Earlier, the Israeli military spokesman acknowledged that requests from reservists to halt service had increased a day after Israel passed a law which limits some Supreme Court oversight over government decisions.
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The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, called the legislation "immoral" and indicative of the "Knesset's effort to establish two separate legal systems based on race."