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Avalanche of security chiefs warn Netanyahu: Israel on brink of the abyss

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems deaf to warnings by Israeli security chiefs that the growing rift within Israeli society could end up in a strategic disaster.
People demonstrate at the Brandenburg Gate during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against possible legislation in Israel that would undermine the role of Israel's Supreme Court, Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2023.

TEL AVIV — Hundreds of Israelis living in London demonstrated Friday against the judicial overhaul plan, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. If Netanyahu thought he could leave behind him in Israel, at least for the weekend, the ongoing political turmoil, demonstrations in the British capital proved him wrong.

The series of dramatic upheavals shaking Israel at breakneck speed this week would have been considered outlandish apocalyptic scenarios just a few short months ago.

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