Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing President Joe Biden’s suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system.
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. Netanyahu on Wednesday, March 29, rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier walks away from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions.
Netanyahu replied that Israel is sovereign and “makes its decisions by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad, including from the best of friends.” Israeli protest organizers called for a demonstration in support of Biden outside the U.S. Embassy building in Tel Aviv on Thursday, while Netanyahu's allies doubled down on their criticism.
Nimrod Goren, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, noted that the U.S.-Israel relationship has had previous points of crisis — over, for example, the now-defunct agreement to limit Iran's nuclear capabilities. In contrast, he said, now the White House appeared to be “questioning Netanyahu’s competence as prime minister, and whether he’s reliable or responsible.”
It has also drawn criticism from Israel's supporters in the U.S., including American Jewish organizations, as well as Democratic members of Congress. Afound a widening partisan divide over Israel and the Palestinians, with Democrats — especially young voters — increasingly expressing favorable views about the Palestinians.
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