up to 750 IDF Reservoir Officers of the judiciary and attorney-general have stopped responding to their calls-up for training to protest the government’s overhaul, with a deafening silence from the IDF spokesman’s office on Monday about the matter.
IDF sources said they were not ignoring the issue, but were refraining from making public statements for the time being.
Questions are being raised about how long the IDF will be able to remain silent on this issue.reserve strikeIf a major agreement is reached, resolution may occur around Passover in early April, but may become more serious after Passover if no agreement is reached.
Which IDF reservists are striking?
The approximately 750 reservists comprise a mix of Air Force personnel, Unit 8200 intelligence personnel and Special Forces officers.
About 400 reservists come from special forces and general intelligence positions, with about 250 reservists from Unit 8200 and related cyber units.
An additional approximately 100 Air Force technical officers are or have been involved in operating drones. earlier this month, already 37 reserve fighter pilot Said they would go on strike by showing up for their training.
All 10 former IDF air force chiefs are alive The first reservists and all of Netanyahu’s former National Security Council heads, as well as most recently former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Nadav Argaman, declared their support for the government to agree to the accord. encouraged to.
However, eventually IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Tomar Bar announced that he would suspend IDF (Res.) Col. Gilad Peled from reserve duty, reportedly for being a leader among the reservist strike movement.
If that sentence was expected to deter future strikes, the Bar’s reversal of its decision within a few days, saying there had been a miscommunication, does not seem to have had any effect.
Some of the striking reservists are focused on protesting a judicial overhaul and some legislation removing the attorney-general’s power to disqualify the prime minister from serving, due to the mix of officials also in attendance from the government Worried about receiving illegal orders. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir And Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich,
Netanyahu has strongly urged all Israeli security chiefs to crack down on reservist striking and various forms of opposition to his policies if they devolve into provocation or chaos.
Mossad director David Bernia has allowed most non-senior officers to attend protests if their identities are unclear, Shin Bet director Ronen Bar has barred any participation in protests, and the IDF has ordered Lt. Prohibited protesting for full-time officers above the rank of colonel.
Technically, IDF officers above that rank should not attend any protests, but it is unclear whether this rule has been enforced in the past.