Benjamin Netanyahu to Undergo Surgery for Heart Pacemaker Implant

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, stated in a video message early on Sunday, July 23, that he will undergo surgery to have a heart pacemaker implanted. According to Reuters, in the video released by the Prime Minister's Office, he announced, 'Last week, a heart function monitoring device was installed for me, and now this device is warning that I need to have a heart pacemaker, and this needs to be done tonight. I feel good, but I must listen to my doctors.' Last week, the 73-year-old head of state was hospitalized near Tel Aviv, but a few hours later, he reassured the public about his health in a video, adding that during his stay at the shores of the Sea of Galilee, he had been overly exposed to the sun and had drunk little fluids. On Saturday, July 22, tens of thousands of Israelis held a large rally in Jerusalem, challenging the government's judicial reform bill proposed by Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling it a 'threat to democracy.' The attempt to change the judicial system by Netanyahu's coalition government, composed of nationalist and religious parties, has sparked unprecedented protests and raised concerns about the health of democracy in Israel among its Western allies, impacting the country's economy. Nationwide protests in Israel began in January of this year when Netanyahu's government published a bill to revise the judicial system, which would revoke some powers of the Israeli Supreme Court and grant politicians greater influence in the selection of judges. The freedom of protests in Israel and the Islamic Republic's attempts to exploit the situation for propaganda in discussions with Ben Sabti.