Citing deep disaffection among elements of Israeli military reserve units and expressing those concerns to Prime Minister Netanyahu privately, Defense Minister Gallant makes his opinion public, causing Netanyahu to fire him, resulting in hundreds of thousand of Israelis in the streets. Two days after Gallant's speech, <a href="/prime-minister-netanyahus-two-speeches-to-the-nation-continuing-the-judicial-overhaul-and-pausing-the-legislative-process/">Netanyahu calls for a pause in pushing forward the judicial overhaul legislation</a>.

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