Netanyahu and Biden trade barbs over a plan to weaken courts


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Both leaders face challenges in the current situation. Israel is a key security ally and major recipient of U.S. military assistance — billions of dollars a year coming under an agreement made with the Obama administration, in which Biden was vice president.

Later Wednesday, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby emphasized the long, friendly relations between the two countries and Biden and Netanyahu, who he said have known each other for 40 years. He said the U.S. was pleased with Netanyahu’s pledges to negotiate with opponents to his court proposals.

According to Yair Lapid, Netanyahu’s efforts have ruined the relationship. “For decades Israel was the USA’s closest ally. The most extreme government in the country’s history ruined that in three months.

It is related to an anger inside Israel and some Jewish communities in the US and around the world at the Netanyahu governments attempts to diminish the power of the courts.

The debate over Netanyahu’s proposals is likely to get worse before it gets better; while he bought himself time on Monday, he didn’t change his mind about getting rid of the collegians who are seen as anti-democratic.

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It was also announced on Tuesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will visit Jerusalem next month, a trip that is certain to inject the likely Republican presidential contender into Israel’s national tumult and its increasingly fraught relationship with the US.

“At a time of unnecessarily strained relations between Jerusalem and Washington, Florida serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli people,” DeSantis told the Jerusalem Post, which announced details of his planned keynote address at an April 27 event.

Netanyahu told his staff on Tuesday that the legislation will be paused until after Passover and that he will overcome the debate.

“You are going to Passover, on the eve of Seder you will sit with the families. You can fight a little, not too much, you will come to an agreement. He said that it was his goal to reach agreements with both of you and us.

Israel accused the US of interfering in it’s internal affairs and of attempting to influence how judges are chosen, a situation that has been going on since Netanyahu came to power.

But since Netanyahu was elected last fall, there have been a series of exchanges with the White House showing they weren’t on the same page on Israeli plans to expand Jewish settlements on occupied territory in the West Bank and Israel’s use of force in tracking down militants.

Netanyahu told the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy on Wednesday in a remote address that the alliance between the world’s greatest democracy and a strong, proud and independent democracy, Israel, in the center of the Middle East is unshakable.

Netanyahu and his team are trying to reach a deal on a judicial reform in time for the parliament to return in late April.