Former prime minister Naftali Bennett called Monday evening for a one-week pause in the advancement of Justice Minister Yariv Levin''s planned judicial reforms as well as the protests against the reforms to allow the coalition and opposition to enter into negotiations on the issue

"I'm very upset. We can't afford to fight among ourselves when he have so many external enemies," Bennett said in an interview with Channel 12 News.

He said that a "compromise is definitely achievable" and that he believes judicial reforms are needed, though in his opinion, the current proposals go too far in the other direction.

Bennett further stated that the biggest obstacle to the different sides sitting down to negotiate a compromise is that they do not trust each other.

"We should definitely say 'yes' to the president's initiative, and I would add to that a week of halting the legislation and protests," he said, adding that the coalition would lose nothing by halting the advancement of the legislation for one week since it will be a week before the next vote would be held on the bill.

He warned that in his opinion, there is a "real danger" of a civil war given the heated atmosphere and the intense fears of both sides.

Bennett said that a majority of Israelis want the judicial system to be reformed, but do not want the reforms to amount to "regime change."