After Netanyahu's moves against the judiciary, can Israel, long heralded as the only democracy in the Middle East, still claim the title?
Crisis in Israel deepens over the new government’s radical plans, which have alienated and dismayed Israelis and Jewish Americans alike.As a form of pressure, Biden has broken with tradition and refused to issue a formal invitation to Netanyahu to visit the White House since his reelection late last year. Monday’s White House statement made no mention of Netanyahu, instead expressing support for Herzog, in the ceremonial role of president, and Israeli officials seeking compromise.
The Biden administration “comes up against the hard calculus of the coalition which sees this move as crucial for amplifying its power,” said David Makovsky, a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “I don’t think any U.S. president could have stopped it.”
Lawmakers surround Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at a session of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem on Monday. At 16, he escaped a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse. Now he’s fighting to get his family out “All of our fears became real today,” said Rivka Calderon, a retired museum archivist from Tel Aviv who was protesting in downtown Tel Aviv on Monday night. “Today was not an easy protest, but I’m looking for that feeling of being together, that’s why I came back out tonight.”
“I can’t even say these words out loud, that we’re not a democratic country,” said Eyal Yaffe, the leader of a group of veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The group created a life-sized version of the tank Yaffe fought in 50 years ago and has been taking it to protests all over the country. He was in the reserves until leaving the army altogether to join the protests.
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