Biden spoke with Netanyahu - the two discussed the legal plan promoted by the government - voila! news

In the video: Netanyahu alludes to the USA: "I reassure our friends - we were and will remain a democracy" (Walla system!)

United States President Joe Biden spoke this evening (Sunday) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed with him the legal plan promoted by the government, according to sources familiar with the matter.

A source privy to the details stated that the conversation lasted about half an hour.

why is it important:

• This is the first conversation between Biden and Netanyahu in five months.

  This is also the first time that Biden talks with Netanyahu about the issue of the legal revolution.

Netanyahu and Biden.

We discussed the legal revolution (Photo: Reuters, Flash 90, Jonathan Zindel)

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Last month, the American president referred to the legal revolution in an interview with the New York Times newspaper, saying that the independence of the judicial system is an important element of democracy in Israel and the United States, and that any fundamental change that is made should be based on broad consensus. This week, American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that "the legal reform in

Israel requires consensus." This, against the background of the coalition's rejection of the "People's Blueprint" proposed by President Yitzhak Herzog, and the growing protests across the country against the legal revolution. A day before that, the United States for the first time expressed support for the "People's Blueprint"

presented by President Yitzhak Herzog. "We support In President Herzog's efforts to find a solution that is in line with the shared democratic values ​​of Israel and the US, such as checks and balances and the independence of the judicial system," White House spokesman for national security affairs John Kirby said.

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