Over his years of service, Zur Allon, a reservist lieutenant colonel in Israel’s artillery special forces, never imagined a day when he would refuse to report for duty.
“Half of my company was blown up in Lebanon. I have given many years of my life defending this country,” said the 46-year-old, a leader of Brothers and Sisters in Arms, a pressure group of more than 60,000 Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reservists established this year in protest against the government’s proposed overhaul of the judiciary.
“That’s why we are so angry,” Allon said. “The government is breaking a very
