German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced concern about the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the country's judicial system as he hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, offering praise for efforts by Israel's president to seek a 'broad basic consensus.'
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced concern about the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the country's judicial system as he hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, offering praise for efforts by Israel's president to seek a "broad basic consensus."
Germany is a close ally of Israel in Europe and has tended to refrain from strong public criticism of its government. Of Herzog's suggestion, Scholz said: "As friends of Israel, we would like the last word not to have to have been spoken on this proposal." "If that continues, that's regrettable, but we will do whatever we think is the right thing to achieve something that corrects the imbalance that exists today between the branches of government and yet, at the same time, could over time be accepted as the best solution for Israel in line with my principles of keeping Israel a liberal, balanced democracy," Netanyahu said.
"He is destroying our democracy for the sake of staying out of jail," Nasich Philip, a project manager in construction who moved to Berlin nine years ago, said. "He is sacrificing the whole country to protect himself and his family."
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