Minister yet to receive official notice of termination; Shas chief Aryeh Deri reportedly working behind the scenes to convince Netanyahu to reverse decision

Had he not fired Gallant, the PM would right now be enacting his key autocratic edict. His overreach merely compelled a timeout, unless Herzog can somehow find a path to salvation

Nides says PM likely to meet Biden after Passover; US said concerned by Defense Minister Gallant's firing, bombarded Jerusalem with warnings that move tarnishes democratic image

With Netanyahu yet to sign letter giving Gallant 48-hour notice, defense minister remains in his post; Deri, Gantz, Edelstein and others urging premier to rethink decision

IDF chief calls for responsible conduct, says protests within the army inflict a 'critical wound'

Prime minister says Knesset shouldn't be able to 'nullify' court decisions, but claims overhaul will make Israel a 'stronger democracy'; complains debate in Israel one-sided

Editor David Horovitz, political correspondent Tal Schneider, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel weigh in on the potentially watershed moment

Things fall apart

The firing of Defense Minister Gallant brings to a climax an astonishingly fast and wholly self-inflicted collapse of the Israeli right

Gallant issues warning in closed meeting of Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, whose chairman Edelstein says: 'We heard alarming things'

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi to head discussions on security implications of Yoav Gallant's removal by Netanyahu, a day after he urged to stop judicial overhaul push

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