T. Belman. “We have noticed that the Israeli government has been promoting various moves to turn Israel from a liberal democracy into a dark dictatorship”. They may believe it, but it is not true. Haaretz just published Israeli Protesters Want a Legal Rebellion. There Is No Such Thing. A rebellion is illegal. It goes without saying that it is illegal to organize a rebellion.
Above 1000 veterans of the IDF’s elite cyber warfare will not volunteer for reserve duty if the reasonability clause is reduced.
Israel National News Jul 9, 2023, 6:14 PM
More than a thousand veterans of Unit 8200, the IDF’s elite electronic intelligence unit, are threatening to stop volunteering for reserve service if the law reducing the reasonability clause is approved in the first reading.
In the letter they sent today (Sunday) to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Chief of Intelligence Major General Aharon Haliva, and Major General Y., the commander of the unit, they write: “We stand bravely and announce that we will not give in to the foolishness of the current government. We call on the Israeli government to immediately stop the dictatorial moves.
We have noticed that the Israeli government has been promoting various moves to turn Israel from a liberal democracy into a dark dictatorship. We have previously called for talks and reaching broad agreements on the issues at hand, but unfortunately, not only did the talks at the President’s House not go well, but the coup d’état is progressing and will happen tomorrow. The Knesset is to vote for the cancellation of the reasonability clause, a move that will significantly harm the independence of the judicial authority and allow the executive authority to operate without limitation.”
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“Starting in January, we have warned of ‘indicative signs’ that Israel is turning from a democracy into a dictatorship, similar to our enemy countries, which we know very well. Our ears are attentive to the various analyses and experts who point to the worsening trends in security, the economy, and society as a result of the conduct of the government – the cost of living is skyrocketing, the high-tech market has been damaged, Israel’s relations with the United States are on the rocks, those who harmed the country’s security in the past have been appointed ministers and call for broken bones and the burning of villages, calling reservists ‘anarchists’.”
“We cannot stand on the sidelines in the face of these things. We stand bravely and announce that we will not give in to the foolishness of the current government. Over 1,100 veterans of Unit 8200 in many fields – intelligence, cyber technology, and operations, have full representation of Israeli society in its many fields, and throughout the country, the government of Israel is called upon to immediately stop the dictatorial moves and to remove from the agenda the cancellation of the reasonability clause.”
“These moves violate the trust between the government of Israel and its citizens. Therefore, we intend, together with many reserve volunteers in other IDF units, to stop volunteering for reserve service with the passage of the bill to reduce the reasonability clause in the first reading. We call on you to make your voice heard and clarify the damage inherent in the moves the Israeli government is promoting to the ability of the IDF and other bodies to fulfill their critical role in protecting the citizens of the State of Israel, just as you have done in the past,” the letter reads.
IDF HAS DECIDED:
Among other things, it is written that “refusal to serve in the IDF is defined only as a person who has been called to the reserves and declared that he is not coming because of the judicial reform. His action will be considered as refusing to serve. Any other actions will not. To emphasize the issue, the publication of a notice of protest by groups or individuals who do not intend to join the reserves in the future – will not be considered refusal in the IDF.”
@mirib The Reasonability Clause is an early Marx Brother’s bit (see below) that Aharon Barak (see Wikipedia) enshrined into Israeli law in the ’90s which says that self-appointed unaccountable and unrecallable leftwing judges can rule on anything anywhere all at once based on their own opinions and prejudices.
https://youtu.be/WHJaCbC8pic
So these honored members of the military are dictating to the elected members of the govt to ” stop the dictatorial moves.” In fact, the govt is not making dictatorial moves, but actually fulfilling its duties to pass legislation by majority consent of the people’s representatives in a govt chosen by the people. The belief that any military has the right or authority to dictate such instructions to a democratically elected govt is as wrong-headed as could possibly be imagined. In fact, when the military dictates policy, it is not dissimilar to the judiciary dictating policy, at least to the extent that it is an undemocratic practice which should be proscribed with the greatest resistance possible. The military is suppose to support the govt and fulfill the role of protecting the public and the nation at the instruction of the govt chosen by the people. Indeed, the role of the military is not to dictate policy nor to intimidate the leadership to whom they are presumably subordinate.
What is the reasonability clause?