Ex-ambassadors call on Netanyahu to stop overhaul

Dozens of former ambassadors pen a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to halt his coalition’s controversial judicial overhaul as the Knesset debates a bill to rein in court oversight, the Walla news site reports.

“We, many dozens of ambassadors, watch with anxiety at processes in Israel that are leading to the undermining of its international standing and gnaw at its vital connections in the world. We are especially disturbed by the visible gap that has been created with the best of our friends, the United States,” the former ambassadors’ letter reads, referencing recent tensions with the Biden administration.

US President Joe Biden has come out against the coalition’s ambition to pass a broader judicial overhaul and has urged Netanyahu to slow the process down and achieve broad consensus before passing meaningful constitutional changes.

The letter calls on the premier to halt the legislation before the country falls into an “evil abyss.”