Netanyahu said refusing to halt overhaul push: We can do ‘without a few squadrons’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly refuse to halt legislation for his controversial judicial overhaul even in the face of a mass refusal by reservists, and is said to have told confidants that Israel can survive “without a few squadrons.”

Writing in his weekly column in the Yedioth Ahronoth daily on Friday, journalist Amit Segal quoted Netanyahu telling confidants in closed-door meetings that he was not prepared to end the legislation even in the face of widespread refusal to serve.

“The country can get by without a few [Air Force] squadrons, but not without a government,” Netanyahu reportedly said. READ MORE