Netanyahu Rejects Biden Advice to Abandon Judicial Reform

President Joe Biden weighed in on the judicial reform debate within Israel and asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the legislation, putting a strain on U.S.-Israel relations…At an airport press event Tuesday, reporters asked President Biden about the health of democracy in Israel…Biden replied, “Like many strong supporters of Israel, I’m very concerned and I’m concerned that they get this straight. They cannot continue down this road. And I’ve sort of made that clear. I hope for, hopefully, the Prime Minister will act in a way that he can try to work out some genuine compromise. But that remains to be seen.”