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U.S. Confronts Tight but Turbulent Relationship with Israel

(New York Times) Peter Baker - Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposal regarding the judiciary concerns a strictly domestic issue inside Israel. Robert B. Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the fight over the judicial plan it did not really affect relations with the U.S. in a profound way. "It's a bit of a controversy lite," he said. "In historical terms, this doesn't begin to rank as a U.S.-Israel crisis." Instead, he said, "this really is a fight within the family." Diana Fersko, senior rabbi at the Village Temple, a Reform synagogue in Manhattan, said the issue is complicated and noted deep differences between Israeli and American societies. "I don't think the Jewish American community needs to be overly involved in this," she said. "But I do think we need to have a deep belief that the State of Israel will find a path forward."
2023-07-24 00:00:00
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