I appreciate your coverage of Netanyahu’s decision to delay his coalition’s judicial reforms in response to recent protests and strikes in the country. I also appreciate that you called attention to Israel’s far-right National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who stated publicly that the reforms will pass. However, there is critical context that you’ve failed to include in your news segment.
The reason that the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir agreed to this legislative pause, rather than resign from the coalition, was in return for a commitment from Netanyahu to establish a “national guard” under Ben-Gvir’s control, which many are calling a “militia.”
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