Israel’s judicial overhaul sparks military crisis as number of refusing reservists grows

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As Israel plunges deeper into crisis after the country’s parliament passed the first bill of a controversial judicial overhaul, thousands of Israeli army reservists — the backbone of the Israeli military — are threatening not to show up for work. And Israel’s leaders are sounding alarms about the country’s readiness for war.