Israeli Security in the Shadow of the Judicial Overhaul

Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze how the passage of the Netanyahu government’s first judicial overhaul bill is impacting—and likely damaging—Israeli national security. They discuss the growing wave of Israeli military reservists threatening to stop reporting for duty, the scale of the unrest inside the Israel Defense Forces, the recent conduct of key security officials like Defense Minister Galant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and the prospects for a military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah amid the domestic political crisis.

• Register for our video briefing today (July 26) at 2pm ET with Neri Zilber and Masua Sagiv
• Listen to Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow speak about Israel’s political crisis on the War on the Rocks podcast
• Register for IPF Atid’s virtual community check-in for young professionals this Friday (July 28) at 2pm ET
• Watch this week’s Israel Policy Pause with Alex Lederman on the wider implications of ending the reasonableness standard
• Register for Central Synagogue’s video briefing with Michael Koplow at 8:30pm ET on Thursday, July 27
• Register for Park Avenue Synagogue’s video briefing with David Halperin at 12:30pm ET on Thursday, July 27
• Explore Israel Policy Forum’s Judicial Legislation Tracker
  
  

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