Netanyahu: ‚I’d like to calm our friends – Israel will remain a vibrant democracy‘ – After US envoy calls to ‘pump brakes’ on judicial shakeup, head of Knesset law panel says ambassador would ‘stammer’ if pressed to articulate his overhaul criticism | Timesofisrael

Coalition officials on Sunday vehemently rejected US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to “pump the brakes” on its push to radically transform the judicial system, as opposition leader Yair Lapid warned the Jewish state was “losing” American support.
The American envoy’s remarks against the current form of the judicial overhaul, made during a podcast interview last week, were the most forceful yet by the Biden administration, which has increasingly spoken out over the past month against the right-religious coalition’s efforts to severely weaken the judiciary.