Agudath Israel of America, a leading US Orthodox umbrella group, admonishes US lawmakers for weighing in on the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul.
The Biden administration, US Congress members and an array of US Jewish groups have criticized the Netanyahu coalition’s unilateral push to remake the judiciary.
Agudath had not previously commented.
“American lawmakers and other government officials, while they are entitled to their opinions, should not be seeking to use their positions of power to meddle in the internal affairs of another sovereign democratic state,” Agudath says in a statement.
“What form, if any, judicial reform in Israel should take is a matter for Israelis to determine, through Israel’s vibrant democratic process.”
“The United States would rightly resent another nation’s attempts to influence our own internal political affairs. Members of Congress and other American officials should ponder that, and leave Israeli issues to Israelis.”
The group says it takes no position on the legislation.
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