Over 1,000 Israeli Air Force personnel to suspend reserve duty if judicial coup continues

Over 1,000 Israeli Air Force personnel, including hundreds of pilots, announced on Friday that they will suspend their reserve duty if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government continues with its plans to vastly overhaul the country's judiciary.

"The [judicial overhaul] legislation, which allows the government to act in an extremely unreasonable manner, will harm the security of the State of Israel, will break the trust and violate our consent to continue risking our lives – and will very sadly leave us with no choice but to refrain from volunteering for reserve duty," a letter penned by 1,142 reserve officers read. It was sent to Knesset members, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi and IAF Commander Tomer Bar.