The lobster, even if cooked by Gordon Ramsay, risks staying on Benjamin Netanyahu’s stomach. Who was photographed by his neighbors in London enjoying the British chef’s recipes after meeting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. For example, on the already overflowing plate of problems to be solved, the Israeli prime minister was also criticized for desecrating the Shabbat – dinner was on a Friday evening – and eating a shellfish forbidden by the Jewish religion. A menu that is becoming political because his far-right coalition wants to roll out the “law of unleavened bread” in hospitals in about ten days, just in time for the Easter holidays: the ultra-Orthodox parties want to prevent doctors, patients and relatives from eating a loaf in the corridor Eat bread, even just a pita for the Arabs.
Netanyahu and his wife Sara landed in Israel on Saturday night, hours after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addressed the nation: he was the first to order the dissolution and called on Bibi, as he is known, to stop the march being forced in parliament of the justice plan, which the opposition and the Israelis who have been protesting on the streets for the past 11 weeks see as a lightning bolt aimed at dismantling democracy. “The rift in society affects the army. This situation poses a serious and imminent danger to the country. I will not allow it,” said the former general who joined Bibi Netanyahu’s Likud policy. It took him twenty-four hours to get rid of him and fire him, sparking protests – including violent ones – outside the prime minister’s house.
What worries officers is the protests among reservists who are refusing to report for training and are already blocking the operations of elite units such as Fliegerstaffel 69 (the pilots of the most modern F-15s tasked with leading a possible mission) by Tehran developed nuclear centers, an attack repeated by the prime minister, which he assesses more and more carefully). Or the special forces fighters (even the respected Sayeret Matkal, in which Netanyahu served) to the military, who have to serve in the Palestinian Territories, where there would have been an increase in waivers of up to 15 percent. The General Staff has called in Israeli journalists to publicize the fears: “The enemies see us as weak, they reckon that our ability to respond to an attack is limited,” explained a source, specifying that this analysis shared by the secret services.
Netanyahu, who has been in power for more than 15 years with the slogan Mr. Security, has no intention of stopping: he wants to pass the text later this week, which guarantees him to control the appointment of judges and the Supreme Court effectively subject to executive branch decisions without the ability to oppose laws that contradict civil liberties or democratic norms.
“I can no longer represent this government,” said Israel’s Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, upon his resignation.