Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is ready to apologize to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his speech on live TV on Saturday, which broke with his boss and called to suspend the government's planned judicial overhaul.

Gallant, Israel's broadcaster KAN reported, is willing to apologize for going against Netanyahu while the latter was in London, and rejecting the judicial overhaul plan. The plan would see Israel's High Court being undermined and would extend more power to elected leaders over the judicial system. 

Gallant's dissent set in motion a series of dramatic events, with Netanyahu firing him one day after, as opponents of the judicial overhaul went out en masse to the streets, protesting the plan and the firing of the defense chief. Washington also applied pressure on Netanyahu to halt the legislative process, and US officials have maintained good relations with Gallant. Faced with unprecedented pressures within Israel and also from abroad, Netanyahu finally caved in on Monday, suspending the judicial overhaul until the summer.

As for Gallant, by Thursday morning the minister had not received a formal letter from Netanyahu announcing that he was fired. On the other hand, Netanyahu has not reversed his decision to sack him. Reports on KAN and Ynet news indicate that Netanyahu had met in recent days with two ministers who could possibly replace the defense minister.