wait till we really get pissed.
Thanks for explaining - sounds like half the country cannot wait to commit suicide.
The sodomites control Tel Aviv, just like every other major city.
They also have no children, tend to work easy jobs, tend to not have reserve obligations after mandatory service, so they are the go-to crowd for filling up riots in Tel-Aviv.
It’s a shanda fur die goyim.
It’s exactly the same as the USA.
Same entrenched power players.
Perhaps that is why Biden and the State Department fight so hard in an internal Israeli matter. They were knee deep in all our elections since Obama was in office. We’re viewed as a domino potentially flipping against their control of the world.
Who knew Israel was such a hotbed of socialism...
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