Dozens of Israeli air force vets threaten not to serve after Netanyahu resumes judicial overhaul

By TIA GOLDENBERG
Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of Israeli air force say they won’t show up for duty if the right-wing government moves ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Wednesday’s letter comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would proceed with the overhaul after talks with the opposition to find a compromise faltered. One law is already moving ahead in parliament. Airmen are seen as the cream of the military’s personnel and irreplaceable elements of many of Israel’s battle plans. Similar threats helped prompt Netanyahu to pause the overhaul earlier this year.