Mutiny in the Israeli air force challenges Netanyahu's war

Make no mistake, this is not a peacenik revolution fuelled by empathy for Gazans, writes Paul Kearns

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed the signatories of an open letter calling for the end to the war in Gaza as a ‘disconnected group of pensioners’. Picture: Tibor Illyes

It may be an exaggeration to call the recent public demands by reservists in the Israeli air force, calling for an end to the war in Gaza, a mutiny.

Still, the ripples of discontent are deep and spreading. Hundreds of air force reservists, both current and past serving, put their names to a letter demanding “the return of the hostages without delay”.