 <time pubdate="" datetime="2023-03-24" title="March 24th, 2023" class="date-time">
March 24, 2023, 4:19 PM</time> 

 <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1107838"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/23/israel-netanyahu-protest-military-legal-reform/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?w=800&amp;h=533&amp;quality=80" srset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=550,367&amp;quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=768,512&amp;quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=400,267&amp;quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=1000,667&amp;quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?resize=325,217&amp;quality=80 325w" sizes="undefined" alt="Protesters gather amid ongoing demonstrations against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government in Tel Aviv on March 23." width="100%" height="auto"> <noscript> <img width="800" height="533" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/israel-protest-GettyImages-1249130861.jpg?w=800&#038;h=533&#038;quality=80" alt="Protesters gather amid ongoing demonstrations against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country&#039;s hard-right government in Tel Aviv on March 23." loading="lazy" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Protesters gather amid ongoing demonstrations against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government in Tel Aviv on March 23.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <div class="department-meta"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name insider"> <h3 class="department">  Insider </h3> </a> </div> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/23/israel-netanyahu-protest-military-legal-reform/"> <h3 class="hed">Netanyahu’s Legal Crusade Is Sparking a Military Backlash in Israel</h3>
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<div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek"> Top generals worry about the fate of liberal democracy—and that the country’s enemies see mass refusal among reservists as an opportunity to strike. <br> <i>By <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amos-harel/" data-author-id="5933" class="author"> Amos Harel</a></i> </p>
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