WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express “concern” over his government’s judicial plan that has sparked widespread protest demonstrations across the country and to encourage compromise over the matter.
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The White House said Joe Biden reiterated Washington’s concerns regarding the step to roll back the judiciary’s lining from the political system. There was no immediate signal that Israel’s Prime Minister was shying away from the action, following rejecting a compromise last week offered by the country’s president. The White House said that Biden offered support for efforts to forge a compromise on judicial reforms consistent with those main principles.
However, Netanyahu told the US President that his country will “remain, a vibrant and strong democracy. He added that judicial changes would be made responsibly while also protecting the basic rights of all citizens.
However, critics said that it will overturn the country’s system of checks and balances and slide Israel toward authoritarianism.
