Some in the US are alarmed over efforts to overhaul Israel’s judiciary in ways that have been called undemocratic. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - President Isaac Herzog of Israel addressed Congress on Wednesday at a fraught moment in the US relationship with his nation, and amid fresh signs of strain in the long-standing bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill to fervently support the Jewish state.
He also acknowledged the divisions that have appeared both in his country and among leaders in the United States, but compared the relationship between the two countries to a family, where disagreement does not mean disunity.“And when Israel is strong, the United States is more secure.” The remark, which she later walked back, prompted Republicans to rush to the floor a resolution rejecting antisemitism and saying that Israel was neither racist nor an apartheid state.
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