Senior Israeli officials discuss regime collapse to draw ‘action plans’

Hundreds of former senior Israeli military officials have warned of the collapse of the Israeli regime, amid mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet and its extremist policies.

The ex-officials held an emergency conference on Saturday to discuss ways to protect the Supreme Court, the military, and the police in case of the regime’s collapse, the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

According to the newspaper, participants discussed action plans to defend the Supreme Court, the military, and the police ‘in crisis situations within the Israeli entity, “particularly if the Supreme Court annuls government decisions, resulting in an unprecedented constitutional crisis in Israel.”

The conference was attended by personnel from Israeli intelligence agencies Mossad, Shin Bet, police, and the Israeli military, including major generals, brigadier generals, and senior commanders, it stated.

The latest development comes amid calls for overturning a controversial law that restricts judicial power after Israel’s parliament approved the first bill of the plan last week.

The new legislation, known as the reasonableness bill, was approved in a tumultuous session on Monday, which resulted in the opposition legislators walking out in protest and shouting “shame”.