{"id":1981218,"date":"2023-07-24T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:37:11","slug":"israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel passes judicial reforms, disregarding Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Israel Ratifies Judicial Overhaul Bill Despite Opposition<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2063 Israel&#8217;s parliament\u200c on Monday\u200b ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by \u200dPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the face of\u2064 opposition from the Biden administration.\n  <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/advertisement.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement\" \/><br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/advertisement.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement\" \/><br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    \u2062 The ratification of the bill, which limits \u2063the Israeli Supreme Court&#8217;s power to block government decisions, came\u200d a day after President Joe Biden warned Israel against\u2063 pursuing \u200cthe legislation.\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u200c \u2063&#8221;It looks\u2062 like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms\/\" title=\"Israel passes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-groups-unite-to-undo-trumps-judicial-legacy\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Unite to Undo Trump\u2019s Judicial Legacy\">judicial reforms<\/a>, disregarding Biden.&#8221;>current judicial reform proposal<\/a> \u200cis becoming more \u200bdivisive, not less,&#8221; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/23\/biden-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul-bill-israel-protests\">said<\/a> Sunday. &#8220;Given the range of threats and challenges confronting \u200dIsrael right now, \u200dit \u2063doesn\u2019t make sense\u2064 for Israeli\u2062 leaders to rush \u2063this.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u200d   The amendment to a law enabling \u200cthe Supreme\u200d Court \u200cto void some\u2062 government decisions if it deemed them\u2063 &#8220;unreasonable&#8221; passed by a \u206364-to-0 vote after opposition lawmakers abandoned the session in protest, some of \u200dthem shouting: &#8220;For shame!&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u200d  More deadlock loomed, however. Within\u200b minutes of the vote, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-watchdog-sues-voice-of-america-news-for-alleged-anti-american-pro-islamist-reporting\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Watchdog Sues Voice of America News for Alleged Anti-American, Pro-Islamist Reporting\">political watchdog group<\/a> and\u200d the centrist opposition leader said they would appeal against the law at the Supreme\u200c Court.\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u2062   Hoping to encourage a stopgap deal between the religious-nationalist\u2063 coalition government and opposition parties, the\u200c Histadrut labour union threatened to declare a\u2063 general strike if what it called &#8220;unilateral&#8221; measures were pursued.<br \/>\n \u200b\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u200d \u2064  \u2062Still, Justice Minister Yariv \u2062Levin, \u2063an architect of the reforms package cast\u2064 by\u200b Netanyahu as needed to create \u2063more balance among\u200b branches \u2064of government, \u200dsounded\u200d undeterred.\n  <\/p>\n<p>    &#8220;We took the first step in \u200bthe\u200c historic,\u200c important \u200dprocess \u2062of fixing the justice\u200c system and restoring powers that were taken from \u2062the government and the Knesset,&#8221; he said \u2062in a speech.\n  <\/p>\n<p>    Biden has lobbied against\u2063 Israel&#8217;s judicial reforms for months,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-says-he-hopes-netanyahu-walks-away-judicial-reform-law-2023-03-28\/\">saying<\/a> in March that he hopes Netanyahu \u2063&#8221;walks \u200baway from it.&#8221; Netanyahu, \u2063in \u2064response, suggested\u200d Biden was attempting to\u2064 unduly influence Israel&#8217;s domestic affairs.\n  <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/advertisement.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement\" \/><br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/advertisement.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement\" \/><br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    \u200c   &#8220;Israel is a sovereign country which makes its decisions by the will of its\u2063 people and not based on \u2063pressures\u200b from abroad, including from the best of friends,&#8221;\u2062 Netanyahu said in March.<br \/>\n\u2063  \u200c\n  <\/p>\n<p>(Additional reporting by Dan Williams, Steven Scheer, Ari Rabinovitch\u2062 and Henriette\u2062 Chacar; Editing by Miral Fahmy\u200d and Tomasz\u2064 Janowski)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s parliament approved the initial bill for a judicial overhaul, despite objections from the Biden administration. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s efforts to curtail the Israeli Supreme Court&#8217;s authority in blocking government decisions were supported. 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