

The former defense minister also called on members of the Likud to speak up, calling them "silent monks." "We always succeeded because we had a shared story … The coup d'etat is a dangerous threat coming from within us, and it is breaking the shared story," he said. We must stop legislation until at least the end of Ramadan," he said. "Faced with the possibility of security deterioration on several fronts, there must not be a civil war. Gantz called on Netanyahu to cease the judicial reform process. The extremists in the government are tearing us apart from the inside," he said. "It is not the outline of my dreams," said National Unity Party head Benny Gantz in a statement to the press on Thursday morning in response to President Isaac Herzog's outline for judicial reform compromise released the previous evening, "but it must be used either as a comprehensive compromise or as the basis to stop and dialogue. "If we stop the legislation, the chaos will continue for many more months, and there needs to be an attempt to end the whole saga in this sitting ," Zohar added. The minister said that he did not support the call to halt the current legislation, saying instead that talks could be held while negotiating. Unfortunately, the directive that was presented is not relevant – we promised a reform, not extending the current situation," Zohar said. "I expected that the president's directive would be more relevant, with an option to discuss it seriously. Zohar expressed his disappointment with President Isaac Herzog's compromise proposal to end the conflict over the reform, which the president presented on Wednesday night.


The November election, in which the current coalition won 64 seats, served as a referendum, and therefore another one was not needed, Zohar added.

If we go to a referendum while we did not do well enough from an advocacy standpoint, it is clear that we are not in an optimal state," Culture and Sports Minister Micky Zohar said in an interview on 103FM on Thursday. "When you want to go to battle, do it in an optimal state. NOTE! Consider delaying until first div on page If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.pubads()) (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) Israelis block Ayalon again at end of third 'Day of Disruption' | Israel News - The Jerusalem Post
