Judicial Reform Controversy Emboldened Israel's Enemies
by Khaled Abu Toameh • February 14, 2024 at 5:00 am
[T]he reports about military reservists threatening not to report for duty created the impression among Iran's mullahs and their terror proxies that the Israeli security establishment had been seriously undermined and was on the verge of collapse.
"Their [Israel's] own officials continuously warn that their collapse is nearing. Their president says this, their former prime minister says this, their [military] chief says this and their defense minister says this. They all say it." — Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei, April 5, 2023.
Iran and its terror proxies were reportedly happy to see... threats by reserve soldiers and pilots to refrain from participating in military service.
As Netanyahu's political rivals were busy protesting against him, Israel's enemies were making preparations to invade Israel. Convinced that Israel had been weakened to the point of being unable to defend itself, Hamas chose October 7 as the date to launch the assault. In the Middle East, weakness invites violence, and when your enemy smells blood, you can bet it will go for your throat.
The controversy over the judicial reform proposed by the government of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year was what likely encouraged Iran's terror proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis to attack Israel. The mullahs in Tehran and the three Iran-backed Palestinian, Lebanese and Yemeni terror groups viewed the dispute over the reform as proof of Israel's perceived weakness, disunity and a sign of its imminent demise.
Israel's enemies have always shown great interest in political, security, economic and social events in Israel. They closely follow these events and devote huge efforts to analyzing them as part of the "know thy enemy" doctrine.
