Israeli women’s rights activists dressed as characters in the popular television series, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 11, 2023. AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File
said the proposed reforms “threaten the dignity, equity, and justice of everyone in the region.” 

Katz added, “The Israeli Supreme Court plays a major role in upholding the fundamental rights of all Israelis and has a long history of blocking legislation that conflicts with the Basic Laws of Israel.”

Senator Dick Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concerns that Netanyahu is “dangerously putting his own narrow political and legal interests — and those of the troubling extremists in his coalition — ahead of the long-term interests and needs of Israel’s democracy,” according to Israeli news site Haaretz. 

President Biden has also expressed the importance of upholding democracy, Telling the New York Times, “The genius of American democracy and Israeli democracy is that they are both built on strong institutions, checks, and balances, on an independent judiciary.”