Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will travel to Israel with other Democrats next week to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu amid protests over the prime minister's judicial reforms.
The demonstrators marched and gathered outside the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and held flags and chanted"democracy" and"no to dictatorship" soon after Netanyahu's government launched a controversial plan to overhaul the country's judicial system.
According to the suggested plan, which was introduced mid-January, the ruling coalition will have control over the appointment of judges, including high court justices, and allow the Knesset to re-legislate laws the court annuls with a simple majority of 61 of the 120 Knesset members.Schumer's trip comes shortly after Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip last month, when he met with Netanyahu and urged him to build consensus around the new proposals.
Some 80,000 Israelis gathered to protest against judicial reforms pushed by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. "[B]uilding consensus for new proposals is the most effective way to ensure they’re embraced and that they endure," Blinken said.Fox News Digital's Yonat Firling contributed to this report.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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