Now….
Israeli Prime Minister tried to redesign has countries courts….
Something that would drop ‘Democracy’ into the garbage in Israel …
The move has turned the country on it’s head….
Mass protetsts and the ‘famed’ Israeli military out in the streets protesting also….
Big ‘Brother’ America’s President Biden makes some serious phone calls to Netanyahu , pointing out that he and OTHER heads of state ain’t happy with going on….
Bibi Netanyahu , as a Israeli leader enjoys support in America from American Jewish voters….
Could Bibi turn a deaf ear to Biden?
Huh?
A little history….
Back in the day, when Joe Biden was the President Obama Vice President?
Biden make the trip to Israel to complain about the Israeli settlement moves against the Palestinians’…
Bibi Netanyahu played lip service to the American Vice President…
Then?
When Air Force Two climbed out of the airport ?
The Israeli leader went ahead with what Biden had lobbied against…
Added to this?
Bibi has been best friend with Donald Trump’s admin…
Huh?
In the end last week?
Biden’s arm twisting Bibi to stop his afford to change his countries courts worked….
It wasn’t the ONLY pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister…
But some people with long memories KNOW that even keeled Joe Biden HAD to be smiling at the mis fortune the Israeli leader was having….
Netanyahu’s defiant response to Biden overnight Wednesday shook Israel’s political and security establishment and exposed the prime minister to criticism for purportedly jeopardizing the country’s most vital diplomatic relationship. In the United States, the exchange reverberated across the political landscape, as Republicans accused Biden of undermining a key ally, and some Democratic activists called for him to take an even stronger stance in calling out Israel for potential antidemocratic moves…
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Biden has signaled misgivings about Netanyahu’s path in recent weeks as the prime minister has pursued changes to the Israeli judicial system, saying the courts have grown too powerful. The president told reporters Tuesday that he remains “very concerned” about the proposal, which critics say would irreparably weaken Israel’s system of checks and balances.
“They cannot continue down this road,” Biden said Tuesday in North Carolina, just before boarding Air Force One en route to Washington.
The remarks were measured on their face but explosive by the standards of the carefully disciplined messaging that normally defines U.S.-Israeli interactions.
The president expanded on his comments after landing in Washington, saying of Netanyahu’s proposal, “I hope he walks away from it.”
Biden also dashed hopes in Jerusalem that Netanyahu, who has just started his sixth term in office, would make the traditional trip to the White House soon. Asked by reporters if such a visit was in the works, Biden responded tersely, “Not in the near term.”…
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a far-right politician with roots in the radical settlers’ movement, complained that Israel is “not another star on the American flag. We are a democracy, and I expect the U.S. president to understand that.”
Netanyahu’s Israeli opponents, in contrast, welcomed Biden’s comments. Former army chief of staff and opposition leader Benny Gantz, who is rapidly rising in the polls, thanked Biden for delivering “an urgent wake-up call to the Israeli government.”
Netanyahu’s coalition, citing a mandate from its election victory in November, has proposed giving the ruling coalition more power to override Supreme Court decisions and to pick judges. The changes are needed, supporters say, because the courts have become too powerful at the expense of elected officials and are biased in favor of the country’s left wing. Opponents say the changes would put the country on a path to authoritarianism.
In a series of increasingly direct public comments, Biden and his aides have appeared to side with the opponents….
image…Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Biden, seen in Switzerland in 2016 when Biden was vice president, have known each other for decades. Their public rift over proposed judicial changes in Israel have prompted concerns over possible long-term damage. (Michel Euler/AP)