Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit Tuesday to Washington comes at a fraught moment in the relationship between the United States and Israel.
President Biden will host Israel's president at the White House this week amid growing tension over the hard-right Israeli government's proposed judicial system reforms and plans to expand settlements in the West Bank.
"It's a really pivotal moment in Israel's history," said Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J-Street, a liberal advocacy group."The proposals that [Netanyahu's] government are pursuing would move Israel away from the liberal democratic camp. That's why there's protesters in the streets." Israeli lawmakers this week are voting on the first of several bills overhauling the judiciary. The legislation is opposed by the Biden administration and some members of Congress.
Four Israelis were killed in a June 20 attack in the West Bank settlement of Eli that drew condemnation from Israel and the Biden administration. The Palestinian militant movement Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, and said it was a response to an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin the previous day that killed six Palestinians.
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