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JERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are emerging in Israel's military.

The Middle East's best equipped and most powerful force is under one of the worst assaults it has encountered — a battle within its own ranks.

A contentious government plan to overhaul the country's judiciary has cleaved deep rifts within Israeli society. Those rifts have infiltrated the military, where reservists in key units have pledged not to show up for duty if the legislative changes are pushed through.

The letters, signed by thousands of reservists over the last seven months, have up to now mostly remained threats. But this week...