In a speech to Congress, President Isaac Herzog acknowledged problems at home that have strained Israel’s bond with the United States, but appealed for continued close ties.
After a leading progressive called Israel “a racist state,” Democratic leaders criticized the statement. But a planned boycott of the Israeli president’s speech by liberals underscored tensions.
Proponents of the measure to enshrine a guarantee of sex equality into the Constitution are using a creative legal theory to try to resurrect the long-stalled amendment.
“We must never sacrifice human rights at the altar of political expediency,” four of the protesting House members said, objecting to the Indian leader’s human rights record.
Progressive objections to the legislation threatened to sink it at the last moment, prompting a scramble among Democrats that highlighted the party’s divisions over policing.