Netanyahu suspends work on judicial reform

Update from Israel. Netanyahu suspends work on judicial reform.

1. About an hr ago, Netanjahu reported that he was suspending work on the improvement of the judiciary. It is, however, a "temporary suspension". Work on the law limiting the powers of the ultimate Court is to be resumed during the next session of Kneset, which is scheduled for April 30.

2. During his speech, Netanjah spared no bitter words towards the protesters. "There is an utmost number that pushes the country towards civilian war. I will not let this," Netanjahu said.

3. Netanjahu said he understood the doubts raised by the improvement and that he was ready to talk to the opposition about it. At the same time, Netanjahu stressed that his coalition had a majority in Kneset and, in 1 way or another, the coalition would want to improvement the ultimate Court.

4. According to unofficial information, any Likudu parliamentarians (the Netanjahu party) tried to persuade Bibi to full retreat from the reform. However, the ultranationalist, and at the same time the coalition of Netanjahu, Itamar Ben-Gevir, announced that if the government withdrew from the reform, he himself would resign from his post as Minister of interior Security, which would in turn put the unity of the coalition in question.

Itamar Ben-Gevir

5. The judaic organization The Force headed by Ben-Gewir reported that in exchange for the approval of the ultranationalists to suspend the reform, Netanjahu agreed to form the National defender troops. defender troops would be subject to Ben-Gevir as Minister of interior Security.

6. The issue of Yoava Gallant's resignation, Minister of Defence, is inactive unclear. On Saturday, Gallant advocated the suspension of the improvement work, for which Netanjahu resigned him the next day, i.e. on Sunday. However, Gallant has not received any authoritative letter in this case, and so is inactive de facto a minister. Gallant is simply a associate of the same organization as Netanjahu, Likudu. The party's colleagues are to persuade Netanyahu not to insist on the resignation of Gallant and leave him as minister.

7. The suspension of judicial improvement will calm the moods in Israel. But this is not the end. The governing coalition needs a breath to regroup, short-circuit, and a re-hit.

Netanjahu must test the loyalty of his people and find answers to mass protests in large cities. Mobilised by its own voters to counter-demonstration or the creation of a national defender may not only not be enough, but it will have the other effect and warm up the atmosphere of political dispute.

This is not the end of the improvement of the judiciary. Just due to the fact that Netanjahu suspended work on the bill does not mean that the government will completely retreat from this idea. They request time to reorganize and shortly effort to push the bill through Kneset again.