They have contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister.
But for many of Israel's top former security chiefs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus governments policies are the biggest threat yet to the countrys future. – They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister during their service. But for dozens of former Israeli security commanders, the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government are the biggest threat yet to the country’s future.
Netanyahu's government, made up of ultranationalist and ultra-religious parties, was formed last year and immediately pressed ahead with. Senior government ministers have proposed a litany of steps critics view as undemocratic, including increased gender segregation in public spaces and giving an outspoken homophobe control over some educational content.
Former security chiefs have too, as individuals. But now, dozens, some of whom were appointed by Netanyahu, have banded together against the government's intentions, hoping their chorus of widely respected voices will bolster their case. The group of former officers, dubbing itself the “Generals' Protest,” reads like a who's who list of well-known figures. Former military chief of staff and defense minister Moshe Yaalon and former Shin Bet director Carmi Gillon, who served when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, are among the prominent names.
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