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In knock at gov't, US urges Israeli authorities to protect anti-overhaul protesters
Times Of Israel ^ | 7/11/2023 | Jacob Magid

Posted on 07/11/2023 4:52:04 PM PDT by Nextrush

White House hails debate in Israel over judicial reforms as a 'healthy part of a vibrant democracy' while again warning that they shouldn't be passed without broad consensus

The Biden Administration urged Israeli authorities to "protect and respect the right of peaceful assembly" issued as police clashed with thousands of protesters across the country Tuesday demonstrations against the government advancement of the first piece of legislation aimed at overhauling the judiciary.

While it didn't go as far, the White House National Security Council statement sent to querying reporters appeared similar to some of the responses the US has issued regarding crackdowns on protests by authoritarian regimes around the globe...

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benjaminnetanyahu; israel; joebiden; judicialreform; middleeast; waronterror
Biden hoping to replicate "The Arab Spring" in Israel turn Israel into Egypt back in 2011?

Elections have consequences and Israel's government using its parliamentary majority to pass a reform of the judicial system that operates under the control of lawyers and shift control to the elected government.

Joe Biden seems to think that blocking airports and highways in Israel today was "peaceful assembly".

Where is Joe's mind? Never mind.

1 posted on 07/11/2023 4:52:04 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

2 posted on 07/11/2023 4:54:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Nextrush

January 6.


3 posted on 07/11/2023 7:10:57 PM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

The US is the last nation to be giving advice on how to handle civil protests.

4 posted on 07/12/2023 6:33:32 AM PDT by SJackson (he who controls the schools, controls the world, 1870s France)
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To: SunkenCiv; All

Biden meddling..but only in one side in the of the ME.


5 posted on 07/13/2023 6:55:11 AM PDT by Conservat1
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