In an interview for 'Face the Nation,' Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Margaret Brennan that the backlash sparked by the controversial judicial reforms proposed by his government is an 'internal matter that we have to resolve.'
by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that a majority of Israelis oppose the override clause and believe that the Supreme Court should have the power to strike down a law.the reforms, including 4 top American Jewish organizations.
This year, due to the protests, families have asked government ministers not to attend ceremonies at military cemeteries during Israeli memorial day recognition. According to the"I think a lot of them have changed over time," Netanyahu told Brennan."And they themselves say that. But the important thing to understand is they joined me, I didn't join them."
"It is indeed an incredibly important post and anyone out I nominate, and I haven't done so will have to abide," Netanyahu said Sunday."And we'll abide by the mainstream positions that I've advocated and I welcome the fact that the United States has a multiracial and pluralistic society, so does Israel."
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