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Herzog says he hopes judicial talks will ‘find the boundaries’ between branches of government
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President Isaac Herzog says the fight over the judicial overhaul is a long-overdue constitutional discussion, calling it “a potentially healthy process where we air out our differences and talk to each other.”
Speaking at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, Herzog expresses his hope that the parties talking at his official residence will find “solutions which preserve our democracy, protect our democracy, protect the independence of our judiciary… while finding the boundaries between our arms of government.”
Herzog also says the Abraham Accords “created a real opening of Jewish-Muslim interactions” which is “immensely important and I truly believe the effort for the next chapter will be with Saudi Arabia.”
The event, the first headed by Ted Deutch, a former Democrat congressman who last year assumed the role of CEO of American Jewish Committee, is attended by the prime minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonytė, and several other European dignitaries.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who in April canceled an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America conference in Israel amid mass protests outside that event’s Tel Aviv venue, addresses the AJC event in a video message, thanking the organization’s efforts to make Israel a successful nation.
The Times of Israel Community.