Netanyahu's Judicial Reforms Spark Protests and Public Spat with Biden
TL;DR
The White House has downplayed the public disagreement between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the latter's plans to overhaul Israel's judiciary. Biden criticised the proposal, which has sparked nationwide protests, and said he would not invite Netanyahu to the White House in the near term. Netanyahu responded by saying Israel makes its own decisions and called the US-Israel alliance "unbreakable". Despite the disagreement, the White House stressed that Biden and Netanyahu are "friends" and that the US remains committed to Israel's security and democracy.
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