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The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty

Protesters demonstrate against Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on 27 July.
Protesters demonstrate against Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on 27 July. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Over his many years of service, Zur Allon, 46, a reservist lieutenant colonel in Israel’s artillery special forces, never imagined a day when he would refuse to report for duty.

“Half of my company was blown up in Lebanon. I have given many years of my life defending this country,” said Allon, one of the leaders of Brothers and Sisters in Arms, a pressure group of more than 60,000 Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reservists established earlier this year in protest against the government’s proposed overhaul of the judiciary.

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