Analysis | Kamala-Cohen spat is overblown but indicates bigger US-Israel issues – analysis – By Lahav Harkov (Jerusalem Post) / June 8, 2023
The disagreement over judicial reform is reverberating in other aspects of the US-Israel relationship.
From the hyperventilation in the Israeli media over US Vice President Kamala Harris’s comments at an Israeli embassy party and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s response, one would think that they absolutely trashed each other’s countries. They didn’t say very much, in reality, but the frosty back-and-forth is indicative of a much bigger iceberg of a problem in US-Israel relations.
It all began when Harris spoke at the Embassy’s event honoring 75 years to the State of Israel.
“Under President Joe Biden and our administration, America will continue to stand for the values that have been the bedrock of the US-Israel relationship, which includes continuing to strengthen our democracies… as [Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog] has said, [they] are both built on strong institutions, checks and balances and, I’ll add, an independent judiciary,” she said.
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