Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded sharply on Wednesday to President Joe Biden’s suggestion he halts his contentious plan to overhaul the judicial system — telling Bid…
— saying that Israel is “a sovereign country” that can make its own decisions.
“They cannot continue down this road,” the US president added before urging the Israeli leader to compromise.early Wednesday, first noting his 40-year friendship with Biden and the president’s “longstanding commitment to Israel.”“Israel is a sovereign country which makes its decision by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad, including from the best of friends,” the 73-year-old added.
The spat comes after US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides suggested that Netanyahu would soon be invited to the White House, to which Biden bluntly responded Tuesday: “No, not in the near term.”Opposition leaders were spurred by Biden’s criticisms of the plan and planned a demonstration in front of a US Embassy building in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
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