US President Joe Biden considered that the Israeli government, which is facing a large-scale protest movement against the draft judicial amendments, which was recently “frozen”, cannot “continue this path.”
On the sidelines of a visit to North Carolina, the US President said, "They cannot continue this path, and I think I have understood my position," stressing on the other hand that he does not intend "in the short term" to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in response to statements by US President Joe Biden, that Israel is a sovereign country that does not make decisions based on pressure from abroad.
"Israel is a sovereign state that makes its decisions according to the will of its people and not based on pressure from outside, including the best friends," Netanyahu said, noting that his government is striving to carry out reforms "through broad consensus."