Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday took issue with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris weighing in on Israel’s judicial reform debate, saying she didn’t know a thing about it.
Harris waded into Israel’s domestic political affairs during an event at the Israeli embassy in Washington on Tuesday celebrating the Jewish state’s 75th anniversary.
“America will continue to stand for the values that have been the bedrock of the U.S.-Israel relationship, which includes continuing to strengthen our democracies, which as the [Israeli] ambassador has said, are both built on strong institutions, checks and balances, and I’ll add: an independent judiciary,” said Harris.
The vice president’s remarks drew applause from those gathered in the audience at the embassy to hear the 14-minute speech.
However, they did not go over as well in Jerusalem, with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen telling Kan Reshet B radio in an interview on Wednesday that Harris “would not be able to quote from a single clause” in any of the judicial reform bills.
Cohen, who is in South Korea after visiting the Philippines, clarified his comments in a Twitter post shortly after the interview:
“I have deep respect for our ally the United States of America and for Vice President Harris, a true friend of Israel,” he wrote.
“Israel’s legal reform is an internal issue that is currently in the process of consolidation and dialogue. The State of Israel will continue to be democratic and liberal, as it has always been.”
The reform of Israel’s legal system initiated by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stirred a fierce debate in the country, with both sides hitting the streets for mass demonstrations.
Harris’s remarks on Tuesday were not the first time the U.S. administration has jumped into the debate.
In March, U.S. President Joe Biden called on Netanyahu to “walk away” from the initiative.
“Israel is a sovereign country which makes its decisions by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad, including from the best of friends,” said Netanyahu in response.
While Kan News reported on Tuesday that the sides were close to signing an agreement on judicial reform following a series of meetings in recent months mediated by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz dismissed the report, saying that a compromise deal was not imminent. JNS
Kamala is married to a yid so we must treat her with kid gloves.
The Hyena forgets that the country she represents doesn’t have an “independent judiciary system”. The proposed judiciary reforms in Israel actually mirror the US system where voters decide who their judges are. Did you forget how many Supreme Court Justices Donald Trump had voted into their positions?? Its possible you are as ignorant as she is.
Yes, we should treat the Hyena with kid gloves cause she is childish. What good has she accomplished? and if you call marrying a Jew as good, then I have a Torah to show you.
As the president of the Senate, Kamala casts her tiebreaking vote as Hay or Neigh.
“VP Harris has no idea about the subject she addressed in her speech.”
This statement isn’t even newsworthy. Seeing her in public for two years now, we are left scratching our heads wondering how she even got into law school, let alone graduate. She has proven herself to be useless, ignorant, and inarticulate. She hasn’t formulated a comprehendible thought is a very long time. Nor could she list a single accomplishment of hers in public office. Nikki Haley is correct in noting that a vote for Biden is openly inviting Harris to become our president. If Biden as president, with his dementia and his being the dog wagged by its tail, was disturbing, we ain’t seen nuttin yet.
not only does she not know the Israeli judicial form – she can’t quote any clause from the US Constitution either – she is clueless
All the Biden administration needs to know is that the Israeli secular leftists are opposed to the judicial reform, so they of course have to oppose it to . After all, the left must continue to control everything especially the right and religious masses, to hell with ” democracy” when you can have a leftist secular elite oligarchy.
Biden fears the power of Israel. Instead they want to disperse it among the Jews. This is a filtered antisemitic approach to Jewish law.
Why can’t they make a proper fitting Kamala Harris facial mask?