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In a telephone conversation on March 19, 2023, President Biden relayed his concern to Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding events on the Palestinian front and Israel’s judicial overhaul. The conversation follows a series of developments in the United States that should lead the Israeli government to realize that its actions and rhetoric could lead to a deterioration in bilateral relations. Even if Israel has the right to protect what it considers vital to its national security, the importance of the United States to Israel’s national...

Click here to read the full research paper on the subject Israel is facing an ominous combination of severe threats to its national security, widening rifts in its relations with the US, and increasing economic risks amid the global economic crisis. At the same time, Israeli society is in the midst of an unprecedented internal conflict stemming from the proposed judicial reform, which magnifies these threats and impairs our ability to tackle them. Without dwelling on the controversial contents of the reform, this much is clear: the...