Biden Expresses Concern to Netanyahu Over Judicial Plan

President Biden expressed "concern" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his government's planned overhaul of the country's judicial system, which has sparked widespread protests across Israel. Biden encouraged compromise and reiterated US concerns about the measure to roll back the judiciary's insulation from the country's political system. Netanyahu rejected a compromise last week offered by the country's figurehead president. Critics say the legal changes will upend Israel's delicate system of checks and balances and slide the country toward authoritarianism.