Netanyahu: If calls spread for refusal to serve, State of Israel in ‘terrible danger’

LONDON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that calls for refusal to serve in the IDF are a grave danger to the future of the State of Israel, and could spread beyond those who oppose the government’s judicial overhaul.

“Surrendering to [IDF] refusal is a terrible danger to the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said in a briefing to reporters following his meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London. “It won’t stop with just one side, it will move from side to side.”

The prime minister said he has heard from those who support the government’s plans who say they could also refuse to serve in the military if the legislation is not passed. READ MORE